Solstice Backup 5.1 Installation and Release Notes

Introduction

The Solstice Backup 5.1 Installation and Release Notes provide instructions on how to install your Solstice^TM Backup^TM software products on a SPARC^TM or Intel platform with the Solaris 2.4, Solaris 2.5, Solaris 2.5.1, Solaris 2.6, or Solaris 7 software installed.

After you install Backup, refer to the Solstice Backup 5.1 Administration Guide, the Solstice Backup 5.1 Disaster Recovery Guide, the program's online help, and the manual (man) pages for detailed instructions on how to configure, administer, and use Backup.

Adobe^TM Acrobat portable document format (PDF) and HTML versions of the Solstice Backup 5.1 Administration Guide, the Solstice Backup 5.1 Power Edition Release Supplement, the Solstice Backup 5.1 Disaster Recovery Guide, and the Solstice Backup 5.1 Installation and Release Notes are provided with the Backup software distribution files.

Your Backup software includes all the software necessary to install the Backup features you purchased, as well as the software required to add new features or upgrade the functionality of Backup at a later date. To add support for any of the optional Backup software modules included in the distribution files, contact Sun or your Authorized Sun Reseller to purchase the enabler codes. After you enter your purchased enabler code(s), you can begin to use the new feature(s) purchased without further installation.

To permanently use Backup, you must purchase an enabler code that permits you to use the software at one of three levels:

Software Version Purchased	Features
Backup, Server Edition	Backs up and recovers data from the local server Adds support for optional modules
Backup, Network Edition	Backs up and recovers data from the server and up to 9 client connections of the same platform. Adds support for additional client connections and optional modules.
Backup, Power Edition	Backs up and recovers data from the server and the number of clients' workstations of the same platform allowed by your license. Adds support for additional clients and optional modules. Tuned for environments with VLDB (very large database) or large file system applications (in the terabyte range).

Backup employs a client/server model to accomplish storage management tasks. One or more Backup servers provide data protection services to clients on the network.

To add a client to the Backup server's list of systems to back up, first install the Backup client software appropriate for the client's operating system on the client system. Then, configure a client resource for that system on the Backup server. The Backup server only provides backup and recovery services to clients with a configured resource on the server. Refer to the nsr man page for a comprehensive description of the access control policies employed by the Backup server.

This release of Backup includes optional software that allows you to designate systems with storage devices to act as storage nodes of the Backup server. Storage node machines manage the media that contain backed-up data, while the Backup server manages information required to administer the clients and to track and recover data. Use the Backup administration program to affiliate Backup clients to a storage node for backup and recovery requests. The distribution of media management tasks to other systems on the network reduces the load placed on the controlling Backup server and provides a means to manage remote storage management tasks across a distributed enterprise network from a central location.

Backup supports a variety of media types, including 4 mm, 8 mm, optical disk, digital linear tape (DLT), and disk file. Backup also supports a wide variety of devices attached to a Backup server or a designated storage node, either as a standalone device or in an autochanger or silo tape library. To obtain the latest list of supported devices, call the 24-hour FaxWorker Interactive fax server at (415) 812-6156. Follow the instructions supplied by FaxWorker, and request document 1905, the Backup Compatibility Guide.