Quick Tour

The Backup software includes both a GUI and a command line interface. Use the GUI for this Quick Tour. To learn more about the command line interface, refer to the nsradmin(8) man page.

To start the GUI of Backup's administration program, enter the nwadmin command at the shell prompt:

# nwadmin &

If Backup does not start successfully:

• The required Backup daemons, nsrd and nsrexecd, may not be present. To determine whether the Backup daemons are currently present, run the ps -e command at the shell prompt. If the output does not list nsrd and nsrexecd as current processes, enter nsrd and nsrexecd at the shell prompt to start the daemons.

• The DISPLAY environment variable may not be set correctly.

• The PATH environment variable may not contain the correct path to the Backup programs. Determine where the Backup programs reside and correct the value assigned to the PATH variable.

The speedbar buttons displayed in the main window of the GUI provide quick access to the most frequently performed Backup administration tasks.

The program's online help is available through the Help menu. You can view a topic that is specific to the window or scroll to another topic of your choice.

When you installed the SUNWsbus1 package on the Backup server, the program automatically added the hostname of the server to the list of Backup clients and specified the special option "/all" for the files to back up for the server. You can use the default setup provided by the installation to test the software and device connections, or modify the options before you perform the test.

How to Perform a Quick Test of the Backup Software

1. Insert a volume into the device you configured for Backup backups.

   Instructions for using a standalone device are provided here. To use a device in an autochanger or silo, use the configuration instructions provided in the Solstice Backup 5.1 Administration Guide.

2. Select the Label speedbar button to label the volume.

   Backup displays the preconfigured label templates provided for you to use.

3. Click OK to label the volume with the Default label template.

4. Select the Mount speedbar button to mount the volume in the drive.

   Highlight the volume you labeled in step 3 and click OK to mount the volume.

5. Select the Groups option from the Customize menu.

   The Default group is already configured and highlighted.

   All you need to do to test the group backup is to select the Enabled radio button and then return to the main window.

6. Select the Group Control speedbar button in the main window.

   The Group Control window appears with the Default group already highlighted.

7. To start the test backup, simply click the Start button.

8. Click the Details button in the Group Control window to view the progress of your test backup.

   At the same time, messages appear in the panels of the main window as the backup progresses.

9. After the backup is completed, click the Indexes button in the main window to view the client file index entries made for the server during the test backup.

   If the test backup was not successfully completed, refer to the troubleshooting information in the Solstice Backup 5.1 Administration Guide to determine the cause.

How to Remove the Backup Software

Use the pkgrm command to remove individual Backup packages or all of the Backup packages at the same time.

The individual Backup software packages depend on each other. You must remove them in the following order: server, storage node, client. The man pages, device drivers and documents have no dependencies. You can remove them at any time.

Removal of the Backup software requires three basic steps:

1. Become root on the system you want to remove the software from.

2. Enter the nsr_shutdown command at the shell prompt to shut down the Backup daemons.

   A list of Backup daemons that will be shut down is displayed, along with a prompt that asks whether you want to continue with the nsr_shutdown command.

   # nsr_shutdown nsr_shutdown will kill the following processes 238 ? S 0:01 /usr/sbin/nsrexecd -s mars 243 ? S 262:47 /usr/sbin/nsrd 293 ? S 0:02 /usr/sbin/nsrmmdbd 294 ? S 0:09 /usr/sbin/nsrindexd 296 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/nsrmmd -n 1 Do you want to continue? [Yes]? y

3. After the nsr_shutdown command completes, issue the pkgrm command.

   You can include a list of the individual packages you want to remove.

   # pkgrm SUNWpackagename