Archive and Retrieve with Backup Client Software

Archive is an optional Backup feature that you must purchase and enable separately.

Use the archive feature to save related files or data associated with specific projects at a specific point in time, such as at the end of a project. To start the Backup client application for archive, enter nwarchive at the command line.

When Backup archives data, it captures an image of the specified save sets as they exist on the client at point in time and writes the data to one or more storage volumes, usually removable media (tapes or optical disk). Archived files can be removed from the client machine so the disk space can be used for other purposes.

Use the retrieve feature to get back archived data. To start the Backup client application for retrieval, enter nwretrieve at the command line.

For more detailed information on archives, see Chapter 6, Backup Archive.

For specific instructions on using the windows in the Backup archive and retrieve programs, see the online help.

Permissions Required for the Client

The Archive Services attribute in the Clients resource controls whether the archive feature is enabled or disabled for each client. After you have enabled the optional Backup Archive application on the Backup server, archive services are available for all Backup clients that connect to the server. The Archive Services attribute in the Clients resource allows you to restrict the services to selected clients. Once you enable the Archive Services attribute, a user on the client machine can use the nwarchive GUI or nsrarchive program to perform an archive. When you enable or disable the Archive Services attribute for a client, the attribute changes for all Clients resources with the same name.

To restrict which users of the client machine can request archives, enter user IDs in the Archive User attributes of the Clients resource.

Permissions Required to Retrieve Archived Data to Another Client

When the Public Archives attribute in the Server resource is enabled, all client machines that have Client resources defined on the Backup server can retrieve the archives of all other client machines defined on that Backup server.