Disaster Recovery System Web Interface

Backup Device List

The Backup Device List page appears when you choose Backup > Backup Device.

Authorization Requirements

You must have platform administrator authority to access this page.

Description

Use the Backup Device List page to list, add, and delete backup devices.

The following table describes the Backup Device List page.

Table 1. Backup Device List Page

Field

Description

Backup Device List

Lists the configured backup devices and displays the Device Name, Device Type, and Device Path. Click on the Device Name link to bring up the Backup Device page for that device.

Add New button

Adds a new backup device. When you click the Add icon, the Backup Device page appears. See Table 2 for information about the Backup Device page.

Select All button and icon

Selects all the listed backup devices.

Clear All button and icon

Deselects all selected backup devices.

Delete Selected button and icon

Deletes the selected backup devices.

The following table describes the Backup Device page, which you use to add new backup devices.

Table 2. Backup Device Page

Field

Description

Backup device name

Enter the device name in the text box (required).

Select Destination

To select the backup destination, click the Tape Device or Network Directory radio button (required).

Tape Device

Select the name of the tape device from the pull-down menu.

Network Directory

In the fields provided, enter the Server name, Path name, User name, and Password for the Network Directory.

Number of backups to store on the Network Directory

Select the number of backups using the pull-down menu.

Save button and icon

Saves the information about the new backup device.

Back button and icon

Returns to the Backup Device List page.

Schedule List

The Schedule List page appears when you choose Backup > Scheduler.

Authorization Requirements

You must have platform administrator authority to access this page.

Description

Use the Schedule List page to list currently scheduled backups, to add new schedules, to enable schedules, and to disable schedules. You can schedule a backup to start at a specified date and time and configure it either to run once or at a specified frequency, as well as specifying the features to be backed up.

The following table describes the Schedule List page.

Table 3. Schedule List Page

Field

Description

Schedule List

Lists all scheduled backups. Displays the Schedule List name, the Device Path, and the Schedule Status. Click the Schedule List name link to view the details of that schedule.

Note

 

After you have created a scheduled backup, you must enable the schedule. To do so, select the schedule in the Schedule List and click the Enable Selected Schedules button or icon.

Add New button or icon

Adds a new schedule. When you click the Add button or icon, the Scheduler page appears. See Table 2 for information about the Scheduler page.

Select All button or icon

Selects all the listed schedules.

Note

 

The Select All button only appears if no schedules have been configured.

Clear All button or icon

Deselects all selected schedules.

Note

 

The Clear All button only appears if no schedules have been configured.

Delete Selected button or icon

Deletes the selected schedules.

Note

 

The Delete Selected button only appears if no schedules have been configured.

Enable Selected Schedules button or icon

Enables the selected schedules.

Note

 

The Enable Selected Schedules icon only appears if no schedules have been configured.

Disable Selected Schedules button or icon

Disables the selected schedules.

Note

 

The Disable Selected Schedules button only appears if no schedules have been configured.

The following table describes the Scheduler page.

Table 4. Scheduler Page

Field

Description

Status

Displays the status of the Scheduler page.

Schedule Name

Enter the name of the schedule in the text box.

Select Backup Device

Select the name of the backup device from the pull-down menu.

Select Features

Select Emergency Responder as the feature to be backed up.

Start Backup at

Date

From the pull-down menus, enter the year, month, and day on which the backup starts.

Time

From the pull-down menus, enter the hour and minute at which the backup starts.

Frequency

Once

Click this radio button to schedule a single backup.

Daily

Click this radio button to schedule a daily backup.

Weekly

Click this radio button to schedule a weekly backup. Check the check boxes to specify the days on which the weekly backup is scheduled.

Monthly

Click this radio button to schedule a monthly backup.

Save button or icon

Saves the backup schedule information.

Set Default button or icon

Saves the information entered as the default for scheduled backups.

Disable Schedule button or icon

Disables the Schedule. If the Schedule is currently disabled, this button is grayed out.

Enable Schedule button or icon

Enables the Schedule. If the Schedule is currently enabled, this button is grayed out.

Back button or icon

Returns to the Scheduler List page.

Manual Backup

The Manual Backup page appears when you choose Backup > Manual Backup.

Authorization Requirements

You must have platform administrator authority to access this page.

Description

Use the Manual Backup page to start a manual backup.


Note
Before starting a manual backup, make sure that all servers in the clusters are running and are reachable over the network. Servers that are not running or are not reachable over the network are not backed up.

Note
From Release 14SU2 onwards, tomcat and tomcat-ecdsa certificate must be exchanged between the publisher and subscriber nodes before taking drs backup. Certificate exchange is also required if the ipaddress/hostname changes.

The following table describes the Manual Backup page.

Table 5. Manual Backup Page

Field

Description

Select Backup Device

Select the name of the backup device from the pulldown menu.

Select Features

Check Emergency Responder as the feature to be backed up.

Start Backup button or icon

Starts a manual backup.

Estimate Size button or icon

Estimates the backup size for the selected feature

Select All button or icon

Selects all the listed features.

Clear All button or icon

Deselects all selected features.

Backup History and Restore History

The Backup History page appears when you choose Backup > History. The Restore History page appears when you choose Restore > History.

Authorization Requirements

You must have platform administrator authority to access this page.

Description

Use the Backup History page to view information about past backups. Use the Restore History page to view information about past restore operations.

The following table describes the Backup History page.

Table 6. Backup History Page

Field

Description

Backup History information

The following information about past backups is displayed:

  • Tar Filename

  • Backup Device

  • Completed On

  • Result

  • Backup Type

  • Version

  • Features Backed Up

  • Features Returned Warning

  • Failed Features

Refresh button or icon

Refreshes the information in the Backup History page.

The following table describes the Restore History page.

Table 7. Restore History Page

Field

Description

Restore History information

The following information about past backups is displayed:

  • Tar Filename

  • Backup Device

  • Version

  • Completed On

  • Result

  • Features Restored

  • Failed Features

Refresh button or icon

Refreshes the information in the Restore History page.

Backup Status

The Backup Status page appears when you choose Backup > Current Status.

Authorization Requirements

You must have platform administrator authority to access this page.

Description

Use the Backup Status page to view status information about the current backup.

The following table describes the Backup Status page.

Table 8. Backup Status Page

Field

Description

Status

Provides information about the status of the current backup.

Backup Details

The following information about the current backup is displayed:

  • Tar Filename
  • Backup Device
  • Operation
  • Percentage Complete
  • Feature
  • Server
  • Component
  • Status
  • Result
  • Start Time
  • Log File

Refresh button or icon

Refreshes the information about the current backup.

Cancel Backup button or icon

Cancels the current backup.

Restore Wizard

The Restore Wizard page appears when you choose Restore > Restore Wizard.

Authorization Requirements

You must have platform administrator authority to access this page.

Description

Use the Restore Wizard page to restore a backup file to a server or to restore all servers in a cluster. The Restore Wizard consists of four web pages.

Use the Step1 Restore—Choose Backup Device page to select the backup device to be used for the backup.

The following table describes the Step1 Restore—Choose Backup Device page.

Table 9. Step 1 Restore—Choose Backup Device Page

Field

Description

Status

Indicates the current status of the recovery operation.

Select Backup Device

Select the backup device using the pull-down menu.

Next button or icon

Advances to the next page in the Restore Wizard.

Cancel button or icon

Cancels the restore operation.

Use the Step2 Restore—Choose the Backup Tar File page to select the backup tar file to be restored.

The following table describes the Step2 Restore—Choose the Backup Tar File page.

Table 10. Step 2 Restore—Choose the Backup Tar File Page

Field

Description

Status

Indicates the current status of the restore operation.

Select Backup File

Use the pull-down menu to select the tar file for backup

Back button or icon

Returns to the previous page in the Restore Wizard.

Next button or icon

Advances to the next page in the Restore Wizard.

Cancel button or icon

Cancels the restore operation.

Use the Step3 Restore—Select the Type of Restore page to select the features to be restored.

The following table describes the Step3 Restore—Select the Type of Restore page.

Table 11. Step 3 Restore—Select the Type of Restore Page

Field

Description

Status

Indicates the current status of the restore operation.

Select Features

Click the box to the left of the Emergency Responder feature name to select the Emergency Responder feature for backup.

Back button or icon

Returns to the previous page in the Restore Wizard.

Next button or icon

Advances to the next page in the Restore Wizard.

Cancel button or icon

Cancels the restore operation.

Use the Step4 Restore—Final Warning for Restore page to select the servers to be restored.

The following table describes the Step4 Restore—Final Warning for Restore page.

Table 12. Step 4 Restore—Final Warning for Restore Page

Field

Description

Status

Indicates the current status of the restore operation.

Warning

Displays a warning message stating that the restore operation overwrites all existing data on the selected servers.

Select the Servers to be restored for each Feature

Under the Emergency Responder feature name, select the servers to be restored. To do so, click the check box to the left of the server name.

Back button or icon

Returns to the previous page in the Restore Wizard.

Restore button or icon

Initiates the restore operation. Before you click Restore, you must first select the server to be restored. You can select a Publisher or a Subscriber to be restored, but not both.

Caution

 

The restore operation overwrites any existing data on the selected servers.

Cancel button or icon

Cancels the restore operation.

Restore Status

The Restore Status page appears when you choose Restore > Status.

Authorization Requirements

You must have platform administrator authority to access this page.

Description

Use the Restore Status page to view the status of restore operations.

The following table describes the Restore Status page.

Table 13. Restore Status Page

Field

Description

Status

Provides information about the status of the current restore operation.

Restore Details

The following information about the current restore operation is displayed:

  • Tar Filename
  • Backup Device
  • Operation
  • Percentage Complete
  • Feature
  • Server
  • Component
  • Status
  • Result
  • Start Time
  • Log File

Refresh button or icon

Refreshes the information about the current restore operation.