Add a New Group

• Overview
• How to get here in the Web Console?
• Group Information
• Basic Configuration
• Advanced Configuration
• Troubleshooting Tips
• Limitations

Overview

While you have the option of retaining all your clients under the 'Default Group', you may find it more manageable to segregate your groups. - especially since you can allocate storage space and configure other settings on a 'group-wise' basis.

A group can have multiple PCs, desktops/laptops/servers (clients) which need to be backed up. You need to add the group to the server first before adding the clients under the group. Clients can easily be shifted from one group to another.

How to get here in the Web Console?
 In the top menu, select: "Server Admin->Group Management->List of Resellers" and click on the "Add New Group" link

Group Information

At the bare minimum, you need to give the group a name and an Email address. Other group information like Address, City, Phone, Fax and Notes is primarily to help you keep the records organized.

Basic Configuration

• Backup Location : The storage location for the backup data for this group.

• Restrict Usage Space To : Total space allocated for all the clients under this group.

  Space Utilization Snapshot for Server:

  • Total Backup Space on Server - Total disk space available on the server.

  • Total Backup Space allotted to group(s) - The sum of the disk space allotted to different groups under this server.

  • Free Backup Space available - Free space available in the server which is not allocated to any group i.e., it is the difference between total backup space in the server and the total backup space allotted to groups.

• The link “Edit Disk Space Allocated for Server/Group/Client” takes the user to Settings -> Disk Space & Client Management. This lists the groups, their clients and their backup schedules with their MCAL and Space details. The space settings can be edited here.

• Automatically add clients when they connect to the server [Enable/Disable] - If you want the clients under this group to backup without adding the client names ( IDs) manually in the server, then keep the Auto Authorization enabled for this group. The Clients will be automatically created in the server when the clients backup to this server for the first time. Clients will be by default added under Default Group.

• Email Reports (Enable/Disable) - You can enable Email Reports for particular Reseller/Customer to receive email reports of backup/restore/delete/replication modules of the clients present under this particular Reseller/Customer to the email address given in the 'Email' option.

• Web Access [Enable/Disable] - You can enable web access to your Group by which the group can log into the server web console and manage the backups from their clients.

  • User Name: The user name with which the Group can log into this server's web console.

  • Password: The password to be used to login to the server's web console.

  • Confirm Password: This field is used to confirm that the password is entered correctly in the password field.

Advanced Configuration

• Do you wish to restrict this group to use fixed number of MCALs ?: By enabling the Automatic allocation option, server automatically allots MCALs required for this group. This is the recommended modus operandi! However, if you wish, you can restrict the number of MCALs to be allotted for the group. If/when this limit is reached no more backups will be permitted till you manually increase the MCALs for this group.

  MCALs Utilization Snapshot for Server:

  • MCALs available in the global pool - This is the total number of available/unutilized MCALs in the backup server's global pool.

• Activated [Yes/No]: Only clients from 'active' groups are allowed to backup to the server. By default all groups start off 'Activated'. If you prefer to start this group in a deactivated state, you can do so. Of course, you can prevent a group (and hence all the clients under the group) from backing up to the server by simply deactivating the group at any time.

• Maximum client limit: Using this option you can limit the number of clients that can be added under this group.

• Set bandwidth throttling specifically for this group: 's Bandwidth Throttling feature provides a way to limit the bandwidth usage for a backup schedule. Bandwidth Throttling can be configured at the backup server,group and client levels. Once applied, the settings will be applicable to each backup schedule under this Group.

  • If the option No [Use Server's global bandwidth throttling configuration] is selected, then the bandwidth throttling for the group will be set as per the Server's configuration.

  • If the option Yes is selected, then you can setup bandwidth throttling specific to this group by entering the following details:
    
    

    • Enable bandwidth throttling for this group - Choose to enable or disable bandwidth throttling.

    • Throttle bandwidth always - Choose this option to enable bandwidth throttling throughout the day.

    • Throttle bandwidth from - Choose this option to enable bandwidth throttling only during the specified hours of the day.

    • Disable Bandwidth Throttling during Weekend - Choose this option to disable bandwidth throttling during weekend (Saturdays and Sundays). However, bandwidth throttling will be active on all the other days.

    • Throttle each backup to maximum of - The rate to which bandwidth should be throttled.

• Send a consolidated report across all clients: You can choose to send a ‘Consolidated Group Report’ of all clients under this group. Specify the Email ID of the recipient(s) and the frequency of generation of the consolidated group report (Daily/Weekly/Monthly).

Save Button - After configuring the options specified above, click on the "Save" button to save the configuration. Once the group settings has been saved, a confirm alert message will be displayed to send the account details to the group in an Email. Click "OK" if you would like to view and send the Email. This confirmation alert will be displayed, only if you have enabled Email feature in the 'Settings->Email Settings' page.

Troubleshooting Tips

Limitations