Setting Up Server for Online Backups
Overview
This document details the step by step instructions on setting up a backup server for online backups.
Setting Up Server for Online Backups
Follow the below instructions to setup the backup server for online backup service:
Install Server build in your backup server in Server mode
During the installation of the server build in the backup server machine, assign a unique ID for the Server installation. By default will take the machine name in which it is installed as its ID. But we recommend that you use a globally unique ID for all your installations. Since a server is not associated with any user, using a DNS name (e.g. server1.vembu.com) will make it globally unique. For more details on Backup Server installation please check the installation help document for Windows and Linux
Network Connectivity and Firewall Configurations
Server listens on the backup port [TCP: 32004, SSL TCP: 32007] for client requests. Make sure the firewall of the online backup server is open for the backup ports. Please refer Firewall Setup for more information. If the client machines are backing up from another network over the WAN/Internet, make sure the client machines can access the backup server on the backup TCP ports (32004/32007) at a publicly available static IP address or a domain name. You can check the connectivity to the backup server from the client machine through Test Backup Server Connectivity feature through the client's web console.
Setting up the backup server so that a client can start backing up
By default the server creates a Default Reseller and a Default Customer under the Default Reseller. By default, the Default Reseller and the Default Customer are configured to ‘Disable Auto Authorization’ of the client - before a client machine can backup to the newly installed backup server, the client has to be added under the Default Customer. While adding the client under Default Customer in the backup server, you need to specify a password. The client has to then authenticate itself with the password before it starts backing up to the backup server through. This way you can enforce the clients to sign up with a password to use the online Backup Service and all communication with Client and Server is authenticated. For more information on adding a client to the backup server, please check Add Client help.
If you want to allow the client machines to backup without having to add them first in the backup server, then you need to do the following:
Enable 'Auto Authorization' for the Default Reseller: Go to the Server Admin->Reseller Management page in the backup server's web console. In the Default Reseller row, click on the icon under Enable/Disable Auto Authorization and change it to Enable Auto Authorization. For more information please refer Reseller Management help page. Enable Auto Authorization for the Default Customer: Click on the Default Reseller to list the Default Customer and click on the Enable/Disable Auto Authorization icon against Default Customer and change it to Enable Auto Authorization. For more information please refer Customer Management help page.
The added client can backup to the backup server without consuming any MCALs (licensing units) for one month. For this one month, the client will be listed as a Trial Client in the backup server. After one month, the client will automatically start using up the MCALs available in the backup server.
You can also refer Client Setup help document to get more details on setting up a client machine.
Organizing the client machines under the respective Reseller and Customer in the backup server
Instead of having clients backing up under Default Reseller and Default Customer, you can organize the client machines under respective Reseller (if you offer the backup service to the customer through a reseller) and Customer by creating the Reseller and Customer accounts in the backup server and adding the clients under the respective Reseller/Customer.
Adding a new Reseller
To add a Reseller account to your server, you need to do the following:
Go to the "Server Admin->Reseller Management" page. Click on the "Add New Reseller" icon on the left.
Set the disk space for this reseller. Enable Web Access with a username and password (if needed) for the Reseller to access the backup server web console.
For more details, please refer Add Reseller help page.
Adding a new Customer
To add a customer to the backup server, you need to do the following:
Go to the "Server Admin->Reseller Management" page Click on the "Add New Customer" Action icon for the reseller to whom this customer belongs.
Set the disk space for this customer. Enable Web Access for the customer with a username and password (if needed) for the customer to access the backup server web console to manage their backups.
For more details, please refer Add Customer help page.
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