Appendix D
Backup Service - Arkeia

Arkeia Light is a freeware backup service utility. At IPBrick 5.0 and higher, Arkeia Light is not included. You'll need to download it at the Related Software section at our eshop:

http://eshop.ipbrick.com/eshop/

At: Downloads -> Software -> IPBrick Related Software -> IPBrick 5.x -> Arkeia Light 5.3.10

Note: You have to be registered at our eshop for the Download section to be available.

Note: Arkeia Light is a very useful and simple backup utility tool, but our costumers are free to use, should they want it, a more robust and professional backup service in their systems.

When selecting this option at IPBrickI - Backup - Arkeia, and after clicking the Open button, a session window by VNC is open. It is necessary to have the JRE^12.1, which can be found at http://sun.java.com/ installed to execute the connection. The authentication in this session is made with the IPBRICK Administrator's actual password. The Arkeia management interface is available after validation.

In order to start the Arkeia configuration software it is necessary to submit your validation by default:

login: root
password: (without password)

After the successful server connection the following menus are displayed (Figure 12.1):

• Backup: Sets, configures and launches Arkeia's backup, including savepacks
• Restoration: Sets, configures and launches Arkeia's restore function;
• Hardware: Sets and configures the hardware (drives, tapes, libraries) connected to the server;
• Running jobs: Displays the executing processes;
• Administration: Functions to configure Arkeia;
• Logs: Displays the logs that are generated by Arkeia.

Figure 12.1: Backup - Arkeia - Main Menu

Arkeia menus are easy to use. When you access a menu, new sub-menus show up with new options, successively. Every time you pick a menu, its icon appears in an upper bar. To move back in these menus you only have to click in the corresponding icon.

To administrate Arkeia executing processes you have to select the Running Jobs menu (Figure 12.2).

Figure 12.2: Backup - Arkeia - Running Jobs

Select the request line that will have more priority to backup execution (Figure 12.3).

Figure 12.3: Backup - Arkeia - Backups confirmation

Inside this menu, you can see the backup processes. These processes can have two status:

• The process is pending waiting for confirmation, i.e., you have to click OK. The user is alerted to replace the tape;
• The jobs are waiting for the conclusion of the remaining processes.

Usually, if backup administration is normally processed, with the administrator intervention in a daily basis, there will be only an execution process per day.

In the power failure case, all this processes are eliminated.

Footnotes

... JRE^12.1

Java Runtime Environment