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Manage Arcserve Servers Using the Server Configuration Wizard

The Server Configuration Wizard lets you manage how Arcserve Backup servers function. Using the Server Configuration Wizard, you can perform the following tasks:

• Manage the roles of the servers in your Arcserve Backup domain. For example, you can:
  • Promote a Arcserve Backup member server to a Arcserve Backup primary server.
  • Demote a Arcserve Backup primary server to a Arcserve Backup member server.
  • Allow a member server to separate from one Arcserve Backup domain and join a different Arcserve Backup domain.
• Select the application that you want to use to manage the Arcserve Backup database.

  For Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express installations, the database must be installed on the primary server. If you require remote database communication, you must use Microsoft SQL Server to host the Arcserve database.

• Move the Arcserve Backup database to other systems or use a different SQL Server database instance in your environment.
• Repair the Arcserve database connection to a primary server and member servers.
• Register a member server with a Arcserve Backup domain primary server.

  To register a member server with a domain primary server, you must provide valid credentials (for example, the user name and password). After Arcserve Backup authenticates your credentials, the member server is registered into the Arcserve Backup database.

  Arcserve Backup lets you register the member server with the Arcserve Backup primary server when you install Arcserve Backup. If the registration process fails when you are installing Arcserve Backup, Setup displays messages to notify you that an error occurred.

• Specify the Arcserve Backup Domain Administrator (caroot) password on a primary server.
• Correct installation failures.

  When you install Arcserve Backup, the installation process can fail under the following scenarios:

  • Arcserve Backup cannot communicate or authenticate properly with the Arcserve Backup database.
  • Arcserve Backup cannot authenticate the caroot account or a system account.

  If a database communication error or user authentication error occurs, the installation wizard displays an error message. To remedy the problem, run the Server Configuration Wizard.

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Tasks You Can Perform Using the Server Configuration Wizard

Start the Server Configuration Wizard