Configuring Arcserve Backup › Create File System Devices

Create File System Devices

Whether you want to back up files from your local machine or from a remote machine in your network, Device Configuration lets you take advantage of a large disk or disk array to use it as a backup resource.

To create file system devices

1. Open the Manager Console.

   From the Administration menu in the Navigation Bar on the Home Page, click Device Configuration.

   Device Configuration opens.

2. Select the File System Devices option and click Next.

   The Login Server dialog opens.

3. Complete the User Name and Password fields and click Next.
4. From the next Login Server dialog, select the server that you want to manage and click Next.

   The File System Devices Configuration dialog opens.

5. Click Add to create a new file system device.

   The new device appears in the File System Devices field.

6. Select the highlighted file system device under the File Device Name column, and specify a name for the device. Enter a description in the Description column, and enter a unique location in the Location column (for example, C:\FSD1, C:\FSD2, and so on). For remote file system devices, click Security and enter the user name, domain, and password for the remote computer. Click OK.
7. The status displayed in the Verify and Status column reads Pending while devices are being configured. Click the Verify button next to the status to check the accuracy of the information you provided. Arcserve Backup displays the Volume Size of the drive specified and a status of Pass if the information is valid.

   If the status displayed is Failed:

   • Make sure the paths you specified for the Location are unique for each device.
   • Ensure the security credentials are accurate.
   • Check that the volume is shared.

   Note: From Device Configuration, you can add one or many devices. When you click Next, Arcserve Backup verifies the validity of information specified for all devices and alerts you if a particular device failed verification. Click the corresponding Verify button located in the Verify and Status column, or do so for each device as you configure it, to ensure successful verification before continuing. There are three possible outcomes displayed in this column:

   • Pending--Displayed while a device is being configured.
   • Pass-Displayed when verification of the information you specified succeeds.
   • Failed--Displayed when Arcserve Backup finds problems with the information you specified. Click Failed in the Verify and Status column to obtain the cause of failure for each device that did not pass verification.
8. Click Exit to close Device Configuration.
9. Click Yes when the confirmation dialog appears.

You can choose the file system device you created as your backup media when you perform backups. Arcserve Backup lets you create multiple file system devices and treats them as additional media devices.

The user tutorial, My First Backup, provides information and a tutorial to guide you through the steps to configure your local disk as a backup device. My First Backup appears the first time you use Arcserve Backup and can also be accessed from the Help menu on the menu bar.