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Introducing the Agent

Arcserve Backup is a comprehensive storage solution for applications, databases, distributed servers, and file systems. It provides backup and restore capabilities for databases, business-critical applications, and network clients.

Among the agents Arcserve Backup offers is the Arcserve Backup <aof>. Using the agent, you can easily and reliably back up open files across your network. It solves the problem of accessing open files for backup, enabling you to:

• Back up all files safely and consistently, even when they are open and continually updated by applications.
• Continue working on critical files during a backup.
• Perform backups as they are needed.

This guide provides the information you need to configure and run the <aof> (OFA), as well as troubleshooting advice.

This section contains the following topics:

Licensing

File Access Control

The Data Integrity Problem

Agent Components