Introducing Arcserve Backup Agents and Options › Using Agents › Agent for Open Files › Using the Agent › Configure the Agent › Clients Tab

Clients Tab

Use the Clients tab in the Configuration dialog to enable, disable, and configure backup clients on the selected computer.

Note: Whenever you disable or enable the Arcserve Client Agent for Arcserve Backup, you should also disable or enable the Arcserve Client Agent for Arcserve Helper service.

For information about configuring remote servers, see the section Advanced Configuration.

The following options are available in the Clients tab:

Clients

Displays all the backup clients supported by the agent. A green tick mark appears next to a client if it is enabled.

Client Disabled

Disables the selected backup client. When a client is disabled, the agent prevents it from accessing open files.

This field is currently disabled. This behavior is now controlled by the backup server.

Login Name

Specifies the name to be associated with the selected login based client. The agent recognizes workstation-based backup clients and remote server-based clients, by associating particular login names with them. This field is currently disabled.

Note: If a client does not require a login name, you must disable this field for that client.

Important! This name must be reserved for use only by the client when performing backups. Other file activity under the same name causes unnecessary agent activity, which interferes with its correct functioning. Do not use “Admin,” “Administrator” or any other name that is easy to guess as the login name.

User and Group (Windows only)

Determines whether the login name is a user or belongs to a group.

• When you select User, the current login-based client is recognized only when file activity originates from the user specified in the Login Name field.
• When you select Group, the current login-based client is recognized when file activity originates from any user belonging to the group specified in the Login Name field.

Enable Extended Features

Sends logging information and alerts to the Arcserve Backup event system. You can do this only if you are using Arcserve Backup as your backup client and have not enabled extended features for any other entries in the Client list, except for remote clients. If you select the option while other clients are selected, you are asked if you want to disable them.

Note: The agent can only send information to the local Arcserve Backup server when both, the Arcserve Backup server and the agent are installed on the same computer.