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Page 2 Beemo appliance and Data Safe Restore are trade- marks of Beemo Technologie. Microsoft , Windows , Exchange , Mac OS , AIX , Solaris and Java belong to their respective owners. Reproduction in any manner without permission from Beemo Technologie is strictly forbidden.
Page 3 • electrical socket. For maintenance and repair work other than that described in the operating instruc- • tions, please contact Beemo Technologie or an approved reseller. In any case, opening or disassembling the is strictly forbidden and Beemo appliance •...
Page 4: Table Of Contents
1 Setting up the Beemo appliance 1.1 Hardware set-up ..........
Page 5 14.1 Conﬁguration of the NAS ....... . Beemo appliance 14.2 Backing up the .
Page 6: Setting Up The Beemo Appliance
Chapter 1 Setting up the Beemo appliance 1.1 Hardware set-up Upon unpacking check the contents of the box. It should contain : Beemo appliance • One power cord • One Ethernet cable • The installation CD • The quick installation guide •...
Page 7: Initial Network Set-Up
IP address (router) and the DNS server’s IP address. If your internet connection is protected by a ﬁrewall, outgoing connexions from the Beemo appliance on TCP port 6666 and UDP port 123 must be enabled.
Page 8: Set-Up From A Gnu/Linux Computer
If Figure 2.3 is visible, check that the Beemo appliance is turned on and connected to the network, check your network settings, your license number and make sure port TCP 6666 is indeed open then rerun the ’Beemo First Conﬁguration’ . 2.3 – ’Beemo First Conﬁguration’ failed IGURE 2.2 –...
Page 9: Installing Data Safe Restore Client
1. On the machine you wish to back up, open a web browser and enter the IP address of the (Fi- Beemo appliance gure 3.1). 2. Click on the Data Safe Restore Client icon corresponding to the operating system of the machine you wish to back up (Figure 3.1).
Page 10: Windows Installation
3.2 Windows Installation 1. Click on the Windows icon on the home page (Figure 3.1), Once the setup-win.exe ﬁle is downloaded, execute it : a dialog box (Figure 3.2) asks you to authorize this app to make changes to your PC, click ’Yes’. 3.2 –...
Page 11 3. The installation is performed (Figure 3.4), wait for the client’s icon to be displayed in your taskbar (Figure 3.5). 3.4 – Installing the Windows client IGURE 4. The installation is complete, click (Figure 3.4). Close 3.5 – Data Safe Restore Client installed IGURE Data Safe Restore User manual Version 3.08...
Page 12: Macos Installation
3.3 MacOS installation 1. Click on the MacOS icon on the home page (Figure 3.1), a dialog box (Figure 3.6) prompts you to ’Open with’ or ’Save the ﬁle’, choose Open with DiskImageMounter.app. 3.6 – Downloading the MacOS client IGURE 2.
Page 13 3. Click on Continue. 3.8 – Installing the MacOS client IGURE 4. Select the installation disk then click on Continue. 3.9 – Installing the MacOS client (cont’d) IGURE 5. The installation is complete, click on ’Close’. Data Safe Restore User manual Version 3.08 Page 8...
Page 14: Gnu/Linux Installation
3.4 GNU/Linux installation REMARK : If your GNU/Linux machine does not have a graphical interface, you can down- load the ﬁle by typing in a console : Beemo appliance}/exe/setup-lin.tgz # wget http://{IP of the or, if your don’t have wget command : Beemo appliance}/exe/setup-lin.tgz...
Page 15: Solaris Installation
REMARK : If your SCO machine does not have a graphical interface, you can download the ﬁle by typing in a console : # wget http://{IP of the Beemo appliance}/exe/setup-sco.tar.Z 2. The installation is now complete. The Data Safe Restore Client is installed in the /usr/local/dsr folder and will be run when you start up your machine.
Page 16: Esx 4.0+ Installation
Once connected, type "su -" then provide root password • 3. Install Data Safe Restore Client : # cd /tmp # esxcfg-firewall -allowOutgoing # curl -O http://{IP de the Beemo appliance}/exe/setup-esx.tgz # tar -vxzf setup-esx.tgz # cd dsr_esx # ./install.sh # esxcfg-firewall -blockOutgoing...
Page 17: Esx/Esxi Hypervisor Setup
Provide root credentials when prompted • 3. Install Data Safe Restore Client : # cd /tmp # wget http://{IP de the Beemo appliance}/exe/setup-esx.tgz # tar -vxzf setup-esx.tgz # cd dsr_esx # ./install.sh REMARK : It is also possible to download the installation package using the the...
Page 18 host > vim > vmvisor • host > vim > vmvisor > init • host > vim > vmuser > shell • host > vim > vmuser > ssh • 3.12 – ESX/i Resource Allocation IGURE Data Safe Restore User manual Version 3.08 Page 13...
Page 19: The Administration Console Of The Beemo Appliance
The administration console of the Beemo appliance is a network solution conﬁgured through a Java console accessible by a web browser. To Beemo appliance administer the you must have installed the Java Runtime Environment on the station(s) intended Beemo appliance for this function.
Page 20: Presentation Of The Administration Console
4. Click on Enter. If your authentication is correct, you can now administer the Beemo appliance or access the settings of your backupset depending on the rights you have.
Page 21: Adding And Removing Rows
4.3 – the administration console IGURE 4.4 – the ’Settings’ button of the Beemo appliance IGURE 4.2.1 Adding and removing rows In the entire administration console of the Data Safe Restore solution, two buttons are used to add and remove rows of input and these are represented in a standardised manner in the console.
Page 22: Detail Of The List Of Backupsets
4.7 – Detailed view IGURE 4.8 – Summary view IGURE This button lets you sort backupsets in alphabetic order. This button lets you sort backupsets by volume of stored data (see paragraph 4.2.3). This button lets you sort backupsets by status of the last backup or restore operations (see para- graph 4.2.3).
Page 23 4.4 – Connection status ABLE Analysis Identiﬁcation of modiﬁed ﬁles since last backup Backup Data is sent from Data Safe Restore Client to the Beemo appliance Compression, encryption Data compression and encryption Remote backup Previously backed up datas are sent offsite Cleanup Old versions of ﬁles are removed...
Page 24: Configuring The The Beemo Appliance
Chapter 5 Conﬁguring the the Beemo appliance To conﬁgure the Beemo appliance you must connect to the administration console using the procedure described in Chapitre 4. Once connected, click on to access the various set-up menus. Settings Beemo appliance REMARK : For settings to take effect, click on ’Validate’.
Page 25: Network Settings
2. Date & time : the synchronises with a network time server to ensure that scheduled ba- Beemo appliance ckups are launched at the requested time. It is also here that you specify the time zone in which the Beemo appliance is located.
Page 26 IP address 2. Internet Bandwidth : you can limit the maximum upload bandwidth used by Beemo appliance during offsite backups. Just add a rule to the internet bandwidth management table, then choose Mbit or Kbit, enter the maximum bandwidth and the days and times for the limitation.
Page 27: Maintenance
5.3 Maintenance 5.3 – Maintenance window IGURE 1. Shutdown / Reboot : stop and restart the Beemo appliance. Data Safe Restore User manual Version 3.08 Page 22...
Page 28: Network Drives
2. Remote access : enables remote maintenance (SSH protocol) or remote access to this administration console. NOTE : If remote maintenance is not enabled, Beemo Technologie or the technical staff appointed by its resellers will not be able to run diagnostics in case of failure. Similarly, if...
Page 29: Backupsets
• 6.1 Creating the ﬁrst backupset. Connect to the with the ’admin’ user. Beemo appliance A new backupset is displayed in your list of backupsets with a name similar to IP: ’IP address of the machine’. This machine is recognizable by the star on its right in the list of backupsets. If the machine does not appear, it must be detected (see chapter 5).
Page 30 templates. To do this, you must select the option ’Manually from a template or from an existing backupset’ select the settings to be imported from the dropdown list. 6.3 – Import settings from a template or an existing backupset IGURE REMARK : Importing the settings from a backupset has no effect on existing backupsets and the imported conﬁguration can be fully customized to your own liking.
Page 31: Storage Destination
’Onsite backup’ destination to specify that the backupset will only be stored on if the data is to be replicated. You may choose to disable Beemo appliance ’Onsite and offsite backup’ compression and encryption for onsite backups only. 6.5 – Destination of the backupset...
Page 32: Scheduler
REMARK : The Scheduler is a crucial element for correct backups. Bad settings may make the backup ineffective. If in doubt, contact Beemo Technologie technical support or an ap- proved reseller. You can also perform a manual backup by clicking on the play icon...
Page 33: Local Network Security
6.1.5 Local network security By default, data transfers between the client and the Beemo appliance are done in cleartext. If you back up machines on a remote network or if you want to secure local trafﬁc, select this option.
Page 34: Add
Keep the last ’X’ versions : Lets you decide the number of versions of ﬁles you wish to keep. Once this ◦ number of versions is reached, any new version will overwrite the oldest in the backup. Keep every version for the last ’X’ days : Each version of backed up ﬁles will be kept for ’X’ days, except ◦...
Page 35 6.15 – Tree structure of the ﬁles to be backed up IGURE 1. From the list of backupsets, select the one you wish to modify. The ’Settings’ tab is automatically opened. 2. Choose the ﬁles and folders to be backed up (by checking or unchecking the corresponding checkbox to the left of the tree).
Page 36 Machine Hard drive Network drive Folder File (or email) Database System status : Export of the windows conﬁguration Windows conﬁguration object (Registry, COM+, boot ﬁles, Active Directory) Exchange server : list the different backup modes for Microsoft Exchange mail server Exchange server : full/database backup mode Exchange server : mailbox backup mode Exchange server : brick level backup mode...
Page 37: Advanced Filters
? ?_ ? ?_ ? ? ? ?.bak). You must specify the full path to the ﬁle so that it is saved by the Beemo appliance. If multiple ﬁles cor- respond to the wildcard, only the most recent will be included.
Page 38 6.18 – Application of multimedia templates included in the solution Data Safe Restore IGURE NOTE : The multimedia templates bundled by default with Data Safe Restore only exclude the relevant data from backupsets. By selecting the template, you exclude all ﬁle extensions speciﬁed in the template.
Page 39: Restoring Data
Chapter 7 Restoring Data 7.1 Basic restoration 1. Log on to the administration console with the ’admin’ user or any user with ’Restore Backup’ rights (see Section 6.1). 2. From the list of backupsets, click on the one you wish to restore data from. 3.
Page 40 6. A dialog box appears, letting you choose the machine and location to restore to. 7.2 – Restore location selection IGURE Restore ﬁles to a different host : select another machine to restore to. For a machine to be the destination •...
Page 41: Advanced Restore
ﬁles in each folder and their size. 7.2.3 Data ﬁltering You can apply various ﬁlters to the data backed up on the Beemo appliance. Several ﬁlters (of the same type or different types) can be applied cumulatively.
Page 42 by name • by the latest ﬁle change date • by size • by version • by date of deletion of the ﬁle from the machine. Caution, this feature requires • speciﬁc settings (see Section 6.1). REMARK : the use of the ﬁlter enables you to dis- versions of files present on play all ﬁles for a backup on a given date and time.
Page 43: Data Deletion
You can delete ﬁles already backed up, this will allow you to control the amount of data backed up, and if necessary, free up space by erasing unwanted ﬁles or obsolete versions of data. 1. Log on to the Beemo appliance with the ’admin’ user or the user of the account if they have ’Delete’ rights (see Section 6.1).
Page 44: Logs, Alerts
IGURE 1. Connect to the with the ’admin’ user or the account user. Beemo appliance 2. From the list of backupsets, click on the one whose backup logs you wish to consult. 5 tabs open in the right window. 3. Click on the tab, the window on the right then contains your backup calendar.
Page 45: Details On Alert Emails
: the is no longer connected to the server. Backup secu- Beemo appliance Beemo appliance rity is compromised. You are advised to check network settings and contact Beemo Technologie as soon as possible. Beemo appliance reconnected : the Beemo appliance has restored contact with the server.
Page 46 7. Package exceeded : You have exceeded the contract subscribed with Beemo Technologie. The email alert reminds you of your contract and the amount in relation to the said contract.
Page 47: Backing Up Microsoft Exchange
NOTE : You must ﬁrst have installed the in line with the instructions Beemo appliance given previously. The operations described in this chapter are for system administrators and advanced users with a good knowledge of Microsoft tools (in particular NTBackup, Active Directory and Exchange Server).
Page 48: Backup
"Full" mode : Exchange 2003 : the amount of free space in the Data Safe Restoreinstallation directory must at least match the size of the Exchange database Exchange 2007 / 2010 : it is not possible to perform multiple Exchange backups in "Full” mode simultaneously nor perform other backups using the VSS option at the same time.
Page 49 way as a disk tree structure and you can select the items to be backed up as described in Chapitre 6. 10.1 – Exchange tree structure IGURE Data Safe Restore User manual Version 3.08 Page 44...
Page 50: Disk Image Backup
Chapter 11 Disk image backup 11.1 Setting up image backup This feature, unless ﬁle backup, allow to backup : All disks and their volumes by selecting Disk Image. • Particular disks and their volumes by selecting disks in question. • Particular volumes by directly selecting them.
Page 51: Full Disk Restore Mode
11.2 – Selection of image to restore IGURE Once elements to restore have been selected (you can use restore ﬁlters), click on Restore selected ﬁles button, a new window allow you to deﬁne restoration target. REMARK : System or system reserved volumes / disks can only be overwritten once the system that ties on them is not running.
Page 52: Volume Restore Mode
REMARK : Invalid disks as restoration target are shown in italic and greyed. REMARK : A disk is correctly selected when his path is indicated after Select target disk. One the target selected, click Restore. REMARK : If you restore on a non empty disk, a conﬁrmation window will be displayed before the restoration to take effect.
Page 53: Partition Table Restore Mode
Once the target selected, click Restore. REMARK : If you restore on an existing volume, a conﬁrmation window will be displayed before the restoration to take effect. In order to restore on an empty disk, it must have a partition table. To create a partition table, right click on the disk in question in the Volume restore window, and select the appropiate option.
Page 54: Delete Partitions
11.7 – Partition table restore window IGURE Only those elements are selectable : Empty disks. • The original disk. • REMARK : Invalid volumes as restoration target are shown in italic and greyed. REMARK : A disk is correctly selected when his path is indicated after Select target disk.
Page 55: Using Flash Rescue To Restore The System
Once the machine running, you see the interface which breaks down as follows : Network setup done with DHCP in the upper part. • Reachables backup appliances (you can use arrows to select the the you wish). Beemo appliance • A lifebuoy icon to open the administration console of the selected Beemo appliance.
Page 56 Flash Rescue interface IGURE Modify keyboard conﬁguration. Enter IP or license of a Beemo appliance. Add a driver (with *.inf extension) from a folder or a network share (if driverrs are *.exe, *.cab ou *.zip, you must extract them ﬁrst with a tierce tool).
Page 57 If you want to add a driver from a network share, click on the add driver button , then click on the add share button , and setup following informations : Server : IP Adress of the machine providing the network share. •...
Page 58 REMARK : If the machine has been successfully booted up on the ﬂash Flash Rescue drive but does not appear on the the appliance, you can force detect the client as Beemo explained in chapter 5. Data Safe Restore User manual Version 3.08 Page 53...
Page 59: Files Attributes Management (Acl)
Beemo 1. Log on as an administrator to the machine whose user access rights you want to back up. 2. Stop the application (or the service if you have followed the recommendations of Beemo Technologie) Data Safe Restore Client. 3. In the Microsoft Windows ﬁle explorer, go to the...
Page 60: Open File Support (Vss)
Chapter 13 Open File Support (VSS) NOTE : For detailed information on VSS (or Volume Shadow Copy Service), refer to the documentation provided by Microsoft at the following address http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc785914.aspx. The Open File Support option (also called the VSS option) is used to back up critical items such as databases without having to disconnect users or stop the process in progress.
Page 61: Shared Folders (Nas Option)
More information on Samba is available on the ofﬁcial website of the sharing solution http://www.samba.org. Beemo appliance from Beemo Technologie can, depending on your needs, serve as a ﬁle server for network users and this regardless of their operating system and system conﬁguration. 14.1 Conﬁguration of the...
Page 62: Backing Up The Beemo Appliance
14.4 – Add/Remove Shared Folders and user rights management. IGURE Once all these settings are deﬁned and validated, the is fully functional as a ﬁle server and the Beemo appliance shares can be mounted and used on the machines in the network. 14.2 Backing up the Beemo appliance...
Page 63 4. A new machine appears in the list of secured machines. This is the Beemo appliance. It can be recognized by its distinctive icon, as well as the + symbol indicating a new machine to be secured. 14.6 – The NAS in the list of backupsets IGURE 5.
Page 64: A Assistance And Contacts
To contact Beemo Technologie electronically, you can visit the contact section of the following web site : http://www.beemotechnologie.com/ • If you need to contact Beemo Technologie, use the email addresses and telephone numbers set out in the table below. Service...
Page 65: B Legal
Appendix B Legal Order 2002-997 dated 16 July 2002, relating to the obligation incumbent on cryptology service providers pur- • suant to article 11-1 of the Act 91-646 of 10 July 1991 on the secrecy of correspondence on telecommunication channels www.legifrance.gouv.fr/texteconsolide/PCHTO.htm Order 2002-688 of 2 May 2002 amending order 98-101 of 24 February 1998 setting down the conditions in •...

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