Restoring Using The Nt Backup Panel - IBM TotalStorage NAS 300 User Reference

option, a logon prompt appears. Log on as a user who has backup operator
privileges (an administrator or backup administrator). If a logon prompt does not
appear, right-click the IBM NAS Backup Assistant link, and select refresh. When
you log on, the main panel appears.
The four tabs on the main panel are:
Backup Operations
Scheduled Jobs
Backup Logs
Displayed Logs
All of the options on each tab are described in detail in the online help. To access
the online help:
1. Click the IBM NAS Admin icon.
2. Expand the Backup and Restore directory.
3. Select IBM NAS Backup Assistant Help.
4. Log in.

Restoring using the NT Backup panel

Note: If you are restoring a backup that you created using Persistent Images in the
To restore backups, use the following procedure:
The main window where you create and schedule backup batch jobs.
Two backup methods you can select in the Backup Operations window are
the standard NT Backup method and the Persistent Storage Manager
(PSM) Persistent Image method. A standard NT Backup operation backs up
only those files on the drive that are not in use. To guarantee a complete
backup image using this method, you must ensure that no users are
accessing any files on the drive, so this method is useful only for offline
backup.
To do a complete online backup that includes files that are in use, choose
the PSM Persistent Image backup method. This method creates a
persistent image (mapped as an unused drive letter on the system), backs
up a copy of that persistent image, and then deletes the original persistent
image (drive letter). For more information about persistent images, see
"Persistent Images" on page 62.
Displays a list of backup batch jobs that you scheduled.
Displays a list of log files for each backup that has run.
Displays the text contained in the log files that you can select from the
Backup Logs tab.
NAS Backup Assistant, the NT Backup file (*.BKF) was created for the
persistent image virtual drive letter instead of the original drive letter. For
example, if you selected drive C for backup, a persistent image was created
on the next available drive letter in the system, and that drive was backed up
instead of drive C. If you do not remember the original drive letter, you can
view the backup log files in NAS Backup Assistant. The top section of the log
file gives you the original drive letter, and the bottom section gives you the
persistent image drive letter. When you have the original drive letter, perform
the procedure below.
1. Click the Restore using NT Backup link in the Backup and Restore section of
the IBM NAS Admin console to open the backup GUI.
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