McAfee SmartStor Release V1.10 McAfee Associates, Inc. What's new in this release ========================== McAfee announces Tape IFS (Installable File System) technology, a feature that allows PC systems to recognize SCSI tape drives as online logical storage devices. Tape IFS enables the tape drive to appear as a hard drive to the user, making it easier to view, backup and restore data. Tape IFS utilizes a 32-bit VxD Virtual device Drive) which becomes loaded at boot time. The VxD establishes the tape drive as a mounted, logical storage device. Once the system is mounted, users can access the tape drive just as they would access any other online storage device such as a hard disk drive. The Windows Explorer can then display the tape drive's file structure as if it were a hard drive. To utilize this new feature, you must have a SCSI tape drive installed on the computer during SETUP of SmartStor. McAfee announces the McAfee Personal Vault. McAfee now provides an Internet storage service to all SmartStor users. The McAfee Personal Vault allows you to keep all your important data in a safe and easily accessible Internet based repository. With SmartStor, the McAfee Personal Vault and your existing ISP (Internet Service Provider) you can access your important data from anywhere - anytime. The McAfee Personal Vault gives you: -Critical data protection with 24 hour access -Random access retrieval of data (no tape management hassles) -Ability to maintain a safety deposit box of your critical data off-site -WIN95 Explorer integration -Drag and drop for the backup and restore process The McAfee Personal Vault service makes backup and restore as easy as drag and drop. In addition to backup and restore convenience, the process is faster than most tape drives can provide. McAfee Personal Vault is available for a nominal monthly service fee of $10.00 USD for 10 megabytes of storage space. To sign up for the services now and get your first month FREE, access the following URL in your World Wide Web browser: http://www.mcafeestore.com 1. What is SmartStor =================== SmartStor is McAfee's personal backup and data management utility for Windows 95. Using SmartStor, you can backup and restore data at any time without relying on someone else, such as the LAN Administrator, for storage management. SmartStor provides a simple and effective method for protecting your data without the need for tape drives or additional equipment. 2. Using FTP Icon Connection with SmartStor on the Internet ========================================================= FTP Icon Connection is the SmartStor program that connects you to an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) server for backing up and retrieving data. SmartStor doesn't actually "make" the Internet connection. The user is responsible for providing the Internet account and activating the connection for use. The Internet account needs to support PPP (Point to Point Protocol) and/or TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol). SmartStor allows the backup repository to reside on an FTP server. The user account on the FTP service must be PPP or TCP/IP enabled. Contact your local ISP (Internet Service Provider) or surf to http://www.mcafee.com for information on obtaining and using an FTP shell on the Internet. 3. What is FTP? ================ FTP is a communications protocol that is used to control the flow of TCP/IP packets across the Internet and intranets for the purpose of transferring files between nodes. 4. Using SmartStor on an Intranet ================================= An intranet is a private network that has the same look, feel and operation as the Internet and operates on Internet protocols. If your corporation or group has FTP services on the network you may request a user account and password to access the server locally and/or remotely. Contact the network adminstrator. SmartStor needs configuration information to access the FTP server. Your network administrator will provide the Domain Name Services (DNS) name or explicit IP (Internet Protocol) address, user name and password to be used during configuration. 5. Dial-Up Networking ====================== Dial-Up networking is a Windows 95 service you can configure to connect your computer to an Internet Service Provider, a private network or directly to another computer with a modem. If a dial- up networking connection is configured for the ISP, when FTP Icon Connection is called by SmartStor for either backup or restore, the dial-up connection is called and the connection made. Connecting to an Internet Service Provider ========================================== To connect to an Internet Service Provider using the Windows 95 dialer, follow the procedure below: 1. Set up the Dial-Up Networking icon. 2. Verify that the Dial-Up Adapter and TCP/IP protocol are installed. 3. Configure the TCP/IP protocol for dynamic IP addressing. 4. Set up the Connection Icon. 5. Set up the Dial-Up properties. 6. Dial in to the ISP. Netcom has written about how to connect to their Internet Service using the Windows 95 dialer. This document can be accessed through the Internet at the following address: http://www.netcom.com/bin/webtech/NetCruiser/Operating_Systems/ win95.dial.html Connecting to a Private Network =============================== The methods already described may be applicable to connect to many private networks. The following points are important: 1. If you are going to use an FTP site to store the backup files, you need to establish a TCP/IP connection to your network. 2. All internetwork connections that result in mapping a drive on the remote share will enable the exported volume to act as a backup repository for SmartStor. Connecting Directly to Another Computer ======================================= Microsoft supports direct connections between two computers via the parallel port and also modem connections using dial- up networking. These connections result in shared directories which can be mapped as a drive letter and used with SmartStor. Refer to the Microsoft documentation for configuration procedures. 6. How to Configure the Microsoft Plus Pak Internet Control Panel for Auto Winsock Dialing ============================================================= To configure the Plus Pak Internet component, you must first install the TCP/IP protocol. Go to Control Panel, Network. Click Add, then Protocol. Click Microsoft in the Manufacturers column, and then click Microsoft TCP/IP. Bind TCP/IP to the Dial-Up Networking adapter. Enter the TCP/IP information. Now select Add/Remove Components, Internet Jumpstart Kit from the Plus Pak. It will automatically get the information entered into the TCP/IP protocol. Follow the instructions on the screen. 7. Remote Network Connections ============================== Remote network connections that result in mapped drive letters can be used as a repository, (i.e. RAS {Remote Access Server}, NFS {Network File System}). 8. What is Tape IFS? ===================== Tape IFS enables the tape drive to appear as a hard drive to the user, making it easier to view, backup and restore data. Viewing is done through the SmartStor Explorer. 9. System Requirements ======================= Windows 95 on with 486 MHz minimum clock speed coprocessor. Minimum 8 megabytes RAM. Requires 5 megabytes of hard disk. 10. Devices Supported ===================== Win95 SCSI MiniPort Compliant. Host Adapters: Adaptec Bus Logic Future Domain DAT Tape Devices: HP Conner WangDAT 8MM Tape Devices: ExaByte QIC Tape Devices: Wangtek Tandberg Archive Mini-QIC Tape Devices: Conner Tandberg ExaByte DLT Tape Devices: DEC 11. Hints on ImageStor ======================= ImageStor does a sector by sector image backup of the specified drive to another drive of equal or greater capacity, to a file image located on a network drive, or to a SCSI tape drive. To copy the disk image to a file on a network drive you must have as much file space available as the disk that you are copying. 12. ImageStor - Real Mode Drivers ================================== ImageStor will attempt to locate drivers by scanning CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT under Windows 95 for the creation of the boot diskette. But this may not be sufficient. Because Windows 95 does not require many of the real mode drivers traditionally used by DOS and Windows 3.1 (for example, ASPI SCSI drivers or DOS mouse drivers), these files may not be called out by CONFIG.SYS or AUTOEXEC.BAT. These drivers may not even exist on the Windows 95 hard disk. If this is the case, you may need to refer to the manufacturer of your hardware to obtain the necessary drivers needed to create a bootable diskette. In most cases, these drivers are accessible by accessing the manufacturer's BBS or FTP (Internet) site if you cannot locate the original diskettes that came with the hardware. 13. Supported FTP Platforms ============================= WFTPD - Texas Imperial NT 3.5.1 FTP Server DOS configuration NT 3.5.1 FTP Server Unix style Berkeley System Unix Sun Type L8 Standard Unix types IBM VM MUS TCPCIP Super TCPCIP U5000 Macintosh Solaris Chameleon NCSA Ultrix VMXUCX VMS VAX v5.5 The Major BBS L8 version VMS MultiNet v3.3 Amiga Type L8 OS/MVS MultiNet v3.5 14. Functions Not Enabled in This Release ========================================== SmartStor will allow you to select a network drive to be backed up using a right mouse click on the drive icon. However, network drive backup is not yet supported. Peer to peer backup is not fully supported in this release. 15. Troubleshooting /Tips ========================== There are times when the registery gets corrupted under Windows 95. The following is a step by step procedure to restoring your registery. 1. Click the Start button, and then click Shut Down 2. Click Restart the computer in MS-DOS Mode, and then click Yes. 3. Change to your Windows directory. for example, if your Windows Directory is C:\Windows, you would type the following: cd C:\windows 4. Type the following commands, pressing ENTER after each one. (note that SYSTEM.DA0 and USER.DA0 contain the number zero). ATTRIB -h -r -s system.dat ATTRIB -h -r -s system.da0 COPY system.da0 system.dat ATTRIB -h -r -s user.dat ATTRIB -h -r -s user.da0 COPY user.dao user.dat 5. Restart your computer Tip: Following this procedure will restore your registery to its State when you last successfully started your computer. When using Tape IFS, some tape drives do not physically eject the tape (SCSI QIC for instance). In order to reinitialize the tape, you must remove the tape and then reinsert the tape. If uninstalling SmartStor, for a clean installation a reboot is required. This will ensure that all .DLL (Dynamic Link Libraries) are cleared from memory. 16. Known Problems =================== none