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StorageExpress(TM) System: Using the NT Agent
USING THE NT AGENT WITH MICROSOFT NT
Using the NT Agent with Microsoft NT v3.1.
Instructions for installing client agent for Windows NT
Overview
The Client Agent for Windows NT Option Kit enables your StorageExpress
system to back up Microsoft Windows NT systems. The option kit includes
a 3.5 inch disk, which contains the Client Agent from Cheyenne Software.
To use the Client Agent for Windows NT to back up a Windows NT system,
do this:
1. Install the NT Agent on your NT system. See the instructions below.
2. Configure the NT system for backup. See the instructions below.
3. Associate the NT system with a StorageExpress system and schedule a
backup. See the instructions on the next page.
NT system requirements: 16 MB of RAM and an Intel 386 processor or
higher
Software requirements: Windows NT Workstation or Windows NT Advanced
Server v3.1 or 3.5x with the following loaded on the system: NWLINK and
Microsoft's Client Service for NetWare or Gateway Service for NetWare
(IPX/SPX compatible transport protocol service)
StorageExpress system requirements: software release 1.40 or later
Installing the NT Agent
To copy the NT Agent to your system
1. Insert the Client Agent for Windows NT disk into a drive on your NT
system.
2. Copy the files to a directory on your hard disk.
Start File Manager, select the drive containing the disk, and
select all the files on the disk. Then choose Copy on the File
menu, and specify a directory on your hard disk.
3. Create a program item for NTAGENT.EXE.
From the File menu in Program Manager, choose New, select Program
Item, and choose OK. Then specify the path, (for example,
C:\BACKUP\NTAGENT.EXE.)
Configuring the NT system
The following change sets the maximum transferable unit for Nwlink.
To change the NT registry
1. To start the Registry Editor, go to a Windows NT Command Prompt and
enter:
regedt32
2. Click in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE window in the Registry Editor.
3. Navigate through the following keys in the Registry tree and select
the Parameters key.
For NT 3.5x
SYSTEM
CurrentControlSet
Services
NwlnkSpx
Parameters
For NT 3.1
0 SYSTEM
CurrentControlSet
Services
NwlinkIpx
Parameters
4. From the Edit menu, choose Add Value and type the following Value
Name:
RouterMtu
5. Select REG_DWORD in the Data Type list and click OK to start the
DWORD editor.
6. From the Radix group, select Decimal.
7. Type the following in the Data field.
2000
8. Choose OK and close Registry Editor.
9. Reboot your NT system so the registry changes take effect.
Make sure the user account that the StorageExpress system uses to log in
to the Windows NT system is a member of the Backup Operators group. This
group gives the StorageExpress system rights to access files for backup
and restore processes only. To check the users in the Backup Operators
group:
1. In the Administrative Tools program group, start User Manager.
2. In the User Manager window, double-click Backup Operators.
3. If the user account you want to use is not listed, choose Add and
add a name.
Use this account when you associate your NT system with the
StorageExpress system.
Associating an NT system
Before you can begin backing up your NT system, you must log in to a
NetWare server and associate the NT system with the StorageExpress
system.
To log in to a NetWare server
1. In the Main program group, start Control Panel and then start
Network.
2. Choose the Networks button. If the button is dimmed, choose Add
Software and install Client Service for NetWare (or Gateway Service
for NetWare on Windows NT Advanced Server).
3. Make sure NetWare Network is first in the "Access Providers in this
Order" list.
4. Start File Manager, choose Connect Network Drive on the Disk menu,
and connect to a NetWare file server.
To associate an NT system
1. Open the Main program group on your NT system.
2. Start Control Panel and then start Services.
3. If File and Print Services for NetWare is started or paused, choose
Stop. You can restart the service after you finish the following
steps.
4. On the system where StorageExpress Central Console is installed,
run Central Console.
5. Connect to the StorageExpress system that will back up your NT
system.
6. Choose Configuration and then Configure Workstations.
7. Select the NT system and choose Associate with StorageExpress.
Backing up your NT system
To back up your NT system, use Central Console to schedule a workstation
backup. For more information, see the StorageExpress System Reference
Guide.
Before the scheduled backup of your NT system, run the NT Agent on that
system and leave it running during the backup. You can leave the system
unattended or perform other tasks in Windows NT during the backup. The
NT Agent window shows the status of the backup.
Note: You do not have to be logged in on a NetWare server for the
StorageExpress system to back up your system.
NT Agent options
You can set the following options on the Options menu of the NT Agent:
* Password: Use this option if you want to set a password that the
StorageExpress system must use to access the NT system for backup
and restore. If you set a password, use this password when you
associate the NT system with the StorageExpress system. You must
specify the password each time you start the NT Agent.
* Registry Option: Use this option if you are restoring and want to
restore the NT Registry.
Excluding directories from backup
You can create a block list to exclude directories that you do not want
to back up. Since the block list is stored on your NT system, this
technique protects confidential files on your system.
The block list blocks directories, not files. Blocking a directory
blocks all the files in the directory and its subdirectories.
To create a block list
1.Start Notepad or another text editor.
2.For each directory you want to block, type the path on a separate
line, for example:
C:\DOCUMENTS
D:\
This example blocks the DOCUMENTS directory and its subdirectories
on drive C and blocks all of drive D from backup by a
StorageExpress system.
3.Save the file as INTEL.BLK in the root directory of your NT boot
drive.
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