Barracuda Networks 4, Administrator'S Manual

Page 1: ...RECLAIM YOUR NETWORK Administrator s Guide Barracuda Backup Service Barracuda Networks Technical Documentation Version 4 x...

Page 2: ...of this product and this manual is subject to license Information in this document is subject to change without notice Trademarks Barracuda Backup Service is a trademark of Barracuda Networks Inc All...

Page 3: ...tting Started 13 Installation 14 Physically Installing the Barracuda Backup Server 14 Configuring Your Corporate Firewall 14 Configuring the IP Address and Network Settings 14 Creating an Account 15 L...

Page 4: ...tabase 34 Restoring Windows System State 34 Restoring Exchange and GroupWise Messages 35 Recovering a Windows System to Bare Metal 35 Restoring VMware Data 35 Using FTPES 36 Using FTP 36 Using Windows...

Page 5: ...8 Wiping a Barracuda Backup Server 48 Front Panel Indicator Lights 48 Appendix A About the Hardware 49 Hardware Compliance 49 Notice for the USA 49 Notice for Canada 49 Notice for Europe CE Mark 49 Ap...

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Page 7: ...5 Chapter 1 Introduction This chapter describes some of the features of the Barracuda Backup Service and the interfaces that you can use to interact with it Features of the Barracuda Backup Service 6...

Page 8: ...ervice employs certain techniques to decrease the amount of bandwidth required to perform backups to keep backup windows as short as possible and to reduce your storage costs For example after the ini...

Page 9: ...x or to an alternate location You can view individual messages that were backed up on a certain date using the Barracuda Backup Service web interface Message level backup of email is not for use in a...

Page 10: ...kup Service log into your Barracuda Networks account and click Backup Service at the top of the screen The Web Interface for the Barracuda Backup Server Network settings for the Barracuda Backup Serve...

Page 11: ...loyment Options 9 Chapter 2 Backup Deployment Options This chapter describes the Barracuda Backup Service deployment options It includes the following topics Deployment Options Overview 10 Deployment...

Page 12: ...or more Barracuda Backup Servers All of these approaches provide the best of both worlds onsite backups for fast restore times and secure offsite storage for disaster recovery Deployment Options In a...

Page 13: ...send data to one or more other Barracuda Backup Servers Only models 490 and higher can act as a backup to other Barracuda Backup Servers although any model can send data to a Barracuda Backup Server F...

Page 14: ...Barracuda Backup Service Administrator s Guide Figure 2 4 shows a Barracuda Backup Server storing its backups on a Barracuda Backup Server located in a different office Figure 2 4 Site to Site Deploym...

Page 15: ...Getting Started 13 Chapter 3 Getting Started Use this chapter as a guide to installing your Barracuda Backup Servers and linking them to the Barracuda Backup Service Installation 14...

Page 16: ...uda Backup Server is located behind a corporate firewall you may need to open the following ports to allow communication between the Barracuda Backup Server and the Internet Ports 1194 and 5120 5129 o...

Page 17: ...rver must be linked to your Barracuda Networks account before you can initiate data backups To link your Barracuda Backup Server to your Barracuda Networks account 1 Go to this URL http login barracud...

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Page 19: ...Configuring Backups 17 Chapter 4 Configuring Backups This chapter describes how to configure backups of your data Backup Configuration Overview 18 Steps to Backing Up Data 21...

Page 20: ...for Backing Up Data Choose the method for backing up data based on the type of data The Barracuda Backup Server supports the following data types Microsoft Exchange storage group backup Microsoft SQL...

Page 21: ...d within a transaction log backup Some versions of the Microsoft SQL Server such as SQL Express database do not support full recovery model If the full recovery model cannot be used the Barracuda Back...

Page 22: ...to back up individual emails stored within user mailboxes VMware Host Storage Add VMware host storage including host configuration and virtual machine images as data sources for backup and restoration...

Page 23: ...acuda Backup Agent and displays the data sources Alternately you can download the Barracuda Backup Agent software from the SUPPORT Software Downloads page and install it on every computer to be backed...

Page 24: ...t the folders to be backed up On a Windows machine a share name can be a drive volume such as C or a folder and its associated subfolders such as My Documents At a minimum you will need Read access to...

Page 25: ...the Barracuda Backup Service continues the transaction log backup until the maximum threshold level is met or the queue size drops below 1 GB Step 4 Create Data Retention Policies Configure retention...

Page 26: ...ay and any speed limits you apply to the Barracuda Backup Service To adjust the backup rate limit 1 On the BACKUP Rate Limit page select a Barracuda Backup Server on the left menu and create or edit t...

Page 27: ...oftware fails to process dump files or if the dump files appear to be of insufficient size Use the BACKUP Watched Files page to add files to watch on a particular backup server The ADMIN Email Notific...

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Page 29: ...configure one or more Barracuda Backup Servers to back up another Barracuda Backup Server Overview 28 Before Starting Replication 28 Configuring Destinations 28 Specifying Data Replication Destination...

Page 30: ...s the highest level of security possible Configuring Destinations Barracuda Backup Servers that are used to back up the data from one or more Barracuda Backup Servers are known as destinations Data fr...

Page 31: ...to the BACKUP Replication page In the Sending Data To table click on the Settings link beside the destination Barracuda Backup Server On the Replication Target Settings page there is a setting to dis...

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Page 33: ...ing the Restore Browser in the Barracuda Backup Server Web Interface 32 Using Barracuda Restore for Windows 33 Restoring an Exchange Storage Group 33 Restoring a Microsoft SQL Database 34 Restoring Wi...

Page 34: ...da Restore for Windows These methods are described in the rest of this chapter Restoring File Share Data File share data can be restored using any of the following methods Barracuda Restore for Window...

Page 35: ...missions creation time etc To run Barracuda Restore for Windows 1 Download and install the Barracuda Restore Tool from the SUPPORT Software Downloads page 2 Go to Start All Programs Barracuda Barracud...

Page 36: ...and therefore must be reapplied Refer to the Barracuda Networks Knowledgebase Solution How do I restore a SQL database with the Barracuda Backup Service at http www barracuda com kb id 50160000000IEE...

Page 37: ...metal recovery for the following operating systems Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows 2008 Server Windows SBS 2011 Windows Vista Windows 7 All system volumes and system state must be backed up in order fo...

Page 38: ...the data to restore from the connection to a location on your system All of the data is retrieved from the Barracuda Cloud Storage Using FTP An FTP client can be used to restore data securely and quic...

Page 39: ...elect Choose Another Network Location and click Next 4 Enter http Barracuda Backup Server IP Address 8080 and then click Next 5 Your account must have administrator rights to restore files The usernam...

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Page 41: ...curity features of the Barracuda Backup Service and best practices to ensuring the security of your data The following topics are covered Barracuda Backup Service Security 40 Barracuda Cloud Storage S...

Page 42: ...ts page to see all activity for an account including logins and when a user has enabled or disabled replication Restrict Logins by IP Address You can restrict access to the Barracuda Backup Service to...

Page 43: ...s of replicating data begins immediately after it is copied from a Barracuda Backup Server and runs continuously Data in Barracuda Cloud Storage is stored in parts and no single computer in the storag...

Page 44: ...ted files or broader data based on daily weekly monthly or annual time intervals You can create multiple retention policies for different types of data Files Data backed up by the Barracuda Backup Age...

Page 45: ...ministering the Barracuda Backup Service 43 Chapter 8 Administering the Barracuda Backup Service This chapter describes how to administer your Barracuda Backup Service account Administrative Settings...

Page 46: ...ount Support to add or remove users Edit users from this page by selecting a user and clicking on the Edit graphic You can edit the following user options all of which are specific to this service Rec...

Page 47: ...itoring tasks you can perform for the Barracuda Backup Service and covers the following topics Viewing Backup Statistics 46 Monitoring Backup Status 46 Backup Reports 47 User Activity Reports 47 Manag...

Page 48: ...ted during a backup Mouse over the indicators to see more details Performance statistics for the Barracuda Backup Servers including percentage of CPU disk and Ethernet usage Performance statistics dis...

Page 49: ...y whether a user is to receive one or more of the following types of emails Backup reports saying that a scheduled back up was run Alerts for conditions such as A Barracuda Backup Server is offline or...

Page 50: ...onger causes an immediate hard shutdown This interrupts running processes and the Barracuda Backup Server powers off before unmounting the file system Wiping a Barracuda Backup Server You can wipe a B...

Page 51: ...t does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user in encouraged to try one or more of the following measures Reori...

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Page 67: ...tion 14 Linking to account 15 Offsite data storage options 6 10 24 32 41 Site to site replication 6 11 28 41 Barracuda Backup Service web interface 8 21 Administration 44 Restore 32 Restrict user acce...

Page 68: ...nterfaces 8 Internet bandwidth 6 IP address 8 Configuring 14 DHCP 14 Restricting login 40 44 Static 14 L Linking a Barracuda Backup Server to an account 15 Log files 19 23 Backup schedules 23 M Messag...

Page 69: ...7 18 19 32 34 SQL master database 19 34 SSH connections 22 Storage 6 10 18 28 32 40 41 46 History 46 Subscription plans Barracuda Cloud Storage 6 44 System State 7 T Time zone changing 48 Transfer ti...

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