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Dynamic groups are automatically populated and maintained based on queries to
the database. These dynamic NAS groups must be added after the IBM Director
Management Server has been installed on a dedicated server. IBM NAS appliances
appear under the Groups column in the IBM Director Management Server. The
Group Contents column will then contain all the IBM NAS devices that have been
discovered on the network.

NAS Web UI task

NAS Web UI is an IBM Director Management Server enhancement made
specifically for managed networks containing IBM NAS appliances. Install NAS Web
UI on the IBM Director Management Server and all IBM Director Consoles to create
a new task called

IBM NAS Appliances

with a subtask named

Launch UI Web

You can apply this new console task to a NAS machine, causing a Web browser to
be automatically launched with a URL pointing to the Web UI on the target NAS
machine. The port specified in the URL is port 8099, which invokes Windows 2000
for NAS.

Predictive Failure Analysis

Predictive Failure Analysis (PFA) provides advanced notification of a pending failure
so that corrective action can be taken to avoid unplanned downtime. The PFA alerts
are sent to IBM Director, where a wide variety of Event Action Plans can be
established, such as automatically notifying the administrator through e-mail, or
executing tasks in response to the alert. When used in conjunction with the IBM
electronic service agent, the PFA alerts are routed to an IBM support person, who
responds to the customer about the alert. The alerts can also be forwarded to other
management packages.

For more information

For more information on IBM Director, consult its user’s manual contained on the
Documentation CD-ROM.

NAS Backup Assistant

The NAS Backup Assistant is a preloaded utility that helps you create and schedule
backup batch files, and maintain log files. It can be used for backing up either the
NAS Gateway 300 operating system or user data.

If you want to back up selected folders, you can use NT Backup without the NAS
Backup Assistant (which backs up an entire volume). However, if you use NT
Backup, it is recommended that you select and back up the copy of the files in a
previous persistent image, rather than the original data itself. When selecting the
files for the NT Backup operation, you must select the specific folders in the
persistent image. If you select the entire group of persistent images, the files in
those images will not be selected for backup. For more information about persistent
images see “Persistent Images” on page 62.

Because NAS Backup Assistant only creates and launches scripts, and is not a
comprehensive backup application, it does not support interactive error messages.
To check status of jobs, you must either view the Backup Logs or view the Windows
Event Viewer.

You invoke the NAS Backup Assistant by clicking the

IBM NAS Admin

desktop icon

to open the IBM NAS Administration console. Select

Backup and Restore

expand that tree, then select

IBM NAS Backup Assistant

. When you select this

NAS Gateway 300 User’s Reference