Logicube ZCLONE, User Manual

Page 1: ...Logicube ZClone User Manual I ZClone User s Manual Logicube Inc Chatsworth CA 91311 USA Phone 818 700 8488 Fax 818 700 8466 Version 1 1 Date 08 06 12 MAN ZCLONE ...

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Page 5: ... POWER TO THE ZCLONE 6 CONNECTING 3 5 SERIAL ATA SATA DRIVES 6 CONNECTING 2 5 SERIAL ATA SATA DRIVES 7 CONNECTING USB DRIVES 7 CONNECTING OTHER DRIVE TYPES 8 THE USER INTERFACE 8 Touch Screen 8 Buttons 9 Light Tower 9 Buzzer 9 Installing and Removing the Light Tower 9 3 QUICK START 11 QUICK START GUIDE 11 Performing a Clone 11 Performing a Wipe 11 Performing a Hash 12 4 MODES OF OPERATION 13 MODES...

Page 6: ...Command Line Interface CLI 36 Installing Telnet in Windows Vista or 7 37 Connecting via Telnet 37 Connecting via SSH 38 Connecting via Serial Port 39 8 COMMAND LINE INTERFACE MENUS 41 INTRODUCTION 41 Command Line Interface Menus 41 9 OPTIONAL ADAPTERS 44 INTRODUCTION 44 2 5 SAS SATA Extension Adapter 44 3 5 and 2 5 Parallel ATA PATA IDE Drives 44 1 8 Parallel ATA PATA IDE Drives 45 1 8 ZIF Drives ...

Page 7: ...ay hard drive imaging tasks Features High speed cloning The ZClone will clone at speeds of 15GB min based on a 1 to 1 mirror clone using solid state drives Speeds will vary depending on type of drives and number of targets Supports 3 5 and 2 5 SAS SATA hard drives USB enclosures and thumb drives Optional support available for 1 8 2 5 3 5 IDE drives eSATA microSATA mSATA 1 8 IDE ZIF drives and flas...

Page 8: ... and easy to use interface Hash verification SHA1 SHA256 or MD5 allows the user to clone and verify the exact replication of the source drive Optional High Speed Hash Verification will be available in a future release Multiple cloning modes Mirror Copy bit for bit copy CleverCopy copies only data areas skips blank sectors scales partitions to target supports most O S including Linux Multi Image Ma...

Page 9: ...y of the software that is already pre installed on the Logicube ZClone A copy of this manual Caution Avoid dropping the Logicube ZClone or subjecting it to sharp jolts When in use place it on a flat surface Caution Keep the unit dry If you need to clean your Logicube ZClone use a lightly damp lint free cloth Avoid using soap or other cleaning agents particularly those containing bleach ammonia alc...

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Page 11: ...Logicube ZClone User s Manual 5 2 Getting Started Overview of the ZClone ...

Page 12: ...ive bay is hot swappable and drives can be removed or added as long as there is no activity on the drives 1 Open the drive bay of your choice by gently pulling the release latch 2 Carefully swing the drive bay door open all the way to the right 3 Insert the 3 5 drive face up SATA ports should be facing in toward the drive bay and push it mostly in Do not push it in all the way 4 To push the SATA d...

Page 13: ... the 2 5 SATA drive into the 2 5 SATA drive caddy and then insert the caddy into one of the ZClone drive bays Connecting USB Drives USB drives can be connected to the front of the ZClone Up to 6 USB drives can be connected U1 through U6 and each USB port can be used as a Master or Target drive You can clone from USB to one of the drive bays drive bay to USB USB to Image or Image to USB ...

Page 14: ...ted and available optional adapters can be found in Chapter 9 Optional Adapters The user interface The user interface UI has been designed to quickly and easily input commands It is simple and intuitive showing common icons such as tasks modes of operation and scroll icons on the screen Touch Screen The ZClone features a color LCD Touch Screen that allows the user to quickly input commands The scr...

Page 15: ...e is activity on the ZClone The RED light will come on if a problem is encountered during any task If this occurs check the screen for an error message and instructions on what to do next Buzzer In addition to the indicator lights the light tower also has an audible buzzer to alert the operator of the following conditions The buzzer will sound when the ZClone successfully completes a task or if a ...

Page 16: ...he ZClone it first needs to be attached to the back of the unit with four supplied thumb screws attached to the light tower 2 Attach the light tower s connector to the six hole Molex connector that is located on the back of the unit 3 Light bar removal is the opposite of installation ...

Page 17: ...p the Settings icon and select Clever or Mirror 5 Change any of the optional settings Partition Resize Settings Mirror Settings HPA DCO and Verification 6 Tap the Target icon and select one or more target locations or select the repository to be used 7 Tap the Start icon to start the cloning task Performing a Wipe Follow these steps to perform a wipe 1 Select Wipe from the modes of operation on th...

Page 18: ...Hash from the modes of operation on the left side 2 Tap the Target icon and select one target location 3 Tap the Settings icon to select the hash method or algorithm Choose from SHA 1 SHA 256 or MD5 SHA 1 or SHA 256 are the recommended algorithms 4 Leave the expected hash value at zeros to hash the drive 5 Change any of the optional settings LBA settings or percentage of the drive to be hashed 6 T...

Page 19: ...lled SYSTEM SETTINGS This mode allows changes to the system settings on the ZClone which includes restart options software updates and configuring and viewing user profiles configurations NOTE Configuring viewing user profiles configurations will be available via the user interface in a future update Managing repositories not shown on Graphical User Interface GUI and configuring viewing user profi...

Page 20: ...will be used as the Master drive or image When DRIVE TO DRIVE or DRIVE TO IMAGE is chosen from the previous selection this will show the different drives connected to the ZClone When IMAGE TO DRIVE is chosen from the previous selection this will show the repository screen which contains the different images located on the ZClone s repository drive Note If a drive has been selected for a previous t...

Page 21: ... to see more information on the drive The drive details window will appear showing information about the drive such as the which bay it is connected to the model size cylinders heads sectors etc If IMAGE TO DRIVE was chosen as the mode the following screen will appear This will allow you to select from a list of repositories configured for the ZClone Select a repository location from the list then...

Page 22: ...lected you can select the image to be cloned You can also select MORE INFO to see more information about the image When selected a screen will appear showing details on the selected image file Settings Tap this icon to change the clone settings The following screen will appear ...

Page 23: ...ngs or Mirror Settings window will show the different clone settings available based on which clone method above was chosen If Clever was chosen the following screen will appear showing a list of partitions seen on the Master drive Tap Partition Resize Settings to bring up the Clever Clone Partition Resize window This screen displays each partition on the selected Master drive the Filesystem and f...

Page 24: ... percentage value to 100 would instruct the ZClone to use the entire Target drive for that partition If Mirror was chosen the following screen will appear showing a percentage of the Master drive to copy By default it will be set to 100 to copy the entire Master drive Tap Mirror Settings to bring up the Mirror Clone Advanced Settings window This screen displays an option to select whether the Mast...

Page 25: ...the Master TARGET START Set the percentage or number of blocks from the start of the Target s NOTE To enter an LBA number number of blocks press and hold one of the left or right arrows on the Length Master Start or Target Start A window will appear similar to the one below allowing you to enter a specific number of blocks ...

Page 26: ...A Host Protected Area can limit the size of a hard drive but it can also change many other settings such as speed and S M A R T status DCO Device Configuration Overlay limits the size of a drive only For example a 160GB drive can be made to look like a 100GB drive to a PC VERIFICATION METHOD Select this to choose a verification method SHA 1 and SHA 256 are recommended There are 4 different options...

Page 27: ...f a drive has been selected for a previous task it will show as unavailable for other additional tasks Selecting Target drives or images If DRIVE TO DRIVE or IMAGE TO DRIVE was chosen as the mode the following screen will appear This will allow you to select one or more Targets It will display all available drives that are connected If a drive has been selected for a different task it will be grey...

Page 28: ...ntains previously cloned images to the repository Once a repository is selected you can create a new image file by tapping the Create A New File icon or overwrite an existing image by tapping the image to highlight it then aping OK You can also select MORE INFO to see more information about the image When selected a screen will appear showing details on the selected image file ...

Page 29: ...e in a future software release Drive bays A1 through A4 and B1 through B4 support Secure Erase on SAS drives only Drive bays M1 and M2 support Secure Erase for SATA drives only but must be configured as Target only bays by default they are configured as Master only bays This can be done via Command Line Interface CLI The CLI is further explained in Chapter 7 Remote Operation and Chapter 8 Command ...

Page 30: ...CSI drives Secure Erase sends a Format command For SATA Serial ATA drives Secure Erase sends a Security Erase Unit command For SATA drives that support Enhanced Security Erase Unit commands the enhanced command will be sent For questions on how each drive supports these features or what the drive will do with these commands please contact the drive manufacturer Mode Selecting this will open the Wi...

Page 31: ...ne or more of the passes in DOD or CUSTOM mode will bring up the following window SKIP Allows you to skip the pass RANDOM Instructs the ZClone to perform a random pattern or value VALUE Allows you to select a specific hex value to be written The values can range anywhere from 00 to FF LBA SETTING This setting will only be used if Wipe Mode is selected This range or percentage determines what perce...

Page 32: ... 256 or MD5 algorithm The recommended algorithm is SHA 1 or SHA 256 Tap this icon to select which drive s will be hashed or verified Note If a drive has been selected for a previous task it will show as unavailable for other additional tasks Tap this icon to change the hash settings The following screen will appear ...

Page 33: ...elect this to verify the Target drives using the MD5 algorithm NOTE The recommended method is SHA 1 or SHA 256 Hash Values By default this value will have 0s zeros If this is not changed or no value is entered edited this will instruct the ZClone to hash the Target drive using the selected algorithm in the previous step If a value is entered edited the ZClone will hash the selected Target drive s ...

Page 34: ... from When the ZClone finishes hashing the drive drives the following screen will appear showing the task completed Tap the info icon on the left of the completed screen above to see both the expected hash value and the computed hash value Logs Selecting this will bring up a list of all the log files for previous tasks clone wipe and hash Each log file can be selected and viewed on screen ...

Page 35: ...p and down scroll arrows to view the contents of the log file NOTE To print the log files use the web interface as described in Chapter 7 Remote Operation and click the print icon on the bottom left corner of the screen Your browser s print menu will appear and you can print the log files to a configured printer on your PC ZClone Statistics Selecting this will show information about the ZClone inc...

Page 36: ...layed is the S M A R T Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology information taken directly from what the drive is reporting You can use the left and right scroll arrows to switch between drives The up and down scroll arrows scroll through the different information System Settings Detailed information on this mode can be found in Chapter 5 System Settings ...

Page 37: ...his mode allows changes to be made to the ZClone s system settings to allow administrative access and function There are 5 settings available Restart Power Off Allows the ZClone to either be restarted or turned off Depending on the choice one of two screens will appear ...

Page 38: ...dates Software updates can be performed either from a network location or from a USB drive Detailed information on updating the software can be found in Chapter 6 Updating the ZClone Software User Profile Configurations This selection is reserved for future use ...

Page 39: ... or from a USB drive Software Loading Instructions There are two methods of how to update the ZClone software A Via the web through an internet connection B Via software file download onto a USB drive Via the web 1 Connect the ZClone to a network with Internet access Attach a network cable to the back of the ZClone NOTE The ZClone is DHCP enabled by default Please contact your IT department if you...

Page 40: ...appear 7 Verify the software version at the top of the Software Updates screen 8 Reboot the ZClone by either turning the unit off then back on using the Power button or by going through the System Settings menu Restart Power Off option Via software file download The latest software can also be downloaded from Logicube s website and be placed onto a USB drive for example a USB flash or thumb drive ...

Page 41: ...of the software on the USB drive and will display that version on the box next to the selected location 7 Tap the Update icon to begin the update A confirmation screen will appear Tap Yes to continue the update 8 Do not interrupt the update process It may take several minutes Once completed a Successful screen will appear 9 Verify the software version at the top of the Software Updates screen 10 R...

Page 42: ... via the RS 232 serial port Web Interface Using a web browser go to the IP address or the name of the ZClone with its serial number For example browse to http 192 168 1 100 or http zclone XXXXXX where XXXXX is the 6 digit serial number of the ZClone The ZClone s web interface will appear on the browser screen All screens and operations available on the ZClone will be available on the browser Note ...

Page 43: ...ts please contact the software manufacturer Installing Telnet in Windows Vista or 7 By default Telnet is not installed with Windows but you can install it by following the steps below 1 Click Start Control Panel and select either Programs Features for Windows Vista or Programs for Windows 7 2 Click Turn Windows features on or off If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation ty...

Page 44: ...window 7 You can now control and manage the ZClone remotely via the command line interface The available commands are listed in Chapter 8 Command Line Interface Menus Connecting via SSH Connecting to the ZClone via SSH Secure Shell is very similar to connecting via Telnet Since Windows does not have a built in SSH client you will need to download and install one if you want to connect via SSH For ...

Page 45: ...s do not a built in terminal client you will need to download and install one if you want to connect via the serial port For support on how to use third party terminal clients please contact the terminal client s manufacturer The instructions below are for Hyperterminal in Windows XP If you are using a third party terminal client you will need the following settings Settings Port speed 115200 Data...

Page 46: ... when finished 6 The ZClone CLI should appear Login with the username it without the quotes and the password it without the quotes 7 You should be logged in and see the following prompt in the Telnet window 8 You can now control and manage the ZClone remotely via the command line interface The available commands are listed in Chapter 8 Command Line Interface Menus ...

Page 47: ...mmand Line Interface CLI menus The CLI allows for remote management of the ZClone via Telnet SSH or Terminal clients The CLI is designed for advanced users and is a non graphical interface for the ZClone Command Line Interface Menus The following details each of the Command Line Interface CLI menus Below is a visual diagram of the menus ...

Page 48: ...re unit show show information Software software tasks Config level menu The commands below are available in the Config level menu which include configuring the database network user repository drive bays tasks buzzer printer and temperature it zclone command config help Show available commands quit Disconnect logout Disconnect exit Exit from current mode history Show a list of previously run comma...

Page 49: ...reviously run commands bay bay show bay status task task config task id status task id list show task configuration or status repo repos list repo name list repositories or the contents of one config config show configuration Software level menu The commands below are available in the Software level menu which include showing the software version currently installed checking for software updates b...

Page 50: ... Adapter P N F ADP SATA X ZC allows the connection of 2 5 SAS Serial Attached SCSI or SATA drives The adapter is inserted into one of the ZClone drive bays Up to 8 drives can be connected to ZClone using this adapter Drive bays labeled A1 through A4 and B1 through B4 This extension adapter is required for of the majority of the other drive adapters listed in this section 3 5 and 2 5 Parallel ATA P...

Page 51: ...This 1 8 adapter connects to the SATA SAS Extension Adapter NOTE The SATA SAS Extension Adapter is required when using this adapter 1 8 ZIF Drives 1 8 ZIF Drives can be connected using the adapter shown above This ZIF adapter connects to the SAS SATA Extension Adapter NOTE The SATA SAS Extension Adapter is required when using this adapter and can only be used on Drive bays A1 through A4 and B1 thr...

Page 52: ...n only be used on Drive bays A1 through A4 and B1 through B4 eSATA Drives eSATA drives can be connected using the SAS SATA Extension Adapter The SAS SATA cable included with the Extension Adapter will need to be removed and replaced with the eSATA cable Connect the SATA end of the eSATA cable to the Extension Adapter and connect the eSATA end of the cable to the eSATA drive Power to the eSATA driv...

Page 53: ...der connects to one of the USB ports in the front of the ZClone NOTE Third party multi card readers are not supported and may not work with the ZClone The multi card reader supports the following formats CF CompactFlash SD SDXC MMC Micro SD Memory Stick MS Memory Stick Duo M2 X Card NOTE Attach only one flash memory card to the multi card reader at a time ...

Page 54: ...arget drive reformatting and partitioning it during cloning Q Will Clever Clone work with Linux partitions A Yes ZClone s Clever Clone will work with Linux partitions Q Will Clever Clone work with Hierarchical File System HFS A No For Hierarchical File Systems Mirror mode must be used Q Can you connect multiple ZClone units with just one Master drive A The ZClone cannot be daisy chained with other...

Page 55: ...ds 47 Hash I II 2 12 26 27 Host Protected Area HPA 20 Indicator Lights 9 Log files 28 Master 14 Mirror Clone 17 Modes 13 network connection 36 OmniSCSI Logicube 3 Optional Adapters 44 Overview 5 Power 6 Quick Start 11 Remote operation CLI 36 Remote Operation Web Interface 36 RoHS Directive 2002 95 EC III S M A R T Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology 30 Screen Touch 8 Software Updates...

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