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34.2 GroupWise Target Service Agent
A Target Service Agent (TSA) helps generic backup software back up specialized data located on
any “target.” A target is a specific location where data is stored, such as a NetWare
®
file system, a
Linux file system, an eDirectory
TM
database, or a collection of GroupWise databases. A target could
also be an application that provides data to be backed up. A TSA is specialized to scan, read, and
write the specific types of data available at the target. A TSA serves as an intermediary between
specific data types and a general backup engine.
The GroupWise Target Service Agent for File Systems (TSAFSGW) is available on NetWare 6.5/
OES NetWare and on Linux. It builds on the standard capabilities of the Target Service Agent for
File Systems (TSAFS) to provide robust GroupWise backup capabilities. It functions like a
GroupWise-specific translator between the standard capabilities of TSAFS and the standard
capabilities of your backup software of choice.
Section 34.2.1, “System Requirements,” on page 451
Section 34.2.2, “TSAFS Functionality,” on page 451
Section 34.2.3, “TSAFSGW Functionality,” on page 452
Section 34.2.4, “NetWare: Running TSAFS and TSAFSGW,” on page 453
Section 34.2.5, “Linux: Running TSAFS and TSAFSGW,” on page 456
Section 34.2.6, “TSAFSGW Startup Switches,” on page 459
34.2.1 System Requirements
TSAFS and TSAFSGW are available on NetWare 6.5 and Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES)
NetWare. They are also available with the Storage Management Services (SMS) package on SUSE
®
Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9 and OES Linux.
34.2.2 TSAFS Functionality
The latest version of Target Service Agent for File Systems (TSAFS) includes enhancements that
earlier versions of TSAFS did not include:
Supports GroupWise database lock/backup/unlock functionality so that you can back up a
running GroupWise system
Provides time stamping of GroupWise 6.5.3 and later user databases (
user
xxx
.db
), so that the
Allow Purge of Items Not Backed Up
option described in
“Environment Options: Cleanup” on
page 1098
can function to safeguard users’ deleted items against being purged from your
GroupWise system before they have been backed up
IMPORTANT:
If you decide not to use TSAFS, user databases must be time-stamped as a
separate process after you run your backups in order for the
Allow Purge of Items Not Backed
Up
option described in
“Environment Options: Cleanup” on page 1098
to work properly. For
instructions, see
Section 34.3, “GroupWise Time Stamp Utility,” on page 461
.
Supports backups of clustered servers so that the backup job continues on failover
Uses a read-ahead, data caching mechanism to improve backup performance
Make sure you have the latest version of TSAFS for your operating system.
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