Article ID : 5152
Reviewed : 2018-12-11

Product Version:
AhsayCBS / AhsayACB / AhsayOBM: 7.3 to 7.x
OS: All platforms

ATTENTION 1st January, 2022: v7 officially End-of-Life [details]

This article outlines the process on how to perform the initial backup to a removable hard drive, then import the data onto AhsayCBS, bypassing the Internet.

Note: This process is called "Seed Load" in version 6.

Refer to the following steps for details:

1. First, configure the backup set to perform the initial backup to a local destination (e.g. the removable hard drive).

• Login to the AhsayOBM / ACB client user interface.
  
  
• Select the 'Backup Sets' tile, then the corresponding backup set:
  
  
  
  
• Select 'Destination', then click 'Add':
  
  Note: This assumed that the 'import destination', in this case CBS had already been added to the backup set.
  
  
  
  
• From the 'Destination storage' dropdown menu, select 'Local / Mapped Drive / Removable Drive'.
  
  
• Ensure that the destination type is set to 'Single storage destination', then click the 'Change' button to browse to the removable hard drive:
  
  
  
  
• Press 'OK', then 'Save'.
  
  
• Make sure that the 'import destination' and the 'local destination' are added:
  
  

• In the client user interface, select the 'Backup' tile:
  
  
  
  
• Select the corresponding backup set for backup:
  
  
  
  
• Click on the 'Show advanced option' button, ensure that the 'In-File Delta' type is set to 'Full'.
  
  
• Under 'Destination', deselect all destinations except for the newly created local destination:
  
  
  
  
• Click 'Backup' to start the initial backup.

• Copy the data (the entire 'blocks' folder) from the removable drive at:
  
  %Local_Destination%\%backupset_id%\blocks\*
  
  to the user home path of the corresponding backup user at:
  
  %User_Home%\username\%backupset_id%\
  
  
  
  For example:
  
  %Seedload_Destination%\1461745430428\blocks\*
  
  to
  
  %User_Home%\username\1461745430428\blocks\*
  
  Important: Do not perform another backup job while the data are being copied from the removable hard drive to the user home path on AhsayCBS.
  
  Administrator can:
  
  
  • Temporarily suspend the backup user while the data are being copied, and
  • Temporarily disable the backup schedule(s) of the corresponding backup set.

• Login to the AhsayOBM / ACB client user interface.


• Select the 'Utilities' tile, "Data Integrity Check", then the corresponding backup set and backup destination.


• Enable "Rebuild index", then click "Start":
  
  
  
  Note: Instruction on how to perform a Data Integrity Check for AhsayOBM / ACB with GUI or command line can be found at:
  
  Perform Data Integrity Check with GUI
  Perform Data Integrity Check with command line

• Re-enable the backup user and / or backup schedule(s), then remove the local destination (e.g. the removable hard drive) afterward:
  
  

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