Article ID: 8106
Reviewed: 26/02/2021

Product Version:
Ahsay Software: 8.1 or above
OS: Linux

This article explains how to perform the initial backup to a removable drive on the customer site. Then transport the removable drive to the data center and copy the data directly onto the AhsayCBS / Predefined destination, bypassing the Internet. This procedure is highly recommended for backup set with large data size and or network with slow connection speed.

Although the instruction is described for AhsayCBS / Predefined destination, the same steps can also be performed for other backup destinations like FTP, SFTP, and Cloud Storage destinations.

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 AhsayOBM, execute the RunConfigurator.sh script file.
  
  

  root@hostname:/usr/local/obm/bin# sh RunConfigurator.sh Startup Ahsay Online Backup Manager ... Config file found Login Menu -----------   (1). Login   (2). Change Network Settings   (3). Forgot Password   (4). Quit ----------- Your Choice:

• Export the backup set setting by choosing 3, then the number of the corresponding backup set number (e.g. in this example, we will export the setting of backup set "backup_set"):
  
  

  Main Menu ---------   (1). List Backup Sets   (2). Delete Backup Set   (3). Export Backup Set Settings to XML   (4). Import Backup Set Settings from XML   (5). Generate new Backup Set Settings Template   (6). Change Language [English]   (7). Update Profile Settings   (8). Quit --------- Your Choice: 3 Choose your backup set to generate XML file -------------------------------------------   (1). backup_set ------------------------------------------- Your Choice: 1 XML file successfully exported to /root/.obm/config/backupSet.xml

• 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.


• Then click "Start":
  
  

• 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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