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Barracuda Backup Service
Administrator’s Guide
Version 4.0
RECLAIM YOUR NETWORK™
Barracuda Networks Technical Documentation
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Copyright Notice Copyright 2004-2011, Barracuda Networks www.barracuda.com v4.0-110630-01-0630 All rights reserved. Use of this product and this manual is subject to license. Information in this document is subject to change without notice. Trademarks Barracuda Backup Service is a trademark of Barracuda Networks. All other brand and product names mentioned in this document are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders.
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Contents Chapter 1 – Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Features of the Barracuda Backup Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Barracuda Cloud Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Site-to-Site Replication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Deduplication for Backup Efficiency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Directory Based File Shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Message-Level Backup: Microsoft Exchange and Novell GroupWise . . . 24 Chapter 5 – Site-to-Site Replication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Before Starting Replication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Configuring Destinati
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Verifying Your Barracuda Cloud Storage Service Plan Size. . . . . . . . . . . 46 Chapter 9 – Monitoring the Barracuda Backup Service . . 47 Monitoring Backup Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Backup Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 User Activity Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Managing
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Chapter 1 Introduction This chapter describes some of the features of the Barracuda Backup Service and the interfaces that you can use to interact with it. Features of the Barracuda Backup Service .........................................6 Interfaces ............................................................................................ .8 Introduction 5
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Features of the Barracuda Backup Service The Barracuda Backup Service provides a comprehensive way to back up your data. It includes backup software, storage and replication in one solution. It employs a powerful deduplication technology to reduce the backup storage footprint. It is easy to use, reliable and affordable. Barracuda Cloud Storage Barracuda Cloud Storage subscription plans provide diverse offsite storage that scales to meet your changing data requirements. Barracuda Cloud Storage
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Microsoft Application Support The Barracuda Backup Agent provides the ability to back up these Microsoft server applications: Exchange, SQL, Hyper-V, System State and Sharepoint. In each case, a full restore of these environments allows an organization to recover in the event that their environment has been corrupted or destroyed. Additional restore options allow Exchange to be restored to a recovery group or database or for Exchange or SQL to be restored to a flat file. The Barracuda Backu
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Interfaces There are three administrative interfaces to the Barracuda Backup Service: • The hosted Web interface of the Barracuda Backup Service, • The local Web interface for the Barracuda Backup Server, and • The administrative console for the Barracuda Backup Server. The Barracuda Backup Service Interface This is the primary interface you will use to manage all of your linked Barracuda Backup Servers and everything associated with backups. To access the Web interface of the Barracuda Backup
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Chapter 2 Backup Deployment Options This chapter describes the Barracuda Backup Service deployment options. It includes the following topics: Deployment Options Overview ..........................................................10 Deployment Options ......................................................................... .11 Backup Deployment Options 9
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Deployment Options Overview The Barracuda Backup Service includes a full local data backup, which is performed by the Barracuda Backup Server, and multiple options for offsite data storage. The local backup can be sent to the Barracuda Cloud Storage, which replicates data at two offsite locations, or one or more other private Barracuda Backup Servers for site-to-site replication. Or, a hybrid approach may be taken where the data is sent to a combination of the Barracuda Cloud Storage and one
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Deployment Options In all deployment scenarios, the Barracuda Backup Server is positioned between the firewall and the systems to be backed up, and the data from your client and server systems is first backed up to the Barracuda Backup Server. As shown in Figure 2.1, the data can then be backed up again to: • Barracuda Cloud Storage, which is maintained by Barracuda Networks. • One or more Barracuda Backup Servers, which ideally would be located in different sites. This option is called site-
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Figure 2.2: Site-to-Site Replication Figure 2.3 shows the Barracuda Backup Server located in a network and its backups being stored on the Barracuda Cloud Storage. Figure 2.3: Using Barracuda Cloud Storage Figure 2.4 shows a Barracuda Backup Server storing its backups on a Barracuda Backup Server located in a different office. 12 Barracuda Backup Service Administrator’s Guide
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Figure 2.4: Site-to-Site Deployment Backup Deployment Options 13
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Chapter 3 Getting Started Use this chapter as a guide to installing your Barracuda Backup Servers and linking them to the Barracuda Backup Service. Installation......................................................................................... 16 Getting Started 15
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Installation Before installing your Barracuda Backup Server, verify that you have the necessary equipment and information: • Barracuda Backup Server (check that you have received the correct model) •AC power cable • Ethernet cables • VGA monitor (recommended) • PS2 keyboard (recommended) • Barracuda Backup Server serial number and linking code (on both the side of the Barracuda Backup Server and the included Quick Start Guide) • Connectivity and access information for servers to be backed up
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4. Enter the IP Address, Netmask, Default Gateway, Primary DNS Server and Secondary DNS Server (optional) as appropriate for your network. 5. Click Enter on the Commit Changes box. If the Barracuda Backup Server is not able to connect to the Internet using the assigned address, it will switch to Smart-mode. When in Smart-mode, the Barracuda Backup Server discovers an unused IP address in its subnet and uses that address. This is intended to be a temporary measure of establishing network con
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