System structure¶
To create images, the systems involved in the creation process must meet certain requirements. These requirements differ depending on where the data you want to back up is located (on a computer with a supported operating system or on a computer with an unsupported operating system) and where you want to store the created images (server archive vs. external storage medium).
Some use cases and their possible implementation are described below:
Case 1¶
The data to be backed up is located on a computer whose operating system is supported by octoplant. The images are to be stored on a network drive.
System requirements for image creation:
- Server with octoplant
- Target system (= target computer) with upload agent
- Shared network drive
- Licensed version of Drive Snapshot in the server script directory
- User who performs the image creation has all necessary rights on the target system (= target computer) and on the network drive.
Basic steps for image creation:
Step 1:
- Agent synchronizes data between target system (= target computer) and server, in the process Drive Snapshot is transferred to the target system.
- Agent on the target system (= target computer) receives the job information from the server.
Step 2:
- Agent establishes network drive connection, with the information from the job.
- Agent starts Drive Snapshot, with the Drive Snapshot options from the job.
- Drive Snapshot creates the image on the network drive.
Step 3:
- Once the image has been successfully created, the LOG file is copied from the agent to the server as a backup (exact storage location in the server archive: BACKUP folder of the component for which the job was created).
- Access the image via the path stored in the LOG file (using the file manager).
Case 2¶
The data to be backed up is located on a computer whose operating system is not supported by octoplant. The images are to be stored on a network drive.
System requirements for image creation:
- Server with octoplant
- Computer with upload agent
- Target system (= target computer) with the data to be backed up (different from the computer with the upload agent)
- Shared network drive
- Licensed version of Drive Snapshot in the server script directory
- PsExec in the server script directory
- User who performs the image creation has all necessary rights on the target system (= target computer) and on the network drive.
- Network drive is not supported by the Agent Network drive can be accessed from the agent computer and from the target system (= target computer).
Basic steps for image creation:
Step 1:
- Agent synchronizes the data between agent computer and server, transferring Drive Snapshot and PSExec to the Agent computer.
- Agent receives the job information from the server.
Step 2:
- Agent establishes network drive connection, with the information from the job.
- Agent connects to the target system and copies Drive Snapshot to the target system.
- Agent starts Drive Snapshot on the target system (= target machine) with the Drive Snapshot options from the job.
- Drive Snapshot creates the image on the network drive.
Step 3:
- Once the image has been successfully created, the LOG file is copied from the agent to the server as a backup. (Exact storage location in the server archive: BACKUP folder of the component for which the job was created).
- Access the image via the path stored in the LOG file (using the file manager).
- Agent deletes Drive Snapshot from the target system again.
Case 3¶
The data to be backed up is located on a computer whose operating system is supported by octoplant. The image is to be stored in the server archive.
System requirements for image creation:
- Server with octoplant
- Target system (= target computer) with upload agent
- Licensed version of Drive Snapshot in the server script directory
- User who performs the image creation has all necessary rights on the target system (= target computer).
Basic steps for image creation:
Step 1:
- Agent synchronizes data between target system (= target computer) and server, in the process Drive Snapshot is transferred to the target system.
- Agent on the target system receives the job information from the server.
Step 2:
- Agent starts Drive Snapshot with the Drive Snapshot options from the job.
- Drive Snapshot creates the image on the target system.
Step 3:
- After successful creation, the image is copied to the server as a backup (exact storage location in the server archive: BACKUP folder of the component for which the job was created).
Case 4¶
The data to be backed up is located on a computer whose operating system is not supported by octoplant. The image is to be stored in the server archive.
System requirements for image creation:
- Server with octoplant
- Computer with upload agent
- Target system (= target computer) with the data to be backed up (different from the computer with the upload agent)
- Licensed version of Drive Snapshot in the server script directory
- PsExec in the server script directory
- User who performs the image creation has all necessary rights on the target system (= target computer).
Basic steps for image creation:
Step 1:
- Agent synchronizes data between agent computer and server, transferring Drive Snapshot and PSExec to the agent computer.
- Agent receives the job information from the Server.
Step 2:
- Agent connects to the target system (= target computer) and copies Drive Snapshot to the target system.
- Agent starts Drive Snapshot on the target system (= target machine) with the Drive Snapshot options from the job.
- Drive Snapshot creates the image on the target system.
Step 3:
- Once the image has been successfully created, the agent copies it to the server as a backup (exact storage location in the server archive: BACKUP folder of the component for which the job was created).
- Agent deletes Drive Snapshot from the target system again.
