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Creating jobs

  1. Start the AdminClient and open the Jobs module.
  2. Select your Drive Snapshot component in the Project tree.
  3. Select the Create button in the menu bar or drag and drop the component into the Jobs area.
  4. Check whether the upload type Disk Image is displayed in the Job configuration area.
  5. Configure the general sections General, Notification, Upload and compare and Create a version automatically after job run. The sections Notification and Create a version automatically after job run are only displayed if the settings required for this have been made.

  6. Configure the following settings in the Upload and compare section:

    1. Under Upload agent, select the desired upload agent.
    2. Under Compare policies, select Do not compare.
    3. Under Number of backups retained (rollover), enter the number of backups (= full images) that are to be retained. Anything in excess of the specified number will be deleted. The oldest full image is always deleted, and all associated differential images are also deleted with the full image.

  7. Configure the Disk Image Settings section.

    1. In the dropdown menu Type, select Drive Snapshot or Drive Snapshot with PsExec.

      If an operating system that is supported by octoplant is installed on the target system from which the data is to be backed up, select the Drive Snapshot option.
      If an operating system that is not supported is installed on the target system from which the data is to be backed up, select the Drive Snapshot with PsExec option.

    2. Under Drive, specify the drive that you want to back up, for example D: to back up the drive D:, or HD1*+HD2* to back up all partitions of hard disk 1 and 2.

    3. Under Options, you can automate image creation processes using command line parameters. For example, the -R option empties the recycle bin of the drive to be backed up before the image is created.
    4. Use Bandwidth (MB/s) to specify a transfer rate. 0: no limit
    5. If you want to exclude files or directories from the backup, enter them under Exclude files. Example: Enter \Windows\Memory.dmp to delete the file Memory.dmp in the Windows directory.
    6. Select Test created images to check whether the image is error-free and complete. If an error occurs, a warning is displayed.

  8. If you selected the Drive Snapshot with PsExec option, configure the PsExec settings section.

    1. Under Application file name, enter the name of the PsExec application, for example PsExec.exe.

      The option to configure the name of the PsExec application allows different PsExec versions to be used at job level.

    2. Under Device, enter the IP address or the name of the Computer from which you want to back up data.

    3. Under User, enter the user who is to create the image, for example targetsystem\Administrator.

    4. Under Password, enter the user's password.

      Passwords and access data are encrypted by octoplant by default.

    5. Under Options, configure the PsExec options.

      Example: PsExec Versions 2.1 and higher work with encryption.
      The use of the -h -accepteula options is recommended.

      PsExec 1.63 and previous versions, however, do not support encryption and also do not support the options -h -accepteula

  9. In the Storage section, select a Type:

    • Server archive
      With this option, the images are created on the target system, while they are stored in the server archive. If you select the Server archive type, you do not need to configure settings further.

    • File storage
      With this option, the backup and storage take place on a network drive. If the File storage type is selected, configure the following settings:

      1. Under Path, enter the storage location for the image, for example \\sysdata\DSSImages.
      2. AMDT recommends activating the option Add component path to the path above in order to include the path of the component in the Project tree. For example, the path \\Disk_Images\ becomes \\Disk_Images\Backup\Plant 1\Hall 1\Area 1\PC 6\ when the option is activated.
      3. As an alternative, AMDT also recommends activating the option Add component ID to the path above in order to map the path of the component in the Project tree. The component ID 0F2BCA2031984D699EDED7C6DAB34CE5 becomes \\Disk_Images\0F2BCA2031984D699EDED7C6DAB34CE5\ when activating the option, for example.
      4. For User, enter the user name under which the specified path is to be accessed.
      5. For Password, enter the password with which the specified user should log in.
      6. If desired, activate the option Create differential images. This option is used to specify whether differential images should be created. If this option is activated, the setting Differential images will be created until the last full image is older than (days) is activated at the same time. This setting is used to specify the time after which a full image should be created again.

    • FTP server
      With this option, the backup and storage take place on an FTP server. If the FTP server type is selected, configure the following settings:

      1. Under Port, enter the port that is used to connect to the FTP server.
      2. Under Path, enter the storage location for the image, for example \\sysdata\DSSImages.
      3. AMDT recommends activating the option Add component path to the path above in order to include the path of the component in the Project tree. For example, the path \\Disk_Images\ becomes \\Disk_Images\Backup\Plant 1\Hall 1\Area 1\PC 6\ when the option is activated.
      4. As an alternative, AMDT also recommends activating the option Add component ID to the path above in order to map the path of the component in the Project tree. The component ID 0F2BCA2031984D699EDED7C6DAB34CE5 becomes \\Disk_Images\0F2BCA2031984D699EDED7C6DAB34CE5\
      5. For User, enter the user name under which the specified path is to be accessed.
      6. For Password, enter the password with which the specified user should log in.

    Info

    When creating the image via the FTP connection, the Timeout may be exceeded. You have the option of changing the FTP server timeout.

    Adjusting the timeout:

    1. Open the AdminClient and start the INI files module.
    2. In the Edit ini file dialog, select the line Upload\Classes.ini and click the Edit button.
    3. Enter the following lines in the dialog and save the file with File > Save.
    [DiskImage]
FTP_TIMEOUT= {TIMEOUT IN SECONDS}

  10. Save the job and execute it.

Info

You can implement further settings for jobs of this upload type in the AdminClient in the Global settings dialog and by using the INI files.