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FIRESTREAM FOR WINDOWS INSTALL
FIRESTREAM FOR WINDOWS UPDATE
FIRESTREAM FOR WINDOWS WINDOWS

FIRESTREAM FOR WINDOWS WINDOWS

In Windows Disk Management, ensure that the drive has a single partition that spans the entire drive, and format the drive with NTFS.Perform the following steps for Drive1 and Drive2: Under Library and tape details, select Firestreamer Media Changer as both Library and Copy library.Under Long-term recovery goals, select 3 weeks as Retention range, select Weekly as Frequency of backup, and then select Weekly, Sat 11:00pm as Backup schedule.

Select I want long-term protection using tape.

Note that you can, of course, use short-term protection with tape, and you can enable this setting later when you get familiar with Firestreamer.

Either select I want short-term protection using Disk or disable short-term protection altogether.

In DPM Administrator Console, create protection groups as needed with the following settings:

Verify that Firestreamer is listed as a tape library with five tape drives and 200 slots.

In DPM Administrator Console, click Management, click Libraries, and then click Rescan.

Back up the DPM database (see Backup of DPM Servers).

FIRESTREAM FOR WINDOWS INSTALL

Install Microsoft DPM protection agents as needed.Install the most recent hotfix rollup package for Microsoft DPM (for example, KB970867).Install Microsoft DPM 2007 Service Pack 1.We recommend that you back up the DPM database before installing Firestreamer and before changing the number of Firestreamer libraries, tapes drives and/or storage slots.If these operations are not performed, DPM may not detect the media change properly. DPM requires you to unlock the library door before and lock it after you loaded media into a library.Do not attempt to use a single HDD as a drive medium with Microsoft DPM because you will have trouble adding several backups to the same tape. one virtual tape per HDD) is only feasible if you plan to have at least five external HDDs available to Microsoft DPM at any given time.

Due to Microsoft DPM’s limitations, using external HDDs in the drive media mode (i.e.

We recommend that you use external HDDs with Microsoft DPM in the file media mode which allows multiple virtual tapes per HDD.

Please familiarize yourself with the basic concepts before you continue.

You will probably want to use only one type of media (either HDD or NAS) with your own tape rotation and retention schedule. The above configuration is for demonstration purposes only. Note that even though there are four storage devices covering four weeks in total, we made the tape retention period less than four weeks to ensure that tapes on a storage device expire before they need to be reused.

Storage rotation: Every Monday (1st week: Drive1, 2nd week: Nas1, 3rd week: Drive2, 4th week: Nas2, 5th week: Drive1, 6th week: Nas1, and so on).

It is assumed that all weekly backups do not exceed 140 GB in total.

Backup storage: Two external 150 GB HDDs ( Drive1 and Drive2) and two 150 GB network shares ( Nas1 and Nas2).

The following backup configuration will be used: This guide shows how you can use external hard disk drives and network shares with Microsoft DPM 2007. Problem: Unable to Access the Firestreamer Storage Controller

FIRESTREAM FOR WINDOWS UPDATE

Do NOT download the Trial version to update your PAID version.ĭownload Image Broadway from the FileStream Store for $89.95 and Upgrade for $29.95.Direct-Access Media (HDD, RDX, Flash Memory) To check and update your PAID or Trial version, go to the Help > Check Update menu. If your program is running with its icon in the Notification Area (System Tray) next to the Clock, first right click on the program Tray Icon, select Exit, then proceed to uninstall the program. You can also run Uninstall.exe in the installation folder to uninstall the program (may require turning off User Access Control in Control Panel). To uninstall: Use Windows Control Panel > Programs and Features (Vista/7) or Add/Remove Programs (XP) and follow the standard Windows Uninstall steps to uninstall FileStream pcPhotos. To install: Run the downloaded installer EXE file and install the program to a folder of your choice.