MANAGED BACKUP - REMOTE AGENT INSTALL
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Before you can start backing up data to Nirix Technology’s Remote Backup Server, you need to install the NirixRBA (Remote Backup Agent) onto your computer. For a free trial account, you can visit our web site and sign up for a new account.

Installation instructions for Linux based clients / servers. NOTE: This illustrated example is based on the Linux distribution Fedora 5.0 core.

Step 1
Download the Linux Remote Backup Agent (RBA) from our website at http://www.nirix.com/MGBK_DownloadFreeTrial.aspx and save it to a temporary directory of your choice.

Step 2
Set the OBM_HOME environment variable (directory to where Remote Backup Agent is to be installed)

export OBM_HOME=/usr/local/obm

Step 3
Unpack the install file to OBM_HOME

mkdir $OBM_HOME
tar -x -C $OBM_HOME -zvf obm-linux.tar.gz

Step 4
Run Remote Backup Agent

sh $OBM_HOME/bin/BackupManager.sh &

Step 5
If you don't have a backup account, select [Trial Registration] and press the [Next] button.

i. Enter the [Login Name] and [Password] of your choice
ii. Enter your [Email address] in the text field provided
iii. Press the [Submit] button
iv. You should be logged to the backup server already (if the [Login Name] of your choice is already taken by another user, try a different login name)

OR
If you have a backup account already, select [User Logon] and logon to the server with your existing username and password.

Step 6
If this is the first time you logon to the server, you will be guided to setup a backup set

i. Enter a backup set name of your choice in the [Name] field
ii. Select the files that you want to backup
iii. Setup the backup schedule by pressing the [Properties] button (please note that you can add multiple backup schedules to a backup
set)
iv. Setup the encryption setting for your backup set (if you don't know much about encryption, just accept the default values here)
v. Press the [Finish] button

Step 7
To run a backup immediately, select your backup set from the left panel and press the [Start Backup] button above. Select [Off-site Backup Server] and press the [OK] button.

Step 8
Select the backup set to run and press the [Start Backup] button.

Step 9
If you want scheduled backup to run automatically, you must start the backup scheduler by

nohup sh $OBM_HOME/bin/Scheduler.sh > /dev/null

All backup sets will now be run at their scheduled times automatically.

Step 9
(Optional) Start backup scheduler on machine startup

Add the OBM_HOME environment variable to root profile by adding the following line to /root/.bash_profile

OBM_HOME=/usr/local/obm; export OBM_HOME

Add backup scheduler to your startup script by adding the following line to /etc/rc.d/rc.local

su -c 'nohup sh $OBM_HOME/bin/Scheduler.sh > /dev/null'

Step 10
Setup Completed.

Step 11
For more detailed functions, you can refer to the User Guide here.