File-Path Rules for NetWare NonTarget Clients

For NetWare systems that are running the NonTarget version of NetBackup client software, specify the pathnames in the form:

/SMDR/TSA/TS/resources/directory/file

Where:

• SMDR (Storage Management Data Requestor) is the name of the NetWare file server that is running the SMDR.NLM used for backups. (NLM means NetWare-loadable module.)
• TSA (Target Service Agent) is a NetWare software module that prepares the data for backup or restore by the SMDR. There are different types of TSAs, depending on the data. For example, there are TSAs for NetWare file systems and DOS workstations.
• TS is the Target Service, which is the NetWare entity that has the data being handled by the selected TSA. For example, with the DOS TSA (tsasms.com) it is a DOS Workstation. In the case of a NetWare file system TSA, it is the system with the NetWare file systems to be backed up.
• resources are the specific resources on the target service. For example, it can be NetWare file systems such as BINDERY, SYS, and USER.
• directory/file is the directory and file that are in the resource (if it is a path to a specific file).

Observe the following rules for paths:

• Give the server access to each path or the scheduled backup will fail. To provide this access, use the Allowed Scheduled Access command on the Backup menu in the NetBackup interface on the NetWare client. For more information, see the NetBackup for Novell NetWare Client System Administrator's Guide.
• Enter one pathname per line.
• Start all pathnames with a slash (/).
• Precede each component in the path with a slash.

If the last component in the path is a directory, follow it with a slash (/). The trailing slash is not required but is a reminder that the file path is a directory instead of a file.


   /TILE/TILE.NetWare File System/TILE/SYS/DOC/

If the last component is a file, include the file extension and omit the slash from the end of the name.


   /TILE/TILE.NetWare File System/TILE/SYS/DOC/TEST.TXT
• All components in a pathname must show upper and lower case letters as they appear in the actual pathname on the client.
• Wildcard usage is the same as when specifying files for Windows clients.
• To back up all NetBackup for NetWare clients that are in this policy, enter a slash (/) by itself on a line.

   /
• To back up an entire NetBackup for NetWare client, enter a slash (/) followed by the client name and a slash.

   /TILE/

The following example backs up SYS, BINDERY, and USER file systems under the file system TSA on the client named tile:

Note that the Allowed Scheduled Access command on the Backup menu in the NetBackup interface on the NetWare client must also specify access to these paths. See the NetBackup for Novell NetWare Client System Administrator's Guide.