3.3 Understanding Archive Server Properties

The archive server properties define the basic information that applies to all jobs controlled by an archive server. They specify the authentication information for Novell eDirectory™ and the ArkSQL archive database, whether to display the log on the logger screen, and the storage location where the archive database (file versions) reside.

Configure the following server properties in the sys:\arkManager\arkConfig.xml file:

Table 3-1 Description of Properties for the Archive Server

Archive Server Properties

Description

Archive Path

Specifies the location of archive data in the NetWare 6.5 or later NSS archive volume. For example, ark:\finance or archive:\users.

Display Log

By default, the archive server records the error, warning, and normal messages for all of its jobs in the Archive Log (sys:\arkManager\log). If the Display Log option is enabled, the archive server prints the messages to the server’s logger screen in addition to recording them in the log.

You can view the logged messages in the Archive Versioning plug-in for iManager, the logger screen, or the archive log file.

eDirectory

Specifies authentication information about the Archive and Version Services administrator user.

  • User Name: The eDirectory Common Name of the administrator user who has the appropriate rights to the original data location and to the archive data location. For example,

    
admin.servercontext

    The archive server administrator user must have the file system Supervisor right to the archive server and to all servers being accessed by the selected archive server.

    The user must be in the same eDirectory tree as the archive server and the source servers.

  • Password: The password of the archive server administrator for the specified eDirectory username.

  • Tree: The eDirectory tree that contains the administrator user, the archive server, and the source servers.

Database

Specifies authentication information about the MySQL database for the archive server.

  • User Name: The administrator user of MySQL. For example, root or mysqladmin.

  • Password: The password of the MySQL administrator for the specified MySQL username.

  • Port: The port used by the ArkManager instance of MySQL on the archive server. By default, Port 3306 is used. If Port 3306 is used by other services, other ports can be used instead, such as 3307 or 3308.