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<p><b> HELP PAGE</b></p>
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The user can click on the top upper menu title at any time to return to the main page.<br />
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The user is provided a list of standard clone images and user backups.<br />
On the upper right are four menu functions: <br />
<b>My List:</b> Displays the hostnames that a user is an owner of and can bring up or down.<br />
<b>Hostname:</b> Displays all the hostnames that can be brought up or down and their status.<br />
<b>Admin:</b> Support page for maintenance.<br />
<b>Help:</b> This page.<br />
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If a user clicks on the "backup list of images" they will be directed to a page to specify the user's directory of their backups.<br />
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If a user clicks on a standard image, they can restore a standard image onto their machine.<br />
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The user presses the image link and has a form to fill out.
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This form submits a job. It takes from 2 to 15 minutes for the process to complete.
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During the restore process job, the target hostname linux machine is automatically logged off.
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During a typical restore, the entire minidisk that contained / (the /dev/dasda1 device) is formatted, mkfile, tarball is loaded, and the hostname and ip address is modified.
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The target hostname system is started, and the user is notified when the process is complete. The user may then log in with SSH, etc.
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If the restore was from a standard image, the default access, root, and password are provided.
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If a User backup was made then all /etc personality, user accts, passwords, and other configurations of the machine remain as when the backup was taken except the hostname and IP addr are changed to the specified hostname on the restore form.
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User backups list can be accessed by userid or group name and from this list, a restore can be made.
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The user has a "START A BACKUP" right menu function link to setup a backup job. The user is informed that their system will be shutdown and logged off.
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After the job is finished, the user has the option to have the system bring their machine up.
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The user has a "DELETE A BACKUP" right menu function link to delete a backup. The user is provided their list of backups as buttons and may press one to delete that specific backup. The user can only delete backups that they have Backup or Admin rights as owners of the hostname that the backup was taken from.
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To help facilate the user and Disaster Recovery, this same user can also setup Auto-Backups on a scheduled basis and keep the latest backups by specifying the number of generations to keep. The system will automatically delete all older generations. Since VMLMAT uses a web portal and if the SysAdmin moves images for you to other VMLMAT installations, you may specify that url and manage Disaster Recovery on that host.
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VMLMAT is a request processing system so the user may submit as many requests as they want at a time.
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