User manual MAXTOR CENTRAL AXIS ADMIN

[. . . ] Maxtor Central Axis Admin User Guide Contents Admin Web Page Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Accessing the Web Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Setting Up the Central Axis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Managing Central Axis User Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] A message indicates that a backup is in progress: Figure 58: Backup in Progress During the backup, you can use other features on the Central Axis admin web page, but you cannot perform other backup actions until the backup is complete. A message notifies you when the backup is complete: Backing Up Now 39 Maxtor Central Axis Admin User Guide Figure 59: Backup Complete Step 4: Click Done to return to the Shared Folder Backup page. Restoring Backed Up Folders When you create a backup set, you select the number of months over which you want to store historical versions of the folders in the backup set. When you restore backed up folders, you can choose both the version to be restored and the location at which to restore it. To restore the folders in a backup set, Step 1. On the Shared Folder Backup page, click Restore. The Restore page opens: Figure 60: Restore I Step 2: Select the backup set to restore and click Next. Restoring Backed Up Folders 40 Maxtor Central Axis Admin User Guide A second Restore page opens: Figure 61: Restore II Step 3: Select the year, month, day, and time of the historical version to restore. Step 4: Select a location at which to restore the data: · Temporary location (to Public/Restore_Data): Restores the data to the described temporary location so you don't have to worry about overwriting data with the same name that might exist at the original location. · Original location (to shares <FolderName>): Restores the data to its original location and overwrites versions with the same name that currently exist in that location. If you selected Original location, a message warning that data existing in that location will be overwritten opens: Restoring Backed Up Folders 41 Maxtor Central Axis Admin User Guide Figure 62: Restore Warning Step 6: Click Restore. A message indicates that a restore is in progress: Figure 63: Restore in Progress During the restore, you can use other features on the Central Axis admin web page, but you cannot perform other backup or restore actions until the backup is complete. A message notifies you when the restore is complete: Restoring Backed Up Folders 42 Maxtor Central Axis Admin User Guide Figure 64: Restore Complete Step 7: Click Done to return to the Shared Folder Backup page. Restoring Backed Up Folders 43 Maxtor Central Axis Admin User Guide Using Advanced Features Use the Advanced Features pages on the Central Axis admin web page to manage your Central Axis configurations: · Web Access and notification settings · Language, date, and time settings · Network settings · System maintenance · USB configurations · Drive configurations (dual drive units only) Managing Web Access and Notification Settings The administrator uses the Web Access setting to enable or disable web access to the Central Axis. If Web Access is enabled, users who have configured Web Access in their Central Axis desktop application can access files stored on the Central Axis via the Internet. Note: For information on enabling Web Access in the Central Axis desktop software, see the Maxtor Central Axis User Guide for Macintosh or the Maxtor Central Axis User Guide for Windows. You can use the Notification settings to receive a notification email whenever a system software update is available or in the event of a disk configuration error. To manage Web Access and notification setting, Step 1. Click Advanced Features in the Main Menu or click the Advanced Features icon at the top of the Central Axis admin web page. The Web Access and Notification Settings opens: Managing Web Access and Notification Settings 44 Maxtor Central Axis Admin User Guide Figure 65: Web Access and Notification Settings Step 2: Enable or disable Web Access Step 3: If you wish, enter an email address to automatically receive system update and disk configuration error notifications. (a) Click Email Test if you want to send yourself a test email and make sure the notification gets through to the email address you've entered. A message confirms your Web Access setting: Figure 66: Web Access and Notification Settings Confirmed Note: Web Access and Notification settings can also be entered on the Setup Step 3 page. See the Setup section for more information. Managing Web Access and Notification Settings 45 Maxtor Central Axis Admin User Guide Setting Language, Date, and Time You most likely set up language, date, and time preferences when you set up your Central Axis. You can use the Language, Date, and Time page in Advanced Features to modify those settings. Click Language, Date, and Time on the Advanced Features page. The Language, Date, and Time page opens: Figure 67: Language, Date, and Time Step 2: Enter your language. [. . . ] Accessible To: Which users on your local network may access each of those folders. With Access: The kind of access each user has been granted to a particular folder. Step 2: Click Cancel to return to the System Status page. System Status Links 101 Maxtor Central Axis Admin User Guide Checking System Notification Status A System Notification provides information about the status of your drive configuration and the availability of an update for the Central Axis system software and allows you to manage the notifications: System notifications appear in three places: 1. At the top of every Central Axis admin web page until the condition that caused the notification is cleared or acknowledged: Figure 152: Update Available Notification 2. On the System Status Notifications page: System Status Links 102 Maxtor Central Axis Admin User Guide Figure 153: System Status Notifications 3. [. . . ]