Welcome to the General Storage MAGS documentation!

dsmISI MAGS allows fast backup and restore of large production file services (e.g. NetApp) with billions of objects in combination with IBM Spectrum Protect (ISP).

Contents

• Overview
• Requirements
• Installation and Upgrade
  • Installation
  • Upgrade
  • Licensing
• Configuration
  • Web service
  • Backup instances
    • Permission considerations
    • System configuration
      • Use magsC for Remote Backup (remote)
      • RAM Limit
    • MAGS configuration
      • Max parallel ISP/TSM processes
      • Local log folder path
      • Max Number of Logs
      • Migrate oldest log to .arch
    • ISP/TSM configuration
      • Local vs. remote
      • ISP/TSM Client Location (local)
      • ISP/TSM Optfile (local)
      • Probe ISP/TSM Configuration (local&remote)
      • Server IP (remote)
      • Server SSH port (remote)
      • Username (remote)
      • Password (remote)
      • ISP/TSM Servername (remote)
      • Prefix for remote commands (remote)
      • Remote temp folder (remote)
    • Backup Configuration
      • Use separate dsm error log files
      • Exclude all reparse points from scanning
      • Set Job Hanging Timeout
    • Backup Source
      • Backup Source Path
      • Default Scan Depth
      • Share User and Password
      • Optional Backup Sources
      • Update Filespace Information
    • Auto scan depth
      • Use auto scan depth
      • Minimum job time in minutes
      • Maximum job count
      • Maximum additional scan depth
      • Examine only folders with fewer subfolders than
    • Bunch configuration (BETA)
      • Bunch treshold in sec.
      • Max count of paths in bunch
• Running MAGS
  • Running via Web GUI
  • Running via Command Line
  • Expiration Considerations
    • Manual Expiration
    • Expiration Preview
• Monitoring MAGS
  • Monitoring MAGS remotely using the web interface
• Restore
• Miscellaneous
  • Import MAGS configuration from a previous (Pre V1.3) Installation
  • MAGS evaluation
  • Special considerations when backing up DELL EMC ISILON file servers
  • Considerations for the ISP BA-Client “SNAPSHOTPROVIDERFS” Option
  • Open File Limits
    • System settings
    • User settings
• Changelog
  • Version 1.6
    • Version 1.6.0.4
    • Version 1.6.0.3
    • Version 1.6.0.2
    • Version 1.6.0.1
    • Version 1.6.0.0
  • Version 1.5
  • Version 1.4
  • Version 1.3
    • Version 1.3.0.2
    • Version 1.3.0.1
    • Version 1.3.0
  • Version 1.1
  • Version 1.0
    • Version 1.00.0021
    • Version 1.00.0020
    • Version 1.00.0019
    • Version 1.00.0018
    • Version 1.00.0017
    • Version 1.00.0016
    • Version 1.00.0015
    • Version 1.00.0014
    • Version 1.00.0011
• Troubleshooting
  • Collecting information for Support

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