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1 StorageCraft ImageManager User Guide StorageCraft Copyright Declaration StorageCraft ImageManager , StorageCraft ShadowProtect, StorageCraft Cloud, and StorageCraft Cloud Services, together with any associated logos, are trademarks of StorageCraft Technology Corporation in the United States and elsewhere. All other brands and product names are or may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Table of Content Table of Content 2. 1 ImageManager Overview 3. ImageManager Features 4. HeadStart Restore Scenarios 4. 2 What's New 5. 3 Install ImageManager 6. Minimum System Requirements 6. Upgrade from older ImageManager Versions 8.

2 Installation Steps 8. Activate ShadowStream 9. 4 ImageManager Quick Start 10. 5 User Interface Overview 11. Folder Management Task Bar 11. Connected Agents Pane 12. Managed Folder Pane 13. 6 Configure ImageManager 15. Connect ImageManager Agents 16. Select Agent Passwords 16. Authenticate Agents 17. Configure Agents 18. Managed Folder Settings 24. Configure Notifications 25. 7 Verify Backup Images 27. Supported Versions of VirtualBox 28. 8 Consolidate Backup Images 29. 9 Retention Settings Override 30. 10 Replicate Backup Images 34. 11 HeadStart Restore 35. Create HSR Job 35. Finalize HSR Jobs 38. 12 Browse Backup Images 39. 13 StorageCraft ShadowStream 40.

3 14 Creating Key Files 40. 2016 StorageCraft Technology Corporation StorageCraft Support Center Page 2 of 41. StorageCraft ImageManager User Guide StorageCraft ImageManager User Guide Welcome to the StorageCraft ImageManager User Guide . This Guide describes how to use ImageManager to manage backup image files created with StorageCraft ShadowProtect . The Guide includes the following major sections: ImageManager Overview ImageManager Interface Configuring ImageManager Verifying Backup Image Files Consolidating Backup Image Files Retention Settings Override Replicating Backup Image Files Using HeadStart Restore Browsing Backup Image Files StorageCraft ShadowStream Creating Key Files Additional Information For new or additional details, see: ImageManager English ReadMe links you to the full ReadMe which contains enhancements, fixed issues and known issues.

4 StorageCraft technical support lists important support information. StorageCraft glossary lists definitions for all StorageCraft products. StorageCraft ShadowProtect User Guide contains detailed ShadowProtect product information. Documentation Conventions Note: A note is indicated by this (green) symbol. Typically notes indicate something you should be aware of but that isn't likely to affect stability or performance. Important: An important note is indicated by this (yellow) symbol. Typically important notes will help you configure or use the cloud in the best way and will keep you from having various problems down the road. Warning: A warning note is indicated by this (red) symbol.

5 Typically warnings help you avoid serious problems. They also indicate essential information. Not following the advice of a warning may cause you to lose data or may result in the need to start one of the processes over again. ImageManager User Guide document version April 2016. 1 ImageManager Overview StorageCraft ImageManager helps you maintain and manage backup image files and storage space used by those files. Based on a policy that you create, ImageManager automatically consolidates incremental backup image files into daily, weekly, and monthly incremental images. ImageManager also provides ongoing verification and replication services for your backup images.

6 ImageManager consists of these components: ImageManager Service: A Windows service that performs the backup file management for policies you define. ImageManager Client: The UI that lets you create and manage retention policies for your ShadowProtect environment. This section includes these topics: ImageManager Features 2016 StorageCraft Technology Corporation StorageCraft Support Center Page 3 of 41. StorageCraft ImageManager User Guide HeadStart Restore Scenarios Note: ImageManager policies only apply when you are using the continuous incrementals backup schedule defined in ShadowProtect. Standard weekly and monthly backup schedules do not use ImageManager and have separate retention policies.

7 For more information, see "Creating Backup Image Files" in the ShadowProtect User Guide . ImageManager Features ImageManager has the following basic features: Verify: Based on a frequency that you define, ImageManager automatically verifies, and re-verifies, the integrity of backup image files. This is similar to manual verification when using the Verify Wizard in ShadowProtect. Consolidate: Based on a policy that you define, ImageManager automatically consolidates incremental backup image files. This limits the risk of having large backup image file chains where one bad file can render a whole backup image useless. Retain: Based on a policy you define, ImageManager automatically deletes and/or retains image files after a selected period of time.

8 These policies apply to intra-daily, daily, and weekly image files. You can also define how long to keep consolidated monthly images (-cm) (1 to 120 months) before cleaning them up. This creates a rolling consolidated image file (-cr) that consists of the number of specified -cm image files. Replicate (Local): Based on a profile that you define, ImageManager automatically creates redundant copies of backup image files to locally-attached hard drives. Smart replication technology evaluates the consolidation policy to avoid transferring unnecessary or obsolete backup image files. Replicate (Network): Based on a profile that you define, ImageManager automatically creates redundant copies of backup image files to a network share.

9 IFTP Replication (Off-site): Based on a profile that you define, ImageManager automatically creates and sends copies of backup image files to a remote server using intelligentFTP for off-site replication. HeadStart Restore: HeadStart Restore (HSR) is the ability to restore a backup image while ShadowProtect continues to add Incremental backup images to the same backup image chain. For information about using HeadStart Restore, see HeadStart Restore Scenarios. Beyond these basic features, ImageManager offers additional premium features available with the purchase of a job license or StorageCraft Cloud service level agreement: Replicate (Cloud Services): Based on a profile that you define, ImageManager automatically replicates encrypted backup image files to the StorageCraft Cloud.

10 ShadowStream Replication (Off-site): Based on a profile that you define, ImageManager automatically creates and sends copies of backup image files to a remote server using high-speed ShadowStream replication for off-site replication. For more information about licensing ImageManager or its premium features, see Activate ShadowStream. HeadStart Restore Scenarios With StorageCraft HeadStart Restore (HSR), you can start a system restoration before a disaster hits. These scenarios illustrate some of the ways to benefit from HSR. Virtual Server Migration Problem: You need to migrate a virtual database-server with 2TB of data to a new virtual machine environment, but you cannot afford to have the server offline for three days to migrate the data.