Interstage Shunsaku Data Manager Management Console Guide - Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 2000/ Microsoft(R) Windows Server(TM) 2003 -

2.2.2 Adding Directors

Add a director if the number of searchers exceeds the number that can be managed by one director. The maximum number of directors that can be added is 255.

Figure 2-6 shows the task flow for adding a director.

[Figure 2-6 Adding a Director]

1. In the navigation frame, click the director node.

   

2. In the operations frame, click the Create new tab, specify the required options, then click the Create button.

   If the system is active, the added director and searcher are started automatically.

   

   Option name			Input
   Director definition	Director identifier		Specify the director identifier.
   	Data file directory name		Specify the name of the directory that stores the director data.
   	Backup directory name		Specify the name of the directory that stores the backup.
   	Backup warnings	Encourage the user to execute backup when the specified number of days have elapsed since execution of the most recent backup.	Select the checkbox.
   		Backup time interval	Specify the number of days.
   Searcher definition	Number of searchers		Specify the number of searchers.
   	Server		(This function is not supported.)

   

   • Specify a backup directory on a different disk to the data file directory to prevent both directories being corrupted if there is a disk error.

   

   • For the data file directory name and the backup directory name, specify the absolute paths for local disks (not including removable disk) on the director server.

3. In the navigation frame, click the identifier of the added director.

   

4. In the operations frame, click the Status tab and click the Refresh button to verify that the director and searcher have started.