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HOWTO: Backup Host Installation SERVERware 4.x


Installation wizard steps

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Boot the target machine from the USB installation media. The following welcome screen appears.



If the live system was able to pickup IP address from DHCP server, it will show so on this screen. You can then access the system remotely via ssh on port 2020 with username root and password bicomsystems and continue installation. There are several options offered on the welcome screen:

  • Exit - Choose this option to exit installation wizard. This option will open live system command line shell.
  • Verify Media - This option will go trough the installation media files, match them against previous stored checksum and check
  •  for corruption.
  • Next - Proceed to the next step.
  • Network - Configure IP address for the remote access to the installation wizard.

Step 1: Select Backup Host as the installation type

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Option in setup wizard (*) SERVERware Backup Host is used for setting up a backup server, and it will let the user configure disk array during installation. The fraction of array 8G will be allocated for the operating system, everything else is to be available for /BACKUP storage.




Step 2: Select physical disk for system installation

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Select physical disk for system installation.


NOTE: Backup host will take all available disk space to pool for backup (system and the backup pool will be on the same Hard drive ) this will not install the system on separate Hard drive.


Step 3: Confirmation dialog appears

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Step 4: Installation wizard will now proceed with installation of SERVERware operating system

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Step 5: After OS is installed, configure network dialog appears

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Click Next to continue and then chose one of the options to configure network interface.


After finishing network configuration, click next to finish installation. Wizard will initiate reboot.