Storix Software SBAdmin Web Interface Installation Guide - Manual (Page 6)

Storix System Backup Administrator 6 Web Interface Installation Guide
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Differences between the GUI and Web Interface
Web technology is becoming more and more advanced and will no longer have many of the limitations that prevent a web
application from behaving like a native GUI application. To date, the most difficult obstacle is browser compatibility. Due to
these inconsistencies some features available in the SBAdmin GUI application are either not available or they are presented
in a different manner. Here is a list of some of the major differences you will find between the SBAdmin GUI and SBAdmin
Web Interface.
1. Selecting data to restore – There are limitations to the amount of data that can be displayed within a web browser
window. Although that limit is high and may vary between web browsers, a complete file list from a full system
backup could take a very log time to display or could cause the browser to crash. Therefore a limit has been set to
the number of files that may be displayed to select from for restoring (1,000 files). To limit the number of files to
display, there is an option to filter your results by specific terms or wild cards. Just enter either a keyword or
wildcard in the
Filter By field. This will allow you to limit the number of files to select for restore.
2. Additional Screens – The SBAdmin Web interface has additional screens that are not currently available in the
SBAdmin GUI.
1. Backup Calendar – This screen is used to list currently scheduled jobs as well as completed jobs in
a calendar format. Options for Month, Week and Day views are available.
From the main navigation, select “View”
! “Backup Calendar”
2. List Netboot Clients – This screen lists all configured clients with an additional column describing
clients that may have a network boot configuration file that is either active or disabled.
From the main navigation, select “Configure”
! “Network Boot/Install” ! “List Netboot
Clients”
3. Missing features – At the time of this writing the following features, available in the SBAdmin GUI, are not
available via the SBAdmin Web Interface. These are features that export an X-based application from the client to
the Interface and require a local Xserver.
1. Recreate Volume Groups (AIX)
2. Recreate Logical Volumes or Filesystems (AIX)
3. Start Remote Install Manager