Research Data Backup
User
Documentation
- Connecting
to your fileshare
Download and
Installing the RDB Client
Access
to a users home directory is
provided by the RDB Client, a VB script utility that can be downloaded from the RDB
home page (http://www.mun.ca/cc/researchbackups/).
RDB Login
It
asks the user for a user name and password and then mounts the
home directory as a share on the local computer.
Users
can then begin copying their data to the fileshare.
RDB\Labnet
Webtools Login
LabNet
offers users the opportunity
to recover files from our on-line backups using an easy to use web
interface.
The users first log into the web tool using their user name and
password. Login to the RDB\Labnet Webtools (http://webtools.cs.mun.ca).
Retrieving
Online Backups
Click the Retrieve Backup files
link from the User Menu
Users are
then presented with the following page that contains a list of backup
dates that represent the backup dates for their home directory.
Click the backup date you want to retrieve files from.
By
clicking on the desired date (usually the
most recent) the web tool presents the user with a graphical view of
their home
directory. The files are displayed.
The
user can descend through the
directory hierarchy until the desired file is reached and then, by
clicking on
the file, a dialog box is displayed that will allow the user to save
the file
to a desired location or input it directly into an application.
Click the file you wish to retrieve. Select Save
File from
the window to save the file to your local disk.
Note:
There is no easy way to restore a large number
of files using this web tool. To
restore a directory tree for a user it is necessary to contact the
helpdesk and request this service.