CTERA Portal Administrator Guide Datacenter Edition PDF

Administrator Guide
CTERA Portal
Datacenter Edition
November 2013
Version 4.0
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Tip
For legal information and for the end user license agreement, refer to Legal
Information (on page 407) in this guide.
Contents
Introduction---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1
About the CTERA Portal --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2
CTERA Provisioning------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10
About This Guide --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12
Contacting Technical Support ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 12
Getting Started ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13

Browser Requirements -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13
Logging in to the CTERA Portal ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 14
Using the CTERA Portal-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19
The Navigation Pane ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20
The Main Frame ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20
The Status Bar ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23
Navigating between Virtual Portals ---------------------------------------------------------------- 23
Accessing the Global Administration View ------------------------------------------------------- 23
Accessing Online Help --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24
Logging Out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24
Configuring Global Virtual Portal Settings ----------------------------------------------------- 25

Configuring Default Settings for Virtual-Portals ------------------------------------------------ 25
Managing the CTERA Portal License --------------------------------------------------------------- 34
Branding the CTERA Portal --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 39
Configuring Global Settings -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 43
Configuring Global Mail Server Settings ---------------------------------------------------------- 45
Managing Certificates --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 47
Customizing Global Email Notification Templates---------------------------------------------- 60
Configuring Virtual Portals ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 67

Overriding the Global Virtual Portal Settings ---------------------------------------------------- 67
Overriding Global Branding Settings --------------------------------------------------------------- 68
Managing User Accounts --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 73

Accessing the User Account Manager ------------------------------------------------------------- 74
Adding and Editing User Accounts ----------------------------------------------------------------- 75
Viewing User Accounts -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 77
Contents
Configuring Group Membership for User Accounts ------------------------------------------- 80

Provisioning User Accounts in Reseller Portals-------------------------------------------------- 81
Provisioning User Accounts in Team Portals ----------------------------------------------------- 85
Managing Devices for User Accounts-------------------------------------------------------------- 87
Managing Folder Groups for User Accounts ----------------------------------------------------- 88
Configuring User Accounts' Advanced Settings ------------------------------------------------- 89
Managing Projects Owned by User Accounts --------------------------------------------------- 92
Configuring User Alerts ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 93
Viewing User Account Details ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 95
Generating Monthly Reports ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 96
Enabling/Disabling User Accounts------------------------------------------------------------------ 97
Exporting User Accounts to Excel------------------------------------------------------------------- 97
Applying Provisioning Changes---------------------------------------------------------------------- 98
Deleting User Accounts ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 99
Using Directory Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 99
Managing User Groups ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 113
Managing Administrators ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 119

Accessing the Staff Administrator Manager ---------------------------------------------------- 120
Adding and Editing Staff Administrators --------------------------------------------------------- 121
Configuring Staff Administrator Alerts ----------------------------------------------------------- 122
Viewing Staff Administrators ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 124
Importing Staff Administrators from a File ------------------------------------------------------ 124
Deleting Staff Administrators----------------------------------------------------------------------- 125
Accessing the Global Administrator Manager -------------------------------------------------- 126
Adding and Editing Global Administrators ------------------------------------------------------ 127
Configuring Global Administrator Alerts --------------------------------------------------------- 128
Viewing Global Administrators --------------------------------------------------------------------- 128
Deleting Global Administrators -------------------------------------------------------------------- 129
Configuring an IP-Based Access Control List ---------------------------------------------------- 129
Importing Global Administrators from a File --------------------------------------------------- 131
Customizing Administrator Roles ------------------------------------------------------------------ 132
Managing Device Configuration Templates -------------------------------------------------- 137

Accessing the Configuration Template Manager ---------------------------------------------- 138
Adding and Editing Device Configuration Templates ----------------------------------------- 139
Viewing Device Configuration Templates ------------------------------------------------------- 140
Working with Backup Sets--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 140
Selecting Applications for Backup ----------------------------------------------------------------- 152
Scheduling Automatic Cloud Backup ------------------------------------------------------------- 153
Restricting Throughput------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 155
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Selecting CTERA Portal Cloud Folders for Synchronization---------------------------------- 157

Marking a Firmware Image as the Current Firmware Image ------------------------------- 158
Configuring Automatic Firmware Updates ------------------------------------------------------ 159
Configuring the Automatic Template Assignment Policy ------------------------------------ 160
Setting the Default Device Configuration Template ------------------------------------------ 163
Duplicating Configuration Templates------------------------------------------------------------- 164
Deleting Device Configuration Templates ------------------------------------------------------- 164
Managing Devices ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 167

Accessing the Device Manager --------------------------------------------------------------------- 168
Editing Device Settings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 169
Viewing Devices ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 171
Remotely Managing Devices and Their Files ---------------------------------------------------- 180
Remotely Performing Cloud Backup Operations on Devices ------------------------------- 180
Exporting Devices to Excel -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 182
Deleting Devices --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 182
Managing Folders and Folder Groups ---------------------------------------------------------- 185

Accessing the Folder Manager --------------------------------------------------------------------- 187
Adding and Editing Folders -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 188
Viewing Folders ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 189
Managing Folder Contents -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 193
Changing Passphrases for Accessing Backup Folder Contents ----------------------------- 201
Exporting Folders to Excel --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 202
Deleting Folders---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 202
Accessing the Folder Group Manager ------------------------------------------------------------ 203
Adding and Editing Folder Groups----------------------------------------------------------------- 204
Viewing Folder Groups ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 207
Managing Home Folders for Folder Groups ---------------------------------------------------- 207
Managing Backup Folders for Folder Groups --------------------------------------------------- 208
Changing Passphrases for Accessing Folder Group Contents ------------------------------- 209
Exporting Folder Groups to Excel ------------------------------------------------------------------ 210
Deleting Folder Groups ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 210
Managing Collaboration Projects---------------------------------------------------------------- 211

Enabling Project Collaboration for the Virtual Portal ----------------------------------------- 211
Defining Project Management Permissions----------------------------------------------------- 212
Adding Collaboration Projects ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 214
Editing Collaboration Projects ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 218
Viewing Collaboration Project Contents --------------------------------------------------------- 220
Exporting a List of Collaboration Projects to Excel -------------------------------------------- 221
Contents
Deleting Collaboration Projects -------------------------------------------------------------------- 221
Managing Subscription Plans --------------------------------------------------------------------- 223

Understanding Snapshot Retention Policies ---------------------------------------------------- 224
Adding and Editing Subscription Plans ----------------------------------------------------------- 228
Viewing Subscription Plans-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 234
Setting/Removing the Default Subscription Plan ---------------------------------------------- 236
Exporting Subscription Plans to Excel ------------------------------------------------------------ 236
Applying Provisioning Changes--------------------------------------------------------------------- 236
Deleting Subscription Plans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 237
Managing Add-ons ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 239

Adding and Editing Add-ons ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 239
Viewing Add-ons --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 244
Exporting Add-ons to Excel-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 244
Applying Provisioning Changes--------------------------------------------------------------------- 245
Deleting Add-ons -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 245
Managing Vouchers --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 247

Adding Vouchers--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 248
Viewing Vouchers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 249
Sending Vouchers by Email ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 250
Exporting Vouchers to Excel ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 251
Deleting Vouchers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 251
Managing Email Invitations ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 253

Configuring Email Invitation Settings ------------------------------------------------------------- 254
Viewing Active Email Invitations ------------------------------------------------------------------- 255
Deleting Active Email Invitations ------------------------------------------------------------------ 255
Managing Virtual Portals -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 257

Accessing the Virtual Portal Manager ------------------------------------------------------------ 258
Adding and Editing Virtual Portals----------------------------------------------------------------- 259
Viewing Virtual Portals ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 260
Assigning Virtual Portals to Global Plans -------------------------------------------------------- 262
Adding Global Add-ons to Virtual Portals ------------------------------------------------------- 263
Exporting Virtual Portals to Excel ------------------------------------------------------------------ 265
Deleting Virtual Portals ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 265
Managing Servers ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 267

Accessing the Server Manager --------------------------------------------------------------------- 268
Contents
Editing Server General Settings -------------------------------------------------------------------- 269

Configuring a Server as a Catalog Node ---------------------------------------------------------- 271
Editing Server SMTP Settings ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 271
Viewing Connected Devices------------------------------------------------------------------------- 273
Monitoring Server Activity -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 275
Viewing Server Tasks --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 276
Viewing Servers' Statuses --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 279
Restarting Servers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 280
Managing Firmware Images ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 281

Uploading Firmware Images ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 282
Viewing Firmware Images --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 283
Marking a Firmware Image as the Current Firmware Image ------------------------------- 283
Deleting Firmware Images -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 284
Viewing Devices that Use a Specific Firmware Image ---------------------------------------- 284
Managing Storage Nodes -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 287

Adding and Editing Storage Nodes ---------------------------------------------------------------- 287
Viewing Storage Nodes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 317
Deleting Storage Nodes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 318
Importing and Exporting Folders (Seeding) --------------------------------------------------- 321

Importing Folders Over NFS------------------------------------------------------------------------- 321
Exporting Folders -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 334
Monitoring the CTERA Portal --------------------------------------------------------------------- 337

Viewing the Status Dashboard --------------------------------------------------------------------- 337
Viewing Reports --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 341
Configuring Logging ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 356
Viewing Logs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 359
Clearing Logs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 375
Using CTERA Portal Email Notifications ---------------------------------------------------------- 375
Using Email Alerts ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 382
Recovering CTERA Appliances after Hard Drive Failures ---------------------------------- 387

Recovering from Hard Drive Failures ------------------------------------------------------------- 388
Recovering from Appliance Failures -------------------------------------------------------------- 392
Recovering from Total Loss of an Appliance ---------------------------------------------------- 398
Legal Information ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 407

CTERA End User License Agreement -------------------------------------------------------------- 407
Contents
GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE -------------------------------------------------------------------- 411

Apache License ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 414
Index ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 417
1
Introduction
This chapter introduces the CTERA Portal and this guide.
In This Chapter
About the CTERA Portal --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2
CTERA Provisioning ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10
About This Guide --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12
Contacting Technical Support ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12
CTERA Portal Datacenter Edition Administrator Guide
Introduction
About the CTERA Portal

CTERA Portal DataCenter Edition is a scalable cloud service delivery platform that you install
at your own datacenter and use to create, deliver and manage cloud storage applications,
including file sharing and sync, backup, and mobile collaboration. CTERA Portal is compatible
with cloud storage infrastructure from multiple vendors, including EMC, HDS, IBM and AWS.
CTERA Portal DataCenter Edition enables you to extend cloud services to remote sites and
mobile users, via CTERA appliances, CTERA Agents, and CTERA Mobile. The portal ensures
data consistency, maintains version history and facilitates file sharing amongst users,
regardless of their access method.
CTERA employs both global source-based de-duplication and data compression. This ensures
that only incremental data changes are transferred for storage in the cloud, and that data
blocks are stored only once, which dramatically reduces storage capacity needs and overall
network traffic.
CTERA Portal DataCenter Edition enables you to create one or more tenants, called Virtual
Portals, on a single set of physical servers. Virtual Portals are accessed by end users and
management staff via web-based interfaces.
CTERA Appliances and end-point agents are remotely managed with CTERA Portal using a
single web-based console. Template-based management, centralized monitoring, customized
alerting and remote software and firmware upgrade capabilities make it easy to manage
appliances of various types and sizes as well as individual end-point agents up to tens of
thousands of connected devices with no need for on-site IT presence in remote locations.
Introduction
Management Features
With the CTERA Portal, you control all aspects of Cloud Attached Storage, including:
Service Provisioning
Create customer subscription plans that include cloud storage volume, pricing, number of
devices per account, user self-provisioning, and time limits. Add-ons can be used to
supplement existing accounts with additional services, and vouchers allow the creation of
one-off promotions and pre-paid subscription plans.
User Management
Manage anywhere from tens to tens of thousands of subscribers. Control user access,
subscription plans, and add-ons per user account, and view real-time storage usage and
account status.
Remote Device Management and Monitoring
Manage CTERA appliances and agents remotely. This enables you to view the appliance
status in detail, including logged events, network status, storage volumes, and recent
backups, as well as to set firmware upgrades, associated backup folders, and more.
Real-Time Event Monitoring
Centrally monitor and audit all events pertaining to the cloud service.
Reporting
Run and export detailed reports on a variety of usage parameters, including storage
usage, bad files, snapshot status, and more. Generate user reports that are automatically
emailed as PDF attachments.
Private Branding
Brand all aspects of the end-user experience, customizing it to your own corporate
identity. This includes the CTERA Portal user interface and all automated email
notifications.
Virtual Portals
Installed at the CTERA Portal owners datacenter, the CTERA Portal Datacenter Edition allows
a CTERA Portal owner to create one or more virtual CTERA Portals on a single set of physical
servers.
The following types of virtual portal are supported:
Reseller portal
Introduction
Designed for the needs of a reseller, this type of portal includes support for
reseller-oriented features such as add-ons, plans, vouchers, and self-registration. The end
users in the portal are the reseller's subscribers.
Reseller portals are managed by staff administrators in the Staff Control Panel. For
information on the Staff Control Panel, see CTERA Portal Interfaces and Users (on page
7).
By default, each user uses a private folder group, enabling cooperative de-duplication
between all devices owned by the user. Furthermore, when the cloud drive feature is
used, each user receives a private cloud drive that is not accessible to other users.
When multiple reseller portals are created, the CTERA Portal owner can rent each portal
to a different reseller, as part of a multi-tenant or hierarchical business model. Each
reseller can log in to their own virtual portal, manage their subscribers, and define
subscription plans, branding, and pricing models. In contrast, the CTERA Portal owner can
access and manage the contents of any reseller portal, as well as manage global settings
across all virtual portals.
Team portal
This type of portal is designed for the needs of a company or team with multiple
members, and as such do not include support for reseller-oriented features. The users in
the portal are the team members.
Team portals are managed by team administrators, who are team members with the
"Administrator role. These users can manage their team portal via the Administration
tab in their End User Portal. For information on the End User Portal, see CTERA Portal
Interfaces and Users (on page 7).
All users in the team portal share, by default, a single folder group, enabling cooperative
de-duplication between all members of the group. Furthermore, when the cloud drive
feature is used, each user receives a private home folder, as well as access to a public
folder that is visible to all the users in the portal. Users can create projects to collaborate
with other team members.
When multiple team portals are created, the CTERA Portal owner can assign each team
portal to a different organizational unit within the company or team. Each organizational
unit can log in to their own virtual portal and manage their settings. In contrast, the
CTERA Portal owner can access and manage the contents of any team portal, as well as
manage global settings across all virtual portals.
Introduction
Both reseller portals and team portals can be defined within a single CTERA Portal
installation.
Tip
The CTERA Portal is also available in the SaaS Edition. Run by CTERA as a cloud
service, the SaaS Edition allows CTERA Portal owners to offer managed cloud
services, with no upfront investment. For further information, contact CTERA
support.
Storage Clients
As part of the CTERA Cloud Attached Storage architecture, CTERA Portal can deliver cloud
services to desktop, server, and mobile endpoints and to on-premises storage hardware.
CTERA Portal connects to the following storage clients:
CTERA Appliances (on page 5)
CTERA Agents (on page 6)
CTERA Mobile (on page 6)
Throughout this guide, the term "device" refers generically to CTERA Appliances and CTERA
Agents.
CTERA Appliances
CTERA's cloud storage gateways are hybrid appliances that seamlessly combine local storage,
cloud storage, data protection functionality and collaboration capabilities in a single,
cost-effective package. Ideal for SMBs as well as enterprise branches and remote offices,
CTERA's appliances can replace legacy file servers and tape backup in a single solution with
significant cost savings.
The appliances feature a full set of Network Attached Storage (NAS) capabilities and
comprehensive backup functionality, utilizing on-premises storage capabilities for speed and
local sharing, while taking advantage of cloud storage for off-site backup, universal access,
file sharing, and folder synchronization.
CTERA cloud storage gateways are managed remotely by CTERA Portal. Template-based
management and remote firmware upgrades make it possible to manage numerous
appliances while maintaining minimal on-site IT and reducing total cost of ownership.
Introduction
CTERA Agents
CTERA Agents are small-footprint software agents that perform both cloud backup and file
sync (FSS) functions. CTERA Agents can connect either directly to the cloud or to a CTERA
hybrid cloud gateway appliance.
CTERA Agents are available for Windows, Linux and Mac platforms, and are licensed for
either laptop/desktop use or for servers. In all cases they provide sync and backup
capabilities, supporting both file backup and disk-level ("bare metal") backup.
CTERA Agents can be managed remotely by CTERA Portal, where all aspects of backup, sync
and agent setup can be monitored and configured from a single console, including software
upgrades.
CTERA Mobile
CTERA Mobile for iOS and Android enables business users to access their files securely, view
them, edit them, and store them in the cloud where they can be shared with colleagues,
partners and customers.
Users can also easily upload files, such as photos and documents, from their mobile device to
their cloud drives.
CTERA Mobile works in tandem with CTERA Portal to provide access to private folders and
team project workspaces, as well as the ability to view and download backup files.
Introduction
CTERA Portal Interfaces and Users

The CTERA Portal Datacenter Edition includes the following interfaces:
The End User Portal
This interface is used by end users to manage their devices, backup files, and access
cloud-stored files. End User Portal users are called end users.
Introduction
When accessed by team administrators, the End User Portal includes an Administration
tab with controls for managing the contents and settings of the team portal, instead of
the My Account tab.
The Staff Control Panel (available in reseller portals only)

This interface is used by a virtual portal owner's staff to manage the contents and settings
of the reseller portal. Staff Control Panel users are called staff administrators.
Only reseller portals have staff administrators and the Staff Control Panel.
Introduction
The Administration Control Panel

This interface is used by a CTERA Portal owner's staff to manage the contents and settings
of all virtual portals in the system.
Administration Control Panel users are called global administrators.
This interface also includes the Global Administration View, a special sub-interface for
managing global settings shared by all the defined virtual portals.
Introduction
Tip
It is possible to limit a user or administrator's permissions, so that they cannot

modify some or all of the settings in the relevant interface.
CTERA Provisioning
Provisioning is the process of assigning services and quotas to users or tenants.
CTERA includes two levels of provisioning:
Portal-level provisioning
The CTERA Portal owner provisions each virtual portal owner with services and/or quotas.
For example, it is possible to limit a virtual portal to use a total of up to 100GB of storage
space and 50 workstation agents.
Portal-level provisioning is performed by global administrators in the Global
Administration View.
End-user provisioning
The virtual portal owner provisions end users with services and/or quotas, such as
storage space, number of agents, and more.
In reseller portals, end-user provisioning is performed by staff administrators in the Staff
Control Panel or by global administrators in the Administration Control Panel.
In team portals, end-user provisioning is optional and can be performed by team
administrators in the Administration tab of the End User Portal, or by global
administrators in the Administration Control Panel.
Portal-level Provisioning
The following provisioning methods are available for portal-level provisioning:
Global plans
In order to obtain services, virtual portals are assigned to a global plan which defines a
set of services that the portal will receive, and which will subsequently be used by the
portal's end users. Further, the plan can specify a maximum snapshot retention policy for
the portal (see Understanding Snapshot Retention Policies (on page 224)).
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Tip
For reseller portals, the global plan limits the total amount of storage space (and
other resources, such as server agents and workstation agents) allocated to a
reseller portal's end users. That is, if a reseller provisions a 10GB storage quota
to an end user, then 10GB of the reseller's storage space quota is consumed
immediately, regardless of whether the end user actually uses the entire 10GB of
storage space. Likewise, Portal Licenses are consumed when the resources are
provisioned to the end user.
For team portals, the global plan limits the total amount of resources used by
end users. Portal Licenses are consumed immediately, when the team portal is
provisioned.
Global add-ons
In addition to the global plan, one or more "global add-ons" can be added to portals. Each
global add-on defines a set of services that portals will receive in addition to the services
specified in the global plan. For example, an add-on may include an additional 10 GB of
storage space for the number of devices specified in the global plan. Add-ons can be set
to expire after a specified time period and can be stacked as desired. For example, a
portal may have a subscription plan for 100 GB of storage, as well as two add-ons for
10GB of storage and one add-on for 5GB of storage. While the add-ons are valid, the
portal will be entitled to allocate up to 125GB of cloud storage to end users.
End-user Provisioning (Reseller Portals)

User accounts need to be provisioned in order for end users to obtain services. This is done
by setting the subscription plan, or adding add-ons to the user account.
If a subscription plan or add-on is modified, all user accounts assigned to the plan or add-on is
automatically updated with the changes.
The following provisioning methods are available end-user provisioning in reseller portals:
Subscription plans
In order to obtain services, end users can be subscribed to a subscription plan. The
subscription plan includes the list of services provided to the user and the quota for each
service.
The subscription plan also specifies a snapshot retention policy for the user's folders (see
Understanding Snapshot Retention Policies (on page 224)).
Add-ons
In reseller portals, end users can subscribe to more services in addition to their
subscription plan, by adding add-ons to the account. Each add-on defines a set of services
that subscribed users will receive in addition to the services specified in the subscription
plan. For example, an add-on may include an additional 10 GB of storage space for the
number of devices specified in the subscription plan.
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Add-ons can be stacked as desired. For example, a user may have a subscription plan for
100 GB of storage, as well as two add-ons for 10GB of storage and one add-on for 5GB of
storage. While the add-ons are valid, the user will be entitled to 125GB of cloud storage.
Vouchers
A reseller portal allows creating vouchers, which are prepaid coupons that encapsulate
specific add-ons and plans. When a device owner redeems a voucher encoding an add-on,
the add-on is added to the users account. When a device owner redeems a voucher
encoding a plan, they are assigned to the subscription plan.
Tip
Vouchers can also contain a hidden plan that is not exposed to end users.
CTERA Portal allows you to mix and match these provisioning methods in order to obtain the
combination that best suits your company's business model and your customer's needs.
End-user Provisioning (Team Portals)

In Team portals, end users must be subscribed to a subscription plan in order to obtain
services. The subscription plan includes the list of services provided to the user and the quota
for each service. Whereas in reseller portals a quota must be specified for each service, in
Team portals, specific quotas can be unlimited, in which case the user account will only be
limited by the quotas of the team portal itself.
About This Guide

This guide explains how to use the CTERA Portal Datacenter Edition. The procedures it
contains are intended for both staff and global administrators, except where otherwise
noted.
Contacting Technical Support

If you require assistance in configuring or using your CTERA Portal, contact technical support
(http://www.ctera.com/support).
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Getting Started
This chapter contains all the information you need in order to get started using the CTERA
Portal.
In This Chapter
Browser Requirements -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13
Logging in to the CTERA Portal ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14
Using the CTERA Portal -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19
The Navigation Pane ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20
The Main Frame----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20
The Status Bar ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23
Navigating between Virtual Portals ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23
Accessing the Global Administration View ------------------------------------------------------------------- 23
Accessing Online Help --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24
Logging Out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24
Browser Requirements
In order to use the CTERA Portal, you will need the following:
Either Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 or later, Mozilla Firefox 3.0 or later, or Google
Chrome 5.0 or later
Adobe Flash Player
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Logging in to the CTERA Portal

Staff administrators are defined within the scope of a single reseller portal, and thus have
access to that portal only. These administrators must log in to the relevant reseller portal via
the Staff Control Panel. See Logging in to the Staff Control Panel (on page 14).
Team administrators are both users and administrators of a single team portal. In the End
User Portal, they can access their personal settings in the My Account tab, as well as
administrative settings in the Administration tab. See Logging in to the End User Portal (on
page 15).
In contrast, global administrators have access to all virtual portals. These administrators may
log in to any virtual portal via the Administration Control Panel. Once logged in, they can
navigate to any other portal. See Logging in to the Administration Control Panel (on page
17).
Logging in to the Staff Control Panel

This task is relevant for reseller portals only.
To log in to the Staff Control Panel
1 Using a Web browser, open http://<PortalDNS>/staff.
Where <PortalDNS> is your CTERA Portal's DNS name. For example, if your portal's DNS
name is "myportal.acme.com", you must open http://myportal.acme.com/staff.
The CTERA Portal opens displaying the Staff Login page.
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2 In the fields provided, type your user name and password.

3 Click Log In.
The Staff Control Panel opens displaying your portal's Main > Dashboard page.
Logging in to the End User Portal

This task is relevant for team portals only.
To log in to the End User Panel
1 Using a Web browser, open http://<PortalDNS>/.
Where <PortalDNS> is your CTERA Portal's DNS name. For example, if your portal's DNS
name is "myportal.acme.com", you must open http://myportal.acme.com/.
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The CTERA Portal opens displaying the Login page.

3 Click Log In.
The End User Portal opens. If you are an administrator, the Administration tab is
displayed.
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Logging in to the Administration Control Panel

To log in to the Global Administration View
1 Using a Web browser, open http://global.<PortalSuffix>
Where <PortalSuffix> is the CTERA Portal's DNS suffix.
For example, to log in to the Global Administration View of a portal whose DNS suffix is
"acme.com", you should open http://global.acme.com.
Tip
Alternatively, you can use the IP address of one of the CTERA Portal servers. For
example, to connect to the Global Administration View of a portal whose server
IP address is 192.168.10.10, open http://192.168.10.10. This method
enables you to gain access to the Global Administration View, if the DNS service
is not set up properly.
After connecting, you can switch to any other portal as described in Navigating between
Virtual Portals (on page 23).
The CTERA Portal opens displaying the Administrator Login page.

3 Click Log In.
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The Global Administration View opens displaying the Main > Dashboard page.
To log in to the Administration Control Panel for a specific virtual portal

1 Using a Web browser, open http://<PortalAddress>/admin
Where <PortalAddress> is the DNS name of the virtual portal to which you want to
connect.
For example, to connect to a virtual portal whose DNS name is "myportal.acme.com", you
must open http://myportal.acme.com/admin.
After connecting, you can switch to any other portal as described in Navigating between
Virtual Portals (on page 23), or to the Global Administration View as described in
Accessing the Global Administration View (on page 23).
The CTERA Portal opens displaying the Administrator Login page.
3 Click Log In.
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The Administration Control Panel opens displaying the Main > Dashboard page.
Using the CTERA Portal

CTERA Portal interfaces consist of the following elements
Navigation pane. Used for navigating between pages in the CTERA Portal.
Main frame. Displays the CTERA Portal pages, each of which contains controls and
information.
Status bar. Displays general and session-specific controls and information.
The following figure displays these elements in the Staff Control Panel:
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Getting Started
The Navigation Pane

The navigation pane includes several menu sections, each of which can be opened to reveal
its contents.
If desired, the navigation pane can be hidden, in order to expand the main frame.
Opening Menu Sections

In order to view the contents of a menu section in the navigation pane, you must open it.
To open a menu section
Do one of the following:
Click on the section's name.
Next to the section's name, click
The section opens, revealing its contents.
The Main Frame

The main frame displays information and controls for the menu section you selected. When
information is displayed in tables, you can sort the table according to a specific column and
choose which columns should appear in the table. In addition, the main frame includes
controls for refreshing its contents and quickly accessing the Home page.
Sorting Tables
You can sort a table according to a specific column, in ascending or descending order.
To sort a table according to a column
1 Click on the desired column's heading.
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The table is sorted according to the column. An arrow in the column's heading indicates
that the table is sorted according to the column. The arrow's direction indicates the sort
order.
In this example, the table is sorted according to the Date column, in ascending order.
2 To reverse the column's sort order, click on the column's heading again.
The sort order is reversed.
3 To select the desired sort order from a list, do the following:
a Mouse-over the column's heading.
An arrow appears in the right side of the column heading.
b Click on the arrow, then click on the desired sort order in the drop-down list.
The column is sorted accordingly.
Navigating between Table Pages

When a table contains multiple pages of data, you can navigate between the pages by using
the controls at the bottom of the screen.
To navigate between pages
Do any of the following:
To navigate to the next page, click
To navigate to the previous page, click
.
.
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To navigate to page 1, click
To navigate to a specific page, in the Page field, type the desired page number.
Searching Tables
If a search box appears above a table, you can search for specific items in the table.
To search for items in a table
1 In the search box at the top-right corner of the main frame, type a string according to
which you want to search.
The CTERA Portal will look in all table columns for items that contain the specified string.
The search is case-insensitive.
For example, searching for "th" in the Users table could return the following results:
JohnSmith, ThomasB, and MatthewJones.
2 If the Search drop-down list appears next to the search box, you can specify the scope of
the search, by doing any of the following:
To limit the search to specific parameters only, click the Search drop-down list, then
select the check boxes next to the desired parameters and clear all other check boxes.
To expand the search to all parameters, click the Search drop-down list, then select
the Select All check box.
3 Click
The search results are displayed.
Refreshing Page Contents

Some of the pages in the main frame contain a button that allows you to refresh the page's
contents.
To refresh a page's contents
At the bottom of the main frame, click
The page's contents are refreshed.
Accessing the Home Page

The main frame contains a shortcut that enables you to quickly access the Home page from
any other page in the CTERA Portal.
To quickly access the Home page
In the top-left corner of the main frame, click
The Home page appears.
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Getting Started
The Status Bar

The status bar includes the following elements:
Your user name
A button for logging out of the CTERA Portal
See Logging Out (on page 24).
A button for accessing online help
The firmware version
A drop-down list for navigating between virtual portals (Administration Control Panel
only)
See Navigating between Virtual Portals (on page 23).
Navigating between Virtual Portals

Global administrators can navigate between virtual portals as needed.
This task can be performed in the Administration Control Panel only.
To navigate between virtual portals
In the status bar, in the Portal drop-down list, select the virtual portal you want to access.
The desired virtual portal's Main > Dashboard page appears.
Accessing the Global Administration View

Global administrators can access to the Global Administration View.
This task can be performed in the Administration Control Panel only.
To access the Global Administration View
In the status bar, in the Portal drop-down list, select Administration.
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Getting Started
The Global Administration View appears displaying the Main > Dashboard page.
Accessing Online Help

To access online help
In the status bar, click Help.
Logging Out
To log out of the CTERA Portal
In the status bar, click Logout.
You are logged out of the CTERA Portal.
Tip
You will be automatically logged out after a period of inactivity.
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Configuring Global Virtual Portal
Settings
This chapter explains how to configure global settings. These settings are shared across all
virtual portals.
The tasks in this chapter can be performed in the Global Administration View only.
In This Chapter
Configuring Default Settings for Virtual-Portals------------------------------------------------------------- 25
Managing the CTERA Portal License --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 34
Branding the CTERA Portal --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 39
Configuring Global Settings -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 43
Configuring Global Mail Server Settings ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 45
Managing Certificates --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 47
Customizing Global Email Notification Templates ---------------------------------------------------------- 60
Configuring Default Settings for Virtual-Portals

You can globally configure the default settings for virtual portals, such as:
Whether end users in reseller portals can open a CTERA Portal account on their own, and
the requirements for doing so
Whether vouchers can be used by end users in reseller portals
Whether the folders of users who have no quota should be automatically deleted after a
period of time
These settings will be inherited by all virtual portals and can be optionally overridden per
virtual portal. For information on overriding these settings on a per-virtual portal basis, see
Overriding Global Portal Settings (see "Overriding the Global Virtual Portal Settings" on
page 67).
This task can be performed in the Global Administration View only.
To configure global virtual portal settings
1 In the navigation pane, click Settings > Virtual Portal Settings.
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Configuring Global Virtual Portal Settings
The Settings > Virtual Portal Settings page appears.
2 Complete the fields using the information in the following table.

3 Click Save.
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Table 1: Virtual Portal Settings Fields

In this field...
Do this...
Minimum Password Length
Type the minimum number of characters that must be used in

a CTERA Portal account password.
The default value is 7 characters.
Require password change every
Select this option to require CTERA Portal users to change their

password after a certain number of months, then specify the
desired number of months in the field provided.
When the specified number of months has elapsed, the user's
password will expire, and they will be required to configure a
new password upon their next login.
Support Email
Type the email address to which support requests should be

sent.
This email address will appear in the From field of all email
notifications sent by the CTERA Portal system.
Support URL
Type the URL to which CTERA Portal users should browse for
customer support.
This URL will appear at the bottom screen in the End User
Portal interface, as well as in all email notification templates.
Email Sender's Name
Type the email address that should appear in the From field of
notifications sent to end users and staff by the virtual portals.
For example: "CTERA Customer Service <[email protected]>".
Delete files of zero quota users
Select this option to specify that the storage folders of
after
customers who have no quota (for example, customers with

expired trial accounts) should be deleted automatically after a
certain number of days, then specify the desired number of
days in the field provided.
Enabling this option helps free storage space.
A notification is sent to the customer prior to deletion,
prompting the customer to purchase cloud storage in order to
avoid the scheduled deletion of their files.
Storage folders of over-quota users with a non-zero quota will
not be deleted.
The default value is 14 days.
Reseller Portal Settings
These fields are relevant for reseller portals only.
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Allow self-registration
Select this option to allow end users to sign up for a CTERA

Portal account, by surfing to the CTERA Portal and filling in a
form.
If this check box is cleared, the registration form will not appear
in the CTERA Portal, and users will be defined only by an
administrator.
If selected, the Require voucher and Require Email
Confirmation fields are enabled.
Require voucher
Select this option to require end users to supply a valid voucher

code when registering a new CTERA Portal account.
Require email confirmation
Select this option to require end users to confirm their

registration by email, in order for their CTERA Portal account to
be activated.
This is recommended, since it ensures that the user has
entered a valid email address.
Require company
Select this option to require end users to specify their

company, when registering a new CTERA Portal account.
Enable vouchers support
Select this option to enable the use of vouchers in the CTERA

Portal.
If this option is cleared, the Provisioning > Vouchers menu item
will not appear in the navigation pane.
See Managing Vouchers (on page 247).
Team Portal Settings
These fields are relevant for team portals only.
Enable Home Folders
If enabled, a home folder is automatically created for each user

in the team portal.
Enable Projects
If enabled, team portal members can create collaboration

projects.
Default Settings for New Folder

Groups
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Use encryption
Select this option to specify that the Encryption check box

should be selected by default in all new folder groups' settings;
that is, data in newly created folder groups will be stored in
encrypted format by default.
If encryption is not needed, and you want to improve
performance, you can disable this option.
Note: This value applies to new folder groups only and cannot
be changed for existing folder groups.
Note: Passphrase protection is only available in encrypted
folders.
Use compression
Select this option to specify that data in newly created folder

groups will be stored in encrypted format by default. The
Compression check box will be selected by default in all new
folder groups' settings.
Clearing this option results in higher performance; however,
more storage space will be used.
Specify the default compression method used by new folder
groups by selecting one of the following from the dropdown
list:
High Compression
High Speed
The default value is High Speed.
Cloud FS version
Select which cloud storage encoding scheme to use for new

folder groups. In the current version, CloudFS1 is the only
supported cloud storage encoding scheme for folder groups.
Select one of the following:
CloudFS1. Currently, the only supported cloud storage
encoding scheme.
CloudFS2. Experimental and reserved for future use. Do
not use this option without consulting with CTERA Support.
The default value is CloudFS1.
CloudFS1
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Average Block Size
Select the average block size used by new folder groups when
cloudFS1 is selected as the default cloud storage encoding
scheme.
The CTERA de-duplication engine splits each stored file into
blocks. Increasing the Average Block Size causes the files to be
split into larger chunks before storage, and results in increased
read/write throughput at the cost of a reduced de-duplication
ratio. Increased block size is useful for workloads that require
high performance, as well as for those that do not gain greatly
from de-duplication (for example, where the stored files consist
mostly of videos, images, and music files that are not
frequently modified).
Decreasing the average block size results in better
de-duplication, since the portal can better identify
finer-grained duplicate data.
Note: Changing this value does not affect existing folder
groups. The new value applies to new folder groups only.
The default value is 512KB.
Average Map File Size
Type the average map file size used by new folder groups when
scheme.
CTERA Portal uses file maps to keep track of the blocks each file
is made of. The Average Map File Size represents the
maximum size of file that will be represented using a single file
map object. For example, if the average map file size is set to
100MB, files of up to approximately 100 MB will have one file
map, files of up to approximately 200MB will have two file
maps, and so on.
Reducing the average map file size causes more file maps to be
created per file. This may result in smoother and less bursty
streaming of files; however, it will also result in some extra
overhead for creating, indexing, and fetching the additional file
maps.
The default value is 640000 KB.
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Minimum Map File Blocks
Type the minimum number of de-duplication blocks that a file

must contain in order to trigger creation of a mapfile object.
Files with less than this amount will not create a mapfile object,
and instead store the list of blocks directly in the database.
The default value is 4.
Note: For backwards compatibility with firmware versions
earlier than 3.1, set this field's value to 1.
CloudFS2
Average Block Size
Select the average block size used by new folder groups when
scheme.
The CTERA de-duplication engine splits each stored file into
blocks. Increasing the Average Block Size causes the files to be
split into larger chunks before storage, and results in increased
read/write throughput at the cost of a reduced de-duplication
ratio. Increased block size is useful for workloads that require
high performance, as well as for those that do not gain greatly
from de-duplication (for example, where the stored files consist
mostly of videos, images, and music files that are not
frequently modified).
Decreasing the average block size results in better
de-duplication, since the portal can better identify
finer-grained duplicate data.
Note: Changing this value does not affect existing folder
groups. The new value applies to new folder groups only.
The default value is 512KB.
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Type the average map file size used by new folder groups when
scheme.
CTERA Portal uses file maps to keep track of the blocks each file
is made of. The Average Map File Size represents the
maximum size of file that will be represented using a single file
map object. For example, if the average map file size is set to
100MB, files of up to approximately 100 MB will have one file
map, files of up to approximately 200MB will have two file
maps, and so on.
Reducing the average map file size causes more file maps to be
created per file. This may result in smoother and less bursty
streaming of files; however, it will also result in some extra
overhead for creating, indexing, and fetching the additional file
maps.
The default value is 640000 KB.
Default Settings for New User
Complete these fields for both reseller and team portals.
Interface Language
Select the default language for new users. This language can be
overridden by end users in the End User Portal.
The following languages are supported: English, French,
German, Hebrew, Italian, Polish, and Spanish.
Backup Deduplication Level
Specify the default de-duplication level to use for backup

folders, for all new users. Select one of the following:
User. Create a single folder group for each user account,
containing all of the user account's backup folders.
De-duplication is performed for the user account's folder
group. This is the default value for both reseller and team
portals.
Folder. Create a folder group for each of a user account's
devices, containing all of the device's backup folders.
De-duplication is performed separately for each of the user
account's folder groups.
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Cloud Drive Deduplication Level
Specify the default de-duplication level to use for cloud folders,

for all new users. Select one of the following:
User. Create a single folder group for each user account,
containing all of the user account's cloud folders.
group. This is the default value for reseller portals.
Portal. Create a single folder group for each virtual portal,
containing all of the cloud folders in the portal. This option
is relevant for team portals only. It is the default value for
team portals.
Folder. Create a folder group for each of a user account's
devices, containing all of the device's cloud folders.
Remote Access Settings

Remote Access Redirection
Specify whether Web clients attempting to remotely access a

device should be redirected to communicate directly with the
device, instead of relaying communications through the CTERA
Portal. Select one of the following:
Public IP Redirect. Redirect Web clients to the device's
public IP address.
Private IP Redirect. Redirect Web clients to the device's
private IP address.
No Redirect. Do not redirect communications between
Web clients and the device. Relay all communications
through the CTERA Portal.
The default value is Private IP Redirect.
Use HTTPS for remote access
Select this option to use HTTPS for remotely accessing devices,

using the remote access service.
For example, if a device is named "dev1" and the portal is
names "portal.mycompany.com", then enabling this option will
cause the client's browser to be automatically redirected from
the HTTP URL http://dev1.portal.mycompany.com to the
HTTPS-secured URL
https://portal.mycompany.com/devices/dev1.
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Managing the CTERA Portal License

The CTERA Portal license limits the number of CTERA Appliance licenses, CTERA Workstation
Backup licenses, CTERA Server Agent licenses, and Cloud Drive licenses, that can be
provisioned throughout the CTERA Portal.
The CTERA Portal includes a 30-day evaluation license that includes the following:
50 CTERA appliance licenses
10 CTERA Workstation Backup licenses
10 CTERA Server Agent licenses
10 Cloud Drive licenses.
Once this license has expired, or if you require additional licensing, you must install a new
license key.
These tasks can be performed in the Global Administration View only.
How the CTERA Portal License Works

The CTERA Portal license specifies license quotas for each of the following
CTERA Appliance Licenses
This license quota specifies the number of CTERA appliance licenses that can be
provisioned.
CTERA Server Agent Licenses
This license quota specifies the number of CTERA Server Agent licenses that can be
provisioned. A CTERA Server Agent is a CTERA Agent installed on a Windows or Linux
Server.
CTERA Workstation Backup Licenses
This license quota specifies the number of CTERA Workstation Backup licenses that can
be provisioned. A CTERA Workstation Backup allows Cloud Backup of a single desktop or
laptop machine.
Tip
The CTERA Workstation Backup license includes the Cloud Backup Service only.
For file sync and share services, a Cloud Drive license is required.
CTERA Cloud Drive Licenses
This license quota specifies the number Cloud Drive licenses that can be provisioned. Each
CTERA Cloud Drive license allows the enabling of the Cloud Drive service for a single user
account.
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This license is subdivided when you allocate quotas to virtual portals, by assigning the virtual
portals to global plans and add-ons. For example, if the CTERA Portal license includes 20
appliance licenses, 20 workstation backup licenses, 20 server agent licenses, and 20 cloud
drive licenses, and there are two virtual portals, you may choose to allocate half of the
appliance, workstation backup, server agent, and cloud drive quotas to each virtual portal. In
this case, each virtual portal will be allocated quotas for 10 appliances, 10 workstation
backups, 10 server agents, and 10 cloud drives.
With each virtual portal, the CTERA Portal license can be further subdivided, when quotas are
allocated to user accounts via plans and add-ons. For example, if a virtual portal is allocated
quotas for 10 appliances, 10 workstation backups, 10 server agents, and 10 cloud drives, and
there are up to ten user accounts, the reseller portal owner may choose to define a plan that
includes quotas for 1 appliance, 1 workstation backup, 1 server agent, and 1 cloud drive.
These quotas are then allocated to the user accounts in the virtual portal. The following
figure shows an example of what a CTERA Portal license might include and how its quotas
might be divided.
How Team Portals and Reseller Portals Differ

Licenses are consumed in team portals and reseller portals in slightly different ways:
In Team Portals: Any licenses provisioned to a specific team portal are immediately
consumed from the Portal License. Within the team portal it is possible to optionally limit
how many licenses or storage each user can consume, by assigning a plan to the user.
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In Reseller Portals: It is possible to optionally define a limit on the number of licenses and
amount of storage consumed by each Reseller Portal, by assigning global plans and
add-ons to the portal. However at this stage, no portal licenses are consumed. Portal
licenses are consumed only when specific users within the reseller portal are provisioned
with licenses.
Adding License Keys

To add a license key
1 Purchase a new license key from your CTERA authorized reseller, while specifying your
portal's DNS suffix, and the number of required appliance, server agent, and workstation
agent licenses.
You can view your CTERA Portal's DNS suffix, in the Global Administration View's Settings
> DNS page.
You will receive one or more license keys.
2 In the navigation pane, click Settings > License.
The Settings > License page appears.
3 Click Add license key.
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The Add License Keys dialog box opens.
4 Copy the license key you received from CTERA, and paste it into the text box.
To add more than one key, paste each key on a new line.
The system verifies and activates the license keys by contacting the CTERA Activation
service. As each license key is activated, it is associated with this installation of CTERA
Portal.
5 (Optional) Add a comment in the Comment field. The comment will be displayed in the
License page. You can use this comment to document the purchase order number
associated with the license, and the like.
6 Click Save.
Removing License Keys

To remove a license key
2 Select the license key, and then click Remove license key.
A confirmation message appears.
3 Click Yes.
The license key is removed.
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Viewing CTERA Portal License Information

To view CTERA Portal license information
In the navigation pane, click Settings > License.
The Settings > License page appears with a list of installed license keys. For information
on the fields displayed, see License Key Fields (page 38).
The bottom of the page displays a summary of license usage for all installed keys. For
information on the fields displayed, see License Usage Overview Fields (page 39).
Table 2: License Key Fields
In this field...
Do this...
Key
The license key.
Status
The license key's status. This can be any of the following:

OK. The license is valid.
Expired on date. The license expired on the specified date.
Expires in X days. The license will expire X days from now.
Appliances
The number of CTERA appliance licenses included in the license

key.
You cannot define more than the number of licensed
appliances in the portal.

Server Agents
The number of server agent licenses included in the license key.
Workstation Backups
The number of workstation agent backup licenses included in

the license key. This is the maximum number of workstation
agents running the Cloud Backup service that you can connect
to the portal. Workstation agents using Cloud Drive
synchronization but not using Cloud Backup do not consume
these licenses.
Cloud Drives
The number of cloud drive licenses included in the license key.

Cloud drive licenses are per portal user. There is no limit to the
number of workstation agents that can synchronize to each
user's cloud drive.
Comment
Any comment about the license key that was entered when the
key was added.
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Table 3: License Usage Summary Fields

In this field...
Do this...
Installed Licenses
The total number of appliance, server agent, workstation

backup, and cloud drive licenses supported by the installed
license keys.
Usage

backup, and cloud drive licenses that have been provisioned.
Remaining

backup, and cloud drive licenses that have not yet been
provisioned.
Exporting License Keys to Excel

You can export the list of installed license keys and their details to a Comma-Separated
Values (*.csv) file on your computer, which you can open in Microsoft Excel.
To export license keys
2 Click Export to Excel.
The license keys are exported.
Branding the CTERA Portal

You can globally configure default branding settings for all virtual portals, by specifying a
global skin with your company logo and color scheme, as well as a custom Login page.
For information on overriding these settings on a per-virtual portal basis, see Overriding
Global Branding Settings (on page 68).
Creating Skins
To create a skin
1 Request a basic skin from CTERA support.
2 Extract the ZIP file that you received.
3 Edit the HTML and CSS files as desired.
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4 Replace the graphic files as desired.

5 Put the changed files back in the ZIP file.
6 Change the ZIP file's extension to .skin.
Uploading Skins
To upload a global skin
1 In the navigation pane, click Settings > Skins.
The Settings > Skins page appears.
2 Click Upload.
The Skin Upload Wizard appears displaying the Select a file to upload dialog box.
3 Click Upload and browse to the desired *.skin file.
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The skin is uploaded.

At the end of the process, the Completing the Skin Upload Wizard screen appears.
4 Click Finish.
Viewing Skins
To view all global skins
In the navigation pane, click Settings > Skins.
The Settings > Skins page appears displaying all skins.
The currently applied global skin is marked with the
virtual portals, expect where locally overridden.
icon. This skin is used on all
The table includes the following columns.

Table 4: Skins Fields
This field...
Displays...
Name
The skin's name.
Custom CSS
Indicates whether the skin includes a custom CSS stylesheet

(Yes/No).
Custom Login Page
Indicates whether the skin includes a custom Login page (Yes/No).
Size
The *.skin file's size.
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Applying Skins
When you apply a global skin, it is used as the default skin on all virtual portals.
To apply a global skin to all virtual portals
2 Select the desired skin's row.
3 Click Mark as Current.
The selected skin is applied on all virtual portals in the system, except where locally
overridden. It is marked with the
icon.
Removing the Current Skin Selection

You can remove the current skin selection. This will cause all the virtual portals (for which the
global skin is not overridden) to revert to using the default CTERA Portal branding.
To remove the current skin selection
2 Click Remove Current.
The current skin selection is removed.
Deleting Skins
To delete a global skin
3 Click Delete.
4 Click Yes.
The skin is deleted.
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Configuring Global Settings

You can configure the DNS suffix that will be appended to each virtual portal's name, in order
to create the virtual portal's DNS name. For example, if a virtual portal's name is "myportal",
and the DNS suffix is "acme.com", then the virtual portal's DNS name will be
"myportal.acme.com".
The DNS name is required in order to connect directly to a virtual portal. For example, in
order to connect directly to a reseller portal whose DNS name is "myportal.acme.com":
An end user must log in at http://myportal.acme.com.
A reseller staff administrator must log in at http://myportal.acme.com/staff.
A global administrator must log in at http://myportal.acme.com/admin. The global
administrator may later switch to a different portal as described in Navigating between
Virtual Portals (on page 23).
If the remote access service is enabled, device users can remotely log in to the device at
http://mydevice.myportal.acme.com.
Tip
If a global administrator connects to the host by IP address and not by DNS name (for
example, http://1.2.3.4/admin), they will be connected to the Global Administration
View. They can then navigate to their virtual portal of choice, as described in Navigating
between Virtual Portals (on page 23).
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In addition, you can also configure the CTERA Portal time zone.
To configure global settings
1 In the navigation pane, click Settings > Global Settings.
The Settings > Global Settings page appears.

3 Click Save.
4 If you changed the time zone, restart all the servers in the CTERA Portal cluster, in order
for the change to take effect.
Table 5: Global DNS and Time Zone Settings Fields
In this field...
Do this...
DNS Suffix
Type the global DNS suffix to use for all virtual portals.
Timezone
Select the CTERA Portal's time zone.
System Admin require password
Select this option to require the CTERA Portal administrators to
change every
change their password after a certain number of months, then

specify the desired number of months in the field provided.
When the specified number of months has elapsed, the
administrator's password will expire, and they will be required
to configure a new password upon their next login.
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Configuring Global Mail Server Settings

You can configure global mail server settings that will be inherited by all servers. For
information on overriding these settings on a per-server basis, see Editing Server Settings
(see "Editing Server General Settings" on page 269).
To configure global mail server settings
1 In the navigation pane, click Settings > Mail Server.
The Settings > Mail Server page appears.ac44538

3 Click Save.
4 To validate SMTP mail server settings, click Test Email to send a test email. Verify that you
receive the test mail at the email address defined in your administrator user account.
5 If you changed the SMTP settings, restart the portal servers in order for the changes to
take effect.
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Table 6: Mail Server Settings Fields

In this field...
Do this...
Enable Email Sending
Select this option to enable sending email messages from the

CTERA Portal to users.
The SMTP Server, SMTP Port, and Sender Email fields are
enabled.
SMTP Server
Type the outgoing mail server address for sending email

messages from the CTERA Portal to users.
SMTP Port
Type the port number for sending email messages from the
Sender Email
Type the email address that should appear in the From field of
notifications sent to global administrators by the global portal.
For example: "CTERA Customer Service <[email protected]>".
Enable TLS
Select this option to use Transport Layer Security (TLS)

encryption for sending email messages from the CTERA Portal
to users.
Server requires authentication
Select this option if the SMTP server requires authentication.

The Username and Password fields are enabled.
Username
Type the user name that the CTERA Portal should use when
authenticating to the SMTP server.
Password
Type the password that the CTERA Portal should use when
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Managing Certificates
Certificates are used as part of the Transport Level Security (TLS) protocol. They enable users'
Web browsers, CTERA appliances, and CTERA Agents to verify that the CTERA Portal server
with which they are communicating is authentic and not spoofed. If the CTERA Portal does
not have a valid certificate installed, CTERA appliances and CTERA Agents will not be able to
connect to it.
You must install an SSL certificate on the CTERA Portal in order to enable devices to connect
to the CTERA Portal, and to prevent a security warning from being displayed when users
attempt to access the CTERA Portal via HTTPS. The certificate must meet the following
requirements:
If multiple virtual portals are configured, then each virtual portal has its own DNS name.
In this case, the SSL certificate should be a wildcard certificate, that is, the DNS name
embedded in the certificate should start with "*". For example, if the CTERA Portal's DNS
name is myportal.com, and there are two virtual portals, portal1.myportal.com and
portal2.myportal.com, you should buy a wildcard certificate for *.myportal.com.
If you have only one portal, and do not intend to configure multiple virtual portals, then it
is sufficient to purchase a regular SSL certificate (not a wildcard certificate). For example,
if your portal's DNS name is portal1.myportal.com, then you can buy a certificate for
portal1.myportal.com.
It is possible to specify multiple alternative names, using the subjectAltName
certificate extension.
The certificate should be in *.zip format and contain certificate files in *.pem format.
You can automatically generate a certificate request to send to any public SSL certificate
authority, such as Godaddy (recommended), Verisign, or Thawte (see Generating a Certificate
Request). Once you have received a certificate from the certificate authority, you must the
install it (see Installing an SSL Certificate (see "Install the Signed Certificate on CTERA Portal"
on page 57)).
Alternatively, you can export a certificate from another portal (see Exporting the Installed
SSL Certificate (on page 59)) and install it on this portal (see Importing an SSL Certificate (on
page 59)).
Tip
When generating a certificate request and installing the received certificate, the
private key is generated on the portal and never leaves it. In contrast, when
exporting and importing certificates, the private key is exported and imported
along with the certificate, and it is therefore important to keep the exported file
confidential.
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Installing an SSL Certificate

Perform the following steps to install a certificate on the CTERA Portal:
1 Note your Portal's DNS Suffix (on page 48)
2 Obtain an SSL Certificate (on page 49)
3 Generate a Certificate Signing Request (on page 51)
4 Sign the Certificate Request (on page 55)
5 Validate and Prepare Certificates for Upload (on page 57)
6 Install the Signed Certificate on CTERA Portal (on page 57)
Note your Portal's DNS Suffix

Note your CTERA Portal's DNS suffix so that you have it for later steps.
To view your portal's DNS suffix
1 In the navigation pane of the Global Administration View, click Settings > Global Settings.
The Settings > Global Settings page appears.
2 The DNS Suffix field displays the CTERA Portal's DNS suffix.
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Obtain an SSL Certificate

It is necessary to obtain a valid certificate signed either by a well-known certificate authority,
or by your own internal certificate authority.
Tip
If you intend to generate a signed certificate using your own internal certificate
authority, please contact CTERA Support at http://www.ctera.com/support
beforehand.
The SSL certificate can be either of the following:
A wildcard certificate
A wildcard SSL certificate secures your website's URL and an unlimited number of its
subdomains. For example, a single wildcard certificate for *.ctera.com can secure both
company01.ctera.com and company02.ctera.com.
A wildcard certificate is mandatory if you plan for your service to consist of more than
one virtual portal.
A domain certificate
A domain certificate secures a single domain or subdomain only. For example:
company01.ctera.com.
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This option is relevant if you are planning to provision a single virtual portal only.
Tip
To obtain a self-signed certificate for testing and evaluation purposes only,

contact CTERA Support at http://www.ctera.com/support and specify your
CTERA Portal's DNS suffix see Obtain your Portal's DNS Suffix (see "Note your
Portal's DNS Suffix" on page 48)). CTERA will generate a self-signed certificate for
your DNS suffix and provide you with a ZIP file that you can upload to your CTERA
Portal environment.
Tip
The CTERA Portal also supports certificates with Subject Alternative Names (SAN
certificates). This option enables you to secure multiple domain names with a
single certificate.
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Generate a Certificate Signing Request

The next step is to generate a certificate signing request (CSR) for your domain using CTERA
Portal. This requires a CTERA Portal Administrator account.
To generate a certificate signing request for your domain
1 In the navigation pane of the Global Administration View, click Settings > SSL Certificate.
The Settings > SSL Certificate page appears.
2 Click Request Certificate.

The Create a Certificate Request Wizard opens.
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3 In the Domain Name field, type the domain name for which you would like to request a
certificate.
The value entered must match the type of certificate you chose to use. For example, if
you chose a wildcard certificate, the domain name might be *.acme.com.
In contrast, if you chose a domain certificate, the domain name might be

company01.acme.com, where company01 is the name of your virtual portal.
4 Complete the rest of the fields using the information in the following table.
These fields are optional
5 Click Generate.
A keypair is generated and stored on the portal.
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The Download a certificate request screen appears.
6 Click Download.
The certificate request file certificate.req is downloaded to your computer.
The Settings > SSL Certificate page's Certificate Request area indicates that the certificate
request is pending.
If you issued a wildcard certificate request, the area appears as follows:
If you issued a domain certificate request, the area appears as follows:
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Warning
When you generated the CSR, a private.key file was registered in the CTERA
Portal. If you now generate a new CSR, it will override the existing private.key
file, and signing the old CSR will result in an error message indicating that the CSR
does not match the private.key file. Therefore, do not generate a new CSR
before installing the signed certificate.
Table 7: Create a Certificate Request Wizard Fields
In this field...
Do this...
Domain Name
Type the domain name for which you would like to request a
certificate.
If multiple virtual portals are configured, each virtual portal has
its own DNS name. In this case, the SSL certificate should be a
wildcard certificate, that is, the DNS name embedded in the
certificate should start with "*".
If you have only one portal, and do not intended to configure
multiple virtual portals, then it is sufficient to purchase a
regular SSL certificate (not a wildcard certificate).
To request a certificate that specifies multiple alternative
names, type the multiple names in this field, separated by
semicolons. The certificate will include the subjectAltName
certificate extension.
Organizational Unit
Type the name of your organizational unit.

This field is optional.
Organization
Type the name of your organization.

City
Type your city.

State
Type your state.

Country
Select your country.

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Sign the Certificate Request

The next step is to sign the certificate request.
To sign the certificate request
1 Send the certificate.req file you generated to your certificate authority for signing.
If the request is successful, the certificate authority will send back an identity certificate
that is digitally signed with the certificate authority's private key.
Tip
The certificate authority should return a base-64 encoded identity certificate.

2 Open the identity certificate and verify that the Issued to field includes the DNS suffix you
provided upon creating the certificate request.
3 Build a certification chain from your identity certificate to your trusted root certificate.
In order to do this, you will need to obtain all of the intermediate certificates, as well as
your root certificate authority's self-signed certificate.
If you are using a well-known certificate authority, the intermediate certificates and the
root certificate authority's self-signed certificate can be downloaded from your certificate
authority website. If you are using your own internal certificate authority, contact the
necessary entity to provide you with the required intermediate and self-signed certificate.
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In the above example, the certificate was issued by "Go Daddy Secure Certification
Authority" to "*.ctera.com". In order to build the certification chain, it is necessary to
obtain a certificate issued to "Go Daddy Secure Certification Authority".
This certificate was issued by "Go Daddy Class 2 Certification Authority" to " Go Daddy
Secure Certification Authority". In order to continue the certification chain, it is necessary
to obtain a certificate issued to "Go Daddy Class 2 Certification Authority".
Since this last certificate is a self-signed certificate, (that is, it was issued to and by the
same entity), the certification chain is complete.
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Validate and Prepare Certificates for Upload

The next step is to validate and prepare certificates for upload.
To validate and prepare certificates for upload
1 Verify that none of the certificates in the certificate chain are corrupted or using invalid
encoding.
To do so, open each certificate in a program such as Notepad or Word, and verify that it
contains the following:
-------- BEGIN CERTIFICATE ------<CERTIFICATE CONTENT>
-------- END CERTIFICATE -------
2 Change the identity certificate issued to "*.ctera.com" to certificate.crt.

3 Change the file extension of the other certificates in the certificate chain to "crt".
For example, certificate-name.crt.
4 Archive all of the certificates (the identity certificate, the intermediary certificates, and
the root self-signed certificate) in a ZIP file called certificate.zip.
For example:
Install the Signed Certificate on CTERA Portal

Once you have obtained an SSL certificate you must install it on the CTERA Portal. The
certificate must match the pending certificate request and keypair.
To install an SSL certificate
1 In the navigation pane of the Global Administration View, click Settings > SSL Certificate.
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2 Click Install Signed Certificate.

The Upload Certificate Wizard opens.
3 Click Upload and browse to the the certificate.zip file you created. All the
certificates in the certificate chain must be present in the ZIP file in X.509 format, and
each file must have a ".crt" extension.
The certificate is installed on the CTERA Portal.
4 Click Finish.
5 Restart all the CTERA Portal servers.
See Restarting Servers (on page 280).
6 Verify that the certificate updated successfully, by browsing to your CTERA Portal.
You should receive no security exception messages.
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Canceling a Pending Certificate Request

In order to make changes to the current certificate request, you must cancel it as described
below, and then generate a new request as described in Generate a Certificate Signing
Request (on page 51).
To cancel a pending certificate request
1 In the navigation pane, click Settings > SSL Certificate.
2 Click Cancel Pending Request.
3 Click Yes.
The pending certificate request is canceled.
Exporting the Installed SSL Certificate

If desired, you can export the currently installed SSL certificate chain together with the
corresponding private key.
To export the installed SSL certificate
2 Click Export.
A ZIP file, including the certificate and private key, is exported.
Warning
This file is security sensitive, and sending it over an insecure link may enable the
server to be compromised.
Importing an SSL Certificate

You can import an SSL certificate from another portal, including the private key.
To import an SSL certificate
2 Click Import.
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The Import Certificate Wizard opens displaying the Import Certificate dialog box.
3 Click Upload and browse to the ZIP file containing the certificate components.
4 Click Next.
The Completing the Upload Certificate Wizard screen appears.
5 Click Finish.
Customizing Global Email Notification Templates

You can configure email notification templates for the following:
Email notification templates for the global administration portal
These notifications are sent to global administrators.
Default email notification templates for all virtual portals
These notifications are sent to portal administrators and end users.
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For information on overriding these settings on a per-portal basis, see Customizing Email
Notification Templates (on page 379).
The email notifications are in HTML format.
To customize global email notification templates
1 In the navigation pane, click Settings > Email Templates.
The Settings > Email Templates page appears with a list of email templates. For a
description of each template, see Global Email Notification Templates (page 64).
2 Select the desired email template's row and then click Edit.
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The Notification Template Editor opens displaying the Message tab.
If the notification includes a PDF attachment, the Notification Template Editor will
include a PDF tab, as well.
3 Select the Customize Notification Template check box.
4 In the Subject field, type the text that should appear in the notification email's Subject
line.
5 In the Message box, modify the template as desired.
6 To preview your changes, click Preview.
7 To edit a PDF attachment, do the following:
a Click the PDF File tab.
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The PDF File tab appears.
b In the PDF box, modify the template as desired.

c To preview your changes, click Preview.
The PDF is downloaded to your computer.
8 To undo your unsaved changes, click Revert.
9 Click Save.
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Table 8: CTERA Portal Global Email Notification Templates

In this fields...
Do this...
Portal has reached the license limit A notification sent to global administrators, when one of the
limits specified in the installed CTERA Portal license (that is, the
license installed on the global portal) is reached.
Vouchers issued
A notification sent to end users when a voucher has been

issued to them.
User is over agents limitation
A notification sent to end users when they have exceeded the

licensed number of CTERA Agents. This field is relevant for
reseller portals only.
Storage node full
A notification sent to portal administrators when a storage

node is full.
Storage node nearly full

node is over 90% full.
Portal license is about to expire
A notification to portal administrators when one of the

portal's license keys will expire in 7 days.
User is over quota limitation
A notification sent to end users when their cloud storage space

is full.
Invoice Notification
A notification sent to end users with an invoice PDF attached.

This template allows customizing both the email message and
the PDF.
Portal is over quota limitation
A notification sent to portal administrators when their cloud

storage space is full.
Addon is about to expire
A notification to end users when an add-on to which they are

subscribed will expire in a certain number of days.
The number of days is configured locally. See Configuring Email
Notifications (on page 376).
Change Email Notification
A notification sent to end users when a request is made to

change their email address.
User is near quota limitation
A notification sent to end users when the amount of cloud

backup storage space used reaches or exceeds a certain
percentage.
The percentage is configured locally. See Configuring Email
Password Recovery Notification
A notification sent to end users when a request is made to reset

their password.
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Portal is near quota limitation
A notification sent to portal administrators when the amount of

cloud backup storage space used reaches or exceeds 90%.
Device Not Connected
Select this option to send a notification to end users when their

device has not connected to the CTERA Portal for a certain
number of days.
User Report
A monthly report sent to end users, which includes the

following information:
Account information
Storage statistics
Usage report
Details of all the user's devices
Information on the status of the user's cloud backups
Trial is about to expire
A notification sent to end users when their trial subscription will

expire in a certain number of days.
Registration Confirmation
A notification to end users after registering with the CTERA

Portal, and before activating their account.
Portal Invitation
An email invitation to access shared files or folders.
header
The HTML header that appears at the top of all notifications.
footer
The HTML footer that appears at the bottom of all notifications.
New User Notification
A notification sent to end users when an account has been

created for them by an administrator, inviting them to use the
portal. The email message contains the portal address, as well
as the username and password.
Storage node has failed

node has failed.
Portal add-on is about to expire
A notification sent to portal administrators when a portal

add-on to which they are subscribed will expire in 7 days.
Portal Administrator Report
A monthly report sent to portal administrators.
System Administrator Report
A monthly report sent to system administrators.
Portal license exceeded
A notification sent to portal administrators when the portal

license has been exceeded.
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Storage pool is full
A notification sent to system administrators when a storage

pool is full.
This field is relevant only if the CTERA Portal is installed on the
OpenSolaris platform.
Credit card billing failed
A notification sent to end users when billing their credit card

has failed.
Storage pool is Degraded

pool is degraded.
This notification is supported only if the CTERA Portal is
installed on the OpenSolaris platform.
Project access granted
A notification sent to portal administrators when they have

been granted access to a project.
This field is relevant only for team portals.
Storage pool Failed

pool has failed.
Storage pool is almost full

pool is over 90% full.
Storage pool snapshots are
A notification sent to system administrators when storage pool
overdue
snapshots have not been taken for more than 4 hours.

Device activated
A notification sent to end users when their device has been

activated.
One of the certificates is about to
A notification sent to system administrators when a CTERA
expire
Portal SSL certificate will expire in 30 days.
Catalog database is down
A notification sent to system administrators when the catalog

database on the CTERA Portal server is not been responding.
Test email
A test notification sent to system administrators.
Portal is exceeding its license
A notification sent to portal administrators when the portal is

exceeding any of its license quotas.
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Configuring Virtual Portals
This chapter explains how to configure portal-level CTERA Portal settings and branding.
In This Chapter
Overriding the Global Virtual Portal Settings ---------------------------------------------------------------- 67
Overriding Global Branding Settings --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 68
Overriding the Global Virtual Portal Settings

By default, each virtual portal inherits its settings from the global virtual portal settings. If
desired, you can override the global settings for a specific virtual portal, including settings
such as:
Whether reseller portal end users can open a CTERA Portal account on their own, and the
requirements for doing so
Whether vouchers can be used by end users in a reseller portal
Whether the folders of users who have no quota should be automatically deleted after a
period of time
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To override the global virtual portal settings for a specific virtual portal
2 Do one of the following:

To override global settings, click Override.
To revert to global settings, click Use global settings.
3 Complete the fields using the information in Virtual Portal Settings Fields (page 27).
4 Click Save.
Overriding Global Branding Settings

By default, each virtual portal inherits its branding settings from the global settings. If
desired, you can override the global branding settings for a specific virtual portal, and brand
your CTERA Portal by applying the following:
A skin with your company logo and color scheme
A custom Login page
Creating Skins
To create a skin
1 Request a basic skin from CTERA support.
2 Extract the ZIP file that you received.
3 Edit the HTML and CSS files as desired.
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4 Replace the graphic files as desired.

5 Put the changed files back in the ZIP file.
6 Change the ZIP file's extension to .skin.
Uploading Skins
To upload a skin
2 Click Upload.
The Skin Upload Wizard appears displaying the Select a file to upload dialog box.
3 Click Upload and browse to the desired *.skin file.
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The skin is uploaded.

At the end of the process, the Completing the Skin Upload Wizard screen appears.
4 Click Finish.
Viewing Skins
To view all skins in the portal
The Settings > Skins page appears displaying all skins.
The currently applied skin is marked with the
icon.

2 To preview a specific skin, do the following:
a Select the desired skin's row.
b Click Preview.
A preview opens in a new window.
Table 9: Skins Fields
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This field...
Displays...
Name
The skin's name.
Custom CSS
Indicates whether the skin includes a custom CSS (Yes/No).
Custom Login Page
Indicates whether the skin includes a custom Login page (Yes/No).
Size
The *.skin file's size.
Applying Skins
To apply a skin to the CTERA Portal
The selected skin is applied to the CTERA Portal and marked with the
icon.
Removing the Currently Applied Skin

When you remove the currently applied skin, the default CTERA Portal skin is used.
Tip
The removed skin is not deleted from the system.

To remove the currently applied skin
The default CTERA Portal skin is applied.
Deleting Skins
To delete a skin
3 Click Delete.
4 Click Yes.
The skin is deleted.
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Managing User Accounts
End users are registered with the CTERA Portal and have access to the End User Portal. Each
user is represented in the CTERA Portal by a user account.
This chapter explains how to manage the user accounts.
In This Chapter
Accessing the User Account Manager ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 74
Adding and Editing User Accounts ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 75
Viewing User Accounts -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 77
Configuring Group Membership for User Accounts-------------------------------------------------------- 80
Provisioning User Accounts in Reseller Portals -------------------------------------------------------------- 81
Provisioning User Accounts in Team Portals ----------------------------------------------------------------- 85
Managing Devices for User Accounts -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 87
Managing Folder Groups for User Accounts ----------------------------------------------------------------- 88
Configuring User Accounts' Advanced Settings ------------------------------------------------------------- 89
Managing Projects Owned by User Accounts---------------------------------------------------------------- 92
Configuring User Alerts-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 93
Viewing User Account Details ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 95
Generating Monthly Reports ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 96
Enabling/Disabling User Accounts ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 97
Exporting User Accounts to Excel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 97
Applying Provisioning Changes ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 98
Deleting User Accounts ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 99
Using Directory Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 99
Managing User Groups ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 113
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Accessing the User Account Manager

Most tasks related to managing a user account are performed in the User Account Manager.
To access the User Account Manager
1 In the navigation pane, click Users > Users.
The Users > Users page appears, displaying all user accounts.

Select the desired user account's row and click Edit.
Click on the desired user account's user name.
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The User Account Manager opens displaying the Profile tab.
Adding and Editing User Accounts

Tip
If self-registration is enabled in a reseller portal, a user account is automatically

added, when a user registers; however, it is possible to add user accounts
manually, as well.
To add or edit a user account
To add a new user account, in the Users > Users page, click New.
To edit an existing user account, access the User Account Manager.
See Accessing the User Account Manager (on page 74).
The User Account Manager opens displaying the Profile tab.
3 Click Save.
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Table 10: User Manager Profile Fields

In this field...
Do this...
Username
Type a user name for the user's CTERA Portal account.
Email
Type the user's email address.
First Name
Type the user's first name.
Last Name
Type the user's last name.
Company
Type the name of the user's company.

Role
Select the user's role. This can be either of the following:

Read/Write Administrator. The user can access the End
User Portal, and can access the Administration tab of the
End User Portal with read-write permissions. For
information about this tab, see CTERA Portal Interfaces
and Users (on page 7). This role is relevant for team portals
only.
Read Only Administrator. The user can access the End User
Portal, and can access the Administration tab of the End
User Portal with read-only permissions. For information
about this tab, see CTERA Portal Interfaces and Users (on
page 7). This role is relevant for team portals only.
End User. The user can access the End User Portal.
Disabled. The user account is disabled. The user cannot
access the End User Portal.
The default value is End User.
Note: In order to access the End User Portal, the user must
have a role other than Disabled, and their status must be
active.
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Status
Select the account status. This can be either of the following:

active. The account is active, and the user can access the
CTERA Portal.
inactive. The account is inactive, and the user cannot
access the CTERA Portal.
The default value for new users created by an administrator is
active.
If email validation is enabled, (see Overriding Global Portal
Settings (see "Overriding the Global Virtual Portal Settings" on
page 67)), the default value for self-registered users is inactive,
until the user activates the account by clicking the link provided
in the email.
If email validation is disabled, the default value for
self-registered users is active.
Note: In order to access the CTERA Portal, the user must have a
role other than Disabled, and their status must be active.
Password / Retype Password
Type a password for the user's CTERA Portal account.

By default, the password must be at least 7 characters long. For
information on configuring the minimum required number of
characters in a password, see Overriding Global Portal Settings
(see "Overriding the Global Virtual Portal Settings" on page
67).
Force password change
Select this option to specify an expiration date for the user

account password, and then click
to select the date.
When the password has expired, the user will be required to

configure a new password upon their next login.
Numeric UID
Type a numeric user ID to assign the user's CTERA Portal

account.
Billing ID
Type the user's billing ID. This field is relevant for reseller
portals only.
Comment
Type a description of the user account.
Viewing User Accounts

To view all user accounts in the portal
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2 (Optional) To view only a specific type of users, in the Show drop-down list, do one of the
following:
To view only the users of a specific domain, select the domain name.
To view users defined in the local user database, select Local Users.
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Table 11: Users Fields

This field...
Displays...
Username
The user account's user name.

To edit the user, click the user name. For further details, see Adding
and Editing User Accounts (on page 75).
Full Name
The user's full name.
Role
The user's role.
Email
The user's email address.
Company
The name of the user's company.
Subscription Plan
The user account's assigned subscription plan.

To modify the subscription plan, click the plan's name. For further
details, see Adding and Editing Subscription Plans (on page 228).
Subscription Status
The user account's subscription status. This can be any of the

following:
Expired on date. The subscription plan expired on the specified
date.
Expires in days. The subscription plan will expire in the specified
number of days. This status is only relevant when the plan will
expire within 30 days.
Expiration date date. The subscription plan will expire on the
specified date. This status is relevant when the plan will expire in
more than 30 days.
Not Subscribed. The user is not subscribed to a plan.
Add Ons
The number of add-ons for the user account.

To modify the list of add-ons, click on the number. For further
details, see Adding and Editing Add-ons (on page 239).
Storage Usage
A bar graph indicating the amount of storage the user has consumed
out of the total amount provisioned.
Appliance Licenses
The number of appliances associated with the user account out of

the total amount provisioned.
Server Agent Licenses
The number of CTERA Server Agents installed out of the total

amount provisioned.
Workstation Backup
The number of CTERA Workstation Agents installed and using the
Licenses
Cloud Backup service out of the total amount provisioned.
Cloud Drive
Whether or not the user has the Cloud Drive service.
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Status
The user's account status. This can be either of the following:

active. The account is active, and the user can access the CTERA
Portal.
inactive. The account is inactive, and the user cannot access the
CTERA Portal.
Billing ID
The user's billing ID. This field is relevant for reseller portals only.
Configuring Group Membership for User Accounts

You can add user accounts to user groups. For information on user groups, see Managing
User Groups (on page 113).
To configuring group membership for a user account
1 Access the User Account Manager.
2 Click the Groups tab.
The Groups Membership tab appears.
3 To add the user account to a user group, do the following:

a In the Quick Search field, type a string that appears anywhere within the name of the
desired user group, then click
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A table of user groups matching the search string appears.
b Select the desired user group in the table.

The user group appears in the Quick Search field.
c Click Add.
The user group is added to the list of user groups to which the user account belongs.
You can edit any listed user group, by clicking on its name. See Adding and Editing
User Groups (on page 114).
4 To remove the user account from a user group, in the user group's row, click
The user group is removed from the list.

5 Click Save.
Provisioning User Accounts in Reseller Portals

In reseller portals, you can provision user accounts via subscription plans and add-ons.
Assigning User Accounts to Subscription Plans

To assign a user account to a subscription plan
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2 Click the Provisioning tab.
The Provisioning tab appears.
3 In the Subscription Plan field, click
The Select Your Subscription Plan dialog box opens.
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4 In the Subscription Plan drop-down list, select the subscription plan to assign the user
account.
5 In the Subscription Expiration field, click
to specify the date on which the user
account's subscription to the selected plan should expire.
6 Click Save.
The user account is assigned to the subscription plan.
Adding Add-ons to User Accounts

To add an add-on to a user account
3 To use a voucher for an add-on, do the following:
a Click I have a voucher.
The Voucher Activation Wizard opens.
b Type the voucher code in the fields provided.

c Click Next.
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The Services Activated screen appears with the voucher details.
d Click Next.
The Wizard Completed screen appears.
e Click Finish.
The Manage Add-ons dialog box reappears with the add-on listed.
4 To add an add-on for the user account, do the following:
a In the drop-down list, select the desired add-on.
b Click Add.
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The add-on appears in the list box.
c In the add-on's row in the list box, click in the Valid For column, and then click
A calendar appears.
d Select the date on which the add-on subscription should end.
The Expiration column is updated accordingly.
5 To remove an add-on from the user account, in the add-on's row in the list box, click
.
The add-on is removed.
6 Click Save.
The add-on is added to the user account.
Provisioning User Accounts in Team Portals

By default, team members are assigned to the default subscription plan. If desired, you can
subscribe an individual user to a different subscription plan. You can also unsubscribe the
user account, which deletes all files stored in the account and terminates the account.

To assign a user account to a subscription plan
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4 In the Subscription Plan drop-down list, select the subscription plan to assign the user
account.
5 Click OK.
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Terminating User Accounts

Unsubscribing a user account from a subscription plan terminates the user account and
removes all the files stored in the account.
To terminate a user account:
3 Click Unsubscribe.
The Account Termination dialog appears.
4 If you are sure you want to proceed, enter your password in the field provided.
5 Click Save.
Managing Devices for User Accounts

You can manage the devices associated with a user account.
To manage devices for a user account
1 Access the User Manager.
2 Click the Devices tab.
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The Devices tab appears with a table of devices associated with the user account.
3 Perform any of the device management tasks described in Managing Devices, as if you
were working in the Main > Devices page.
Managing Folder Groups for User Accounts

You can manage the folder groups associated with a user account.
To manage folder groups for a user account
2 Click the Folder Groups tab.
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The Folder Groups tab appears with a table of folder groups associated with the user
account.
3 Perform any of the folder group management tasks described in Managing Folders and
Folder Groups, as if you were working in the Main > Folder Groups page.
Configuring User Accounts' Advanced Settings

To configure a user account's advanced settings
2 Click the Advanced tab.
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The Advanced tab appears.

4 Click Save.
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Table 12: User Manager Advanced Fields

In this field...
Do this...
Backup
Deduplication Level
Specify the default de-duplication level to use for new backup

folders. Select one of the following:
User. Create a single folder group for the user account,
containing all of the user account's backup folders.
Portal. Use a single folder group that is shared by the entire
virtual portal, containing all of the backup folders in the
portal. This option is relevant for team portals only. It is the
default value for team portals.
Folder. Create a folder group for each of the user account's
devices, containing all of the device's backup folders.
If you select User, the Default Folder Group field appears and
must be filled in.
Default Folder Group
Select the default folder group to use for all of the user
account's backup folders. This can be either of the following:
An existing folder group
Automatically Create. Automatically create a new folder
group.
The default value is Automatically Create.
Cloud Drive
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Deduplication Level
Specify the default de-duplication level to use for new cloud

folders. Select one of the following:
User. Create a single folder group for the user account,
containing all of the user account's cloud folders.
Portal. Use a single folder group that is shared by the entire
virtual portal, containing all of the cloud folders in the
portal. This option is relevant for team portals only. It is the
default value for team portals.
Folder. Create a folder group for each of the user account's
devices, containing all of the device's cloud folders.
If you select User, the Default Folder Group field appears and
must be filled in.
Default Folder Group
Select the default folder group to use for all of the user
account's cloud folders. This can be either of the following:
An existing folder group
Automatically Create. Automatically create a new folder
group.
The default value is Automatically Create.
Cloud Files Folder
Select the folder to act as the user account's private cloud

drive.
The user will be able to access the private cloud drive via the
End User Portal's Cloud Drive tab, for the purpose of viewing,
uploading, and downloading files.
Managing Projects Owned by User Accounts

You can manage projects owned by a team member. This procedure is relevant for team
portals only.
To manage projects owned by a team member
2 Click the Projects tab.
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The Projects tab appears.
3 Perform any of the project management tasks described in Managing Collaboration

Projects (on page 211), as if you were working in the Folders > Projects page.
Configuring User Alerts

You can configure CTERA Portal to send alerts to the user upon certain events. This procedure
is relevant for team portals only.
To manage alerts for a user
2 Click the Alerts tab.
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The Alerts tab appears.

4 Click Save.
Table 13: User Alerts Fields
In this field...
Do this...
Administrator Alerts
Select this option to indicate that the user should receive

administrator alerts, as well as a monthly administrator report.
Administrator alerts are notifications about portal-level
problems. Administrator reports are reports sent via email.
Customer Alerts

customer alerts.
Customer alerts are notifications about device-level problems.
Customer Reports

customer reports.
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Viewing User Account Details

To view a user account's details
2 Click the Details tab.
The Details tab appears.
For information on the fields displayed, see the following table.
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Table 14: User Manager Details Fields

This field...
Displays...
Storage Quota
The amount of storage the user has consumed out of the total
amount available in their subscription plan.
Cloud Drive
Whether the user is provisioned to have the Cloud Drive

service.
Workstation Backup Licenses
The number of CTERA Workstation Agents installed and using

the cloud backup service out of the total number available in
the user account's subscription plan.
The number of CTERA Server Agents installed out of the total

number available in the user account's subscription plan.
Appliance Licenses
The number of appliances associated with the user account out

of the total number available in the user account's subscription
plan.
Account Created
The date and time when the user account was created.
Last Login
The date and time when the user last logged in to the CTERA
Portal.
Generating Monthly Reports

You can trigger the immediate generation and sending of the monthly report for a specific
user account.
To generate a monthly report for the user account
2 Click the Details tab.
The Details tab appears.
3 Click Generate.
A report is generated and sent to the user by email.
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Enabling/Disabling User Accounts

If a user signed up for a CTERA Portal account via self-registration, and Require Email
Confirmation is enabled (see Overriding Global Portal Settings (see "Overriding the Global
Virtual Portal Settings" on page 67).), the user will receive an email from the CTERA Portal
containing an activation link. The new user account will remain disabled until the user
confirms the registration by clicking the link. If for some reason the user does not click the
link, you can enable the user account as described in the following procedure.
In addition, you can temporarily disable a user account, and then re-enable it as desired.
To enable a user account
2 In the Status field, select active.
3 Click Save.
To disable a user account
2 In the Status field, select inactive.
3 Click Save.
Exporting User Accounts to Excel

You can export a list of user accounts and their details to a Microsoft Excel (*.xls) file on your
computer.
To export user accounts to Excel
The user accounts are exported.
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Applying Provisioning Changes

CTERA Portal applies changed plan and add-on settings to all users every day at midnight. If
desired, you can use the following procedure to apply all changes immediately.
Tip
If CTERA Portal is integrated with a directory service, applying provisioning

changes will also cause CTERA Portal to synchronize all the users with the
directory.
To apply provisioning changes to all users
2 Click Apply Provisioning Changes.
The following things happen:
Provisioning changes are applied to all users, and the Apply Provisioning Changes
window opens displaying Running screen with a progress bar that tracks the
operation's progress.
To stop the process, click Stop. To close the progress bar, while the process continues
in the background, click Continue in Background.
When the operation is complete, the Completed screen appears.
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3 Click Close.
Deleting User Accounts

Deleting a user account from the CTERA Portal cancels the user's subscriptions to plans and
add-ons, and deletes all of the user's folders and folder groups.
To delete a user account
In the Users > Users page, select the desired user account's row, then click Delete.
Access the User Account Manager, then click Delete.
2 Click Yes.
The user account is deleted.
Using Directory Services

The CTERA Portal can be integrated with the following directory services:
Microsoft Active Directory
LDAP directory services:
OpenDS
Oracle Unified Directory
Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition
Sun Java System Directory Server
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User accounts will be automatically fetched and refreshed from the directory, and user
authentication will be performed using the directory.
CTERA Portal administrators can define an access control list specifying which directory
service groups and individual users are permitted to access the CTERA Portal, and which user
roles they should be assigned in CTERA Portal.
Tip
Users must have an email address, as well as a first and last name, defined in the
directory service. Users without one of those attributes in the directory service
cannot log in to the CTERA Portal and will cause synchronization to fail.
Tip
Nested groups are not supported.
How Directory Service Synchronization Works

When integrated with a directory service, CTERA Portal fetches user data from the directory
upon the following events:
An administrator can manually fetch specific users from the directory. See Manually
Fetching User Data (on page 111).
If a user attempts to log in, but does not yet have a local CTERA Portal account, their user
account is automatically fetched from the directory.
CTERA Portal automatically re-fetches all previously fetched directory users, every day at
midnight, as part of the daily "Apply provisioning changes" task.
An administrator can force a re-synchronization of all previously fetched directory users,
by running the Apply Provisioning Changes Wizard. See Applying Provisioning Changes
(on page 98).
CTERA Portal handles special cases as follows:
If during the fetch it is determined that a user exists in the local user database but not in
the directory, then the user is assumed to have been deleted, and CTERA Portal deletes
the user from the local user database. The users folders are not deleted.
If the access control list specifies that the user is no longer allowed to access CTERA
Portal, then CTERA Portal changes the user account's role to Disabled. The user account
is not deleted.
Tip
Each virtual portal can optionally be integrated with a different Active Directory or
LDAP directory.
Integrating CTERA Portal with an Active Directory Domain, Tree, or Forest

To integrate a virtual portal with an Active Directory domain, tree, or forest
1 In the navigation pane, click Users > Directory Services.
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The Users > Directory Services page appears.
2 Click Settings.
The Directory Services Wizard appears, displaying the Synchronization Settings dialog
box.
3 Complete the fields using the information in the table following this procedure.
4 Click Next.
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The UID/GID Mappings dialog box appears.
5 To add the other domains in the tree/forest, do the following for each one:
a In the Add domain field, either type the desired domain's name, or select it from the
drop-down list.
b Click Add.
The domain appears in the table.
c Click in the UID/GID Start field, and type the starting number in the range of CTERA
Portal user and group IDs (UID/GID) that should be assigned to users and user groups
from this domain.
d Click in the UID/GID End field, and type the ending number in the range of CTERA
Portal user and group IDs (UID/GID) that should be assigned to users and user groups
from this domain.
6 To re-order the domains, do any of the following:
To move a domain up in the table, click on the desired domain, then click Move Up.
To move a domain down in the table, click on the desired domain, then click Move
Down.
The order in which domains appear in the table represents the order in which the
domains will appear in drop-down lists throughout the CTERA Portal interface.
7 To remove a domain, in their row, click
The domain is removed from the table.
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Click Next.
The Access Control dialog box appears.
8 Add each Active Directory user and user group that should be allowed to access the
virtual portal, by doing the following:
a In the drop-down list, select one of the following:
Users. Search the users defined in Active Directory.
Groups. Search the user groups defined in Active Directory.
b In the Quick Search field, type a string that appears anywhere within the name of the
user or user group you want to add, then click
A table of users or user groups matching the search string appears.

c Select the desired user or user group in the table.
The user or user group appears in the Quick Search field.
d Click Add.
The user or user group is added to the list of users and user groups who should have
access to the virtual portal.
9 To remove a user or user group, in their row, click
The user or user group is removed from the list.

10 In each user and user group's row, click in the Role column, then select the desired user
role from the drop-down list.
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Options include Disabled, End User, Read Only Administrator, and Read/Write
Administrator. For information on these roles, see User Manager Profile Fields (page 76).
11 Click Finish. The User data is fetched from Active Directory, and the Apply Changes
window opens displaying Running screen with a progress bar that tracks the operation's
progress.
To stop the process, click Stop. To close the progress bar, while the process continues in
the background, click Continue in Background.
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12 Click Close.
Synchronization with Active Directory is enabled.
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Table 15: Directory Services Wizard Fields

In this field...
Do this...
Enable Directory Synchronization
Select this option to enable integration with an Active Directory

domain.
Directory Type
Select Active Directory as the type of directory with which to

integrate CTERA Portal.
Use SSL
Select this option to connect to the Active Directory domain

using SSL.
Use Kerberos
Select this option to use the Kerberos protocol for

authentication when communicating with the Active Directory
domain. This is useful for achieving Single Sign On (SSO) with
Windows computers. If unchecked, LDAP is used.
Note: Only one virtual portal, per system, can use Kerberos.
Domain
Type the name of Active Directory domain with which you want
to synchronize users.
Username
Type the username that CTERA Portal should use for

authenticating to Active Directory.
Password
Type the password that CTERA Portal should use for

authenticating to Active Directory.
Organizational Unit
Type the name of the organizational unit (OU) within the Active
Directory domain.
Manually specify domain
Select this option to manually specify the IP address of the
controller addresses
Active Directory domain controller(s). If unchecked, DNS is used

to automatically find the Active Directory domain controller(s).
Primary
If you selected Manually specify domain controller addresses,

type the address of the primary Active Directory domain
controller.
Secondary
If you selected Manually specify domain controller addresses,

type the address of the secondary Active Directory domain
controller.
Integrating CTERA Portal with an LDAP Directory Server

To integrate a virtual portal with an LDAP directory
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2 Click Settings.
The Directory Services Wizard appears, displaying the Synchronization Settings dialog
box.

4 Click Next.
The Advanced LDAP Mappings dialog box appears.
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5 To configure the portal to match a custom LDAP schema, edit the LDAP mappings by
clicking the LDAP attributes to enter the attributes that map to the corresponding user
properties.
6 Click Next.
The Access Control dialog box appears.
7 Add each LDAP directory user and user group that should be allowed to access the virtual
portal, by doing the following:
a In the Users drop-down list, select one of the following:
Users. Search the users defined in the LDAP directory.
Groups. Search the user groups defined in the LDAP directory.

d Click Add.
The user or user group is added to the list of users and user groups who should have
access to the virtual portal.
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9 In each user and user group's row, click in the Role column, then select the desired user
role from the drop-down list.
Options include Disabled, End User, Read Only Administrator, and Read/Write
Administrator. For information on these roles, see User Manager Profile Fields (page 76).
10 Click Next.
Click Finish. User data is fetched from the LDAP directory.

Click Close.
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Synchronization with the LDAP directory is enabled.
Table 16: Directory Services Wizard Fields

In this field...
Do this...
Enable Directory Synchronization
Select this option to enable integration with an LDAP directory

service.
Directory Type
Select LDAP as the type of directory service with which to

integrate CTERA Portal.
LDAP URL
Type the URL for connecting to the LDAP server.
Base DN
Type the base DN of the LDAP server.

Login DN
Type the distinguished name of a user with full user read rights,
used for binding (authenticating) to the LDAP server (also
known as bind DN).
Password
Type the password to use for binding (authenticating) to the

LDAP server.
User Class
Type the LDAP object class for user objects in the LDAP
directory.
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Manually Fetching User Data

If desired, you can manually fetch user data from an integrated Active Directory or LDAP
directory. This is useful in the following situations:
If you would like to immediately update data in the local user database, instead of waiting
for CTERA Portal to automatically fetch data at midnight.
If you would like to create an account for a user that does not yet exist in the local user
database, before their first login.
To manually fetch user data
2 Click Fetch Users.
The Fetch Users Wizard appears, displaying the Select Users and Groups to Fetch dialog
box.
3 Add each user and user group from the directory service for which you would like to fetch
data, by doing the following:
a In the Users drop-down list, select one of the following:
Users. Search the users defined in the integrated directory service.
Groups. Search the user groups defined in the integrated directory service.
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d Click Add.
The user or user group is added to the list of users and user groups for which data
should be fetched.

5 Click Finish.
User data is fetched from the directory service, and the Apply Changes window opens
displaying Running screen with a progress bar that tracks the operation's progress.
6 Click Close.
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Managing User Groups

You can organize user accounts in user groups, and then use these groups when configuring
the automatic template assignment policy or setting project permissions.
Tip
Directory service groups are supported.
Accessing the User Group Manager

Most tasks related to managing a user group are performed in the User Group Manager.
To access the User Group Manager
1 In the navigation pane, click Users > Groups.
The Users > Groups page appears, displaying all user groups.

Select the desired user group's row and click Edit.
Click on the desired user group's name.
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The User Group Manager opens displaying the General tab.
Adding and Editing User Groups

To add or edit a user group
To add a new user group, in the Users > Groups page, click New.
To edit an existing user group, access the User Group Manager.
See Accessing the User Group Manager (on page 113).
2 In the Name field, type a name for the group.
3 In the Description field, type a description of the group.
4 Click Save.
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Configuring User Group Members

Tip
User accounts can belong to multiple user groups.

Tip
User accounts can be added to user groups as described in the following

procedure or as described in Configuring Group Membership for User Accounts
(on page 80).
To configure a user group's members
1 Access the User Group Manager.
2 Click the Members tab.
The Members tab appears with a list of group members.
3 (Optional) To view only a specific type of users, in the Show drop-down list, do one of the
following:
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To view only users from the directory service, select the Active Directory or LDAP
directory name.
To view users defined in the local user database, select Local Users.
4 To add a user account to the user group, do the following:
a In the Quick Search field, type a string that appears anywhere within the name of the
desired user account, then click
A table of user accounts matching the search string appears.
b Select the desired user account in the table.

The user account appears in the Quick Search field.
c Click Add.
The user account is added to the list of group members.
You can edit any listed user account, by clicking on its name. See Adding and Editing
User Accounts (on page 75).
5 To remove a user account from the user group, in the user account's row, click
The user account is removed from the list.

6 Click Save.
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Viewing User Groups

To view all user groups in the portal
1 In the navigation pane, click Users > Group.
The Users > Groups page appears, displaying all user groups.
2 (Optional) To view only a specific type of user groups, in the View drop-down list, do one
of the following:
To view only users from the directory service, select the Active Directory or LDAP
directory name.
To view groups defined in the local user database, select Local Groups.
Table 17: User Group Fields
This field...
Displays...
Name
The user group's name.
Member Count
The number of user accounts that are members of the user group.
Description
A description of the user group.
Deleting User Groups

Tip
Deleting a user group does not delete the group members.

To delete a user group
In the Users > Groups page, select the desired user group's row, then click Delete.
Access the User Group Manager, then click Delete.
2 Click Yes.
The user group is deleted.
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Managing Administrators
You can enable company staff members to manage CTERA Portal settings and contents, by
adding them as any of the following:
Global administrators, who have access to both the Staff Control Panel and the
Administration Control Panel for all virtual portals (including both reseller and team
portals)
Staff administrators, who have access to the Staff Control Panel of a single reseller portal
(relevant for reseller portals only)
Team administrators, who have access to the Administration tab in the End User Portal
(relevant for team portals only)
This chapter explains how to manage both types of administrators. Procedures related to
staff administrators are relevant for reseller portals only.
In This Chapter
Accessing the Staff Administrator Manager --------------------------------------------------------------- 120
Adding and Editing Staff Administrators -------------------------------------------------------------------- 121
Configuring Staff Administrator Alerts ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 122
Viewing Staff Administrators ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 124
Importing Staff Administrators from a File ----------------------------------------------------------------- 124
Deleting Staff Administrators ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 125
Accessing the Global Administrator Manager ------------------------------------------------------------- 126
Adding and Editing Global Administrators ----------------------------------------------------------------- 127
Configuring Global Administrator Alerts -------------------------------------------------------------------- 128
Viewing Global Administrators -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 128
Deleting Global Administrators ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 129
Configuring an IP-Based Access Control List --------------------------------------------------------------- 129
Importing Global Administrators from a File -------------------------------------------------------------- 131
Customizing Administrator Roles ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 132
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Accessing the Staff Administrator Manager

Most tasks related to managing a staff administrator are performed in the Staff Administrator
Manager.
To access the Staff Administrator Manager
1 In the navigation pane, click Users > Staff.
The Users > Staff page appears, displaying all CTERA Portal staff administrators.

Select the desired administrator's row and click Edit.
Click on the desired administrator's user name.
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The Staff Administrator Manager opens displaying the Profile tab.
Adding and Editing Staff Administrators

To add or edit a staff administrator
To add a new administrator, in the Users > Staff page, click New.
To edit an existing administrator, access the Staff Administrator Manager.
See Accessing the Staff Administrator Manager (on page 120).
The Staff Administrator Manager opens displaying the Profile tab.
3 Click Save.
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Table 18: Administrator Details Fields

In this field...
Do this...
Username
Type a user name for the administrator's CTERA Portal account.
Email
Type the administrator's email address.
First Name
Type the administrator's first name.
Last Name
Type the administrator's last name.
Company
Type the name of the administrator's company.

Password / Retype Password
Type a password for the administrator's CTERA Portal account.

The password must be at least 5 characters long.
Force password change
Select this option to specify an expiration date for the

administrator account's password, then click
to select the
date.
When the password has expired, the administrator will be
required to configure a new password upon their next login.
Role
Specify the administrator's role.

For information on the available roles, see Customizing
Administrator Roles (on page 132).
Comment
Type a description of the administrator's CTERA Portal account.
Configuring Staff Administrator Alerts

To configure a staff administrator's alerts
1 Access the Staff Administrator Manager.
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4 Click Save.
Table 19: Administrator Alerts Fields
In this field...
Do this...
Administrator Alerts
Select this option to indicate that the administrator should

receive administrator alerts.
Administrator alerts are notifications about portal-level
problems.
Customer Alerts

receive customer alerts.
Customer alerts are notifications about device-level problems.
Customer Reports

receive customer reports.
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Viewing Staff Administrators

To view all staff administrators in the portal
In the navigation pane, click Users > Staff.
The Users > Staff page appears, displaying all staff administrators.
Table 20: Administrators Fields
This field...
Displays...
Username
The administrator's user name.

To edit the administrator, click the user name. For further details,
see Adding and Editing Staff Administrators (on page 121).
Full Name
The administrator's full name.
Email
The administrator's email address.
Company
The name of the administrator's company.
Role
The administrator's role.
Importing Staff Administrators from a File

You can import a list of staff administrators and their details from a comma separated values
(*.csv) file.
The *.csv file's columns must be in the following order:
1 Username
2 First name
3 Last name
4 Email address
5 Company (Optional)
6 Password
7 Role
8 Plan (Optional)
9 Numeric UID (Optional)
10 External Account ID (Optional)
11 Comment (Optional)
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Optional fields can be left blank.

To import staff administrators from a *.csv file
1 In the navigation pane, click Users > Staff.
The Users > Staff page appears.
2 Click Import.
The Import Staff wizard appears.
3 Click Upload. The file is uploaded and the Import Completed screen appears.
4 Click Finish.
Deleting Staff Administrators

To delete a staff administrator
In the Users > Staff page, select the desired administrator's row, then click Delete.
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Access the Staff Administrator Manager, then click Delete.

2 Click Yes.
The administrator is deleted.
Accessing the Global Administrator Manager

Most tasks related to managing a global administrator are performed in the Global
Administrator Manager.
To access the Global Administrator Manager
1 In the navigation pane, click Users > Administrators.
The Users > Administrators page appears, displaying all CTERA Portal global
administrators.

Select the desired administrator's row and click Edit.
Click on the desired administrator's user name.
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The Global Administrator Manager opens displaying the Profile tab.
Adding and Editing Global Administrators

To add or edit a global administrator
To add a new administrator, in the Users > Administrators page, click New.
To edit an existing administrator, access the Global Administrator Manager.
See Accessing the Global Administrator Manager (on page 126).
The Global Administrator Manager opens displaying the Profile tab.
2 Complete the fields using the information in Administrator Details Fields (page 122).
3 Click Save.
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Configuring Global Administrator Alerts

To configure a global administrator's alerts
1 Access the Global Administrator Manager.
3 Complete the fields using the information in Administrator Alerts Fields (page 123).
4 Click Save.
Viewing Global Administrators

To view all global administrators in the system
In the navigation pane, click Users > Administrators.
The Users > Administrators page appears, displaying all global administrators.
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The table includes the columns described in Viewing Staff Administrators (on page 124).
Deleting Global Administrators

To delete a global administrator
In the Users > Administrators page, select the desired administrator's row, then click
Delete.
Access the Global Administrator Manager, then click Delete.
2 Click Yes.
The administrator is deleted.
Configuring an IP-Based Access Control List

You can configure an IP-based access control list, specifying the IP address ranges from which
administrators can access the CTERA Portal interface.
To configure an IP-based access control list
To configure an IP-based access list for the virtual portal's Staff Control Panel and/or
Administration Control Panel, in the virtual portal's navigation pane, click Users >
Staff.
The Users > Staff page appears, displaying all staff administrators.
To configure an IP-based access list for the Global Administration View, in Global
Administration View's navigation pane, click Users > Administrators.
The Users > Administrators page appears, displaying all CTERA Portal global
administrators.
2 Click Access Control.
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The IP-Based Access Control List dialog box appears.
3 Select the IP-Based Access Control check box.

The list box is enabled.
4 To add an IP address range from which access to the CTERA Portal interface is allowed, do
the following:
a Click New.
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A new row is added to the list box.
b Click in the IP Range Start field, and type the starting IP address.
c Click in the IP Range End field, and type the ending IP address.
5 To remove an IP address range, in the IP address range's row, click
The IP address range is removed.

6 Click Save.
Importing Global Administrators from a File

You can import a list of global administrators and their details from a comma separated
values (*.csv) file.
The *.csv file's columns must be in the following order:
1 Username
2 First name
3 Last name
4 Email address
5 Company (Optional)
6 Password
7 Role
8 Plan (Optional)
9 Numeric UID (Optional)
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10 External Account ID (Optional)

11 Comment (Optional)
Optional fields can be left blank.
To import administrators from a *.csv file
1 In the navigation pane, click Users > Administrators.
The Users > Administrators page appears.
2 Click Import.
The Import Administrators wizard appears.
3 Click Upload. The file is uploaded and the Import Completed screen appears.
4 Click Finish.
Customizing Administrator Roles

By default, CTERA Portal includes three built-in administrator roles:
Read/Write Administrator. The administrator has read-write permissions throughout the
CTERA Portal.
Read Only Administrator. The administrator has read-only permissions throughout the
CTERA Portal.
Support. The administrator has read/write access to devices, user accounts, folders, and
folder groups, and read-only access to all other settings in the CTERA Portal.
You can customize these roles, adding or removing permissions as desired.
To customize an administrator role
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To customize a role for staff administrators, in the virtual portal's navigation pane,
click Users > Roles.
The Users > Roles page appears, displaying all staff administrator roles.
To customize a role for global administrators, in Global Administration View's

navigation pane, click Users > Roles.
The Users > Roles page appears, displaying all CTERA Portal global administrator
roles.

Select the desired role's row and click Edit.
Click on the desired role's name.
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The Edit Role window opens.
3 Complete the fields using the information in Administrator Role Fields (page 135).
For information on the default permissions for each administrator role, see Default
Permissions per Administrator Role (page 135).
4 Click Save.
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Table 21: Administrator Role Fields

In this field...
Do this...
Super User
Select this option to give all permissions to administrators with

this role and to allow administrators with this role to use the
CTERA Portal API to perform Single Sign On on behalf of users.
Access End User Folders
Select this option to allow administrators with this role to

access end users' folders.
If this option is not selected, and an administrator with this role
attempts to access an end user's folder, the administrator will
be prompted to enter the folder owners password.
Modify User Email

modify the email addresses associated with user accounts.
Modify User Password

modify the passwords associated with user accounts.
Modify Portal Settings

modify virtual portal settings.
Modify Roles

modify administrator roles.
Allow Single Sign On to Devices

remotely manage devices for which Remote Access with single
sign on (SSO) is enabled, without entering the username and
password for accessing the device.
For information on remotely managing devices, see Remotely
Managing Devices (see "Remotely Managing Devices and
Their Files" on page 180).
Table 22: Default Permissions per Administrator Role

Permission
Read/Write
Administrator
Read Only
Administrator
Support
Super User
No
No
No
Access End User Folders
Yes
Yes
No
Modify User Email
Yes
No
Yes
Modify User Password
Yes
No
Yes
Modify Portal Settings
Yes
No
No
Modify Roles
Yes
No
No
Allow SSO
No
No
No
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Managing Device Configuration
Templates
CTERA Portal enables you to centrally manage device settings, by assign devices to device
configuration templates: When a device is assigned to a template, it inherits the following
settings from that template:
Backup sets and exclude sets
Backup applications (relevant for CTERA Server Agents only)
Backup schedule
Backup throughput control
Installed software and firmware versions
Automatic firmware updates
Tip
Settings inherited from a template can be overridden from the devices Web
interface.
Devices can be assigned to templates in the following ways:
Manually, by editing the device settings.
See Editing Device Settings (on page 169).
Automatic template assignment.
Devices can be assigned to templates based on the automatic template assignment
policy, which specifies a set of criteria for assigning a template (such as device type,
installed operating system, and so on), as well as an optional default template that is
assigned when none of the criteria are met.
See Configuring the Automatic Template Assignment Policy (on page 160).
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Managing Device Configuration Templates
In This Chapter
Accessing the Configuration Template Manager --------------------------------------------------------- 138
Adding and Editing Device Configuration Templates ---------------------------------------------------- 139
Viewing Device Configuration Templates ------------------------------------------------------------------ 140
Working with Backup Sets -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 140
Selecting Applications for Backup ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 152
Scheduling Automatic Cloud Backup ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 153
Restricting Throughput------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 155
Selecting CTERA Portal Cloud Folders for Synchronization--------------------------------------------- 157
Marking a Firmware Image as the Current Firmware Image------------------------------------------- 158
Configuring Automatic Firmware Updates ----------------------------------------------------------------- 159
Configuring the Automatic Template Assignment Policy ----------------------------------------------- 160
Setting the Default Device Configuration Template ----------------------------------------------------- 163
Duplicating Configuration Templates------------------------------------------------------------------------ 164
Deleting Device Configuration Templates ------------------------------------------------------------------ 164
Accessing the Configuration Template Manager

To access the Configuration Template Manager
1 In the navigation pane, click Settings > Configuration Templates.
The Settings > Configuration Templates page appears.

Select the desired template's row and click Edit Template.
Click on the desired template's name.
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The Configuration Template Manager opens displaying the General tab.
Adding and Editing Device Configuration Templates

To add or edit a device configuration template
The Settings > Configuration Templates page appears.
To add a new template, in the Settings > Configuration Templates page, click New
Template.
To edit an existing template, access the Configuration Template Manager.
See Accessing the Configuration Template Manager (on page 138).
3 In the Name field, type a name for the template.
4 In the Description field, type a description of the template.
5 Click Save.
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Viewing Device Configuration Templates

To view all device configuration templates in the portal
In the navigation pane, click Settings > Configuration Templates.
The Settings > Configuration Templates page appears, displaying all templates.
The table includes each template's name and description.
Working with Backup Sets

A backup set represents a group of files with certain file extensions and/or located in certain
folders. For example, a set called "My Music" may include all files with the extensions *.wav
and *.mp3 that are located in the folder My Documents > Music.
There are two types of backup sets:
Included sets. Files that should be included in each backup
Excluded sets. Files that should be excluded from each backup
You can use backup sets to fully customize backup operations. For example, if you did not
select the My Documents folder for backup, but you want to back up all of the PDF files in
this folder, you would define an included set that includes all files that are located in the My
Documents folder and have the file extension *.pdf. Conversely, if you selected the My
Documents folder for backup, but you do not want to back up PDF files in this folder, you
would define an excluded set that includes all files that are located in the My Documents
folder and have the file extension *.pdf.
Tip
For information on the order in which the CTERA Portal processes included sets,
excluded sets, and selected folders, see How Can I Control the Scope of Backup
Operations?.
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Enabling/Disabling Included Sets

In order for an included set to be used during backup operations, it must be enabled.
To enable an included set
1 In the Configuration Template Manager, click Backup Sets.
The Backup Sets tab appears.
2 Next to the desired included set, in the Enabled column, select the check box.
The included set is enabled.
3 Click Save.
To disable an included set
2 Next to the desired included set, in the Enabled column, clear the check box.
The included set is disabled.
3 Click Save.
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Adding and Editing Included Sets

To add or edit an included set
To add a new included set, click New.
To edit an existing included set, click on its name.
The Backup Set Details Wizard opens, displaying the Backup Set Details dialog box.
3 In the Backup Set Name field, type the name of the backup set.
4 In the Comment field, type a description of the backup set.
5 In the If field, do one of the following:
To specify that all of the conditions must be met in order for a file to be included in
the backup set, select all of the conditions are true.
To specify that one or more of the conditions must be met in order for a file to be
included in the backup set, select at least one of the conditions is true.
6 Define the desired conditions for a file to be included in the backup set, by doing the
following for each condition:
a Click Add condition.
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A row appears in the table.
b Click Select, then select the desired condition parameter from the drop-down list.
c In the second column, click Select, then select the desired condition operator from
the drop-down list.
See Backup Set Condition Operators (page 146).
d Click in the third column, and complete the condition:
If the parameter is File Size, type the desired file size and unit.
If the parameter is File Modified, click
and choose the desired date.
For all other parameters, type the desired free-text value.

For example, if you select File Name as the condition parameter in the first column, select
begins with as the condition operator in the second column, and type "Work-123-" in the
third column, then the backup set will include all files whose names begin with
"Work-123-".
Likewise, if you select File Type as the condition parameter in the first column, select is
one of with as the condition operator in the second column, and type "avi, mov, mpg" in
the third column, then the backup set will include all files with the extension *.avi, *.mov,
and *.mpg.
7 To delete a condition, click
in its row.
8 Click Next.
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The Select Files or Folders dialog box appears.
9 Specify the files and folders to which this backup set applies, by doing the following for
each file/folder:
a Click Add a file or folder.
A row is added to the table.
b Click in the row, and do one of the following:

Type a variable's name in the field.
Select a variable from the drop-down list.
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You can use any operating system environment variable defined on the Windows or
Linux machine, for the user account on which the CTERA service is running. If the
specified environment variable is not defined on the machine, this row in the policy is
ignored. In addition, a set of CTERA-specific environment variables can be used. For a
list of supported variables of all types, see Backup Set Environment Variables (page
147).
Wildcards are supported. For example, you can type "$USERS/*/MyFolder" to back up
the MyFolder folder under all users' home directories.
For UNIX/Windows interoperability, backup sets support the use of both slashes and
backslashes. Any slashes or backslashes will be automatically converted to the type
supported by the machine's OS.
When you specify a folder name, all of the files and subfolders in it are automatically
included, and there is therefore no need to add \* at the end of the folder name.
10 Click Next.
The Done screen appears.
11 Click Finish.
12 Click Save.
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Table 23: Backup Set Condition Operators

Use this operator...
To do this...
equals
Include all files for which the parameter in the first column
matches the string in the third column.
This operator is relevant for the File Name, File Path, and File
Type parameters only.
begins with
begins with the string in the third column.
ends with
Include all files for which the parameter in the first column ends
with the string in the third column.
contains
contains the string in the third column.
is one of
Include all files for which the parameter in the first column is
included in the set specified in the third column.
less than
Include all files whose size is less than the amount specified in
the third column.
This operator is relevant for the File Size parameter only.
more than
Include all files whose size is more than the amount specified in
the third column.
This operator is relevant for the File Size parameter only.
before
Include all files whose last modification date is before the date
specified in the third column.
This operator is relevant for the File Modified parameter only.
after
Include all files whose last modification date is after the date
specified in the third column.
This operator is relevant for the File Modified parameter only.
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Table 24: Backup Set Environment Variables

Use this variable...
To specify this...
Common OS Variables
Common operating system variables.
$ALLUSERSPROFILE
The Windows "All Users" profile directory.
$WINDIR
The Windows directory.
$TEMP
The Windows temporary files directory.
$SYSTEMDRIVE
The Windows system drive.
$PROGRAMFILES
The Windows Program Files directory.
User-specific Windows
Variables that are executed separately for each user in the
Environment Variables
system.
$APPDATA
The path to the application data directory. For example:

C:\Documents and
Settings\username\Application Data, where
username is the user's username.
$USERPROFILE
The path to the user profile directory. For example:

C:\Documents and Settings\username, where
username is the user's username.
CTERA Appliance Template
Variables that are defined for CTERA appliances.
Variables
$USERS
The home directories folder on the CTERA appliance.
$AGENTS
The CTERA Agents folder on the CTERA appliance.
$SYNCS
The "Clientless Backup" destination folder on the CTERA

appliance.
$PROJECTS
The projects folder on the CTERA appliance.
$PRIMARYUSER
The profile folder of the local user who connected the CTERA
Agent to the CTERA Portal or appliance.
For example, if the local user who connected the agent to the
portal is "JohnSmith", then $PRIMARYUSER will refer to
C:\Users\JohnSmith.
This variable is relevant for the CTERA Windows Agent only.
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Deleting Included Sets

To delete an included set
2 Select the desired included set's name and click Delete.
3 Click Yes.
The included set is deleted.
4 Click Save.
Enabling/Disabling Excluded Sets

In order for an excluded set to be used during backup operations, it must be enabled.
To enable an excluded set
1 In the Configuration Template Manager, click Exclude Sets.
The Exclude Sets tab appears.
2 Next to the desired excluded set, in the Enabled column, select the check box.
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The excluded set is enabled.

3 Click Save.
To disable an excluded set
2 Next to the desired excluded set, in the Enabled column, clear the check box.
The excluded set is disabled.
3 Click Save.
Adding and Editing Excluded Sets

To add or edit an excluded set
To add a new excluded set, click New.
To edit an existing excluded set, click on its name.
The Backup Set Details Wizard opens, displaying the Backup Set Details dialog box.
3 In the Backup Set Name field, type the name of the backup set.
4 In the Comment field, type a description of the backup set.
5 In the If field, do one of the following:
To specify that all of the conditions must be met in order for a file to be included in
the backup set, select all of the conditions are true.
To specify that one or more of the conditions must be met in order for a file to be
included in the backup set, select at least one of the conditions is true.
6 Define the conditions that must be met in order for a file to be included in the backup set,
by doing the following for each condition:
the drop-down list.
See Backup Set Condition Operators (page 146).
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d Click in the third column, and complete the condition:

If the parameter is File Size, type the desired file size and unit.
If the parameter is File Modified, click
and choose the desired date.
For all other parameters, type the desired free-text value.

For example, if you select File Name as the condition parameter in the first column, select
begins with as the condition operator in the second column, and type "Work-123-" in the
third column, then the backup set will include all files whose names begin with
"Work-123-".
Likewise, if you select File Type as the condition parameter in the first column, select is
one of with as the condition operator in the second column, and type "avi, mov, mpg" in
the third column, then the backup set will include all files with the extension *.avi, *.mov,
and *.mpg.
in its row.
8 Click Next.
The Select Files or Folders dialog box appears.
9 Specify the files and folders to which this backup set applies, by doing the following for
each file/folder:
a Click Add a file or folder.
A row is added to the table.
b Click in the row, and do one of the following:
Type a variable's name in the field.
Select a variable from the drop-down list.
You can use any operating system environment variable defined on the Windows or
Linux machine, for the user account on which the CTERA service is running. If the
specified environment variable is not defined on the machine, this row in the policy is
ignored. In addition, a set of CTERA-specific environment variables can be used. For a
list of supported variables of all types, see Backup Set Environment Variables (page
147).
Wildcards are supported. For example, you can type "$USERS/*/MyFolder" to back up
the MyFolder folder under all users' home directories.
For UNIX/Windows interoperability, backup sets support the use of both slashes and
backslashes. Any slashes or backslashes will be automatically converted to the type
supported by the machine's OS.
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When you specify a folder name, all of the files and subfolders in it are automatically
included, and there is therefore no need to add \* at the end of the folder name.
10 Click Next.
The Done screen appears.
11 Click Finish.
12 Click Save.
Deleting Excluded Sets

To delete an excluded set
2 Select the desired excluded set's name and click Delete.
3 Click Yes.
The excluded set is deleted.
4 Click Save.
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Selecting Applications for Backup

Tip
If a selected application is not installed on the target device, it will be ignored.

To select applications for backup
1 In the Configuration Template Manager, click Applications.
The Applications tab appears.

To manage these settings for all devices assigned to the template, click Manage.
To enable management of these settings in the devices' local administration interface,
click Don't Manage.
3 Expand the tree nodes and select the check boxes next to the applications you want to
back up.
4 Click Save.
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Scheduling Automatic Cloud Backup

To schedule automatic cloud backup
1 In the Configuration Template Manager, click Backup Schedule.
The Backup Schedule tab appears.

click Don't Manage.
4 Click Save.
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Table 25: Backup Schedule Fields

In this field...
Do this...
Periodically
Choose this option to automatically back up files every specified

number of hours.
The Start Every field is enabled, and you must complete it.
Start Every
Type the amount of time between automatic cloud backups, in

hours.
The default value is 24 hours.
Specific Time
Choose this option to automatically back up files according to a

specified daily schedule.
The Start Time, Stop Time, and On Days fields are enabled, and
you must complete them.
Start Time
Select the time at which cloud backup should start.

Note: If a given backup extends past the scheduled time for the
next automatic backup, the next automatic backup will
commence immediately upon completion of the prior backup.
Stop Time
Select the time at which cloud backup must end. This can be
any of the following:
A specific hour
On Completion. The backup operation will only end when
cloud backup is complete.
The default value is On Completion.
Note: If the amount of changed data to back up is large, the
backup process can take several hours or days. Therefore, if a
stop time is configured, the backup process may not be
completed within the time frame. For example, if you specify
that data should be backed up between 12 AM - 2 AM, and the
backup requires 3 hours, the backup will not be completed.
On Days
Select the days on which cloud backup should be performed.

This can be any of the following:
One or more specific days
Every Day. Cloud backup will occur every day.
The default value is Every Day.
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Restricting Throughput
If desired, you can restrict the amount of bandwidth used for backing up files online.
To restrict throughput
1 In the Configuration Template Manager, click Backup Throughput.
The Backup Throughput tab appears.

click Don't Manage.
4 Click Save.
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Table 26: Throughput Fields

In this field...
Do this...
Do not throttle
Choose this option to specify that throughput should not be

restricted.
Throttle the Internet bandwidth
Choose this option to restrict the bandwidth used for cloud
usage
backups.
The rest of the fields on the page are enabled, and you must
complete them.
Limit outgoing bandwidth to
Type the maximum bandwidth to use for cloud backups in

kilobytes per second.
During these hours
Select this option to specify that the bandwidth used for cloud
backups should be restricted only at specific times of the day.
Then use the drop-down lists to specify the time range during
which the bandwidth should be restricted.
On Days
Select to specify that the bandwidth used for cloud backups

should be restricted only on specific days. This can be any of
the following:
Every Day. Bandwidth used for cloud backup will be
restricted every day.
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Selecting CTERA Portal Cloud Folders for Synchronization

You can specify which portal cloud folders should be synchronized with the device.
To select the CTERA Portal cloud folders for synchronization
1 In the Configuration Template Manager, click Backup Cloud Drive.
The Backup Cloud Drive tab appears.

click Don't Manage.
3 Expand the tree nodes and select the check boxes next to the portal cloud folders to
synchronize with the device.
4 Click Save.
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Marking a Firmware Image as the Current Firmware Image

When you mark a firmware image as the current firmware image, all devices that are of the
relevant device platform, assigned to this template, and set to automatically download
firmware images will download this firmware image.
There can only be one current firmware image per device platform.
To mark a firmware image as the current firmware image
1 In the Configuration Template Manager, click Software Updates.
The Software Updates tab appears, displaying all firmware images.

To override global settings, click Override.
To revert to global settings, click Use global settings.
3 Select the desired firmware image's row.
The selected firmware image becomes the current firmware image and is marked with
the
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icon.
5 Click Save.
Configuring Automatic Firmware Updates

If desired, you can configure your devices to automatically download and install firmware
updates.
To configure automatic firmware updates
1 In the Configuration Template Manager, click Backup Update Schedule.
The Backup Update Schedule tab appears.

click Don't Manage.
4 Click Save.
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Table 27: Automatic Update Schedule Fields

In this field...
Do this...
Download and install updates
Select this option to specify that devices should download and
automatically
install firmware updates automatically.

If you do not select this option, device owners must perform
firmware updates manually.
Restart appliances automatically
Select this option to specify that devices should automatically
after installing new firmware
reboot after installing new firmware updates.

The remaining fields are enabled.
As soon as possible
Choose this option to specify that automatic rebooting should

occur as soon as possible after a firmware update.
During these hours
Select this option to specify that automatic rebooting should

occur only at specific times of the day.
Then use the drop-down lists to specify the time range during
which rebooting should occur.
On Days
Select the days on which automatic rebooting should occur.

This can be any of the following:
Every Day. Automatic rebooting will occur every day.
Configuring the Automatic Template Assignment Policy

To configure the automatic template assignment policy
2 Click Auto Assign.
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The Automatic Template Assignment window opens.
3 Define the desired conditions for a device to be assigned to a template, by doing the
following for each condition:
the drop-down list.
See Automatic Template Assignment Policy Condition Operators (page 163).
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d Click in the third column, and complete the condition, by typing the desired free-text
value.
Multiple values must be separated by commas.
For example, if you select Installed Version as the condition parameter in the first
column, select equals with as the condition operator in the second column, and type
"3.0" in the third column, then the condition will be met when the device's installed
firmware version is 3.0.
Another example: If you select Owner Groups as the condition parameter in the first
column, select includes one of as the condition operator in the second column, and
type "groupA, groupB" in the third column, then the condition will be met when the
device owner's user account belongs to user group "groupA" or user group "groupB".
e Click in the Then apply column, and select the template that should be assigned when
the condition is met.
in its row.
5 To specify that the policy should include a default device configuration template, do the
following:
a Select the If no match, apply default template check box.
b In the If no match, apply default template drop-down list, select the template to
apply when none of the conditions are met.
6 Click Save.
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Table 28: Automatic Template Assignment Policy Condition Operators

Use this operator...
To do this...
equals
matches the string in the third column.
begins with
begins with the string in the third column.
ends with
Include all files for which the parameter in the first column ends
with the string in the third column.
contains
contains the string in the third column.
is one of
Include all files for which the parameter in the first column is
included in the set specified in the third column.
includes one of
includes at least one of the comma-delimited set specified in
the third column.
Setting the Default Device Configuration Template

Tip
You can also set the default device configuration template as part of an automatic
template assignment policy. See Configuring the Automatic Template
Assignment Policy (on page 160).
To set a device configuration template as the default
2 Select the desired template's row.
3 Click Set Default.
The selected template is marked with the
icon.
To set no default device configuration template

2 Click Remove Default.
No default template is configured.
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Duplicating Configuration Templates

You can create a duplicate of an existing configuration template, then edit it as desired. All
settings, except for the template name and description, are copied from the original
template.
To duplicate a configuration template
2 Select the desired template's row.
3 Click Duplicate.
4 In the Name field, type a name for the new template.
5 In the Description field, type a description of the new template.
6 Click Save.
Deleting Device Configuration Templates

When a device configuration template is deleted from the CTERA Portal, the automatic
template assignment policy rules that specify that template are automatically deleted. The
policy is then reapplied to all devices that specify automatic template assignment.
Tip
When deleting device configuration templates, the following restrictions apply:

You may not delete a template that is manually assigned to a device.
You may not delete the default template.
To delete a device configuration template

In the Settings > Configuration Templates page, select the desired template's row,
then click Delete Template.
Access the Configuration Template Manager, then click Delete.
See Accessing the Configuration Template Manager (on page 138).
2 Click Yes.
The template is deleted.
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Managing Devices
The word device refers to both CTERA appliances and CTERA Agents that are connected to the
CTERA Portal. Devices are automatically added to the CTERA Portal, when their owners
connect their CTERA appliances or CTERA Agents to the CTERA Portal.
This chapter explains how to manage the devices belonging to an individual virtual portal, as
well as how to manage all of the devices in the CTERA Portal system from the Global
In This Chapter
Accessing the Device Manager -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 168
Editing Device Settings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 169
Viewing Devices --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 171
Remotely Managing Devices and Their Files --------------------------------------------------------------- 180
Remotely Performing Cloud Backup Operations on Devices ------------------------------------------ 180
Exporting Devices to Excel-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 182
Deleting Devices -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 182
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Managing Devices
Accessing the Device Manager

Most tasks related to managing a device are performed in the Device Manager.
To access the Device Manager
1 In the navigation pane, click Main > Devices.
The Main > Devices page appears, displaying all devices that are managed by the CTERA
Portal.

Select the desired device's row and click Edit Device.
Click on the desired device's name.
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The Device Manager opens displaying the status tab.
Editing Device Settings

You can edit the following device settings:
Device name
When a CTERA device is first connected to the CTERA Portal, it is assigned a name based
on the owner's user name, by default. For example, if John Smith's user name is JohnS,
and he adds two devices, the first device will be named JohnS, and the second will be
named JohnS1. If desired, you can edit a device's name.
Template
You can specify whether the device should inherit its settings from a device configuration
template. For information on device configuration templates, see Managing Device
Configuration Templates (on page 137).
Backup folder
If desired, you can change the folder used for the device's backups. This is useful, for
example, if an old device has failed, and you want to restore the old device's backup to a
new device. To do so, delete the old device, then assign the old device's backup folder to
the new device.
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Software version
You can install a specific firmware on the device.
To edit a device
1 Access the Device Manager.
See Accessing the Device Manager (on page 168).
2 Click the Settings tab.
The Settings tab appears.

4 Click Save.
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Table 29: Device Manager Settings Fields

In this field...
Do this...
Name
Type a new name for the device.
Template
Specify which template to use for the device, by selecting one

of the following:
A specific template
No Template. Do not use a template for this device.
Automatic. Automatically assign a template to this device,
based on the configured automatic template assignment
policy. See Configuring Automatic Template Assignment
(see "Configuring the Automatic Template Assignment
Policy" on page 160).
The default value is Automatic.
Backup Folder
Check/uncheck the box to enable or disable backup operations

for the device.
In the dropdown list, select a specific folder in which all of the
device's backups should be stored.
Software version
Specify which firmware to use for this device, by selecting one

of the following:
A specific firmware
Use Default. Use the default firmware for this device type.
Viewing Devices
The CTERA Portal enables you to view information on all devices, as well as detailed
information on individual devices.
Viewing All Devices

To view all devices in the portal
In the navigation pane, click Main > Devices.
The Main > Devices page appears, displaying all devices.
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Table 30: Devices Fields

This field...
Displays...
Name
The device's name.

To edit the device or view its details, click the device name. For
further details, see Editing Device Settings (on page 169) and
Viewing Individual Devices (see "Viewing Individual Devices'
Statuses" on page 173).
Backup Folder
The device's backup folder.

To edit the folder, click the folder name. For further details, see
Adding and Editing Folders (on page 188).
Owner
The user account name of the device's owner.

To edit the user account, click the user account name. For further
details, see Adding and Editing User Accounts (on page 75).
Note: When viewing devices in the User Account Manager, this
column does not appear.
Template
The template assigned to the device.
Type
The device type.
Last Backup
The amount of time that has elapsed since the device's last backup
operation, in hours and minutes.
Status
The device's connection status. This can be either of the following:

Connected
Not Connected
Portal
The virtual portal in which the device is defined.

The field only appears when managing devices in the Global
Running Version
The firmware version currently installed on the device.
Configured Version
The firmware version that the device is configured to download and

install.
Note: Once the device has downloaded and installed the configured
firmware successfully, the running firmware will be the same as the
configured firmware.
Location
The device's location.
Activation
The device's activation status. This can be either of the following:

OK. The device has been activated.
Pending. The device is pending activation.
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Viewing Individual Devices' Statuses

To view an individual device's status
Access the Device Manager.
The device's connection status is displayed at the top of the screen (Connected / Not
Connected).
The following information is displayed:
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Table 31: Status Tab Fields

This field...
Displays...
Owner
The full name of the device's owner.

When editing an existing device, you can click on the owner's name
to open the User Account Manager and manage the owner's user
account. For information on managing user accounts, see Managing
Type
The device type.
Running Version
The firmware version currently installed on the device.
Configured Version
The firmware version that the device is configured to download and

install.
Note: Once the device has downloaded and installed the configured
firmware successfully, the running firmware will be the same as the
configured firmware.
Connection
The connection duration in hours and minutes.
Host Name
The device's host name.
MAC Address
The device's MAC address.
IP Address
The device's IP address.
Operating System
The operating system on which the device is installed.

This field is only relevant if the device is a CTERA Agent.
Licensing Status
The device's licensing status (Ok or Unlicensed).

This field is only relevant if the device is a CTERA Agent.
Server Agents Licensing
This area displays information about CTERA Server Agent licensing

for the device. It only appears if the device is a CTERA appliance.
Agents on this device
The number of server agents installed for the device.
Device License
The number of server agent licenses taken from the licenses included
with the device.
From Portal
The number of server agent licenses taken from the quota allocated
to the device owner's CTERA Portal account.
Workstation Backup
This area displays information about CTERA Workstation Backup
Licensing
licensing for the device. It only appears if the device is a CTERA

appliance.
Agents on this device
The number of workstation agents installed for the device.
Device License
The number of workstation agent licenses taken from the licenses

included with the device.
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From Portal
The number of workstation agent licenses taken from the quota

allocated to the device owner's CTERA Portal account.
Viewing Individual Devices' Backup Status

Tip
Backup status can only be viewed if the device is connected.

To view an individual device's backup status
2 Click the backup tab.
The backup tab appears.
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Table 32: Backup Tab Fields

This field...
Displays...
Next backup will run in
The amount of time until the next scheduled automatic backup.
The last backup result
The status of the last backup:

Completed successfully
Backup in Progress
The last backup has failed, followed by the reason it failed
If an error occurred during backup, refer to the backup logs for
details. See Viewing Cloud Backup Logs (on page 364).
Mouse-over this icon to view the following information about the last
backup:
The total size of the files that you selected for backup
The total number of files that you selected for backup
The amount of time the backup took
The amount of time since the last backup ended.
Viewing Individual Appliances' Storage Status

Tip
Storage status only appears if the device is a CTERA appliance and connected. It
does not appear if the device is an agent.
To view an individual appliance's storage status
2 Click the storage tab.
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The storage tab appears.
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Table 33: Storage Tab Fields

This field...
Displays...
Hard Disk Drives
All disk drives installed on the device.

For each drive, the following information is displayed:
The disk model
The disk size in GB
The name of any array to which the disk belongs, if applicable
The disk status. For a list of possible statuses, see Hard Drive
Statuses (page 178).
Arrays
All arrays defined on the device.

For each array, the following information is displayed:
The array name
The array size in GB
The array status. For a list of possible statuses, see Array Statuses.
Volumes
All volumes defined on the device.

For each volume, the following information is displayed:
The volume name and the storage device on which it is located.
A bar representing of the percentage of the volume currently in use,
followed by the volume size in GB, followed by the percentage of
the volume currently in use.
The volume's status in the format: Mode [Status].
The mode can be Online or Offline. For a list of possible statuses,
see Volume Statuses (page 179).
Table 34: Hard Drive Statuses

This status...
Indicates...
Synchronized
This drive is in a RAID array and is in optimal condition.
OK
The drive is not in a RAID array and is in optimal condition.
FAIL
The hard drive has failed.
Unrecognized
The hard drive contains unrecognized data. You must format the hard
drive before it can be used.
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Inactive
This drive is in a RAID array, but is currently not in use.
Rebuilding
This drive is in a RAID array that is currently being rebuilt.
In Use
The drive is currently in use.
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Table 35: Array Statuses

This status...
Indicates...
Optimal
The array is in optimal condition.
Degraded
The array is accessible and there is no data loss; however, the array type
is RAID1 (Mirroring), and a disk is failed or missing. Performance and
reliability may be reduced. Replace the failed drive as soon as possible.
Fail
The array is not accessible.
Recovering
A degraded array is being repaired. The appliance is currently

synchronizing out-of-sync members of the array, and performance of
the appliance may be reduced. Once the recovery is finished, the array
will return to optimal state.
Scrubbing
Data scrubbing is in progress.
Table 36: Volume Statuses

This status...
Indicates...
Key required
The volume is encrypted and requires a key.
Contains errors
The file system needs to be repaired.
Read only
The file system is incompatible with current firmware.
Corrupted
Failed to read the file system status.
Unknown
No file system was found in the volume.
Ready
The volume is ready for use.
Recovering
The file system is being recovered after a non-clean shutdown.
Mounting
Routine cleanup is being performed after a non-clean shutdown.
Formatting
The volume is being formatted.
Converting
The volume is being converted (from EXT3 to NEXT3, or the opposite).
Resizing
The volume is being resized.
Repairing
The volume is being repaired.
Checking
The volume is being scanned for errors.
Checking Quota
The volume's storage quotas are being recalculated.
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Remotely Managing Devices and Their Files

You can remotely access a device and the files on it, when the following conditions are met:
A device administrator has enabled remote administration for the device.
A device administrator has assigned you a user name and password for accessing the
device.
To remotely manage a device and its files
2 Click Access Device.
If Single Sign On is disabled, the Log In window appears.
In the fields provided, type your user name and password for accessing this device,
then click Log In.
The device's management Web interface appears displaying the Configuration tab.
Tip
To use Single Sign On from the Portal to the device, your administrator role must
include Allow SSO permissions (see Default Permissions per Administrator Role
(page 135)), and Allow single sign on from CTERA Portal must be enabled in the
device's Remote Access settings.
In this tab, you can manage device settings. For information, refer to the device's User
Guide.
1 To manage the files on the device, click the Files tab.
The File Manager appears. For information using on this tab, refer to the device's User
Guide.
2 To manage CTERA Agents associated with the device, click the My Computers tab.
The My Computers tab appears. For information using on this tab, refer to the device's
User Guide.
Remotely Performing Cloud Backup Operations on Devices

You can start, stop, suspend, or resume cloud backup directly from the Device Manager,
without logging into the remote device.
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Manually Starting Cloud Backup

You can manually start cloud backup at any time.
To manually start cloud backup
3 Click Backup Now.
A progress bar appears, and the files are backed up to cloud storage.
A success message appears.
Canceling the Current Cloud Backup

You can cancel a running cloud backup.
Tip
Only the current backup will be cancelled. The next automatic backup will occur
as scheduled.
To cancel the current cloud backup
3 Click Cancel.
The current backup is canceled.
Suspending the Cloud Backup Service

You can suspend the CTERA Cloud Backup service, including:
The currently running backup
All scheduled automatic backup
To suspend the CTERA Cloud Backup service
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3 Click Suspend.
If a backup is currently running, it is paused. All future automatic backups are suspended.
A message appears, indicating that backup has been suspended.
Resuming the Cloud Backup Service

If the CTERA Cloud Backup service is suspended, you can unsuspend it.
To resume the CTERA Cloud Backup service
3 Click Unsuspend.
If a backup was running at the time when backups were suspended, that backup is
resumed.
Otherwise, cloud backup will occur at the next scheduled time.
Exporting Devices to Excel

You can export a list of devices and their details to a Microsoft Excel (*.xls) file on your
computer.
To export devices to Excel
1 In the navigation pane, click Main > Devices.
The Main > Devices page appears, displaying all devices.
The devices are exported.
Deleting Devices
To delete a device
In the Main > Devices page, select the desired device's row, then click Delete Device.
Access the Device Manager, then click Delete.
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To delete the device including its backup folders, click Delete device including
associated folders.
To delete the device only, click Delete device only.
The device is deleted and disconnected from the CTERA Portal.
If you chose to delete backup folders, the folders are deleted from the CTERA Portal, as
well.
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9
Managing Folders and Folder
Groups
CTERA Portal has three types of cloud folders: backup folders, home folders and projects.
Backup folders are part of the Cloud Backup service. When a user backs up a device, a backup
folder is automatically created in the CTERA Portal, to contain the device's backups.
Home folders and projects are part of the Cloud Drive service, and are collectively called
Cloud Drive folders. A home folder is automatically created when a user account having the
Cloud Drive service is created in the CTERA Portal, to contain the user account's private files.
The folder appears to the user as "myfiles" and is the user's home folder, and it contains
files that can only be viewed and edited by the user.
For each team portal with Cloud Drive service, a project called "public" is automatically
created when the portal is created. By default, this folder has read/write permission for all
users. In addition, any number of project folders can be defined by the users of the portal.
CTERA Portal organizes cloud folders in folder groups, each of which acts as a de-duplication
realm. When files are written to a folder in a folder group, the files' content is compared to
data already stored in other folders in the folder group. Only the data that differs from
existing data in the other folders is stored in the folder group. In other words, similar data will
only be stored once. This accelerates the file transfer, and saves storage space.
De-duplication is configured separately for backup folders and Cloud Drive folders, and is
available at the following levels:
User
If cooperative de-duplication is enabled at the user account level for backup/cloud
folders, then a single folder group is created for each user account, containing all of the
user account's backup/cloud folders. De-duplication is performed for the user account's
folder group. Therefore, if a user owns multiple devices, and the devices back up similar
data, the similar data will only be stored once.
Folder
If cooperative de-duplication is enabled at the folder level for backup/cloud folders, then
a folder group is created for each of a user account's devices, containing all of the device's
backup/cloud folders. De-duplication is performed separately for each of the user
Portal
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Managing Folders and Folder Groups
In a team portal, cooperative de-duplication can be enabled at the portal level as well. In
this case, a single folder group is shared by all user accounts in the portal. The folder
group acts as a de-duplication realm that spans the entire portal. In other words, if
different users' devices back up similar data, the similar data will only be stored once.
Tip
All folders in a folder group must use the same encryption key and passphrase.
For information on configuring global default cooperative de-duplication levels for all portals,
see Configuring Virtual-Portal Settings (see "Configuring Default Settings for
Virtual-Portals" on page 25). For information on configuring default cooperative
de-duplication levels for a specific virtual portal, see Overriding Global Portal Settings (see
"Overriding the Global Virtual Portal Settings" on page 67). For information on configuring
cooperative de-duplication levels for a specific user account, see Configuring User Accounts'
Advanced Settings (on page 89).
This chapter explains how to manage backup folders, cloud folders, and folder groups that
have been added to the CTERA Portal.
In This Chapter
Accessing the Folder Manager -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 187
Adding and Editing Folders ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 188
Viewing Folders --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 189
Managing Folder Contents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 193
Changing Passphrases for Accessing Backup Folder Contents ---------------------------------------- 201
Exporting Folders to Excel -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 202
Deleting Folders --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 202
Accessing the Folder Group Manager ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 203
Adding and Editing Folder Groups ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 204
Viewing Folder Groups ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 207
Managing Home Folders for Folder Groups ---------------------------------------------------------------- 207
Managing Backup Folders for Folder Groups -------------------------------------------------------------- 208
Changing Passphrases for Accessing Folder Group Contents ------------------------------------------ 209
Exporting Folder Groups to Excel ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 210
Deleting Folder Groups------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 210
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Accessing the Folder Manager

Most tasks related to managing a folder are performed in the Folder Manager.
To access the Folder Manager
To access the Folder Manager for a home folder, in the navigation pane, click Folders
> Home Folders.
The Folders > Home Folders page appears, displaying all home folders.
To access the Folder Manager for a backup folder, in the navigation pane, click
Folders > Backup Folders.
The Folders > Backup Folders page appears, displaying all backup folders.
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Select the desired folder's row and click Edit.
Click on the folder's name.
The Folder Manager opens displaying the General tab.
Adding and Editing Folders

By default, when folders are created in the CTERA Portal, they are assigned a name based on
the device's name. For example, if a device is named JohnS, then this device's files will be
backed up to a folder called JohnS, and its cloud files will be store in a folder called
JohnS-CloudFiles followed by a number. If desired, you can add new folders manually, and
you can edit their properties.
To add or edit a folder
To create a new home folder, in the Folders > Home Folders page, click New.
To create a new backup folder, in the Folders > Backup Folders page, click New.
To edit an existing folder, access the Folder Manager.
See Accessing the Folder Manager (on page 187).
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The Folder Manager opens displaying the General tab.

3 Click Save.
Table 37: Folder Manager General Fields
In this field...
Do this...
Folder Name
Type a name for the folder.
Owner
When adding a new folder, select an owner for the folder.

When editing an existing folder, you can click on the owner's
name to open the User Account Manager and manage the
owner's user account. For information on managing user
accounts, see Managing User Accounts (on page 73).
Folder Group
When adding a new folder, select a folder group for the folder.
When editing an existing folder, you can click on the folder
group's name to open the Folder Group Manager and manage
the folder group. For information on managing folder groups,
see Managing Folders and Folder Groups.
Device
Select the device with which this folder is associated.

This field is relevant only for backup folders. It is read-only.
Backup Extended Attributes
Select this option to back up special file permissions and

metadata.
Viewing Folders
The CTERA Portal enables you to view information on all folders, as well as the contents of
individual folders.
Viewing All Backup Folders

To view all backup folders in the portal
In the navigation pane, click Folders > Backup Folders.
The Folders > Backup Folders page appears, displaying all backup folders.
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Table 38: Backup Folders Fields

This field...
Displays...
Name
The folder's name.

To view the folder's contents, click the folder name. For further
details, see Adding and Editing Folders (on page 188).
Owner
The user account name of the folder's owner.

Group
The name of the folder group to which the folder belongs.

To edit the folder group, click the folder group's name. For further
details, see Adding and Editing Folder Groups (on page 204).
Size
The current size of the folder in MB.
Total Files
The total number of files in the folder.
State
The folder's state. This can have the following values:

Online. The folder is online, and it is possible to view, modify,
and back up files to it.
Offline. The folder is offline, and it is not possible to view,
modify, and back up files to it. Folders may be taken offline
during some maintenance operations, such as when repairing a
folder using the CTERA Cloud FSCK utility.
Folders inherit their state from the folder group.
Device
The device's name.

To edit the device, click the device name. For further details, see
Editing Device Settings (on page 169).
Is seeding
Indicates whether the folder is currently in the process of loading a

seeding file (Yes/No). While seeding is in progress, backups to this
folder are temporarily suspended.
Viewing All Home Folders

To view all home folders in the portal
In the navigation pane, click Folders > Home Folders.
The Folders > Home Folders page appears, displaying all home folders.
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Table 39: Home Folders Fields

This field...
Displays...
Name
The folder's name.

To view the folder's contents, click the folder name. For further
details, see Adding and Editing Folders (on page 188).
Owner
The user account name of the folder's owner.

Group
The name of the folder group to which the folder belongs.

To edit the folder group, click the folder group's name. For further
details, see Adding and Editing Folder Groups (on page 204).
Size
The current size of the folder in MB.
Total Files
The total number of files in the folder.
State
The folder's state. This can have the following values:

Online. The folder is online, and it is possible to view, modify,
and back up files to it.
Offline. The folder is offline, and it is not possible to view,
modify, and back up files to it. Folders may be taken offline
during some maintenance operations, such as when repairing a
folder using the CTERA Cloud FSCK utility.
Folders inherit their state from the folder group.
Viewing Folder Contents

To view a folder's content
To view the contents of a home folder, in the Folders > Home Folders page, select the
desired folder's row, then click View Files.
To view the contents of a backup folder, in the Folders > Backup Folders page, select
the desired folder's row, then click View Files.
To view the contents of either type of folder, access the Folder Manager, then click
View Files.
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If the folder is passphrase-protected, the Passphrase Protected Folder window

appears.
Do the following:
1 In the Folder Passphrase field, type the passphrase for accessing the folder.
2 Click OK.
The File Manager window opens displaying files from the last backup operation or
snapshot.
You can now manage the folder's contents, as described in Managing Folder Contents
(on page 193).
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Managing Folder Contents

A folder's contents are displayed in the File Manager, as described in Viewing Folder
Contents (on page 191). Once the File Manager is open, you can manage the folder's content.
Navigating Between Folders

To navigate between folders
Do any of the following:
In the tree pane, expand the nodes and click on the desired folders.
In the upper bar, type the desired file or folder path.
To navigate to the parent folder of the currently displayed folder, in the upper bar,
click
The folder's contents appear in the right pane.
Changing the Right Pane View

The Files tab's right pane offers two views:
Details
This view displays the items in the right pane in a table. You can sort the tables as
described in Sorting Tables (on page 20) and hide/display columns as described in
Displaying and Hiding Columns.
Large Icons
This view displays the items in the right pane as large icons.
To change the right pane view
In the right pane, click View and then select the desired view.
Refreshing the View

To refresh the view
In the upper bar, click
The view is refreshed.
Viewing File or Folder Details

To view a file or folder's details
1 In the File Manager, navigate to the desired file/folder.
See Navigating Between Folders (on page 193).
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The file/folder appears in the right pane.

2 In the right pane, click on the file/folder.
The file/folder's details appear at the bottom of the right pane.
If in Details view, the file/folder's details are displayed in the table as well. For
information on changing the view, see Changing the Right Pane View (on page 193).
Downloading Files and Folders

You can download individual files, multiple files, or entire folders.
To download an individual file
1 In the File Manager, navigate to the desired file.
2 In the right pane, do one of the following:
If in the Large Icons view, double-click on the file.
If in the Details view, click once on the file name.
For information on changing the view, see Changing the Right Pane View (on page 193).
The file is downloaded to your computer.
To download multiple files or entire folders
1 In the File Manager, navigate to the desired file.
2 In the right pane, select the desired files or folder(s).
See Selecting Files and Folders (on page 197).
3 Click Actions, and then click Download.
The selected files/folders are downloaded to your computer in a file called
download.zip.
Uploading Files
This procedure is relevant for cloud folders only.
To upload files
1 In the File Manager, navigate to the desired folder.
2 In the right pane, click Upload.
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The Upload files window appears.
3 For each file you want to upload, do one of the following:

Click Add files and browse to the desired file.
If using Google Chrome or Mozilla FireFox, drag and drop a file from your computer to
the Upload files window.
If the file already exists, the following window appears.
To overwrite the file in cloud storage with the file on your computer, choose
Overwrite and click Ok. Otherwise, upload of this file will be canceled.
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The file is uploaded, and a progress bar displays the upload progress.
4 To cancel an upload, select the file whose upload you want to cancel, and then click
Cancel.
5 To clear the list of completed uploads, click Clear Completed.
6 When done uploading all desired files, click Close.
Creating New Folders

To create a new folder
1 In the File Manager, navigate to the desired parent folder.
2 Click Actions and then click New Folder.
The Choose a name dialog box appears.
3 In the field provided, type a name for the new folder.

4 Click OK.
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Renaming Files and Folders

To rename a file or folder
1 In the File Manager, navigate to the desired file/folder.
2 In the right pane, click on the file/folder's row.
3 Click Actions and then click Rename.
The Choose a name dialog box appears.
4 In the field provided, type a new name for the file/folder.
5 Click OK.
Selecting Files and Folders

To select a file or folder
In the File Manager's right pane, do one of the following:
To select a single file/folder, click on the file/folder's row.
To select multiple files, press and hold the CTRL key, while clicking on the desired files
or folders.
To select all items in the current folder, click Actions and then click Select All, or press
CTRL+A.
To select a range of files, press and hold the Shift key, click the file at the start of the
range, and then click on the file at the end of the range.
Deleting Files and Folders

Deleting files and folders is supported for cloud folders only. Deleting files and folders is not
supported for backup folders.
To delete a file or folder
1 In the File Manager, navigate to the desired files/folders.
2 Select the desired file or folder.
3 Click Actions and then click Delete.
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4 Click Yes.
The selected items are deleted.
Copying/Moving Files and Folders

This procedure can be used for a backup folder, only if the backup folder belongs to the same
folder group as the user account's cloud folders.
To copy or move files or folders
To copy the selected items, click Actions and then click Copy, or press CTRL+C.
To move the selected items, click Actions and then click Cut, or press CTRL+X.
4 Navigate to the target folder.
5 Click Actions and then click Paste, or press CTRL+V.
The selected items are copied/moved to the target folder.
Restoring Files and Folders to Devices

This procedure is relevant for backup folders only.
To restore files or folders to a device
3 Click Actions and then click Restore to Device.
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The Restore Files dialog box appears.
4 Specify how to handle files that already exist on the device, by doing one of the following:
To specify that the files on the device should be overwritten by the files in the portal,
choose If the file already exists, overwrite it.
To specify that the files on the device should have the modification date appended to
their name, choose If the file already exists, append the modification date to the
name.
5 Click Next.
The Restore Initiated screen appears.
6 Click Finish.
A progress bar appears, and the files are restored to the device.
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Searching for Files

If full text search is enabled on the device, you can search for files containing specific text,
located anywhere in the documents file name.
To search for files
1 In the File Manager's upper bar, in the Find files by name field, type the text you want to
search for.
2 Click
The search results appear.
3 To download a file appearing in the search results, click on its name.

4 To clear the search results, click
Viewing Previous Versions of Files and Folders

To view previous versions of files and folders
1 In the File Manager's upper bar, click
For information on changing the tree pane view, see Changing the Tree Pane View.
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The Please select snapshot window opens.
2 Click on the snapshot containing the file/folder versions you want to view.
Latest Version contains the current version of files and folder in cloud backup. The
snapshots are marked according to their type: NEXT3 (
) or cloud (
).
The snapshot contents appear, and you can view and download them. You can also copy
and paste them to the Latest Version.
Changing Passphrases for Accessing Backup Folder Contents

To change a passphrase
In the Folders > Backup Folders page, select the desired folder's row, and then click
Change Passphrase.
In the File Manager, click Actions, and then click Change Passphrase.
See Viewing Folder Contents (on page 191).
The Change My Passphrase dialog box appears.
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2 In the Your Old Passphrase field, type the folder's old passphrase.
3 In the Your New Passphrase and Confirm New Passphrase fields, type a new passphrase.
The Passphrase Strength area displays the passphrase's strength.
4 Click Finish.
If cooperative de-duplication is disabled, you will need to update the passphrase on
the device associated with this folder, to enable the device to access the folder.
If cooperative de-duplication is enabled (which is the default), you will need to update
the passphrase on all devices using this folder group.
Exporting Folders to Excel

You can export a list of folders and their details to a Comma Separated Values (*.csv) file on
your computer, which you can open in Microsoft Excel.
To export folders to Excel
To export home folders, in the Folders > Home Folders page, click Export to Excel.
To export backup folders, in the Folders > Backup Folders page, click Export to Excel.
The folders are exported.
Deleting Folders
To delete a folder
To delete a home folder, in the Folders > Home Folders page, select the desired
folder's row, then click Delete Folder.
To delete a backup folder, in the Folders > Backup Folders page, select the desired
folder's row, then click Delete Folder.
Access the Folder Manager, then click Delete.
2 Click Yes.
The folder is deleted.
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Accessing the Folder Group Manager

Most tasks related to managing a folder group are performed in the Folder Group Manager.
To access the Folder Group Manager
1 In the navigation pane, click Folders > Folder Groups.
The Folders > Folder Groups page appears, displaying all folder groups.

Select the desired folder group's row and click Edit.
Click on the folder group's name.
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The Folder Group Manager opens displaying the General tab.
Adding and Editing Folder Groups

When a device first backs up files to the CTERA Portal, and cooperative de-duplication is
enabled for the device's owner, a folder group is automatically created. By default, the folder
group is assigned a name based on the device's name. If desired, you can add new folder
groups manually, and you can edit their properties.
To add or edit a folder group
To add a new folder group, in the Folders > Folder Groups page, click New.
To edit an existing folder group, access the Folder Group Manager.
See Accessing the Folder Group Manager (on page 203).
The Folder Group Manager opens displaying the General tab.
3 Click Save.
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Table 40: Folder Group Manager General Fields

In this field...
Do this...
Name
Type a name for the folder group.
State
Select the folder group's state. This can have the following
values:
Online. The folder group is online, and it is possible to
view, modify, and back up files to its member folders.
Offline. The folder group is offline, and it is not possible to
view, modify, and back up files to its member folders.
Folder groups may be taken offline during some
maintenance operations, such as when repairing a folder
using the CTERA Cloud FSCK utility.
All member folders will inherit the folder group's state.
Minimum Map File Blocks
Type the minimum number of de-duplication blocks that a file

must contain in order to trigger creation of a mapfile.
The default value is configured in the virtual portal's settings.
See Configuring Virtual-Portal Settings (see "Configuring
Default Settings for Virtual-Portals" on page 25).
Cloud FS Version
The cloud storage encoding scheme to use for the folder

groups. Currently, the only supported encoding scheme is
Cloud FS1.
Average Block Size
The average block size used by the folder group.

This field is editable, when manually creating a new folder
group. Otherwise, it is read-only, and its value is inherited
from the definition of the selected Cloud FS version in the
virtual portal's settings. See Configuring Virtual-Portal
Settings (see "Configuring Default Settings for
Virtual-Portals" on page 25).
Changing this value for an existing folder group does not affect
blocks already existing in the folder group.
The average map file size used by the folder group.

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Use Data Compression
This field indicates whether data in this folder group will be

stored in compressed format.
Compression Method
If the Use Data Compression setting is enabled, specify the

default compression method to use for file storage. Select one
of the following:
High Compression
High Speed
The default value is High Speed.
from the virtual portal's settings. See Configuring
Virtual-Portal Settings (see "Configuring Default Settings for
Use Encryption
This field indicates whether data in this folder group will be

stored in encrypted format.
from the virtual portal's settings. See Configuring
Virtual-Portal Settings (see "Configuring Default Settings for
Passphrase protected
Select this option to specify that the folder group should be

passphrase protected.
This field only appears when manually creating a new folder
group, in which the Use Encryption option is enabled. To
change the passphrase of an existing folder group, see
Changing Passphrases for Accessing Folder Group Contents
(on page 209).
Your New Passphrase / Confirm
Type the passphrase for accessing this folder group.
New Passphrase
Passphrase Strength
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A bar indicating the passphrase's strength.
Owner
When adding a new folder group, select an owner for the

folder group.
When editing an existing folder group, you can click on the
owner's name to open the User Account Manager and manage
the owner's user account. For information on managing user
accounts, see Managing User Accounts (on page 73).
Viewing Folder Groups

To view all folders groups in the portal
In the navigation pane, click Folders > Folder Groups.
Table 41: Folder Groups Fields
This field...
Displays...
ID
The folder group's name.

To edit the folder group's name, click the folder group name. For
further details, see Editing Folder Group Properties (see "Adding
and Editing Folder Groups" on page 204).
Owner
The user account name of the folder group's owner.

Passphrase-protected
Indicates whether the folder group is passphrase-protected or not

(Yes / No).
State
The folder group's state (Online / Offline).
Managing Home Folders for Folder Groups

You can manage the home folders in a folder group.
To manage home folders in a folder group
1 Access the Folder Group Manager.
2 Click the Home Folders tab.
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The Home Folders tab appears with a table of home folders in the folder group.
3 Perform any of the folder management tasks described in Managing Folder Contents (on
page 193), as if you were working in the Folders > Home Folders page.
Managing Backup Folders for Folder Groups

You can manage the backup folders in a folder group.
To manage backup folders in a folder group
1 Access the Folder Group Manager.
2 Click the Backups tab.
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The Backups tab appears with a table of backup folders in the folder group.
3 Perform any of the folder management tasks described in Managing Folder Contents (on
page 193), as if you were working in the Folders > Backup Folders page.
Changing Passphrases for Accessing Folder Group Contents

Warning
Changing the passphrase for a folder group will cause all devices using folders in
the folder group to be unable to backup files, until the backup service has been
re-configured with the new passphrase in the devices' administration interfaces.
To change a passphrase
2 Select the desired folder group's row.
3 Click Change Passphrase.
The Change My Passphrase dialog box appears.
4 In the Your Old Passphrase field, type the folder group's old passphrase.
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5 In the Your New Passphrase and Confirm New Passphrase fields, type a new passphrase.
The Passphrase Strength area displays the passphrase's strength.
6 Click Finish.
7 For each device using a folder in this folder group, do the following:
a Log in to the device's administration interface.
See Remotely Managing Devices (see "Remotely Managing Devices and Their Files"
on page 180).
b Run the Backup Setup Wizard and enter the new passphrase.
Exporting Folder Groups to Excel

You can export a list of folder groups and their details to a Microsoft Excel (*.xls) file on your
computer.
To export folder groups to Excel
The folder groups are exported.
Deleting Folder Groups

To delete a folder group
In the Folders > Folder Groups page, select the desired folder group's row, then click
Delete.
Access the Folder Group Manager, then click Delete.
2 Click Yes.
The folder group is deleted.
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Managing Collaboration Projects
You can easily share files and folders with fellow workers, by defining collaboration projects.
When project collaboration is enabled in a team portal, users who have project collaboration
permissions can create a project and invite individual users or whole user groups to join the
project as project members. Project members receive an email notification inviting them to
collaborate on the project. They can then view files in the project and/or add files and folders
to the project, depending on their permissions.
This chapter explains how to manage projects. It is relevant for team portals only.
In This Chapter
Enabling Project Collaboration for the Virtual Portal ---------------------------------------------------- 211
Defining Project Management Permissions ---------------------------------------------------------------- 212
Adding Collaboration Projects --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 214
Editing Collaboration Projects --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 218
Viewing Collaboration Project Contents -------------------------------------------------------------------- 220
Exporting a List of Collaboration Projects to Excel ------------------------------------------------------- 221
Deleting Collaboration Projects ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 221
Enabling Project Collaboration for the Virtual Portal

To enable project collaboration for a team portal
2 Select Enable Projects.
3 Click Save.
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Defining Project Management Permissions

You can define which users have permission to create and manage collaboration projects.
You define permissions by adding users and/or user groups to a list and selecting whether to
allow or deny permission to each listed user and user group. By default, the user group "All
Users," which includes all users, is allowed to create and manage collaboration projects. Deny
rules override Allow rules.
To define project collaboration permissions
1 In the navigation pane, click Folders > Projects.
The Folders > Projects page appears, displaying all collaboration projects.
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2 Click Settings. The Collaboration Projects Settings dialog appears.
3 To add users and/or user groups and allow or deny permission to them:
a In the Local Users drop-down list, select one of the following:
Local Users. Search the user accounts defined locally on the CTERA Portal.
Local Groups. Search the user groups defined locally on the CTERA Portal.
b In the Quick Search field, type a string that appears anywhere within the name of a
user account or group you want to add, then click
c A table of user accounts matching the search string appears.
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d Select the desired user account or group in the table.

The user account or group appears in the Quick Search field.
e Click Add. The selected user account or group appears in the permissions list.
In the Permission column, select Allow or Deny from the dropdown list.
4 To delete a user or user group, click
in the user's or user group's row .
5 Click Save.
Adding Collaboration Projects

To add a collaboration project
To add a new collaboration project via the Administration tab:
2 Click New.
To add a new collaboration project via the Cloud Drive tab:
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1 Navigate to the root/projects folder.
2 Click New Project.

The Collaboration Project Details dialog box opens.
2 In the Project Name field, type a name for the project.

3 (Optional) In the Description field, type a description of the project.
4 Specify the project owner, by doing the following in the Owner area:
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Domain domain Users. Search the user accounts belonging to the domain called
domain.
user account you want to add, then click
c Select the desired user account in the table.

5 In the Group field, select the folder group in which the collaboration project should be
stored.
6 To mark the project as a Quick Access project, check the Quick Access box. Quick access
projects appear directly under the cloud drive's root folder, instead of appearing under
the projects folder.
Tip
You must be an administrator to mark a project as a Quick Access project. The

Quick Access box is only enabled if you are an administrator.
7 To add a project member, do the following in the Project Members area:
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domain.
Domain domain Groups. Search the user groups belonging to the domain called
domain.
user account or user group you want to add, then click
A table of user accounts or user groups matching the search string appears.
c Select the desired user account or user group in the table.

The user account or user group appears in the Quick Search field.
d Click Add.
The user account or user group appears in the Project Member list.
8 In the project member's row, click the Permission field, and do one of the following:
To specify that the member should be able to add, edit, and delete files and folders in
this project, select Read/Write.
To specify that the member should only be able to view files and folders in this
project, select Read Only.
9 To specify an expiration date for a member, do the following:
a In the project member's row, click the Expiration field, and then click
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A calendar appears.
b Select the date on which the member's access should end.
10 To delete a project member, click
in the desired project member's row.
11 Click Save.
If the mail server is set up, and email addresses are defined for the user accounts you
added as project members, the CTERA Portal will send email notifications to the new
project members, inviting them to collaborate on the project.
For information on configuring mail server settings, see Configuring Global Mail Server
Settings (on page 45). For information on editing user accounts, see Adding and Editing
Editing Collaboration Projects

To edit a collaboration project
To edit a collaboration project via the Administration tab:
2 Select the desired project's row and then click Edit.
To edit a collaboration project via the Cloud Drive tab:
2 Select the project and click Manage Project.
The Collaboration Project Details dialog box opens.
2 In the Project Name field, type a name for the project.
3 (Optional) In the Description field, type a description of the project.
4 Specify the project owner, by doing the following in the Owner area:
domain.
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user account you want to add, then click

c Select the desired user account in the table.
5 To add a project member, do the following in the Project Members area:
domain.
Domain domain Groups. Search the user groups belonging to the domain called
domain.
user account or user group you want to add, then click
A table of user accounts or user groups matching the search string appears.
c Select the desired user account or user group in the table.
The user account or user group appears in the Quick Search field.
d Click Add.
The user account or user group appears in the Project Member list.
6 In the project member's row, click the Permission field, and do one of the following:
To specify that the member should be able to add, edit, and delete files and folders in
this project, select Read/Write.
To specify that the member should only be able to view files and folders in this
project, select Read Only.
7 To specify an expiration date for a member, do the following:
a In the project member's row, click the Expiration field, and then click
A calendar appears.
b Select the date on which the member's access should end.
8 To delete a project member, click
in the desired project member's row.
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9 Click Save.
The CTERA Portal will send email notifications to the new project members, inviting them
to collaborate on the project.
For information on configuring mail server settings, see Configuring Global Mail Server
Settings (on page 45). For information on editing user accounts, see Adding and Editing
Viewing Collaboration Project Contents

You can view all of the files and folders included in a collaboration project.
To view collaboration project contents via the Administration tab
2 Select the desired project's row and then click View Files.
The File Manager opens displaying the collaboration project contents.
To view collaboration project contents via the Cloud Drive tab

2 Double-click on the collaboration project.
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The collaboration project's contents appear.
Exporting a List of Collaboration Projects to Excel

You can export a list of collaboration projects and their details to a Comma Separated Values
(*.csv) file on your computer, which you can open with Microsoft Excel.
This procedure can be performed via the Administration tab only.
To export a list of collaboration projects to Excel
The collaboration projects are exported.
Deleting Collaboration Projects

To delete a collaboration project via the Administration tab
2 Select the desired project's row and then click Delete.
3 Click Yes.
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The project is deleted.

To delete a collaboration project via the Cloud Drive tab
2 Select the project.
3 Click Actions, and then click Delete.
4 Click Yes.
The project is deleted.
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Managing Subscription Plans
You provision licenses to virtual portals, by assigning the virtual portals to global plans and
add-ons.
When a reseller portal is assigned to a global plan or add-on, it is necessary to provision
licenses to individual user accounts by creating subscription plans and/or add-ons and
assigning the user accounts to the desired plans and packages. Through subscription plans,
users in a reseller portal obtain cloud services for an open-ended period of time with
automatically recurring payments. Through add-ons, users can obtain additional cloud
services for a defined period of time.
In contrast, when a team portal is assigned to a global plan or add-on, CTERA Portal
automatically creates a default subscription plan containing the licenses specified in the
global plan and/or add-ons, and assigns all user accounts in the team portal to this plan. If
desired, you can create alternate subscription plans and assign those to individual user
accounts. Users in a team portal obtain services through their subscription plans for an
open-ended period of time without payment. For more information on subscription plans,
see Understanding CTERA Provisioning.
This chapter explains how to use subscription plans to provision services to users' devices and
how to provision services to virtual portals via global plans.
In order to manage global plans, these tasks must be performed in the Global Administration
View.
For information on creating non-recurring prepaid service packages, see Managing Add-ons
(on page 239).
In This Chapter
Understanding Snapshot Retention Policies --------------------------------------------------------------- 224
Adding and Editing Subscription Plans ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 228
Viewing Subscription Plans ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 234
Setting/Removing the Default Subscription Plan --------------------------------------------------------- 236
Exporting Subscription Plans to Excel------------------------------------------------------------------------ 236
Applying Provisioning Changes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 236
Deleting Subscription Plans ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 237
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Understanding Snapshot Retention Policies

The CTERA Portal retains previous file versions for each user, by using snapshots. Snapshots
are read-only copies of files as they were at a particular point in time.
The CTERA Portal creates snapshots automatically and retains them according to a
configurable snapshot retention policy that is provisioned via subscription plans. So long as a
snapshot is retained by CTERA Portal, the relevant version of the user data can be retrieved.
What Does a Snapshot Retention Policy Specify?

A retention policy specifies the following:
The number daily snapshots to retain
For example, if daily snapshots are set to 10, then the last 10 daily snapshots will be
retained. If daily snapshots are set to 0, then the daily snapshot will be deleted when the
next day starts.
Tip
A day is defined as starting at 00:00:00 and ending at 23:59:59.

The number of weekly snapshots to retain
A weekly snapshot is the latest snapshot taken during the week.
Tip
A week is defined as starting on Monday and ending on Sunday.
Example 1:
Let's say snapshots were successfully taken every day until the current day, which is
Sunday. The weekly snapshot is the one taken on Sunday, as it is the latest snapshot
taken this week.
Example 2:
Snapshots were successfully taken every day until the current day, except the Saturday
and Sunday snapshots, which were not taken because the device was turned off. The
weekly snapshot is the one taken on Friday, as it is the latest snapshot taken this week.
The number of monthly snapshots to retain
A monthly snapshot is the latest snapshot taken during the month.
Example 1:
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Let's say snapshots were successfully taken every day until the current date, which is April
30th. The monthly snapshot is the one taken on the 30th, as it is the latest snapshot
taken this month.
Example 2:
Snapshots were successfully taken every day until the current date, except snapshots for
the 25th through the 30th, which were not taken because the device was turned off. The
monthly snapshot is the one taken on the 24th, as it is the latest snapshot taken this
month.
The number of quarterly snapshots to retain
A quarterly snapshot is the latest snapshot taken during the quarter.
Example 1:
Let's say snapshots were successfully taken every day until the current date, which is the
March 31. The quarterly snapshot is the one taken on March 31st, as it is the latest
snapshot taken this quarter.
Example 2:
March 25 through 31 were not taken because the device was turned off. The quarterly
snapshot is the one taken on March 24th, as it is the latest snapshot taken this quarter.
The number of yearly snapshots to retain
A yearly snapshot is the latest snapshot taken during the year.
Example 1:
Let's say snapshots were successfully taken every day until the current date, which is the
December 31st. The yearly snapshot is the one taken on the 31st, as it is the latest
snapshot taken this year.
Example 2:
the 25nd through the 31st were not taken because the device was turned off. The yearly
snapshot is the one taken on the 24th, as it is the latest snapshot taken this year.
At What Level Can a Snapshot Retention Policy Be Applied?

Snapshot retention policies can be applied at the following levels:
At the virtual portal level
In this case, the snapshot retention policy will apply to all users in the virtual portal.
A snapshot retention policy can be applied to both reseller portals and team portals.
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At the user level

It is possible to configure snapshot retention policies for individual users in the virtual
portal.
Tip
Applying a retention policy at the user level in a reseller portal is

supported from v3.2. Applying a retention policy at the user level in a
team portal is supported from v4.0.
What Happens When Both Levels of Snapshot Retention Policy Are Applied?
When a snapshot retention policy is assigned to a portal, the policy will be globally enforced
as a set of maximum values for all users in the portal. Individual users in that portal can be
assigned user-level snapshot retention policies, so long as the values in the user-level policy
do not exceed those of the portal-level policy.
For example, let us assume that a team portal called "acme" is assigned a subscription plan
called "acme-plan", which includes the following snapshot retention policy.
Retain 7 daily snapshots
Retain 4 weekly snapshots
Retain 12 monthly snapshots
Users in the "acme" portal cannot be assigned a snapshot retention policy that exceeds the
values specified in "acme-plan".
Therefore, users in this portal cannot be assigned the following snapshot retention policy:
However, they can be assigned the following snapshot retention policy:
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CTERA Portal Snapshot Retention for the Cloud Drive Service

Each user account that uses the Cloud Drive service is assigned a home folder in the CTERA
Portal, upon creation of the user account. The home folder (Cloud Drive) serves as the block
destination for CTERA appliance and CTERA Cloud Agent sync operations.
Each Cloud Drive folder (including home folders and projects) retains previous versions
according to the snapshot retention policy of the folder owner. However,when two
collaborators (portal users) who are working on the same project have different snapshot
retention policies, the project snapshots will be retained according to the project owner's
retention policy.
Snapshots of Cloud Drive folders are taken for each folder once an hour, if there were any
changes in the folder during that hour.
CTERA Portal Snapshot Retention for the Cloud Backup Service.

Each CTERA C Series appliance and CTERA Cloud Agent that uses the Cloud Backup service is
assigned a dedicated backup folder in the CTERA Portal, which serves as the block destination
for the appliance or Cloud Agent.
When a CTERA appliance or CTERA Cloud Agent initiates a Cloud Backup job, the CTERA Portal
automatically creates a snapshot of the appliance's or Cloud Agent's backup folder. The
snapshot's timestamp is the time at which the Cloud Backup job was initiated by the client.
Snapshot Consolidation
The snapshot consolidator is a scheduled job that runs once a day at midnight. It is
responsible for deleting all the snapshots that should not be retained, according to the
retention policy.
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Adding and Editing Subscription Plans

To add or edit a subscription plan
1 In the navigation pane, click Provisioning > Plans.
The Provisioning > Plans page appears, displaying all subscription plans.

To add a new subscription plan, click New Plan.
To edit an existing subscription plan, select the desired subscription plan's row and
then click Edit Plan.
The Plan Details Wizard opens displaying the Services dialog box.
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3 Complete the fields using the information in Plan Services Fields (page 232).
4 Click Next.
The Plan Details dialog box appears.
5 Complete the fields using the information in Plan Details Fields (page 233).
6 Click Next.
The Snapshot Retention Policy dialog box appears.
7 Complete the fields using the information in Snapshot Retention Policy Fields (page 233).
Tip
For an explanation of each policy, see Understanding Snapshot Retention

Policies (on page 224).
8 Click Next.
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The Plan Name and Description dialog box appears.
9 Complete the fields using the information in Plan Name and Description Fields (page
234).
10 Click Next.
The Quotas dialog box appears.
11 For each item, click in the Amount Included field, and then type the number of item units
to include in the subscription plan.
For example, to include 5GB of storage space, click in the Storage Quota (GB) item's
Amount Included field and type 5.
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Tip
The specified license quotas must not exceed the number specified in the
license. Otherwise, an error message will appear when you attempt to assign a
virtual portal to this plan.
12 Click Next.
13 Click Finish.
If you edited an existing plan, the following things happen:
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14 Click Close.
Table 42: Plan Services Fields
In this field...
Do this...
Cloud Backup Service
Indicates that the Cloud Backup Service is included in the

subscription plan.
This field is read-only.
Seeding Supported
Select this option to include backup seeding in the subscription

plan.
Remote Access
Select this option to include remote access in the subscription

plan.
Remote access includes both access to the device's
management interface via the CTERA Portal and a dedicated
URL, access to the user's files via the CTERA Portal and a
dedicated URL.
Note: Device owners can disable remote access via the device's
management interface.
Cloud Drive
Select this option to include private cloud drives in the

subscription plan. In a team portal, users will be able to access
the private cloud drive in addition to the team cloud drive.
Users will be able to access their cloud drives via the End User
Portal's Files tab, for the purpose of viewing, uploading, and
downloading files.
Cloud Drive Invitations
Select this option to include cloud file sharing in the

subscription plan.
This enables the user to send invitations to view or collaborate
on files stored on the cloud drive.
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Table 43: Plan Details Fields

In this field...
Do this...
Allow users to join this plan
Select this option to allow users to subscribe to this

subscription plan.
If this option is not selected, the subscription plan is invisible to
end users, and only administrators can assign users to this plan.
This field is relevant for reseller portals only.
Free Trial
Select this option to include a free trial period in the

subscription plan. Then type the desired number of days that
subscribers should receive the subscription plan for free. This
field is relevant for reseller portals only.
Table 44: Snapshot Retention Policy Fields

In this field...
Do this...
Retain daily snapshots
Type the number of daily snapshots that should be retained.
Retain weekly snapshots
Type the number of weekly snapshots that should be retained.
Retain monthly snapshots
Type the number of monthly snapshots that should be

retained.
Retain quarterly snapshots
Type the number of quarterly snapshots that should be

retained.
Retain yearly snapshots
Type the number of yearly snapshots that should be retained.
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Table 45: Plan Name and Description Fields

In this field...
Do this...
Plan Name
Type a name for the subscription plan.
Display Name
Type the name to use when displaying this subscription plan in

the End User Portal and notifications.
Sort Index
Type an index number to assign the subscription plan, in order

to enable custom sorting of the subscription plans displayed to
end users in the Subscribe to Plan wizard.
Description
Type a description of the subscription plan.

HTML is supported.
Preview
Click this button to view a preview of the subscription plan

description in a new window.
Viewing Subscription Plans

To view all subscription plans in the portal
In the navigation pane, click Provisioning > Plans.
If a default subscription plan is defined, it is marked with the
icon.
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Table 46: Plans Fields

This field...
Displays...
Name
The subscription plan's name.

To edit the subscription plan, click the subscription plan name. For
further details, see Adding and Editing Subscription Plans (on page
228).
Display Name
The subscription plan's name, as displayed in the End User Portal and
notifications.
Sort Index
An index number assigned to the subscription plan, in order to

enable custom sorting of the subscription plans displayed to end
users in the Subscribe to Plan wizard.
Storage
The amount of storage space included in the plan.
Allow Joining
Indicates whether users can subscribe to this plan from the End User
Portal (Yes/No).
Note: If set to No, an administrator can still assign users to this plan.
Trial
If the plan includes a free trial period, this column displays the
number of days included in the free trial period.
If the plan does not include a free trial period, this column displays
No.
Appliance Licenses
The number of CTERA appliance licenses included in the plan. A

CTERA appliance license is consumed by a CTERA appliance
connected to a CTERA Portal user account.
The number of CTERA Server Agent licenses included in the plan. A

Server Agent license is consumed by a Server Agent in Cloud Agent
mode using the CTERA Cloud Backup service.
Workstation Backup
The number of CTERA Workstation Backup licenses included in the
Licenses
plan. A workstation backup license is consumed by a CTERA

Workstation Agent in Cloud Agent mode using the CTERA Cloud
Backup service.
Cloud Drive Licenses
The number of CTERA Cloud Drive licenses included in the plan. Each
Cloud Drive license enables one user to connect and sync data to the
CTERA Portal for up to five devices associated with the user account,
including: CTERA Agents (Server or Workstation Backup) and mobile
devices (iPhone, iPad, and so on).
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Setting/Removing the Default Subscription Plan

The default subscription plan is automatically assigned to all new user accounts.
To set a subscription plan as the default
2 Select the desired subscription plan's row.
3 Click Set Default.
The selected subscription plan becomes the default subscription plan and is marked with
the
icon.
To remove a subscription plan from being the default

2 Select the default subscription plan's row.
3 Click Remove Default.
The subscription plan is no longer the default, and the
icon is removed.
Exporting Subscription Plans to Excel

You can export subscription plans to a CSV file that can be opened with Microsoft Excel.
To export subscription plans
All subscription plans are exported to a CSV file.

To apply provisioning changes
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3 Click Close.
Deleting Subscription Plans

To delete a subscription plan
2 Select the desired subscription plan's row.
3 Click Delete Plan.
4 Click Yes.
The subscription plan is deleted.
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Managing Add-ons
In reseller portals, users can subscribe to add-ons, each of which defines a set of services that
subscribed users will receive in addition to the services specified in the subscription plan, for
a specified period of time. In contrast, all users in a team portal obtain additional services for
specified period of time, when the portal is subscribed to a global add-on. For more
information on add-ons, see Understanding CTERA Provisioning.
This chapter explains how to use add-ons to provision services to user's devices (in reseller
portals), as well as how to provision services to virtual portals (including both reseller and
team portals) via global add-ons.
In order to provision global add-ons, these tasks must be performed in the Global
In This Chapter
Adding and Editing Add-ons ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 239
Viewing Add-ons -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 244
Exporting Add-ons to Excel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 244
Applying Provisioning Changes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 245
Deleting Add-ons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 245
Adding and Editing Add-ons

Once you have added an end-user add-on to the portal, you can then add the add-on directly
to user accounts, as described in Adding Add-ons to User Accounts (on page 83).
Alternatively, for a "pre-paid" business model, you can create vouchers for the add-on, as
described in Adding Vouchers (on page 248). End users can then redeem the vouchers in
order to add the add-on to their user accounts.
Once you have added a portal-level add-on to the system, you can then add the add-on
directly to a portal, as described in Adding Global Add-ons to Virtual Portals (on page 263).
To add or edit an add-on
1 In the navigation pane, click Provisioning > Add-ons.
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Managing Add-ons
The Provisioning > Add-ons page appears, displaying all add-ons.

To add a new add-on, click New.
To edit an existing add-on, select the desired add-on's row and then click Edit.
The Add-on Wizard opens displaying the Add-on Wizard dialog box.
3 Complete the fields using the information in Add-on Services Fields (page 243).
4 Click Next.
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A second Add-on Wizard dialog box appears.
5 Complete the fields using the information in Add-on Details Fields (page 243).
6 Click Next.
The Quotas dialog box appears.
7 For each item, click in the Amount Included field, and then type the number of item units
to include in the subscription plan.
For example, to include 5GB of storage space, click in the Storage Quota (GB) item's
Amount Included field and type 5.
8 Click Next.
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The Wizard Complete screen appears.
9 Click Finish.
If you edited an existing add-on, the following things happen:
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10 Click Close.
Table 47: Add-on Services Fields
In this field...
Do this...
Cloud Backup Service
Indicates that the Cloud Backup Service is included in the

add-on.
This field is read-only.
Seeding Supported
Select this option to include backup seeding in the add-on.
Remote Access
Select this option to include remote access in the add-on.

Remote access includes both access to the device's
management interface via the CTERA Portal and a dedicated
URL, access to the user's files via the CTERA Portal and a
dedicated URL.
Note: Device owners can disable remote access via the device's
management interface.
Cloud Drive
Select this option to include private cloud drives in the add-on.

In a team portal, users will be able to access the private cloud
drive in addition to the team cloud drive.
Users will be able to access their cloud drives via the End User
Portal's Files tab, for the purpose of viewing, uploading, and
downloading files.
Allow Invitations
Select this option to include cloud file sharing in the add-on.

When email invitations are enabled for a device, end users will
be able to invite others to view or collaborate on files stored on
the device.
Table 48: Add-on Details Fields

In this field...
Do this...
Name
Type a name for the add-on.
Display Name
Type the name to use when displaying this add-on in the End
User Portal and notifications.
Expires after
Select this option to define an expiration date for the add-on,

then type the number of days after the add-on has been added
to the user account that the add-on should expire.
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Viewing Add-ons
To view all add-ons in the portal
In the navigation pane, click Provisioning > Add-ons.
Table 49: Add-ons Fields
This field...
Displays...
Name
The add-on's name.

To edit the add-on, click the add-on name. For further details, see
Adding and Editing Add-ons (on page 239).
Display Name
The add-on's name, as displayed in the End User Portal and

notifications.
Storage
The amount of storage space included in the add-on.
Expires
The number of days after adding this add-on, that the add-on will
expire.
Appliance Licenses
The number of CTERA appliance licenses included in the add-on.
The number of CTERA Server Agents included in the add-on.
Workstation Backup
The number of CTERA Workstation Backup licenses included in the
Licenses
add-on.
The number of CTERA Cloud Drive licenses included in the add-on.
Exporting Add-ons to Excel

You can export add-ons to a CSV file that can be opened with Microsoft Excel.
To export add-ons
All add-ons are exported to a CSV file.
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To apply provisioning changes
3 Click Close.
Deleting Add-ons
To delete an add-on
2 Select the desired add-on's row.
3 Click Delete.
4 Click Yes.
The add-on is deleted.
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Managing Vouchers
The CTERA Portal enables you to create vouchers, which are prepaid coupons that
encapsulate specific add-ons and plans. For more information on vouchers, see
Understanding CTERA Provisioning.
This chapter explains how to manage vouchers. It is relevant to reseller portals only.
Tip
In order to use vouchers, vouchers support must be enabled in the CTERA Portal
general settings. See Overriding Global Portal Settings (see "Overriding the
Global Virtual Portal Settings" on page 67).
In This Chapter
Adding Vouchers -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 248
Viewing Vouchers------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 249
Sending Vouchers by Email ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 250
Exporting Vouchers to Excel ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 251
Deleting Vouchers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 251
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Managing Vouchers
Adding Vouchers
To add a voucher
1 In the navigation pane, click Provisioning > Vouchers.
The Provisioning > Vouchers page appears, displaying all vouchers.
2 Click New.
The Create Vouchers opens displaying the Create Vouchers dialog box.

4 Click Next.
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The Wizard Complete screen appears.
5 Click Finish.
Table 50: Voucher Wizard Fields
In this field...
Do this...
Add-on / Plan
Select the add-on or subscription plan to which this voucher

applies.
Voucher Code
Type the voucher code prefix to use for all vouchers of this
type.
This can be any sequence of five alphanumeric characters. For
example: PKG1Y.
Number of Vouchers to Create
Click the arrows or type in the field, to specify the number of

vouchers of this type to create.
For example: 10.
Comment
Type a description of this voucher.

For example: This voucher can be redeemed for 1 year of
10GB online backup service.
Viewing Vouchers
To view all vouchers in the portal
In the navigation pane, click Provisioning > Vouchers.
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Table 51: Vouchers Fields

This field...
Displays...
Voucher Code
The voucher's code.
Add-on / Plan
The add-on or subscription plan to which this voucher applies.
Status
The voucher's status.

Active. The voucher has not yet been redeemed.
Redeemed. The voucher has been redeemed by a user, and is no
longer available to be redeemed by other users.
Redeem Date
The date on which the voucher was redeemed.
Redeemed By
The name of the user account that redeemed the voucher.
Issue Date
The date on which the voucher was created.
Comment
A description of the voucher.
Sending Vouchers by Email

You can send an email message to end users, notifying them that a voucher has been issued
to them.
To send a voucher by email
2 Select the desired voucher's row, then click Send by Email.
An email message opens in your email client. The message's content can be edited as
desired.
For information on customizing the message's default content, see Customizing Email
Notification Templates (on page 379).
3 In the To field, type the end user's email address.
4 Click Send.
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Exporting Vouchers to Excel

You can export vouchers to a CSV file that can be opened in Microsoft Excel.
To export vouchers
All vouchers are exported to a CSV file.
Deleting Vouchers
To delete a voucher
2 Select the desired voucher's row.
3 Click Delete.
4 Click Yes.
The voucher is deleted.
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Managing Email Invitations
When subscribed to the Cloud File Sharing service, end users can share files and folders
stored on the cloud drive with other people, by sending them an invitation for the desired
files/folders. Invitation recipients are granted read-only or read-write access to the shared
files/folders.
This chapter explains how to manage email invitations.
In This Chapter
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Viewing Active Email Invitations ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 255
Deleting Active Email Invitations ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 255
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Configuring Email Invitation Settings

You can require invitation recipients to authenticate to the CTERA Portal using their
username and password, before they can access the shared file/folders. In addition, you can
specify how long invitations should be valid.
To configure email invitation settings
1 In the navigation pane, click Settings > Invitations.
The Settings > Invitations page appears.
2 Click Settings.
The Invitations Settings dialog box opens.
3 To require invitation recipients to authenticate using their username and password,

before they can access the shared file/folders, select the User Authentication check box.
4 In the Invitation is valid for field, type the number of days an invitation is valid.
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Viewing Active Email Invitations

To view active email invitations
For each invitation the information in the following table is displayed.
2 To view an individual invitation, select the desired invitation, and then click View
Invitation.
The Send Invitation dialog box opens displaying the invitation.
Table 52: Active Email Invitations Information
This field...
Displays...
User
The name of the user who sent the email invitation.

This field only appears when viewing all email invitations in the
system.
Expires On
The date on which the email invitation expires.
Path
The path to the shared file/folder on the cloud drive.
Access
The type of access granted to the invitation recipient (Read Only or

Read/Write).
Deleting Active Email Invitations

If you delete an active email invitation, the path and/or URL it contains can no longer be used
to access files.
To delete active email invitations
2 Select the desired invitation, and then click Delete.
3 Click Yes.
The email invitation is deleted.
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Managing Virtual Portals
The CTERA Portal can be divided into tenants, known as virtual portals, each of which
manages a subset of devices and CTERA Portal user accounts. The following types of virtual
portal are supported:
Reseller portal
This type of portal includes support for reseller-oriented features such as add-ons, plans,
vouchers, and self-registration. The end users in the portal are the reseller's subscribers.
Reseller portals are managed by staff administrators in the Staff Control Panel.
Team portal
This type of portal is designed for the needs of a company or team with multiple
members, and as such do not include support for reseller-oriented features. The users in
the portal are the team members.
Team portals are managed by team administrators, who are team members with the
"Administrator role. These users can manage their team portal via the Administration
tab of their End User Portal.
For more detailed information on the two types of virtual portals, see The CTERA Portal
Datacenter Edition (see "Virtual Portals" on page 3).
This chapter explains how to add, edit, and delete virtual portals, as well as log in to any
virtual portal and manage its contents.
In This Chapter
Accessing the Virtual Portal Manager ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 258
Adding and Editing Virtual Portals ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 259
Viewing Virtual Portals ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 260
Assigning Virtual Portals to Global Plans-------------------------------------------------------------------- 262
Adding Global Add-ons to Virtual Portals------------------------------------------------------------------- 263
Exporting Virtual Portals to Excel ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 265
Deleting Virtual Portals------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 265
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Accessing the Virtual Portal Manager

Most tasks related to managing virtual portals are performed in the Virtual Portal Manager.
To access the Virtual Portal Manager
1 In the navigation pane, click Main > Portals.
The Main > Portals page appears, displaying all virtual portals in the system.

Select the desired portal's row and click Edit Portal.
Click on the desired portal's name.
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The Virtual Portal Manager opens displaying the Profile tab.
Adding and Editing Virtual Portals

To add or edit a virtual portal
To add a new virtual portal, in the Main > Portals page, click New Portal.
To edit an existing virtual portal, access the Virtual Portal Manager.
See Accessing the Virtual Portal Manager (on page 258).
The Virtual Portal Manager opens displaying the Profile tab.
3 Click Save.
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Table 53: Virtual Portal Profile Fields

In this field...
Do this...
Name
Type a name (unique identifier) for the virtual portal.
Type
Select the virtual portal's type.

For information on portal types, see The CTERA Portal
Datacenter Edition (see "Virtual Portals" on page 3).
This field is read-only, when editing an existing virtual portal.
Catalog Node Server
Select the virtual portal's catalog node server. Catalog node

servers are database servers that store metadata. CTERA Portal
supports multiple catalog node servers for scalability.
Status
Select the status of the virtual portal to enabled or disabled.

If you set the status to disabled, the following things happen:
Users cannot log in to the portal, and devices cannot
connect.
Reports and email notifications are not sent from the
portal.
User self-registration is disabled.
Global administrators can still connect to disabled portals via
the Global Administration View.
Billing ID
Optionally use this field to enter the virtual portal owner's

billing ID. This enables integration of the portal with an external
billing system.
Provision quotas for this virtual
This field is relevant for reseller portals only. Deselect this box
portal
to allow a reseller unlimited quotas (subject only to the limits of

the portal license).
Viewing Virtual Portals

To view all virtual portals
In the navigation pane, click Main > Portals.
Reseller portals are indicated by the
icon.
icon, and team portals are indicated by the
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Table 54: Virtual Portal Fields

This field...
Displays...
Name
The virtual portal's name.

To edit the virtual portal, click the portal's name. For further details,
see Adding and Editing Virtual Portals (on page 259).
Status
The status of the virtual portal (enabled or disabled).

If the status is disabled, the following are true:
Users cannot log in to the portal, and devices cannot connect.
Reports and email notifications are not sent from the portal.
User self-registration is disabled.
Global administrators can still connect to disabled portals via the
Global Administration View.
Subscription Plan
The global plan to which this virtual portal is assigned.

To modify the plan, click the plan's name. For further details, see
Adding and Editing Subscription Plans (on page 228).
Add Ons
The number of add-ons for the virtual portal.

To modify the list of add-ons, click on the number. For further
details, see Adding and Editing Add-ons (on page 239).
Connected Devices
The number of devices currently connected to the virtual portal.
Storage
The amount of storage in use by the virtual portal, out of the total
provisioned amount.
Appliance Licenses
The number of CTERA appliance licenses in use by the virtual portal,

out of the total provisioned number.
The number of CTERA Server Agent licenses in use by the virtual

portal, out of the total provisioned number.
Workstation Backup
The total number of CTERA Workstation Backup licenses in use by
Licenses
the virtual portal, out of the total provisioned number.
Cloud Drive
The number of Cloud Drive licenses in use by the virtual portal, out
of the total provisioned number.
Users
The number of user accounts defined in the virtual portal.
Billing ID
The virtual portal owner's billing ID.
Catalog Node Server
The virtual portal's catalog node server. Catalog node servers are
database servers that store metadata. CTERA Portal supports
multiple catalog node servers for scalability.
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Assigning Virtual Portals to Global Plans

To assign a virtual portal to a global plan
1 Access the Virtual Portal Manager.
2 If the virtual portal is a reseller portal, select the Provision quotas for this virtual portal
check box.
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5 In the Subscription Plan drop-down list, select the global plan to assign the portal.
6 Click OK.
7 In the Subscription Expiration field, you can click
to specify the date on which the
portal's subscription to the selected plan should expire. This field is only relevant for
plans that are defined as time limited trial plans. Otherwise the field is disabled.
8 Click Save.
The virtual portal is assigned to the subscription plan.
Adding Global Add-ons to Virtual Portals

To add global add-ons to a virtual portal
1 Access the Virtual Portal Manager.
2 If the virtual portal is a reseller portal, select the Provision quotas for this virtual portal
check box.
4 To add an add-on for the virtual portal, do the following:
a In the drop-down list, select the desired add-on.
b Click Add.
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The global add-on appears in the list box.
c In the add-on's row in the list box, click in the Valid For column, then click
A calendar appears.
d Select the date on which the add-on subscription should end.
5 To remove an add-on from the virtual portal, in the add-on's row in the list box, click
.
The add-on is removed.
6 Click Save.
The virtual portal is assigned to the add-ons.
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Exporting Virtual Portals to Excel

You can export a list of user virtual portals and their details to a Comma Separated Values
(*.csv) file on your computer, which you can open with Microsoft Excel.
To export virtual portals to Excel
1 In the navigation pane, click Main > Portals.
The virtual portals are exported.
Deleting Virtual Portals

Warning
When a virtual portal is deleted, all of its contents are deleted as well. Deleted
portals cannot be recovered.
To delete a virtual portal
In the Main > Portals page, select the desired portal's row, then click Delete Portal.
Access the Virtual Portal Manager, then click Delete.
2 Click Yes.
The virtual portal and all of its contents are deleted.
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Managing Servers
Global administrators can manage the servers on which CTERA Portal is installed.
This chapter explains how to manage servers.
In This Chapter
Accessing the Server Manager -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 268
Editing Server General Settings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 269
Configuring a Server as a Catalog Node --------------------------------------------------------------------- 271
Editing Server SMTP Settings ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 271
Viewing Connected Devices ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 273
Monitoring Server Activity ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 275
Viewing Server Tasks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 276
Viewing Servers' Statuses--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 279
Restarting Servers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 280
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Accessing the Server Manager

Tasks related to managing and monitoring a server are performed in the Server Manager.
To access the Server Manager
1 In the navigation pane, click Main > Servers.
The Main > Servers page appears, displaying all servers.

Select the desired server's row and click View.
Click on the desired server's name.
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The Server Manager opens displaying the General Settings tab.
Editing Server General Settings

You can edit a server's settings, including configuring a server as a catalog node and/or
application server, setting the public IP address of the server, and the IP address to which
each virtual portal's DNS should resolve. This allows you to restrict specific portals to be
accessible only from a specific network interface.
To edit a server's general settings
1 Access the Server Manager.
See Accessing the Server Manager (on page 268).
2 In the Name field, type a unique identifier for the server.
3 To configure the server to act as an application server, select the Act as application
server checkbox. An application server accepts CTTP connections from devices and HTTPS
connections from end users and CTERA Mobile. If the checkbox is unchecked, this server
will not allow any client logins.
4 To configure the server to act as a catalog node, select the Catalog Node checkbox. A
catalog node is a database server used to store file metadata.
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5 To declare that the server's default IP address has a public Network Address Translation
(NAT) address, check the Public NAT Address checkbox and type the public IP address in
the field. This controls the default IP address of this server that is exposed using DNS.
6 By default, the portal listens to virtual portals on the default address. You can optionally
bind specific virtual portals to other interfaces (specified by IP address) of the server,
which will cause this IP address to be published by the DNS server, and will prevent
access to the specified portal via other IP addresses of the server. To set custom address
mappings, do the following:
a Select the Custom Address Mappings check box.
The Custom Address Mappings table is enabled.
b For each virtual portal that should be bound to an IP address of the server, do the
following:
1 In the virtual portal's row, click in the IP Address field, then type the IP address to
be translated. This should be the IP address of the local interface which should
accept connections for clients of the specified virtual portal.
To bind this virtual portal to the default IP address, do not enter a value in this
field.
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2 If NAT is used, and the public IP address of the interface differs from the private IP
address, click in the NAT IP Address field in the virtual portal's row, and then type
the IP address to which the original IP address should be translated. This public
address will be published by the CTERA Portal DNS server.
To specify that the public IP address is equal to the private IP address, do not
enter a value in this field.
7 Click Save.
Configuring a Server as a Catalog Node

CTERA Portal supports multiple catalog nodes (metadata database servers). The Server
Manager enables you to configure a server to act as a catalog node.
To configure a CTERA Portal server to act as a catalog node
2 Select the Catalog Node checkbox.
3 Click Save.
Editing Server SMTP Settings

You can override global mail server settings for the server. For information on global mail
server settings, see Configuring Global Mail Server Settings (on page 45).
To edit a server's SMTP settings
2 Click the SMTP Settings tab.
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The SMTP Settings tab appears.

4 Click Save.
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Table 55: Server Manager SMTP Settings Fields

In this field...
Do this...
SMTP Settings
Select this option to override global mail server settings.

The remaining fields are enabled.
SMTP Server
Type the outgoing mail server address for sending email

messages from the CTERA Portal to users.
SMTP Port
Type the port number for sending email messages from the
Enable TLS
Select this option to enable using Transport Layer Security (TLS)

encryption for SMTP connections.
Your SMTP server must support TLS, in order to use this
feature.
Server requires authentication
Select this option if the SMTP server requires authentication.
Username
Type the user name that the CTERA Portal should use when
Password
Type the password that the CTERA Portal should use when
Viewing Connected Devices

You can view information about a server's currently connected devices.
To view a server's currently connected devices

2 Click the Clients tab.
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The Clients tab appears.
For information on the Client tab fields, see the following table.
Table 56: Server Clients Fields
This field...
Displays...
Name
The name of the client device.
Owner
The name of the client device's owner.
Total In
The total CTTP traffic sent from the client device to the virtual portal.
Total Out
The total CTTP traffic sent from the virtual portal to the client device.
Average In
The average speed (throughput) of traffic sent from the client device
to the virtual portal in bytes/second.
Average Out
The average speed (throughput) of traffic sent from the virtual portal
to the client device in bytes/second.
In Backup
Indicates whether the client device is currently backing up files to the

CTERA Portal. Devices in backup are marked with the
icon;
otherwise, no icon appears.

Connected Since
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Monitoring Server Activity

You can view charts displaying a server's activity data.
To view a server's activity

2 Click the Activity tab.
The Activity tab appears.
For information on the charts displayed, see the following table.
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Table 57: Server Activity Charts

This chart...
Displays...
Load Average
The server's average load over time.

A server's load is the number of currently running processes that are
using, or waiting to use, the CPU.
Java RAM Usage (MB)
The server's Java RAM usage in MB over time.
Storage Traffic In
The incoming storage traffic in KB/second over time.
(KB/Second)
Storage Traffic Out
The outgoing storage traffic in KB/second over time.
(KB/Second)
Storage Operation In
The number of read operations performed by the CTERA Portal on
(IO/Second)
cloud storage nodes.
Storage Operation Out
The number of store operations performed by the CTERA Portal on
(IO/Second)
cloud storage nodes.
CTTP Traffic In (KB/Second)
The incoming CTTP traffic in KB/second over time.
CTTP Traffic Out
The outgoing CTTP traffic in KB/second over time.
(KB/Second)
Blocks Verification Counter
The number of block verifications per minute. Block verifications are
(OPP/Minute)
executed when the portal is executing a consistency check as part of

system maintenance.
Open Database Connections The number of open database connections over time.
Logged In Users
The number of CTERA Portal administrators logged in over time.
Connected Devices
The number of connected client devices over time.
Viewing Server Tasks

You can view the server's currently running tasks and completed tasks.
To view a server's tasks

2 Click the Tasks tab.
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The Tasks tab appears.
3 Do any of the following:

To view currently running tasks, clicks the Running Tasks sub-tab.
To view completed tasks, clicks the Recently Completed sub-tab.
To view scheduled tasks that have not yet been started, clicks the Scheduled Tasks
sub-tab.
The relevant information appears. For information on the fields displayed, see the
following table.
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Table 58: Server Tasks Fields

This field...
Displays...
Task
The type of task. This can be any of the following:

Unused block cleaner
Agent licensing refresh
Alert sender
FSCK
Inactive account cleaner
Expired invitations cleaner
Logs Cleaner
Generate user notifications
Notification suppress cleaner
Report generator
Snapshot consolidator
Snapshot cleaner
Storage usage calculator
Certificate update
Update user accounts
Status
The task's status. This can be any of the following:

. Completed successfully.
. In progress.
. Failed.
This field is not relevant for scheduled tasks.
Start
The date and time at which the task started or is scheduled to start.
Duration
The amount of time the task took, or has taken so far.

Progress
The task's progress.

Message
Additional information about the task.

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Viewing Servers' Statuses

You can view the current status of servers.
To view servers' statuses

1 In the navigation pane, click Main > Servers.
The Main > Servers page appears, displaying all servers.
The Status column displays the current status of each server (Connected / Not
Connected).
3 Click the Status tab.
The Status tab appears.
For information on the Status tab fields, see the following table.
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Table 59: Server Manager Status Fields

In this field...
Do this...
Storage Pools
The status and amount of free storage on each server storage

pool.
This field appears only if the CTERA Portal is installed on the
OpenSolaris platform.
Address
The server's domain name followed by its IP address.
DB Connected
States whether the DB is connected to the CTERA Portal

application.
Main DB Server
States whether the server is the main DB server of the CTERA

Portal installation.
Operating System
The server's operating system.
RAM
The server's RAM followed by the amount of free space.
Number of CPUs
The number of CPUs on the server.
Portal Version
The CTERA Portal version installed on the server.
Image Version
The version number of the server image.
Uptime
The number of days and hours that the server has been up.
Tomcat Uptime
The number of days and hours that the application server

(Tomcat) has been up.
Restarting Servers
CTERA Portal servers can be restarted from the CTERA Portal web page.
To restart a server
2 Select the server you want to restart.
3 Click Restart.
The server is restarted.
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Managing Firmware Images
Each device (CTERA appliance or CTERA Agent) in the CTERA Portal system is installed with a
firmware image that suits the device platform. (For convenience, we refer to CTERA Agent
software packages as a type of "firmware").
This chapter explains how to manage firmware images.
In This Chapter
Uploading Firmware Images ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 282
Viewing Firmware Images -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 283
Marking a Firmware Image as the Current Firmware Image------------------------------------------- 283
Deleting Firmware Images-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 284
Viewing Devices that Use a Specific Firmware Image --------------------------------------------------- 284
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Uploading Firmware Images

To upload a firmware image
1 In the navigation pane, click Main > Firmware Repository.
The Main > Firmware Repository page appears, displaying all firmware images.
2 Click Upload.
The Upload Firmware Wizard opens displaying the Upload Firmware dialog box.
3 Click Upload and browse to the desired *.tgz file.

The firmware image is uploaded to the relevant device platform category.
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At the end of the upload process, the Completing the Upload Firmware Wizard screen
appears.
4 Click Finish.
Viewing Firmware Images

To view all firmware images in the system
In the navigation pane, click Main > Firmware Repository.
The Main > Firmware Repository page appears.
The firmware images and their device platform categories are displayed in a tree. The
current firmware image for each platform is marked with a
image sizes are specified.
icon, and the firmware
Marking a Firmware Image as the Current Firmware Image

When you mark a firmware image as the current firmware image, all devices of the relevant
device platform that are set to automatically download firmware images will download this
firmware image.
There can only be one current firmware image per device platform.
To mark a firmware image as the current firmware image
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The selected firmware image becomes the current firmware image and is marked with
the
icon.
To mark a firmware image as not current

The selected firmware image is marked with the
icon.
Deleting Firmware Images

To delete a firmware image
3 Click Delete.
4 Click Yes.
The firmware image is deleted.
Viewing Devices that Use a Specific Firmware Image

You can view all devices that are configured to use a specific firmware.
To view devices with a specific firmware configured
2 Click on the firmware image you want to search for.
3 Click Show devices.
The Main > Devices page appears, displaying the devices that are configured to use the
specified firmware.
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Tip
You can achieve the same results by searching for the desired firmware in the
Main > Device page. See Searching Tables (on page 22).
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Managing Storage Nodes
The CTERA Portal stores data on storage nodes. This chapter explains how to manage storage
nodes.
In This Chapter
Adding and Editing Storage Nodes --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 287
Viewing Storage Nodes------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 317
Deleting Storage Nodes ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 318
Adding and Editing Storage Nodes

To add or edit a storage node
1 In the navigation pane, click Main > Storage Nodes.
The Main > Storage Nodes page appears, displaying all storage nodes.
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To add a new storage node, click New.

To edit an existing storage node, select the desired node's row and then click Edit.
The Storage Node Wizard opens displaying the Storage Node Wizard dialog box.

4 Click Next.
If you selected Amazon S3, continue at Using an Amazon S3 Storage Node (on page
290).
If you selected Caringo Storage, continue at Using a Caringo Storage Node (on page
291).
If you selected Cleversafe, continue at Using a Cleversafe Storage Node (on page
295).
If you selected Cloudian, continue at Using a Cloudian Storage Node (on page 296).
If you selected CTERA Cloud FS, continue at Using a CTERA Cloud FS Storage Node
(on page 298).
If you selected Dell DX, continue at Using a Dell DX Object Storage Platform Storage
Node (on page 299).
If you selected DDN Web Object Scaler, continue at Using a DDN Web Object Scaler
Storage Node (see "Using a DDN Web Object Scaler (WOS) Storage Node" on page
302).
If you selected EMC Atmos, continue at Using an EMC Atmos Storage Node (on page
304).
If you selected Hitachi HCP, continue at Using a Hitachi Content Platform Storage
Node (on page 305).
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If you selected IBM GPFS, continue at Using an IBM GPFS Storage Node (on page
307).
If you selected MezeoCloud, continue at Using a MezeoCloud Storage Node (on page
309).
If you selected Nirvanix Cloud Storage Network, continue at Using a Nirvanix Cloud
Storage Network Storage Node (on page 310).
If you selected OpenStack Swift, continue at Using an OpenStack Swift Storage Node
(on page 312).
If you selected OpenStack Swift (KeyStone), continue at Using an OpenStack Swift
(KeyStone) Storage Node (on page 313).
If you selected Scality (S3 API), continue at Using a Scality (S3 API) Storage Node (on
page 314).
If you selected Scality RING, continue at Using a Scality RING Storage Node (on page
316).
Table 60: Storage Node Fields
In this field...
Do this...
Type
Select the storage node type.
Storage Node Name
Type a name (unique identifier) for the storage node.
Operation Mode
Choose the desired operation mode for the storage node. This
can be either of the following:
Read / Write. New data blocks can be stored on the
storage node.
Read-Only. New data blocks cannot be stored on the
storage node. Instead, they will be directed to storage
nodes that are in Read/Write mode.
Note: CTERA Portal will delete blocks that are deemed to be no
longer in use, even if the storage node is in Read-Only mode.
Dedicated to Portal
Select the checkbox if you want to dedicate the storage node to

one virtual portal. Select the virtual portal from the dropdown
list.
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Using an Amazon S3 Storage Node

The Amazon S3 dialog box appears.

2 Click Next.
3 Click Finish.
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Table 61: Amazon S3 Fields

In this field...
Do this...
Bucket Name
Type your Amazon S3 bucket.
Access Key ID
Type your Amazon S3 access key ID.
Secret Access Key
Type your Amazon S3 storage node's secret access key.
Endpoint
Type the endpoint name of the S3 service.

The default value is s3.amazonaws.com. Normally, this value
should not be changed.
Use HTTPS
Select this option to use HTTPS to connect with the storage

node.
Using a Caringo Storage Node

The Caringo Storage dialog box appears.
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1 Complete the fields using the relevant information in the following table.
If you selected Static Members in the Discover mode field, the fields change.
Do the following:
a Add each cluster member's address, by typing the cluster member's address in the
field provided, and then clicking Add.
b To delete a cluster member's address, click
in its row.
2 Click Next.
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A second Caringo Storage dialog box appears.
4 Click Next.
5 Click Finish.
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Table 62: Caringo Storage Fields

In this field...
Do this...
Discovery mode
Select the discovery method to use to detect cluster

members:
Use SCSP Proxy. Use automatic discovery.
Static Members. Specify cluster members manually.
Proxy Address
Type the IP address or DNS name of your Caringo Storage

Node SCSP Proxy Server.
Cluster Name
Type your Caringo Storage Node cluster name.
Use HTTPS only
Select this option to use only HTTPS to connect with the

storage node. If this option is not selected, HTTP will be used
instead.
Note: Enabling HTTPS reduces performance.
Use Named Objects
Select this option to use named objects. This is

recommended if multi-tenancy is required, (that is, if the
Caringo Storage Node cluster is shared by other applications
or portals). If this option is not selected, objects will be
stored as unnamed objects.
Domain
If Caringo Storage Node is segmented into multiple domains,

(each with its own security and authentication and each
subdivided into "buckets"), type the relevant domain's name.
Bucket
Type the name of your Caringo Storage Node bucket.

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Username
Type your user ID for accessing Caringo Storage Node.
Password
Type your password for accessing Caringo Storage Node.
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Using a Cleversafe Storage Node

The Cleversafe dialog box appears.

2 Click Next.
3 Click Finish.
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Table 63: Cleversafe Fields

In this field...
Do this...
Bucket Name
Type your Cleversafe bucket.
Access Key ID
Type your Cleversafe access key ID.
Secret Access Key
Type your Cleversafe storage node's secret access key.
Endpoint
Type the endpoint name of the Cleversafe service.
Use HTTPS

node.
Using a Cloudian Storage Node

The Cloudian dialog box appears.

2 Click Next.
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3 Click Finish.
Table 64: Cloudian Fields
In this field...
Do this...
Bucket Name
Type your Cloudian bucket.
Access Key ID
Type your Cloudian access key ID.
Secret Access Key
Type your Cloudian storage node's secret access key.
Endpoint
Type the endpoint name of the Cloudian service.
Use HTTPS

node.
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Using a CTERA Cloud FS Storage Node

When using a CTERA Cloud FS storage node, data blocks are stored in a specific folder in the
primary CTERA Portal server's local file system.
CTERA Portal servers set to secondary mode access the storage node by communicating
through the primary CTERA Portal server.
Tip
When using this type of storage node, it is recommended to set the

de-duplication block size to 512KB or larger.
The CTERA Cloud FS dialog box appears.

2 Click Next.
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3 Click Finish.
Table 65: CTERA Cloud FS Fields
In this field...
Do this...
Host Address
Type the host address of the primary server.
Folder Path
Type the path in where files should be stored in the local file
system.
Files per Folder
Type the maximum number of files to store in a folder.

Use fsync
Select this option to specify that blocks of data should be

flushed to disk immediately. Using fsync prevents data loss in
the event of a power failure.
Using a Dell DX Object Storage Platform Storage Node

The Dell DX dialog box appears.
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If you selected Static Members in the Discover mode field, the fields change.
Do the following:
a Add each cluster member's address, by typing the cluster member's address in the
field provided, and then clicking Add.
b To delete a cluster member's address, click
in its row.
2 Click Next.
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A second Dell DX dialog box appears.
4 Click Next.
5 Click Finish.
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Table 66: Dell DX Fields

In this field...
Do this...
Discovery mode
Select the discovery method to use to detect cluster members:

Use SCSP Proxy. Use automatic discovery.
Static Members. Specify cluster members manually.
Proxy Address
Type the IP address or DNS name of your Dell DX SCSP Proxy

Server.
Cluster Name
Type your Dell DX cluster name.
Use HTTPS

node. If this option is not selected, HTTP will be used instead.
Use Named Objects
Select this option to use named objects. This is recommended if

multi-tenancy is required, (that is, if the Dell DX cluster is
shared by other applications or portals). If this option is not
selected, objects will be stored as unnamed objects.
Domain
If Dell DX is segmented into multiple domains, (each with its

own security and authentication and each subdivided into
"buckets"), type the relevant domain's name.
Bucket
Type the name of your Dell DX bucket.

Username
Type your user ID for accessing Dell DX.
Password
Type your password for accessing Dell DX.
Using a DDN Web Object Scaler (WOS) Storage Node

The DDN Web Object Scaler dialog box appears.
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2 Click Next.
3 Click Finish.
Table 67: DDN Web Object Scaler Fields
In this field...
Do this...
Primary Node Address
Type the primary node address of your DDN Web Object Scaler
storage node.
Secondary Node Address
Type the secondary node address of your DDN Web Object

Scaler storage node.
Policy Name
Type the policy name of your DDN Web Object Scaler storage
node.
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Using an EMC Atmos Storage Node

The EMC Atmos dialog box appears.

2 Click Next.
3 Click Finish.
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Table 68: EMC Atmos Fields

In this field...
Do this...
Full Token Id
Type your EMC Atmos full token ID.
Access Point
Type the host name of the EMC Atmos storage node.
Shared Secret
Type your EMC Atmos shared secret.
Use HTTPS

node.
Using a Hitachi Content Platform Storage Node

The Hitachi HCP dialog box appears.

2 Click Next.
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3 Click Finish.
Table 69: Hitachi HCP Fields
In this field...
Do this...
Bucket Name
Type the name of your Hitachi HCP bucket.
User
Type your user ID for accessing Hitachi HCP.
Password
Type your password for accessing Hitachi HCP.
Use HTTPS

node. If this option is not selected, HTTP will be used instead.
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Using an IBM GPFS Storage Node

The IBM General Parallel File System (GPFS) is a high-performance cluster file system,
meaning that it provides concurrent access to a single file system or set of file systems from
multiple nodes. These nodes can be all be SAN attached, or a combination of SAN and
network attached. This enables high performance access to a common set of data, in order to
support a scale-out solution or provide a high availability platform.
When using CTERA Portal with IBM GPFS, CTERA Portal servers have active-active access to
the stored data. This means that each CTERA Portal server has equal and independent access
to the data stored by all other CTERA Portal servers. If one CTERA Portal server fails, another
server immediately and transparently takes its place.
In addition, the CTERA Portal database can be stored on the GPFS file system.
Tip

de-duplication block size to 512KB.
The IBM GPFS dialog box appears.

2 Click Next.
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3 Click Finish.
Table 70: IBM GPFS Fields
In this field...
Do this...
Storage Path
Type the path in where files should be stored in the GPFS file
system.
Files per Folder

Use fsync

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Using a MezeoCloud Storage Node

The MezeoCloud dialog box appears.

2 Click Next.
3 Click Finish.
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Table 71: MezeoCloud Fields

In this field...
Do this...
Bucket Name
Type your Mezeo bucket.
Access Key ID
Type your Mezeo access key ID.
Secret Access Key
Type your Mezeo storage node's secret access key.
Endpoint
Type the host name of the Mezeo storage node.
Use HTTPS

node.
Using a Nirvanix Cloud Storage Network Storage Node

The Nirvanix Cloud Storage Network dialog box appears.

2 Click Next.
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3 Click Finish.
Table 72: Nirvanix Cloud Storage Network Fields
In this field...
Do this...
Bucket Name
Type your Nirvanix Cloud Storage Network bucket.
Username
Type your user ID for accessing Nirvanix Cloud Storage

Network.
Password
Type your password for accessing Nirvanix Cloud Storage

Network.
Application Key
Type your Nirvanix Cloud Storage Network application key.
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Using an OpenStack Swift Storage Node

The OpenStack Swift dialog box appears.

2 Click Next.
3 Click Finish.
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Table 73: OpenStack Swift Fields

In this field...
Do this...
Bucket Name
Type your OpenStack Swift bucket.
Username
Type your user ID for accessing OpenStack Swift.
API Key
Type your OpenStack Swift API key.
Endpoint
Type the endpoint name of the OpenStack Swift service.
Using an OpenStack Swift (KeyStone) Storage Node

The OpenStack Swift (KeyStone) dialog box appears.

2 Click Next.
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3 Click Finish.
Table 74: OpenStack Swift (KeyStone) Fields
In this field...
Do this...
Bucket Name
Type your OpenStack Swift (Keystone) bucket.
Tenant
Type your OpenStack Swift (Keystone) tenant.
Username
Type your user ID for accessing OpenStack Swift (Keystone).
Password
Type your password for accessing OpenStack Swift (Keystone).
Authentication URL
Type your OpenStack Swift (Keystone) authentication URL.
Using a Scality (S3 API) Storage Node

The Scality (S3 API) dialog box appears.

2 Click Next.
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3 Click Finish.
Table 75: Scality (S3 API) Fields
In this field...
Do this...
Bucket Name
Type your Scality (S3 API) bucket.
Access Key ID
Type your Scality (S3 API) access key ID.
Secret Access Key
Type your Scality (S3 API) storage node's secret access key.
Endpoint
Type the endpoint name of the Scality (S3 API) service.
Use HTTPS

node.
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Using a Scality RING Storage Node

The Scality RING storage node is a high-performance cluster file system, meaning that it
provides concurrent access to a single file system or set of file systems from multiple nodes.
These nodes can be all be SAN attached, or a combination of SAN and network attached. This
enables high performance access to a common set of data, in order to support a scale-out
solution or provide a high availability platform.
When using CTERA Portal with Scality RING, CTERA Portal servers have active-active access to
the stored data. This means that each CTERA Portal server has equal and independent access
to the data stored by all other CTERA Portal servers. If one CTERA Portal server fails, another
server immediately and transparently takes its place.
In addition, the CTERA Portal database can be stored on the Scality RING file system.
Tip

de-duplication block size to 512KB.
The Scality RING dialog box appears.

2 Click Next.
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3 Click Finish.
Table 76: Scality RING Fields
In this field...
Do this...
Storage Path
Type the path in where files should be stored in the Scality

RING file system.
Files per Folder

Use fsync

Viewing Storage Nodes

To view all storage nodes in the system
In the navigation pane, click Main > Storage Nodes.
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Table 77: Storage Nodes Fields

This field...
Displays...
Name
The storage node's name.

To edit the storage node, click the storage node name. For further
details, see Adding and Editing Storage Nodes (on page 287).
Type
The storage node's type.
Bucket
The name of the storage node's bucket.
Operation Mode
The storage node's operation mode. This can be any of the following:
Read/Write
Read Only
Dedicated to
The name of a single virtual portal to which the storage node is

dedicated, if applicable.
Status
The storage node's current status. This can be either of the

following:
Connected
Not Connected
Note: The system will not attempt to store new blocks in storage
nodes that are not connected.
Storage Usage
The amount of storage used, followed by the amount of free space.

This field is relevant for CTERA storage nodes only.
Note: The system will not attempt to store new blocks in storage
nodes that are out of disk space.
Deleting Storage Nodes

To delete a storage node
1 In the navigation pane, click Main > Storage Nodes.
2 Select the desired storage node's row.
3 Click Delete.
4 Click Yes.
The storage node is deleted.
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Importing and Exporting Folders
(Seeding)
This chapter explains how to import and export customer's data to and from the CTERA
Portal.
In This Chapter
Importing Folders Over NFS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 321
Exporting Folders ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 334
Importing Folders Over NFS

When an end user has a lot of information to back up, the initial backup to the cloud can take
a long time. You can speed up initial backup for your customers by offering a backup seeding
service. Customers who are subscribed to this service can store the files they want to include
in the initial backup on a selected hard drive called a seeding hard drive, and then deliver the
seeding hard drive to you, the CTERA Portal owner.
Tip
The seeding hard drive can optionally be encrypted using strong encryption
(AES-256 + RSA) so even if the drive is lost, there is very little risk to the
customers sensitive information while in transit.
You then perform backup seeding, that is, you create the customer's initial backup by
importing folders directly from the hard drive you received.
The CTERA Portal includes a special utility for performing backup seeding over the NFS
protocol. The import is performed by attaching the seeding hard drive to a seeding station,
which is a CTERA Cloud Attached Storage appliance that is connected to the CTERA Portal's
LAN.
Tip
All CTERA Cloud Attached Storage appliance models are supported.

To import folders over NFS
1 Prepare for seeding.
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Importing and Exporting Folders (Seeding)
See Preparing for Seeding (on page 322).

Tip
You only need to perform this step once, in order to prepare the seeding station
and the seeding hard drive(s).
2 Perform seeding at the customer premises.
See Performing Seeding at the Customer Premises (on page 330).
3 Perform seeding import at the CTERA Portal Datacenter.
See Performing Seeding Import at the CTERA Portal Datacenter.
Preparing for Seeding

You only need to perform this step once, in order to prepare the seeding station and the
seeding hard drive(s).
To prepare for seeding
1 Connect the seeding station to the CTERA Portal's LAN.
2 Log in to the seeding station's Web interface.
3 Disable autosharing, by doing the following:
a In the Configuration tab's navigation pane, click Share > Shares.
The Share > Shares page appears.
b Click Autosharing.
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The External Volume Autosharing dialog box opens.
c Clear the Automatically share External volumes with these permissions check box.
d Click Finish.
4 Take the seeding hard drive and connect it to the seeding station.
5 Format the seeding hard drive, by doing the following:
a In the Configuration tab's navigation pane, click Storage > Arrays or Storage >
Volumes.
The relevant page appears.
b Click Storage Setup Wizard.
The Easy Storage Setup Wizard opens, displaying the Easy Storage Setup dialog box.
c Click Format next to the seeding hard drive.

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d Click Yes.
The drive is formatted, and all of its contents are erased.
e Click Next.
The Proposed Actions dialog box appears describing the changes.
Click Next.
g Click Finish.
6 Rename the new volume to "seeding", by doing the following:
a In the Configuration tab's navigation pane, click Storage > Volumes.
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The Storage > Volumes page appears.
b Click on the new volume's name.

The Logical Volume Wizard opens, displaying the Specify Volume Details dialog box.
c Click Next.
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The Name this Logical Volume dialog box appears.
d In the Volume Name field, type "seeding".

e Click Next.
Click Finish.
7 Create a new NFS-enabled share named "seeding" in the root of the "seeding" volume, by
doing the following:
a In the Configuration tab's navigation pane, click Share > Shares.
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The Share > Shares page appears.
b Click New Share.

The Network Share Wizard opens, displaying the Select a Folder to Share dialog box
appears.
c Select the "seeding" folder.

d Click Next.
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The Specify the Network Share Name dialog box appears.
e In the Network Share Name field, type "seeding".

f
Click Next.
The Sharing Protocols dialog box appears.
g Click Next.
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The NFS (UNIX File Sharing) dialog box appears.
h Select the Enable NFS access check box.

i
Add the CTERA Portal server's IP addresses as NFS clients, by doing the following:
1 Click New.
2 Click in the Host column and type the IP address.

3 Click in the Netmask column and edit the netmask.
4 Click in the Permission column and select the permitted level of access to the
network share via NFS.
j
Click Next.
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The Configure Permissions dialog box appears.
k Click Next.
Click Finish.
The network share is added.
8 Ship the seeding hard drive to the customer premises.
Performing Seeding at the Customer Premises

To perform seeding at the customer premises
1 Connect the seeding hard drive to the source appliance.
2 Select the files and folders you want to include in the initial backup.
Refer to the appliance User Guide, "Selecting Files and Folders for Cloud Backup".
These files and folders will be written to the seeding drive.
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3 Log in to the appliance's Web interface.

4 In the Configuration tab's navigation pane, click Cloud Backup > Control Panel.
The Control Panel page appears.
5 Click Seeding.
The Select seeding destination dialog box appears.
6 Choose the "seeding" volume.

7 To encrypt the seeding drive, select the Use encryption check box.
8 Click Finish.
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9 Click Yes.
The selected files and folders are written to the seeding drive.
Importing the Seeding Drive

You can import a portable seeding hard drive by mounting it on a local NFS server and
running the Seeding wizard.
To import a seeding hard drive
1 Mount your portable seeding hard drive on a locally accessible NFS server.
2 In the navigation pane, click Folders > Seeding.
The Folders > Seeding page appears, displaying all home folders.
3 Click Import. The Seeding wizard appears.
4 In the NFS Server field, enter the NFS Server's IP address or DNS name.
5 In the NFS Path field, enter the path to your seeding drive on the NFS server.
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6 Click Next.
The Confirmation screen appears.
7 Click Next.
Files are imported from the seeding hard drive, and the Importing Files window opens
displaying Running screen with a progress bar that tracks the operation's progress.
To stop the process, click Stop. To close the progress bar, while the process continues in
the background, click Continue in Background.
8 Click Close.
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Exporting Folders
You can perform large restore operations by exporting folders from the CTERA Portal onto a
portable hard drive or a new device, and delivering it to the customer.
To export folders
1 Mount a hard drive on one of the CTERA Portal servers.
2 In the command line, enter the following command:
telnet localhost
3 Enter the following command:
login admin admin username
Where username is your CTERA Portal global administrator user name.
You are prompted for your password.
4 Enter your password.
5 To export a snapshot of the folder other than the current one, do the following:
a Enter the following command:
snapshot list /portals/portal-name/backups/folder-name
Where:
portal-name is the name of the virtual portal on which the desired backup folder
is located.
folder-name is the name of the backup folder for which you want to view a list of
snapshots.
A list of folder snapshots appears, for example:
1351722386000 - 01.11.2012 12-26-26 AM
1351724574000 - 01.11.2012 1-02-54 AM
1351796267000 - 01.11.2012 8-57-47 PM
1351864966000 - 02.11.2012 4-02-46 PM
b Take note of the ID of the snapshot you want to export.

The snapshot ID is the long number at the beginning of each row.
6 Enter the following command:
export-folder /portals/portal-name/backups/folder-type path destination-path
[snapshot-ID]
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Where:
portal-name is the name of the virtual portal on which the desired backup folder is
located.
folder-type is the folder's type: either "backups" or "homeFolders".
path is the path within the cloud folder to export.
All files and subfolders located under this path will be exported. Use a slash "/" to
export the entire cloud folder.
destination-path is the path to the hard drive.
snapshot-ID is the ID of the snapshot you want to export. If you do not include this
parameter, the current snapshot will be exported.
If the folder is passphrase-protected, you are prompted to enter a passphrase. Enter
you passphrase.
The folder is exported to the selected destination folder.
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Monitoring the CTERA Portal
This chapter explains how to use the Status Dashboard, CTERA Portal reports, CTERA Portal
logs, and other means to monitor your CTERA Portal.
In order to monitoring an individual virtual portal, perform these tasks within the desired
portal. In order to monitor all virtual portals in the system, these tasks must be performed in
the Global Administration View.
In This Chapter
Viewing the Status Dashboard -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 337
Viewing Reports--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 341
Configuring Logging ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 356
Viewing Logs ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 359
Clearing Logs ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 375
Using CTERA Portal Email Notifications --------------------------------------------------------------------- 375
Using Email Alerts ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 382
Viewing the Status Dashboard

The Status Dashboard provides an overview of the CTERA Portal's current status, including
the following:
The amount of cloud storage provisioned and used
The number of CTERA Agent licenses provisioned and used
The connection status of all device types in the CTERA Portal system
The number of new devices and users in the CTERA Portal system
To view the Status Dashboard
In the navigation pane, click Main > Dashboard.
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The Main > Dashboard page appears.
For information on the fields displayed, see the following table.

Tip
The data is automatically refreshed, every few seconds.
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Table 78: Status Dashboard Fields

This field...
Displays...
Cloud Storage (GB)

Limit
The total amount of cloud storage available for this virtual portal in GB,
over the past month. This field does not appear in the Global
Provisioned
The amount of cloud storage space provisioned to portal users in GB,

over the past month.
In Use
The amount of cloud storage space used by portal users in GB, over the
past month.
Users
New (last 30 days)
The number of new users added to the system, over the last 30 days.
New today
The number of new users added to the system today.
Total
The total number of users in the system, over the past month.

Limit
The total number of CTERA Server Agent licenses available for this
virtual portal, over the past month. This field does not appear in the
Provisioned
The number of CTERA Server Agent licenses provisioned to portal users,

In Use
The number of CTERA Server Agent licenses used by portal users, over
the past month.
Workstation Backup
Licenses
Limit
The total number of CTERA Workstation Backup licenses available for

this virtual portal, over the past month. This field does not appear in the
Provisioned
The number of CTERA Workstation Backup licenses provisioned to portal

users, over the past month.
In Use
The number of CTERA Workstation Backup licenses used by portal users,


Limit
The total number of CTERA Cloud Drive licenses available for this virtual
portal, over the past month. This field does not appear in the Global
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Provisioned
The number of CTERA Cloud Drive licenses provisioned to portal users,

In Use
The number of CTERA Cloud Drive licenses used by portal users, over the
past month.
Appliance Licenses
Limit
The total number of CTERA Appliance licenses available for this virtual
portal, over the past month. This field does not appear in the Global
Provisioned
The number of CTERA Appliance licenses provisioned to portal users,

In Use
The number of CTERA Appliance licenses used by portal users, over the
past month.
Devices by Type
Connected
The number of devices that are currently connected to the CTERA

Portal.
Disconnected
The number of devices that are currently not connected to the CTERA
Portal.
Total
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The total number of devices defined in the CTERA Portal.
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Viewing Reports
The CTERA Portal provides the following reports:
Table 79: CTERA Portal Reports
This report...
Is available for...
Folders
Reseller portals, team portals
Folder Groups
Devices
Reseller portals, team portals, the CTERA Portal system
Plans
Plans by Portal
The CTERA Portal system
Global Plans
Add-ons
Reseller portals
Add-ons by Portal
Global Addons
Storage
Portals
To view a report for the CTERA Portal system, you must open the report in the Global
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Viewing the Folders Report

You can view detailed information about all folders, including deleted ones.
To view the Folders Report
1 In the navigation pane, click Main > Reports.
The Main > Reports page appears displaying the Folders Report.
If a CTERA Portal administrator already ran the Folders Report, the report is displayed,
and the report date appears in the Last run on field. For information on the fields
displayed, see the following table.
2 If the Last run on field displays "Never", or if you would like to update the displayed
report, click Run.
A new report is generated. For information on the fields displayed, see the following
table.
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Table 80: Folders Report Fields

This field...
Displays...
Name
The folder's name.
Folder Type
The type of folder (Home Folder/Backup Folder)
Owner
The folder's owner.
Deleted
Indicates whether the folder has been deleted (true/false).
Storage Quota Usage
The percentage of storage quota used.
All Snapshots Size
The size of all snapshots of this folder.
Files in Upload Size
The size of files that are currently being uploaded to this folder.
Current Snapshot Files
The number of files in the current snapshot (that is, not including
previous versions that are stored for this folder).
All Snapshots Files
The total number of files in all snapshots (that is, including previous
versions that are stored for this folder).
Files in Upload
The number of files that are currently being uploaded to this folder.
Bad Files
The number of corrupted files in the folder.
Snapshots Number
The number of previous versions currently stored for this folder.
Viewing the Folder Groups Report

You can view detailed information about all folder groups, including deleted ones.
To view the Folder Groups Report
The Main > Reports page appears.
2 In the Topic drop-down list, select Folder Groups.
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The Folder Groups Report is displayed.
If a CTERA Portal administrator already ran the Folder Groups Report, the report is
displayed, and the report date appears in the Last run on field. For information on the
fields displayed, see the following table.
report, click Run.
table.
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Table 81: Folder Groups Report Fields

This field...
Displays...
Name
The folder group's name.
Owner
The folder group's owner.
Deleted
Indicates whether the folder group has been deleted (true/false).
Storage Space
The amount of storage space consumed by this folder group.
Mapfile Overhead
The amount of space consumed by the mapfiles for this folder group.
Uncompressed Files Size
The uncompressed size of the files in folders belonging to this folder

group.
The size of files that are currently being uploaded to folders belonging
to this folder group.
Number of Folders
The number of folders belonging to this folder group.
Uploaded Blocks
The number of uploaded blocks in folders belonging to this folder

group.
In Upload Blocks
The number of blocks currently being uploaded to folders belonging

In Upload Mapfiles
The number of mapfiles currently being uploaded to folders belonging

Missing Blocks
The number of missing blocks in folders belonging to this folder

group.
Total Mapfiles
The total number of mapfiles in folders belonging to this folder group.
Missing Mapfiles
The number of missing mapfiles in folders belonging to this folder

group.
Total Files
The total number of files in folders belonging to this folder group.
Files in Upload
The number of files that are currently being uploaded to folders

belonging to this folder group.
Bad Files
The number of corrupted files in folders belonging to this folder

group.
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Viewing the Devices Report

You can view detailed information about all devices.
To view the Devices Report
2 In the Topic drop-down list, select Devices.
The Devices Report is displayed.
If a CTERA Portal administrator already ran the Devices Report, the report is displayed,
report, click Run.
table.
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Table 82: Devices Report Fields

This field...
Displays...
Device Type
The device type.
Amount
The number of devices of this type.
Connected
The number of devices of this type that are currently connected to the
CTERA Portal.
Not Connected
The number of devices of this type that are currently not connected
to the CTERA Portal.
Total Local Storage
The total amount of local storage space reported by devices of this

type.
Free Local Storage
The amount of local storage space that is currently reported as

unused by devices of this type.
Viewing the Plans, Global Plans, or Plans by Portal Report

You can view detailed information about all plans.
To view the Plans Report
2 In the Topic drop-down list, select Plans.
The Plans Report is displayed.
If a CTERA Portal administrator already ran the Plans Report, the report is displayed, and
the report date appears in the Last run on field. For information on the fields displayed,
see the following table.
report, click Run.
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table.
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Table 83: Plans Report Fields

This field...
Displays...
Portal
The name of the portal. This field is relevant to the Plans by Portal
report only.
Name
The plan's name.
Subscriptions
The number of subscriptions to the plan.
Expired
The number of expired subscriptions to the plan.
Total Storage Space
The total amount of cloud storage space quota included in all

instances of this plan, in GB.
For example, if 10 users are subscribed to a plan with 10GB storage
space, this field will display 100GB.
The total number of server agent licenses included in all instances of

this plan.
For example, if 10 users are subscribed to a plan with 5 server agent
licenses, this field will display 50.
Workstation Backup
The total number of workstation backup licenses included in all
Licenses
instances of this plan.

For example, if 10 users are subscribed to a plan with 10 workstation
backups, this field will display 100.
Appliance Licenses
The total number of appliance licenses included in all instances of this

plan.
For example, if 10 users are subscribed to a plan with 10 appliance
The total number of Cloud Drive licenses included in all instances of

this plan.
For example, if 10 users are subscribed to a plan with 10 Cloud Drive
CloudPlug
The number of CloudPlug appliances owned by users who are

subscribed to the plan.
C200
The number of C200 appliances owned by users who are subscribed

to the plan.
C400

to the plan.
C800

to the plan.
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Cloud Server Agent
The number of server agents in Cloud Agent mode owned by users

who are subscribed to the plan.
Cloud Workstation Backup
The number of workstation agents in Cloud Agent mode owned by

users who are subscribed to the plan.
Viewing the Add-Ons, Global Add-ons, or Add-ons by Portal Report

You can view detailed information about all add-ons.
To view the Add-Ons Report
2 In the Topic drop-down list, select Add-Ons.
The Add-Ons Report is displayed.
If a CTERA Portal administrator already ran the Add-Ons Report, the report is displayed,
report, click Run.
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Table 84: Add-Ons Report Fields

This field...
Displays...
Portal
The name of the portal. This field is relevant to the Add-ons by Portal
report only.
Name
The add-on's name.
Amount in use
The number of add-ons that are currently in use.
Storage Quota
The amount of storage space included in a single instance of this

add-on.
Total Storage Space
The total amount of storage space included in all instances of this

add-on.
For example, if the storage quota of a single instance of this add-on is
10GB, and the add-on is used 15 times, then the total storage space is
150GB.
The total number of server agent licenses included in all instances of

this add-on.
Workstation Backup
The total number of workstation backup licenses included in all
Licenses
instances of this add-on.
Appliance Licenses
The total number of appliance licenses included in all instances of this

add-on.
The total number of Cloud Drive licenses included in all instances of

this add-on.
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Viewing the Storage Report

Global administrators can view information about the CTERA Portal storage nodes.
To view the Storage Report

The Main > Reports page appears displaying the Storage Report.
If a CTERA Portal administrator already ran the Storage Report, the report is displayed,
report, click Run.
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Table 85: Storage Report Fields

This field...
Displays...
Location Type
The storage node's type.
Name
The name of the storage node.
Deleted
Indicates whether the storage node has been deleted (true/false).
Storage Space
The amount of storage space available on this storage node.
Mapfile Overhead
The amount of space consumed by the mapfiles for this server.
Uploaded Blocks
The number of uploaded blocks in this storage node.
Missing Blocks
The number of missing blocks in this storage node.
Total Mapfiles
The total number of mapfiles in this storage node.
Missing Mapfiles
The number of missing mapfiles in this storage node.
In Upload Blocks
The number of blocks currently being uploaded to the storage node.
In Upload Mapfiles
The number of mapfiles currently being uploaded to this storage

node.
Viewing the Portals Report

Global administrators can view information about all virtual portals.
To view the Portals Report

2 In the Topic drop-down list, select Portals.
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The Portals Report is displayed.
If a CTERA Portal administrator already ran the Portals Report, the report is displayed,
report, click Run.
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Table 86: Portals Report Fields

This field...
Displays...
Name
The virtual portal's name.
Deleted
Indicates whether the virtual portal has been deleted (true/false).
Storage Quota
The storage quota allocated to this virtual portal by the global

administrator.
If the quota is unlimited, this field will be empty.
Storage Quota Allocated
For a reseller portal, this field displays the sum of all storage quotas
allocated to users in the portal.
For a team portal, this field displays the sum of all storage quotas
currently being used by users in the portal.
Storage Quota Usage
The amount of storage space used in this virtual portal.
All Snapshots Size
The size of all snapshots of this virtual portal.
Physical Storage
The amount of physical storage used by this virtual portal.
The size of files that are currently being uploaded to this virtual portal.
Current Snapshot Files
The number of files in the current snapshot (that is, not including
previous versions that are stored for this virtual portal).
All Snapshots Files
The total number of files in all snapshots (that is, including previous
versions that are stored for this virtual portal).
Files in Upload
The number of files that are currently being uploaded to this virtual
portal.
Bad Files
The number of corrupted files in the virtual portal.
Snapshots Number
The number of previous versions currently stored for this virtual

portal.
Server Agents (quota)
The quota of server agents allocated to this virtual portal by the global
administrator.
Server Agents (allocated)
For a reseller portal, this field displays the sum of all server agent
quotas allocated to users in the portal.
For a team portal, this field displays the sum of all server agent quotas
Server Agents (used)
The number of server agent licenses used in this virtual portal.
Workstation Backups
The quota of workstation backups allocated to this virtual portal by
(quota)
the global administrator.

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Workstation Backups
For a reseller portal, this field displays the sum of all workstation
(allocated)
backup quotas allocated to users in the portal.

For a team portal, this field displays the sum of all workstation backup
quotas currently being used by users in the portal.
Workstation Backups (used) The number of workstation backup licenses used in this virtual portal.
Appliances (used)
The total number of appliances defined in the virtual portal.
Cloud Drives (quota)
The quota of cloud drives allocated to this virtual portal by the global
administrator.
Cloud Drives (allocated)
For a reseller portal, this field displays the sum of all cloud drive
quotas allocated to users in the portal.
For a team portal, this field displays the sum of all cloud drive quotas
Cloud Drives (used)
The number of cloud drive licenses used in this virtual portal.
Connected Devices
The number of devices that are currently connected to the virtual

portal.
Total Users
The total number of users defined in the virtual portal.
Exporting Reports to Excel

You can export reports to a CSV file that can be opened in Microsoft Excel.
To export a report
1 View the desired report.
See Viewing Reports (on page 341).
The report is exported to a CSV file.
Configuring Logging
You can configure CTERA Portal Event Log settings, as well as Syslog settings.
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Configuring Event Log Settings

Global administrators can configure Event Log settings for all virtual portals.
To configure Event Log settings

1 In the navigation pane, click Logs & Alerts > Log Settings.
The Logs & Alerts > Log Settings page appears.
2 In the Keep logs for field, type the number of days that the CTERA Portal should store
logs.
3 In the Log Level drop-down list, select the minimum log level to display in the CTERA
Portal.
For example, if you select Critical, then only Alert, Critical, and Emergency logs will appear
in the CTERA Portal.
The default value is Info.
4 In the Cloud Drive Logging field, select one of the following:
None. Disables logging of reads and writes to the cloud drive.
Reads and Writes. Enables logging of reads and writes to the cloud drive, for auditing
purposes.
Writes Only. Enables logging of only writes to the cloud drive.
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5 Click Save.
Configuring Syslog Logging

If desired, you can configure the CTERA Portal to send logs to a Syslog server located on your
network or on the Internet.
This task must be performed in the Global Administration View.
Tip
You can obtain free Syslog servers online, such as Kiwi Syslog Daemon
(http://www.kiwisyslog.com/).
To configure Syslog logging
1 In the navigation pane, click Logs & Alerts > Syslog.
The Logs & Alerts > Syslog page appears.

3 Click Save.
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Table 87: Syslog Fields

In this field...
Do this...
Use Syslog
Select this option to enable Syslog logging.

You must complete the rest of the fields.
Minimum Event Severity
Select the minimum log level to send to the Syslog server.

For example, if you select Critical, then only Alert, Critical, and
Emergency logs will be sent to the Syslog server.
The default value is Info.
Server Address
Type the Syslog server IP address.
Syslog Port
Type the Syslog server's port number.

Viewing Logs
The CTERA Portal Log Viewer includes the following log categories:
Table 88: Log Categories
This log category...
Displays...
And is available for...
System
All events that do not belong in
Reseller portals, team portals, the
other log categories.
CTERA Portal system
Events related to synchronization
Local Backup
operations.
Cloud Backup
Events related to backup or restore Reseller portals, team portals

operations.
Cloud Sync
Events related to cloud drive
synchronization operations
Access
Events related to user access to the Reseller portals, team portals, the
CTERA Portal.
CTERA Portal system
Changes to the CTERA Portal
Reseller portals, team portals, the
configuration.
CTERA Portal system
Agents
Events related to CTERA Agents.
Accounting
Events related to accounting.
Reseller portals
Audit
Viewing logs for the CTERA Portal system is available in the Global Administration View.
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Viewing System Logs

To view System logs
In the navigation pane, click Logs & Alerts > Event Log.
The Logs & Alerts > Event Log page appears displaying the System logs.
Tip
If the Log Viewer is already open and a different log category is displayed, in the
Select Topic drop-down list, select System.
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Table 89: System Log Fields

This field...
Displays...
Type
An icon indicating the log level. See Log Levels (page 361).
Origin Type
The type of entity sent the event log (a virtual portal or a device).
Origin
The entity that sent the event log.

To edit or view details about the entity, click the entity name.
Date
The date and time at which the event occurred.
Portal User
The portal administrator or user who triggered the event.

To edit the administrator or user, click their user name. For further
details, see Managing Administrators (on page 119).
Device User
The user who triggered the event on the device.

This field is relevant only for events where the origin is a device.
Details
A description of the event.
More Info
Additional information about the event.
Table 90: Log Levels

Icon
Log Level
Error
Warning
Info
Debug
Viewing Local Backup Logs

To view Local Backup logs
1 In the navigation pane, click Logs & Alerts > Event Log.
2 In the Select Topic drop-down list, select Local Backup.
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The Local Backup logs appear. For information on the displayed fields, see the following
tables.
3 To view files for which errors occurred during a synchronization operation, click on the
desired operation in the upper pane.
Information about files for which errors occurred appears in the lower pane.
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Table 91: Local Backup Log Upper Pane Fields

This field...
Displays...
Type
An icon indicating the log level. See Log Levels.
Origin Type
Origin

Start Time
The date and time at which the synchronization operation started.
Name
The name of the sync rule.
Mode
The operation mode, Backup or Restore.
Type
The type of synchronization, manual or scheduled.
Level
The synchronization level, Files or Sync.
Duration
The amount of time the synchronization operation took.
Result
The result of the synchronization operation.
Files
The number of files at the synchronization source.
Size
The total size of the files at the synchronization source in MB.
Transferred Files
The number of files transferred to the synchronization destination.
Transferred Size
The total size of the files transferred to the synchronization

destination in MB.
More Info
Additional information about the synchronization operation.
Table 92: Local Backup Log Lower Pane Fields

This field...
Displays...
Type
An icon indicating that an error occurred during synchronization (

).
File Name
The name of the file for which an error occurred.
Path
The path to the file.
Result
More Info
Additional information about the synchronization operation.
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Viewing Cloud Backup Logs

To view Cloud Backup logs
2 In the Select Topic drop-down list, select Cloud Backup.
The Cloud Backup logs appear. For information on the displayed fields, see the following
table.
3 To view additional logging information for a backup operation, click on the desired
operation in the upper pane.
Information about files included in the backup operation appears in the lower pane.
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Table 93: Cloud Backup Log Upper Pane Fields

This field...
Displays...
Type
Origin Type
Origin

Start Time
The date and time at which the backup operation started.
Mode
The operation mode, Backup or Restore.
Type
The type of backup, manual or scheduled.
Duration
The amount of time the backup operation took.
Result
The result of the backup operation.
Files
The number of files to be backed up.
Size
The total size of the files to be backed up.
Transferred Files
The number of files transferred to cloud storage during the backup

operation.
Transferred Size
The size of the files transferred to cloud storage during the backup
operation.
Changed Files
The number of files that changed since the last backup operation.
Changed Size
The total size of the files that changed since the last backup
operation.
More Info
Table 94: Cloud Backup Log Lower Pane Fields

This field...
Displays...
Type
An icon indicating whether backup was successful (
Operation
The operation performed (create, delete, modify, or rename).
File Name
The name of the backed up file.
Path
The path to the backed up file.
Duration
The amount of time backup took for the file.
Size
The size of the file.
Transferred Size
The size of the file transferred to cloud storage.
Dedup Ratio
The de-duplication ratio for the file.
) or not (
).
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Result
The result of the backup operation.
More Info
Viewing Cloud Sync Logs

To view Cloud Sync logs
2 In the Select Topic drop-down list, select Cloud Sync.
The Cloud Sync logs appear. For information on the displayed fields, see the following
table.
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Table 95: Cloud Sync Log Fields

This field...
Displays...
Type
An icon indicating the log level. See Log Levels.
Origin Type
Origin

Operation
The synchronization operation performed:

New. A new file or directory was created.
Updated. A file or directory was updated.
Direction
The synchronization operation's direction:

In. From the cloud drive to the local drive.
Out. From the local drive to the cloud drive.
File Name
The name of the file transferred during the synchronization

operation.
Path
The path to the file transferred during the synchronization operation.
Start Time
The date and time at which the synchronization operation started.
Duration
The amount of time the synchronization operation took.
Size
The size of the synchronized file.
Transferred Size
The actual amount of data transferred.
Dedup Ratio
The de-duplication ratio for the file transferred during the

synchronization operation.
Result
More Info
Viewing Access Logs

To view Access logs
2 In the Select Topic drop-down list, select Access.
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The Access logs appear.
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Table 96: Access Log Fields

This field...
Displays...
Type
Action
The action type (login, logout, rename ...)
Origin Type
Origin

Date
Portal User

Device User

Protocol
The protocol used when triggering the event:

GUI
CIFS (Windows File Sharing)
AFP
FTP
NFS
RSync
CTERA Agent
WebDAV
Details
Client IP
The IP address from which the user triggered the event.
Target
The entity on which the action was performed.
More Info
Viewing Audit Logs

To view Audit logs
2 In the Select Topic drop-down list, select Audit.
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The Audit logs appear.

Table 97: Audit Log Fields
This field...
Displays...
Action
The action type. See Action Types (page 371).
Origin Type
Origin

Date
Portal User

Device User

Type
The type of setting that was affected by the action.

For example, if CTERA Portal administrator JohnS was deleted, this
column displays "PortalAdmin".
Target
The object that was affected by the action.

For example, if user JohnS was deleted, this column displays
"JohnS".
More Info
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Table 98: Action Types

Icon
Label
Description
Added
An object was added to the CTERA Portal.
Deleted
An object was deleted from the CTERA Portal.
Modified
An object was modified.
Formatted
A disk was formatted.
Disabled
A setting was disabled.
Enabled
A setting was enabled.
Viewing Agent Logs

To view Agents logs
2 In the Select Topic drop-down list, select Agents.
The Agents logs appear.
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Table 99: CTERA Agents Log Fields

This field...
Displays...
Type
Origin Type
Origin

Date
Source
The name of the CTERA Agent-installed computer that triggered the

event.
Details
More Info
Filtering Logs
You can filter the logs in a given log category according to one or more of the following:
Severity. Only those logs with a certain minimum log level will be displayed. This type of
filtering is available for all log categories.
Date. Only those logs on, before, or after a certain date will be displayed. This type of
filtering is available only for System, Access, and Audit log categories.
Origin Type. Only those logs sent by a certain type of entity (device or virtual portal) will
be displayed. This type of filtering is available for all log categories.
Origin. Only those logs sent by a specific entity will be displayed. This type of filtering is
available for all log categories.
User. Only those logs triggered by a specific user will be displayed. This type of filtering is
available only for System logs.
To filter logs
1 View the desired log category.
See Viewing Logs.
2 To filter according to severity, in the Minimum Severity drop-down list, select the
minimum log level to display in this category.
For example, if you select Warning, then only Warning and Error logs will be displayed.
3 To filter according to date:
a Mouse-over the Date column's heading, then click on the arrow that appears.
A drop-down list appears.
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b Mouse-over Filters, then mouse-over the desired date filter type.

A calendar appears.
c Click the desired date.

4 To filter according to origin type:
a Mouse-over the Origin Type column's heading, then click on the arrow that appears.
b Mouse-over Filters.
A list of origin types appears.
c Click the desired origin type.

5 To filter according to origin:
a Mouse-over the Origin column's heading, then click on the arrow that appears.
A field appears.
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c In the field, type the desired origin.

6 To filter according to user:
a Mouse-over the User column's heading, then click on the arrow that appears.
A field appears.
c In the field, type the desired name of the desired user's user account.
7 To remove a severity filter, set the Minimum Severity to Info.
8 To remove any other filter:
a Mouse-over the relevant column's heading, then click on the arrow that appears.
b Clear the Filters check box.
The filter is removed.
Exporting Logs to Excel

You can export logs to a CSV file that can be opened in Microsoft Excel.
To export logs
1 View the desired log category.
See Viewing Logs.
The logs in the current log category are exported to a CSV file.
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Clearing Logs
Global administrators can clear the logs of all virtual portals.
To clear all logs

1 In the navigation pane, click Logs & Alerts > Log Settings.
The Logs & Alerts > Log Settings page appears.
2 Click Clean Now.
Logs are cleared in all virtual portals.
Using CTERA Portal Email Notifications

You can configure the CTERA Portal to automatically send email notifications to end users and
administrators upon certain events.
Tip
In order to use notifications, the Email Sender Name must be configured in the
Settings > General page. See Overriding Global Portal Settings (see "Overriding
the Global Virtual Portal Settings" on page 67).
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Configuring Email Notifications

To configure CTERA Portal email notifications
1 In the navigation pane, click Settings > Email Notifications.
The Settings > Email Notifications page appears.

3 Click Save.
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Table 100: CTERA Portal Email Notification Fields

In this fields...
Do this...
User is over storage quota

cloud storage space is full.
User is over agents quota
Select this option to send a notification to end users when they

have exceeded the licensed number of CTERA Agents. This field
is relevant for reseller portals only.
Quota is
Select this option to send a notification to end users when the

cloud storage space is a certain percentage full, then type the
desired percentage in the field provided.
The default value is 90%
Add-on is about to expire in
Select this option to send a notification to end users when an

add-on to which they are subscribed will expire in a certain
number of days, then type the desired number of days in the
field provided.
The default value is 7 days. This field is relevant for reseller
portals only.
Trial is about to expire in

trial subscription will expire in a certain number of days, then
type the desired number of days in the field provided.
The default value is 7 days. This field is relevant for reseller
portals only.
Device not connected

device has not connected to the CTERA Portal for a certain
number of days, then type the desired number of days in the
field provided.
Password Recovery
Select this option to send a notification to end users when a

request is made to reset their password.
This notification is mandatory. It is always enabled and cannot
be disabled.
New User Notification
Select this option to send a notification to end users when an

account has been created for them by an administrator, inviting
them to use the portal. The email message contains the portal
address, as well as the username and password.
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Select this option to send a notification to end users after

registering with the CTERA Portal, and before activating their
account.
be disabled. This field is relevant for reseller portals only.
Email Change Confirmation
Select this option to send a notification to end users when a

request is made to change their email address.
be disabled.
Send monthly report on day
Select this option to send a monthly report to end users, which

includes the following information:
Account information
Storage statistics
Usage report
Details of all the user's devices
Information on the status of the user's cloud backups
Then use the arrows to specify the date on which reports
should be sent each month.
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Customizing Email Notification Templates

By default, each virtual portal inherits its email notification templates from the global
settings. If desired, you can customize the email notifications listed in Configuring Email
Notifications (on page 376), as well as the following email notifications:
Table 101: CTERA Portal Email Notification Templates
Notification
Description
Vouchers issued
A notification sent to end users when a voucher has been

issued to them.
A notification sent to end users after registering with the CTERA

Portal, but before activating their account.
Invoice Notification
A notification sent to end users with an invoice PDF attached.

This template allows customizing both the email message and
the PDF.
User is near quota limitation
A notification sent to end users when the amount of cloud

backup storage space used reaches or exceeds the percentage
specified in the Settings > Email Notifications page page's
Quota is field.
header
The HTML header that appears at the top of all notifications.
footer
The HTML footer that appears at the bottom of all notifications.
Device activated
A notification sent to end users when their device has been

activated.
You customize email notifications by modifying their templates. The email notifications are in
HTML format. This procedure is relevant for reseller portals only.
To customize CTERA Portal email notification templates
To customize configurable notifications only:
2 Next to the desired notification, click Customize.
To customize non-configurable notifications, or both configurable notifications and
non-configurable notifications:
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The Settings > Email Templates page appears.
The Notification Template Editor opens displaying the Message tab.
If the notification includes a PDF attachment, the Notification Template Editor will
include a PDF tab, as well.
2 Select the Customize Notification Template check box.
3 In the Subject field, type the text that should appear in the notification email's Subject
line.
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4 In the Message box, modify the template as desired.

5 To preview your changes, click Preview.
6 To edit a PDF attachment, do the following:
a Click the PDF File tab.
The PDF File tab appears.
b In the PDF box, modify the template as desired.

c To preview your changes, click Preview.
The PDF is downloaded to your computer.
7 To undo your unsaved changes, click Revert.
8 Click Save.
Reverting to Email Notification Default Settings

If you customized an email template, you can revert the template to its default settings.
To revert to an email notification's default settings
To revert configurable notifications only:
2 Next to the desired notification, click Customize.
To revert non-configurable notifications, or both configurable notifications and
non-configurable notifications:
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The Settings > Email Templates page appears.
The Notification Template Editor opens displaying the desired template.
2 Clear the Customize Notification Template check box.
3 Click Save.
Using Email Alerts

You can configure the CTERA Portal to automatically send email alerts to end users and
administrators upon certain CTERA Portal log messages.
Tip
In order to use notifications, the Email Sender Name must be configured in the
Settings > General page. See Overriding Global Portal Settings (see "Overriding
the Global Virtual Portal Settings" on page 67).
Adding and Editing Email Alerts

To add or edit an email alert
1 In the navigation pane, click Logs & Alerts > Email Alerts.
The Logs & Alerts > Email Alerts page appears.

To add a new email alert, click New.
To edit an existing email alert, select the email alert's row and click Edit.
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The Alert Rule Wizard opens displaying the Event Filter dialog box.

4 Click Next.
The Alert Name dialog box appears.
5 In the Alert Name field, type a name for the email alert.
6 In the Description field, type a description of the email alert.
7 Click Finish.
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Table 102: Alert Rule Event Filter Fields

In this field...
Do this...
Log Topic
Select the category of logs that should trigger the email alert.
For an explanation of the log categories, see Viewing Logs.
Alternatively, select Any to specify that any log category can
trigger the email alert.
Log Name
Select the name of the log that should trigger the email alert.
Alternatively, select Any to specify that any log can trigger the
email alert.
Origin Type
Select the entity from which a log must originate in order to

Alternatively, select Any to specify that any log can originate
from any entity in order to trigger the email alert.
Minimum Severity
Select the minimum severity a log must have in order to trigger

the email alert.
For an explanation of the log severities, see Log Levels (page
361).
Message Contains
Type the text that the log message must contain in order to
Viewing Email Alerts

To view all email alerts
In the navigation pane, click Logs & Alerts > Email Alerts.
The Logs & Alerts > Email Alerts page appears, displaying all email alerts.
Table 103: Email Alert Fields
This field...
Displays...
Name
The email alert's name.

To edit the email alert, click the alert's name. For further details, see
Adding and Editing Email Alerts (on page 382).
Description
384
A description of the email alert.
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Deleting Email Alerts

To delete an email alert
1 In the navigation pane, click Logs & Alerts > Email Alerts.
The Logs & Alerts > Email Alerts page appears, displaying all email alerts.
2 Select the desired email alert's row.
3 Click Delete.
4 Click Yes.
The email alert is deleted.
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Recovering CTERA Appliances after
Hard Drive Failures
This chapter is intended for CTERA Portal administrators. It describes how to replace CTERA
appliances and/or their disks, when a customer reports the following situations:
The appliance's hard disks are not working.
See Recovering from Hard Drive Failures (on page 388).
The appliance is not functioning properly.
See Recovering from Appliance Failures (on page 392).
The appliance is a total loss.
See Recovering from Total Loss (see "Recovering from Total Loss of an Appliance" on
page 398).
In This Chapter
Recovering from Hard Drive Failures ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 388
Recovering from Appliance Failures ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 392
Recovering from Total Loss of an Appliance --------------------------------------------------------------- 398
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Recovering from Hard Drive Failures
This chapter explains how to recover from a hard drive failure, while the appliance is
functioning properly.
Overview
The procedure involves verifying the array's status. Then, if the array is degraded, it is
necessary to replace the failed hard drives. If the array has failed, it is necessary to replace
the failed hard drives, add the new hard drives to the array, recreate the lost volumes, and
restore their contents from cloud backup.
To recover from a hard drive failure
1 Log in to the appliance's Web interface.
For instructions, refer to the appliance's user guide.
2 In the Main > Dashboard page, view information on the RAID array and the physical disk's
status.
3 If the RAID array's status is "Degraded", and the status of a few disks is "Failed", replace
those disks. The array will rebuild itself.
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4 If RAID array's status is "Failed", the data on it was lost. To recover the data, do the
following:
a Remove the disks marked as "Failed" from the appliance.
b Insert new disks.
Tip
If the disks are not new, you can delete all data by formatting them. To do so,
click on the disk once it appears in the Main > Dashboard page, and then click
Format.
c Edit the failed RAID array, by doing the following:
1 In the Storage > Arrays page, click on the name of the failed array.
2 Add the new drives to the failed array.
3 Complete the Array Editor Wizard.
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d In the Share > Shares page, for each share with the status "Offline", write down the
volume name (listed in the Volume column).
e Create volumes with the same names as those you wrote down in the previous step,
by doing the following for each such volume:
1 In the Storage > Volumes page, click New.
2 In the Logical Volume Wizard, select the new array you created in the Storage
Device field.
3 Complete the Logical Volume Wizard.

f
Restore data from cloud backup, by doing the following:

1 In the Cloud Backup > Control Panel page, click Restore.
2 In the tree pane, select all of the shares that were lost.
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3 Complete the Restore Files Wizard.
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Recovering from Appliance Failures
This chapter explains how to replace an appliance, when there has been a hardware failure
but the hard drives are undamaged, by replacing the appliance with a new one of the same
model while keeping the old hard drives.
Overview
The procedure involves installing the new appliance, moving the old hard drives into the new
appliance, connecting the new appliance to cloud services, recovering the device
configuration from cloud backup, and moving the cloud backup folder from the old appliance
to the new one.
Tip
In C800, the power supplies are user swappable. Before performing this
procedure, try swapping the power supplies.
To recover from an appliance failure
1 Remove the old appliance's disks.
2 Plug in the new appliance.
3 Insert the disks that were removed from the faulty appliance into the new appliance.
The new appliance will automatically recognize the volumes on the disks.
4 In the CTERA Portal, download the old appliance's configuration file, by doing the
following:
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a In the Folders > Backup Folders page, click on the folder associated with the old
appliance.
b In the Folder Manager, click View files to open the File Manager.
c Navigate to the appliance's configuration file, db.xml, which is located in the path
/Device Configuration.
d Select the configuration file, click Actions, and then click Download.
5 In the new appliance's Web interface, import the downloaded appliance configuration
file, by doing the following:
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a In the System > Configuration Tools page, click Import.
b Select the downloaded db.xml file and complete the Configuration Import Wizard.
6 In the new appliance's Web interface, connect to the CTERA Portal, by doing the
following:
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a In the Cloud Services > Status page, click Connect to Services.
b Complete the Connect to Services Wizard.
7 In the CTERA Portal, assign the old device's backup folder to the new appliance, and then
delete the old appliance, by doing the following:
a In the Main > Devices page, click on the new device's name.
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b In the Device Manager's Settings tab, select the old device's backup folder in the
Backup Folder drop-down list.
c When done, save your changes.

In the Main > Devices page, the new device is listed as using the old device's backup
folder.
d (Optional) If you want to delete the old device, do the following:
1 Select the old device's row, then click Delete Device.
2 Click Delete device only.
8 If the backup folder is passphrase-protected, the Cloud Backup > Control Panel page will
indicate that you need to run the backup wizard again. In this case, do the following:
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a Click Run the Backup Setup Wizard.
b In the Backup Wizard, enter the passphrase.
c Complete the Backup Wizard.
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Recovering from Total Loss of an Appliance
This chapter explains how to replace an appliance, which together with its hard drives is a
total loss, due to a disaster such as theft, fire, or flood.
Overview
The procedure involves installing the new appliances, recreating the lost RAID arrays and
volumes, moving the cloud backup folder from the old appliance to the new one, and
recovering the device configuration and data from cloud backup.
To recover from total loss
1 In the CTERA Portal, download the old appliance's configuration file, by doing the
following:
a In the Folders > Backup Folders page, click on the folder associated with the old
appliance.
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b In the Folder Manager, click View Files to open the File Manager.
c Navigate to the appliance's configuration file, db.xml, which is located in the path
/Device Configuration.
d Select the configuration file, click Actions, and then click Download.
2 Install the new appliance, skipping the setup wizard.
3 In the new appliance's Web interface, import the downloaded appliance configuration
file, by doing the following:
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a In the System > Configuration Tools page, click Import.
b Select the downloaded db.xml file and complete the Configuration Import Wizard.
4 In the new appliance's Web interface, create a new RAID array, by doing the following:
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a In the Storage > Arrays page, click New.
b Complete the Array Editor Wizard.
5 In the new appliance's Share > Shares page, for each share with the status "Offline", write
down the volume name (listed in the Volume column).
6 Create volumes with the same names as those you wrote down in the previous step, by
doing the following for each such volume:
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a In the Storage > Volumes page, click New.
b In the Logical Volume Wizard, select the new array you created in the Storage Device
field.
c Complete the Logical Volume Wizard.

7 In the new appliance's Web interface, connect to the CTERA Portal, by doing the
following:
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a In the Cloud Services > Status page, click Connect to Services.
b Complete the Connect to Services Wizard.
8 In the CTERA Portal, assign the old device's backup folder to the new appliance, and then
delete the old appliance, by doing the following:
a In the Main > Devices page, click on the new device's name.
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b In the Device Manager's Settings tab, select the old device's backup folder in the
Backup Folder drop-down list.
c When done, save your changes.

In the Main > Devices page, the new device is listed as using the old device's backup
folder.
d (Optional) If you want to delete the old device, do the following:
1 Select the old device's row, then click Delete Device.
2 Click Delete device only.
9 If the backup folder is passphrase-protected, the Cloud Backup > Control Panel page will
indicate that you need to run the backup wizard again. In this case, do the following:
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a Click Run the Backup Setup Wizard.
b In the Backup Wizard, enter the passphrase.
c Complete the Backup Wizard.

10 In the new appliance's Web interface, restore data from cloud backup, by doing the
following:
a In the Cloud Backup > Control Panel page, click Restore Files.
b In the tree pane, select all of the shares that were lost.
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c Complete the Restore Files Wizard.
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A
About the CTERA Portal 2
About This Guide 11
Accessing Online Help 24
Accessing the Configuration Template
Manager 138, 139, 164
Accessing the Device Manager 167, 169,
173, 175, 176, 180, 181, 182, 183
Accessing the Folder Group Manager 203,
204, 207, 208, 210
Accessing the Folder Manager 187, 188, 191,
202
Accessing the Global Administration View
18, 23
Accessing the Global Administrator Manager
126, 127, 128, 129
Accessing the Home Page 22
Accessing the Server Manager 267, 269, 271,
273, 275, 276, 279, 280
Accessing the Staff Administrator Manager
120, 121, 122, 125
Accessing the User Account Manager 73, 75,
80, 82, 83, 85, 87, 88, 89, 92, 93, 95, 96, 97,
99
Accessing the User Group Manager 113,
114, 115, 117
Accessing the Virtual Portal Manager 258,
259, 262, 263, 265
Adding Add-ons to User Accounts 83, 239
Adding and Editing Add-ons 79, 239, 244,
261
Adding and Editing Device Configuration
Templates 139
Adding and Editing Email Alerts 379, 381
Adding and Editing Excluded Sets 149
Adding and Editing Folder Groups 190, 191,

204, 207
Adding and Editing Folders 172, 188, 190,
191
Adding and Editing Global Administrators
127
Adding and Editing Included Sets 141
Adding and Editing Staff Administrators 121,
124
Adding and Editing Storage Nodes 287, 318
Adding and Editing Subscription Plans 79,
227, 235, 261
Adding and Editing User Accounts 75, 79,
116, 172, 190, 191, 207, 218, 220
Adding and Editing User Groups 81, 114
Adding and Editing Virtual Portals 259, 261
Adding Collaboration Projects 214
Adding Global Add-ons to Virtual Portals
239, 263
Adding License Keys 36
Adding Vouchers 239, 247
Apache License 410
Applying Provisioning Changes 98, 100, 236,
245
Applying Skins 41, 71
81, 85
Assigning Virtual Portals to Global Plans 262
At What Level Can a Snapshot Retention
Policy Be Applied? 225
B
Branding the CTERA Portal 39
Browser Requirements 13
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Index
C
Canceling a Pending Certificate Request 58
Canceling the Current Cloud Backup 181
Changing Passphrases for Accessing Backup
Folder Contents 201
Changing Passphrases for Accessing Folder
Group Contents 206, 209
Changing the Right Pane View 193, 194
Clearing Logs 372
Configuring a Server as a Catalog Node 271
Configuring an IP-Based Access Control List
129
Configuring Automatic Firmware Updates
158
Configuring Default Settings for Virtual-Portals
25, 186, 205, 206
Configuring Email Invitation Settings 253
Configuring Email Notifications 63, 64, 373,
376
Configuring Event Log Settings 354
Configuring Global Administrator Alerts 128
Configuring Global Mail Server Settings 44,
218, 220, 271
Configuring Global Settings 42
Configuring Global Virtual Portal Settings 25
Configuring Group Membership for User
Accounts 80, 115
Configuring Logging 354
Configuring Staff Administrator Alerts 122
Configuring Syslog Logging 356
Configuring the Automatic Template
Assignment Policy 137, 160, 163, 171
Configuring User Accounts' Advanced Settings
89, 186
Configuring User Alerts 93
Configuring User Group Members 115
Configuring Virtual Portals 67
Contacting Technical Support 12
Copying/Moving Files and Folders 198
Creating New Folders 196
Creating Skins 39, 68
418
CTERA Agents 5, 6
CTERA Appliances 5
CTERA End User License Agreement 403
CTERA Mobile 5, 6
CTERA Portal Interfaces and Users 4, 6, 76
CTERA Portal Snapshot Retention for the
Cloud Backup Service. 227
CTERA Portal Snapshot Retention for the
Cloud Drive Service 227
CTERA Provisioning 9
Customizing Administrator Roles 122, 132
Customizing Email Notification Templates
60, 250, 376
Customizing Global Email Notification
Templates 59
D
Defining Project Management Permissions
212
Deleting Active Email Invitations 255
Deleting Add-ons 245
Deleting Collaboration Projects 221
Deleting Device Configuration Templates
164
Deleting Devices 182
Deleting Email Alerts 382
Deleting Excluded Sets 151
Deleting Files and Folders 197
Deleting Firmware Images 284
Deleting Folder Groups 210
Deleting Folders 202
Deleting Global Administrators 129
Deleting Included Sets 147
Deleting Skins 42, 71
Deleting Staff Administrators 125
Deleting Storage Nodes 318
Deleting Subscription Plans 237
Deleting User Accounts 99
Deleting User Groups 117
Deleting Virtual Portals 265
Deleting Vouchers 251
Downloading Files and Folders 194
Index
Duplicating Configuration Templates 164
E
Editing Collaboration Projects 218
Editing Device Settings 137, 169, 172, 190
Editing Server General Settings 44, 269
Editing Server SMTP Settings 271
Enabling Project Collaboration for the Virtual
Portal 211
Enabling/Disabling Excluded Sets 148
Enabling/Disabling Included Sets 140
Enabling/Disabling User Accounts 97
End-user Provisioning (Reseller Portals) 10
End-user Provisioning (Team Portals) 11
Exporting a List of Collaboration Projects to
Excel 221
Exporting Add-ons to Excel 244
Exporting Devices to Excel 182
Exporting Folder Groups to Excel 210
Exporting Folders 334
Exporting Folders to Excel 202
Exporting License Keys to Excel 39
Exporting Logs to Excel 372
Exporting Reports to Excel 354
Exporting Subscription Plans to Excel 236
Exporting the Installed SSL Certificate 46, 58
Exporting User Accounts to Excel 97
Exporting Virtual Portals to Excel 265
Exporting Vouchers to Excel 250
F
Filtering Logs 370
G
Generate a Certificate Signing Request 47,
49, 58
Generating Monthly Reports 96
Getting Started 13
GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE 407
H
How Directory Service Synchronization Works
100
How Team Portals and Reseller Portals Differ

35
How the CTERA Portal License Works 34
I
Importing an SSL Certificate 46, 58
321
Importing Folders Over NFS 321
Importing Global Administrators from a File
131
Importing Staff Administrators from a File
124
Importing the Seeding Drive 332
Install the Signed Certificate on CTERA Portal
46, 47, 56
Installing an SSL Certificate 47
Integrating CTERA Portal with an Active
Directory Domain, Tree, or Forest 100
Integrating CTERA Portal with an LDAP
Directory Server 106
Introduction 1
L
Legal Information 2, 403
Logging in to the Administration Control Panel
14, 17
Logging in to the CTERA Portal 14
Logging in to the End User Portal 14, 15
Logging in to the Staff Control Panel 14
Logging Out 23, 24
M
Management Features 3
Managing Add-ons 223, 239
Managing Administrators 119, 359, 367, 368
Managing Backup Folders for Folder Groups
208
Managing Certificates 46
Managing Collaboration Projects 93, 211
137, 169
Managing Devices 167
419
Index
Managing Devices for User Accounts 87

Managing Email Invitations 253
Managing Firmware Images 281
Managing Folder Contents 192, 193, 208,
209
Managing Folder Groups for User Accounts
88
Managing Folders and Folder Groups 185
Managing Home Folders for Folder Groups
207
Managing Projects Owned by User Accounts
92
Managing Servers 267
Managing Storage Nodes 287
Managing Subscription Plans 223
Managing the CTERA Portal License 34
Managing User Accounts 73, 174, 189, 207
Managing User Groups 80, 113
Managing Virtual Portals 257
Managing Vouchers 28, 247
Manually Fetching User Data 100, 111
Manually Starting Cloud Backup 181
Marking a Firmware Image as the Current
Firmware Image 157, 283
Monitoring Server Activity 275
Monitoring the CTERA Portal 337
N
Navigating Between Folders 193, 194, 196,
197, 198
Navigating between Table Pages 21
Navigating between Virtual Portals 17, 18,
23, 43
Note your Portal's DNS Suffix 47, 49
O
Obtain an SSL Certificate 47, 48
Opening Menu Sections 20
Overriding Global Branding Settings 39, 68
Overriding the Global Virtual Portal Settings
25, 67, 77, 97, 186, 247, 373, 379
420
P
Performing Seeding at the Customer Premises
322, 330
Portal-level Provisioning 10
Preparing for Seeding 322
Provisioning User Accounts in Reseller Portals
81
Provisioning User Accounts in Team Portals
85
R
Recovering CTERA Appliances after Hard Drive
Failures 383
Recovering from Appliance Failures 383, 388
Recovering from Hard Drive Failures 383,
384
Recovering from Total Loss of an Appliance
383, 394
Refreshing Page Contents 22
Refreshing the View 193
Remotely Managing Devices and Their Files
135, 180, 210
Remotely Performing Cloud Backup
Operations on Devices 180
Removing License Keys 37
Removing the Current Skin Selection 42
Removing the Currently Applied Skin 71
Renaming Files and Folders 197
Restarting Servers 57, 280
Restoring Files and Folders to Devices 198
Restricting Throughput 155
Resuming the Cloud Backup Service 182
Reverting to Email Notification Default
Settings 378
S
Scheduling Automatic Cloud Backup 152
Searching for Files 200
Searching Tables 22, 285
Selecting Applications for Backup 151
Selecting CTERA Portal Cloud Folders for
Synchronization 156
Index
Selecting Files and Folders 194, 197, 198

Sending Vouchers by Email 250
Setting the Default Device Configuration
Template 163
Setting/Removing the Default Subscription
Plan 236
Sign the Certificate Request 47, 53
Snapshot Consolidation 227
Sorting Tables 20, 193
Storage Clients 5
Suspending the Cloud Backup Service 181
T
Terminating User Accounts 87
The Main Frame 20
The Navigation Pane 20
The Status Bar 23
U
Understanding Snapshot Retention Policies
10, 11, 224, 229
Uploading Files 194
Uploading Firmware Images 281
Uploading Skins 40, 69
Using a Caringo Storage Node 288, 291
Using a Cleversafe Storage Node 288, 295
Using a Cloudian Storage Node 288, 296
Using a CTERA Cloud FS Storage Node 288,
298
Using a DDN Web Object Scaler (WOS) Storage
Node 288, 302
Using a Dell DX Object Storage Platform
Storage Node 288, 299
Using a Hitachi Content Platform Storage
Node 288, 305
Using a MezeoCloud Storage Node 289, 309
Using a Nirvanix Cloud Storage Network
Storage Node 289, 310
Using a Scality (S3 API) Storage Node 289,
314
Using a Scality RING Storage Node 289, 316
Using an Amazon S3 Storage Node 288, 290
Using an EMC Atmos Storage Node 288, 304

Using an IBM GPFS Storage Node 289, 307
Using an OpenStack Swift (KeyStone) Storage
Node 289, 313
Using an OpenStack Swift Storage Node 289,
312
Using CTERA Portal Email Notifications 373
Using Directory Services 99
Using Email Alerts 379
Using the CTERA Portal 19
V
Validate and Prepare Certificates for Upload
47, 56
Viewing Access Logs 365
Viewing Active Email Invitations 254
Viewing Add-ons 244
Viewing Agent Logs 369
Viewing All Backup Folders 189
Viewing All Devices 171
Viewing All Home Folders 190
Viewing Audit Logs 367
Viewing Cloud Backup Logs 176, 361
Viewing Cloud Sync Logs 364
Viewing Collaboration Project Contents 220
Viewing Connected Devices 273
Viewing CTERA Portal License Information
38
Viewing Device Configuration Templates 140
Viewing Devices 171
Viewing Devices that Use a Specific Firmware
Image 284
Viewing Email Alerts 381
Viewing File or Folder Details 193
Viewing Firmware Images 283
Viewing Folder Contents 191, 193, 201
Viewing Folder Groups 207
Viewing Folders 189
Viewing Global Administrators 128
Viewing Individual Appliances' Storage Status
176
421
Index
Viewing Individual Devices' Backup Status

175
Viewing Individual Devices' Statuses 172,
173
Viewing Local Backup Logs 359
Viewing Logs 357
Viewing Previous Versions of Files and Folders
200
Viewing Reports 341, 354
Viewing Server Tasks 276
Viewing Servers' Statuses 279
Viewing Skins 41, 70
Viewing Staff Administrators 123, 129
Viewing Storage Nodes 317
Viewing Subscription Plans 234
Viewing System Logs 358
Viewing the Add-Ons, Global Add-ons, or
Add-ons by Portal Report 349
Viewing the Devices Report 345
Viewing the Folder Groups Report 343
Viewing the Folders Report 341
Viewing the Plans, Global Plans, or Plans by
Portal Report 346
Viewing the Portals Report 352
Viewing the Status Dashboard 337
Viewing the Storage Report 350
Viewing User Account Details 94
Viewing User Accounts 77
Viewing User Groups 117
Viewing Virtual Portals 260
Viewing Vouchers 249
Virtual Portals 3, 257, 260
W
What Does a Snapshot Retention Policy
Specify? 224
What Happens When Both Levels of Snapshot
Retention Policy Are Applied? 226
Working with Backup Sets 140
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Getting Started ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13

Configuring Global Virtual Portal Settings ----------------------------------------------------- 25

Configuring Virtual Portals ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 67

Managing User Accounts --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 73

Configuring Group Membership for User Accounts ------------------------------------------- 80

Managing Administrators ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 119

Managing Device Configuration Templates -------------------------------------------------- 137

Selecting CTERA Portal Cloud Folders for Synchronization---------------------------------- 157

Managing Devices ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 167

Managing Folders and Folder Groups ---------------------------------------------------------- 185

Managing Collaboration Projects---------------------------------------------------------------- 211

Deleting Collaboration Projects -------------------------------------------------------------------- 221

Managing Subscription Plans --------------------------------------------------------------------- 223

Managing Add-ons ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 239

Managing Vouchers --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 247

Managing Email Invitations ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 253

Managing Virtual Portals -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 257

Managing Servers ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 267

Editing Server General Settings -------------------------------------------------------------------- 269

Managing Firmware Images ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 281

Managing Storage Nodes -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 287

Importing and Exporting Folders (Seeding) --------------------------------------------------- 321

Monitoring the CTERA Portal --------------------------------------------------------------------- 337

Recovering CTERA Appliances after Hard Drive Failures ---------------------------------- 387

Legal Information ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 407

GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE -------------------------------------------------------------------- 411

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