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GUI configuration options

You can access the configuration options from the menu bar -> Configuration. Configuration provides different settings and parameters that define SEP sesam look and feel as well as its behavior. The following functions are available by selecting the Configuration option in the menu bar.

Defaults

Under Defaults, you can define the access to SEP sesam online help, change UI mode, customise the GUI font and tables, set the date format, set retention periods for logs and restore tasks, define some extra settings, configure the default permissions and check the settings.

General tab

• UI Mode: You can select between different UI modes: Basic, Advanced or Expert. For example, basic mode makes GUI simpler for less advanced users, but in the expert and advanced mode some additional options are available, e.g., Expert Options button in the restore wizard.
• Filter panels: You can select that filter panels are not hidden automatically by checking Show filter panels by default option.
• Help: By default, the option Link to WEB help file is set. The online help is set to the SEP sesam Wiki main page, thus providing the latest updated version of help topics online. You can use the Test It button to check the access to help files.

Fonts and Tables tab

You can customize your SEP sesam GUI appearance by changing:

• Font: The predefined GUI font is plain. You can select Choose button to change the default font, font style and/or size.

• Font used in tables and trees: You can change the default font (proportional) to non-proportional (monospaced).

• Table Striping: You can change the appearance of GUI tables by selecting one of the zebra striping tables from the drop-down list.

Display Format tab

Under the tab Display Format, you can change the default setting for the date format as well as default setting for data size units. The data size can be specified either with decimal (KB, MB, GB, TB) or binary prefix (KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB, etc.). For details, see Changing data size units.

Retention Periods tab

You can set up the retention period in days for SEP sesam logs, readability check logs, calendar sheet entries and restore tasks. The retention period is the time period for which the SEP sesam retaines specified data. Once the retention period expires, the data is removed from the database and is no longer available. Click the arrows to increase or decrease the predefined retention time per file.

• SEP sesam logs: The default value for preserving the SEP sesam log files is 7 days.

• Readability check logs: The default value for preserving the readability check log files is 2190 days.

• Calendar sheet entries: The default retention time for old calendar sheet entries is 35 days.

• Restore tasks: The default retention time for old restore tasks is 7 days.

Extras tab

Under the Extras tab, the following settings can be activated:

• Switch off the scrolling for warning "30 days remaining for maintenance authorization": You can switch off the scrolling for notification about the pending expiration of updates. If there is no update permission, the notification never appears. After installing update, this option is reset.

• Provide selection of "broken backups" in the restore wizard: If this option is checked, you are allowed to perform a restore from incomplete, broken, or interrupted backups. By default, this selection is not provided.

• Number of trace log lines to display: The default value for trace log lines is 60. Click the arrows to increase or decrease the number of lines.

• RSS notification polling interval: The default polling interval for RSS notification is 720 minutes. Click the arrows to increase or decrease the polling interval.

• Compress LIS files: By default, the LIS files are compressed after 14 days. You can change the number of days after which the LIS files are compressed or deactivate the check box to prevent compression of LIS files.

• Globally activate Changed Block Tracking (CBT): By default, the CBT is enabled to provide change tracking thus saving disk space with optimized block level incremental and differential backups of VMDKs. Note that disabling CBT globally will affect your backup performance and use more disk space. For more details, see Changed Block Tracking (CBT).

• Task name template: You can configure a template to generate backup task name automatically, when creating new backup tasks. Note that the template applies to all task types, except if a task type provides its own template.

Permissions tab

You can configure the default permissons (ACLs) for all top level locations by simply selecting or adding the relevant user or group (ADMIN, OPERATOR, BACKUP or RESTORE), and enabling or disabling access (to locations) per user/group. For details on how to configure ACLs for a specific location or client, see Using Access Control Lists.

Settings tab

The Settings tab displays an overview of all internal GUI settings.

Media types

Media Types window lists all media types defined in SEP sesam. Entries in black font are the media types currently used. They were set up in the database at the installation of SEP sesam and – contrary to the user defined media types (green font) – cannot be erased nor changed.

• Media Type: Shows SEP sesam internal identification of the media type.
• Drive Type: Displays SEP sesam internal drive types.
• Capacity: Presents storage capacity of allowed media and drive combination.

Command

You can create and define your own commands to be used for various tasks within SEP sesam environment.

When configuring a new command, you have to define the following:

• Name: Enter a name for the new event.
• Client: Select a client, on which the command will be executed.
• User: Enter the user name of a user with sufficient access to execute the command on the client.
• Command: Enter the complete command (and parameters, if required), e.g., eventlog.ps1.

	Note
	When defining your own commands, some security considerations apply and are explained in Access restriction of command events.

Remote server (Master GUI only)

This option is used for the server administration of the Master GUI. It is possible to both configure or remove SEP sesam Servers or add new servers to the backup tree.

	Note
	The menu option is only available in the SEP sesam version Master Sesam.

• Server name: Name of the additional SEP sesam Server in the network.
• Connection: Shows if Server is in the network (green = ON, red = broken, gray = OFF).
• GUI build: Displays GUI version.
• Operating system: OS of the SEP sesam Server.

The Master GUI allows the administrator control of all SEP sesam servers and clients.

When entering a new server into the SEP sesam backup scheduler, there are additional parameters which must be set. The values are preset with default settings.

• Server name: Name of the SEP sesam Server.
• Connection: You can switch the connection ON or OFF.
• RMI port: Define port number for client-server connection.
• Comment: Optionally, you can add a comment.

User Permissions

The User Permissions item is only visible if policy-based authentication is activated (default). For details, see Configuring Policy-Based Authentication.

In the User Permissions you can configure the user authorization. Options are admin (the only user role with full control over the SEP sesam), operator (monitors the SEP sesam Server backup status), backup (only allowed to start backups) and restore (only allowed to start restores). The assignment of permissions is user- and client specific. If a non-authorized user or non-authorized client tries to create a GUI connection, it is rejected.

Note 1: If the name resolution for the selected client is not complete (IP name and reverse lookup of the IP address), the connection is also rejected!

Note 2: Alternatively the SEP sesam program sm_setup can be utilized to assign user permissions:

• Adding a user permission:
sm_setup allow_gui -u *|<user> -c *|<client> -m admin|operator|restore
• Removing a user permission:
sm_setup disallow_gui -u *|<user> [-c *|<client>] [-m *|admin|operator|restore]
• View permissions of users or clients:
sm_setup get_policy [-m user|client]