Amanda Work Group 7xx Installation Manual
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Chapter 9: Faxing 141 Sending Faxes If you are using Amanda as a voice server, you can install Amanda’s fax driver—Amanda Fax. You can use Amanda Fax from any Windows application that has a Print command. You can send documents, spreadsheets, pictures, or anything else that the application can print. You can: Fax an item to another location via Amanda Voice Server’s fax mo- dem. Create a fax message to be mailed to users on your Amanda system. Save the item as a file that can be: - Sent later as a fax via Amanda Voice Server’s fax modem. For example, if you copy this file to Amanda Server using Amanda Monitor, you can fax it to callers. - Imported as a fax message. To fax documents via Amanda Voice Server or create fax messages to be sent via Amanda Messenger, you need a fax modem attached to and properly configured for use with your Amanda Voice Server. In all cases, you need Amanda Fax installed on each workstation from which faxes will originate. For details about installing and using Amanda Fax, see [email protected]/DOS Workstation Features. For details about faxbacks, see the “Programming Examples” chapter in Administering [email protected]/DOS.
Chapter 10: Accessing Amanda Remotely Accessing Amanda from Another Computer You can control and configure [email protected]/DOS remotely from another computer using the Host and Remote programs. Host runs on Amanda (server or standalone) and Remote runs on the computer that is accessing Amanda remotely. You also need either a null modem cable to connect the computers or a modem on each computer. These programs allow the remote computer’s monitor and keyboard to take over for Amanda’s monitor and keyboard. For example, you can run Setup and other programs on Amanda’s computer while sitting at the remote computer. You should see whatever is (or would be) visible on Amanda’s monitor, and you can use Amanda as though you were operating her keyboard. There are two versions of the Host program: HOST.COM 2.0 and HOST.COM 3.0. The Host programs are both DOS programs. Your new [email protected]/DOS system comes with HOST.COM 3.0. There are also two versions of the Remote program: REMOTE.COM, a DOS program which is in the C:\AMANDA directory on your Amanda system, and WINREM.EXE, a 32-bit application sold separately by The Amanda Company. REMOTE.COM is a DOS program. It can be run from Windows when Windows is in DOS mode. (REMOTE.COM does not run in a DOS box.)
144 Installing [email protected]/DOS WINREM.EXE runs in either Windows 95 or Windows NT. It has many more features than REMOTE.COM. For example, it allows you to copy files from the host computer to the remote computer and vice versa. It also lets you store the modem telephone numbers that you use with it. WinRem is not shipped with [email protected]/DOS, but works with [email protected]/DOS. Contact your sales representative for more information. N OTE:DOS programs that use graphics and pop-up decision win- dows may not be controllable or appear correctly on the screen while you are using either Remote program. Exam- ples are Edit, MSD, Scandisk, and Defrag (when run in in- teractive, rather than batch, mode). Never use Edit remotely. When you press Alt+X to close the file, you become disconnected. Use JOVE instead. Host Program Remote Program Compatibility Issues HOST.COM (Host 2.0—found on older systems)REMOTE.COM (also called Remote 2.0)Designed to be used together. You cannot transfer files with this combination. WINREM.EXE (also called WinRem 1.0)Compatible, but HOST.COM does not support the file trans- fer feature of WINREM.EXE HOST.COM (Host 3.0—found on Amanda@Work. Group systems start- ing with version 6.15) The file name is the same for both Host 2.0 and 3.0.REMOTE.COM (also called Remote 2.0)Compatible, but REMOTE.COM does not offer a file transfer feature WINREM.EXE (also called WinRem 1.0)Designed to be used together. You can transfer files with this combination.
Chapter 10: Accessing Amanda Remotely 145 Setting Up Amanda’s Computer as a Host It is a good idea to run the Host program automatically whenever Amanda’s computer starts. The AUTOEXEC.BAT file already contains lines that you can use for this purpose. However, you must remove the REM at the beginning of two lines in the AUTOEXEC.BAT: the line that contains the HOST command and the line above it that starts REM ECHO…. You might also have to change the number of the COM port to be used by the null modem cable or by the modem in Amanda’s computer. If the line is missing, add it as the first line of the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Then reboot the computer to load the Host program. The line for the null modem cable is: REM LH HOST /2 /f /n >>%LOGN% This lines for the modem and null modem cabled can be explained as follows: REMIndicates that the line is currently ignored. Remove the REM to use the line. LH HOSTTells the computer to load this program in high memory. /2The 2 is for COM2. You can change this number to the number of the COM port the null modem cable or modem will use. /fIndicates that the cable or modem is faster than 2400 bps. /nIndicates that a null modem cable will be connected to both computers. >>%LOGN%Sends information about loading the Host program to ei- ther the C:\BOOTLOG file or to the screen, depending whether your AUTOEXEC.BAT file contains the line SET LOGN=C:\BOOTLOG or the line SET LOGN=CON:
146 Installing [email protected]/DOS The line for the modem is: REM LH HOST /4 >>%LOGN% Use the list above (for the null modem) to understand each part of this line. Change the /4 to the number of the COM port used by the modem on Amanda’s computer, and add a /f if your modem can handle data speeds of higher than 2400 bps. Setting Up the Remote Computer The remote computer must have a copy of the Remote program. Then you can run the Remote program from that computer (for example, a notebook).You can copy REMOTE.COM from C:\AMANDA to a floppy disk using the following command at the DOS prompt: copy c:\amanda emote.com a: emote.com (Your floppy disk drive may be b: rather than a:.) Then you can insert the floppy disk into the remote computer and copy the file to that computer. If Amanda is running as a standalone, you can copy the file using the Alt+F (Filecopy) command from the Main screen. Simply answer the Copy From: and Copy To: prompts.
Chapter 10: Accessing Amanda Remotely 147 Connecting by Null Modem Cable To connect over a null modem cable: 1. Attach one end of the null modem cable to the correct serial port (for example, COM2) on Amanda’s computer and to a serial port on the remote computer. 2. Turn on both computers. 3. From the remote computer, use the following command to start the Remote program. remote /x /n /f where x is 1 or 2, depending on what COM port the cable is connected to on the remote computer. For COM1, you can use /1 or nothing at all because COM1 is the default. You execute the command from the directory in which the Remote pro- gram is stored or you add the path name to the command. For example, if the program is stored on your hard drive in the UTIL directory on your C: drive, C:\UTIL\REMOTE would replace REMOTE in the com- mand. If the computer runs a version of Windows, run the command while the computer is in DOS mode. (Remote may not run in a DOS box.) 4. Press Enter. The following appears on the screen: Remote Version 2.0 You can run Setup and other programs on Amanda’s computer while sit- ting at the remote computer. (If the screen is blank because of Amanda’s screen saver, press the spacebar to exit the screen saver.) 5. To end the Remote session, press Alt+X. The program asks you to confirm your decision to exit by typing Y. The remote computer disconnects from Amanda.
148 Installing [email protected]/DOS Connecting by Modem To connect via data modem, both Amanda’s computer and the computer that will be accessing Amanda remotely must be running and have a modem that is connected to both a serial port and a telephone line. The data modem must be connected to either a dedicated telephone number (this works best) or its own telephone system station. The Host program can use COM1 through COM4. The Amanda Company recommends that Amanda’s computer use one of the following for the data modem: COM1 with IRQ4 and not other devices on COM1 or using IRQ4 COM2 with IRQ3 and not other devices on COM2 or using IRQ3 COM3 with IRQ11 and not other devices on COM3 or using IRQ11 COM4 with IRQ5 and not other devices on COM4 or using IRQ5 The Remote program works only with COM1 or COM2, with industry standard IRQ and I/O port addressing. That is: COM1 with IRQ4 and not other devices on COM1 or using IRQ4 COM2 with IRQ3 and not other devices on COM2 or using IRQ3 To control Amanda via modem: 1. Use the following command to start the Remote program: remote /x where x is 1 or 2, depending on what COM port the cable is connected to on the remote computer. (For COM1, you can use /1 or nothing at all because COM1 is the default.) You execute the command from the directory in which the Remote pro- gram is stored or you add the path name to the command. For example, if the program is stored on your hard drive in the UTIL directory on your C: drive, C:\UTIL\REMOTE would replace REMOTE in the command.
Chapter 10: Accessing Amanda Remotely 149 If the computer runs a version of Windows, run the command while the computer is in DOS mode. (Remote may not run in a DOS box.) 2. Press Enter. The following appears on the screen: Remote Version 2.0 Enter phone number: 3. Type the telephone number for Amanda, then press Enter. For example, if both modems are on the station side of the telephone switching system, you might use 9,17147530414,,,,,102 where the com- mas are two-second pauses and the 102 is for mailbox 102. In this example, the Extension field for mailbox 102 would have to be 102H to achieve a blind transfer to extension 102. Enter password: appears on the screen. 4. Type JENNIFER in uppercase letters, then press Enter. You can run Setup and other programs on Amanda’s computer while sit- ting at the remote computer. (If the screen is blank because of Amanda’s screen saver, press the spacebar to exit the screen saver.) 5. When you have finished, type Alt+X to end the connection. The program asks you to confirm your decision to exit by typing Y. The remote computer disconnects from Amanda.