BLANCCO – WAN Server Installation Manual VERSION 1.2

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

BLANCCO – WAN SERVER REQUIREMENTS...................................................................3 Hardware.............................................................................................................................3 Software ..............................................................................................................................3 Client-side ...........................................................................................................................3

PRESENTATION...................................................................................................................3 INSTALLATION ....................................................................................................................3

INSTALLATION WITH BWS CD-ROM VERSION...............................................................3 1. Boot from BWS installation CD-Rom .......................................................................3 2. Enter a new console key..........................................................................................9 3. Enter the IP address of the BWS Server .................................................................9 4. Editing the company name ......................................................................................9 5. Enter administrator login name................................................................................10 6. Enter administrator password ..................................................................................10 7. Edit the administrator account (optional) .................................................................11 8. Set the date .............................................................................................................12 9. Set the time..............................................................................................................12 10. Select the language .............................................................................................13 11. Editing DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) .........................................13 12. PXE booting selection ..........................................................................................14

INSTALLATION USING THE BWS INSTALLATION PACKAGE ........................................15 1. Installing dialog package .........................................................................................15 2. Unpacking The BWS Installation Package ..............................................................15 3. Changing The Directory...........................................................................................15 4. Run the installation of Blancco – WAN Server.........................................................15 5. Run Blancco – WAN Server.....................................................................................16 6. Configuring Blancco – WAN Server.........................................................................16 6.1. Enter a new console key ......................................................................................16 6.2. Editing company name.........................................................................................16 6.3. Enter the admin name..........................................................................................17 6.4. Enter administrator password...............................................................................17 6.5. Edit the administrator account..............................................................................18 6.6. Select the language .............................................................................................18 6.7. Blancco – WAN Server is starting ........................................................................19

CONFIGURATION / MAINTENANCE .................................................................................19 Administration menu.......................................................................................................19 Control Center menu ......................................................................................................20 General Configuration menu...........................................................................................21 Network Configuration menu ..........................................................................................23 Services Configuration menu..........................................................................................24 Update / Maintenance.....................................................................................................25 Logout.............................................................................................................................25 Shutdown........................................................................................................................25 Reboot ............................................................................................................................25 What do I have to do if I forget the console key ?...........................................................25

Contact and Support ...........................................................................................................26

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BLANCCO – WAN SERVER REQUIREMENTS

Hardware Desktop, laptop, or server machine, with these minimum hardware requirements:

• CPU 500 MHz • RAM 256 Mb • HDD 5Gb • CD-Rom drive • Network card • USB port(s)

Software There are no software requirements for the CD version of Blancco – WAN Server (BWS). For the package installation version, a Linux operation system (Fedora 6 or CentOS 4) is required. The BWS bootable installation CD-Rom will automatically install the operating system (CentOS Linux distribution) and the other required software applications. Therefore, a computer with an empty hard drive is enough to perform the installation.

Client-side

• A computer that meets Blancco client requirements (Asset Management, Lite, Data Cleaner+, Pro)

• A network card with PXE (Pre-Boot Execution Environment) support (optional)

PRESENTATION There are two different installation options:

• CD-Rom version (*.iso image to be burned CD-R or CD-RW) • Package installation version (Fedora 6 or CentOS 4 required)

INSTALLATION There are several steps in the installation process. Some of the steps described below are optional and might be skipped if your installation was previously configured with predefined values.

INSTALLATION WITH BWS CD-ROM VERSION

1. Boot from BWS installation CD-Rom Connect the machine to the network. Although a network connection is not required for the installation, it will be configured after rebooting. Make sure your BIOS settings are configured to boot with CD-Rom drive first. Insert the BWS installation CD and turn on the computer.

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Picture 1: Booting form installation CD-ROM Press the ”ENTER” key to start the installation of the CentOS operating system. Alternatively, it will start automatically after 1 minute. The BWS installation will begin after the operating system installed. Please Note! Your computer hard drive will be partly overwritten during the installation process. Any operating system (e.g. Windows, MAC OS...), software and documents present on the drive will be lost.

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Picture 2: Your hard drive is being formatted

Picture 3: The CentOS files are being copied to the Hard Drive

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Picture 4: CentOS install is starting

Picture 5: CentOS install process

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Picture 7: CentOS operating system installation completed

Picture 6: Post installation configuration process

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When the following screen appears, remove the CD-Rom from the drive and press the ”ENTER” key to reboot your computer and to continue the BWS installation.

Picture 8: Extracting Blancco – WAN Server Blancco – WAN Server package is extracted. This step could take few minutes. Please wait.

Picture 9: Blancco – WAN Server is booting

Blancco – WAN Server is booting, please wait.

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2. Enter a new console key

This key is a

nsole. So, enter the “

Picture 11: Enter IP address Enter the Blancco – WAN Server IP address, and press, “ENTER”. Please wait while the installation process configures the network settings.

4. Editing the company name

Picture 12: Editing the company name Please enter the company name and press, ”ENTER”. This company name might be used together with authentication from the client software, but only if requested. As a default, if authentication asked, username and password is used.

Picture 10: Enter console key

password that secures the Blancco – WAN Server configuration console. The key will have to be entered each time you want to connect to the administrative co

Console key” and press, “ENTER”. You will need to confirm the console key.

3. Enter the IP address of the BWS Server

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5. Enter administrator login name

Picture 13: Editing the administrator login name

lease enter the login name and press, ”ENTER”.

6. Enter administrator password

lease enter the administrator password and press, ”ENTER” to continue.

onfirm the password in the next window and press, ”ENTER”.

This login name will be required to log into the Blancco – WAN Server web interface. P

Picture 14: Editing the administrator password

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7. Edit the administrator account (optional)

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Select the field you want to modify using the ”UP/DOWN” keys. Select ”Modify” using the ”RIGHT” key and press, ”ENTER”. Edit the field and press, ”ENTER”. When the modifications are done, select ”OK” and press, ”ENTER”.

Picture 15: Editing administrator a

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8. Set the date

Use the ”TAB” key to navigate between “ and use the “ARROW” keys to select appropriate values. Note! It is important that you set the proper date and time so that the correct values appear when browsing the erasure reports.

9. Set the time

Picture 17: Editing the time Use the ”TAB” key to navigate between “Hours/Minutes/Seconds” fields and use the “UP/DOWN” keys to select appropriate value. Note! By setting the date and time, you modify your BIOS Clock. If you do not want to modify it, choose “CANCEL” and press, “ENTER”.

Picture 16: Editing the date

Year/Month/Day” fields,

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guage

Picture 18: Selecting the language

he ”UP/DOWN” keys, and press the ”SPACE” bar. When the selection done press, ”ENTER” to go the next step.

11. Editing DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)

DHCP is a protocol used for assigning dynamic IP addresses to devices in a network. A device can have a different IP address with dynamic addressing every time it connects to the network. In the Blancco – WAN Server, DHCP is used for addressing/sharing network parameters for client computers. The given network parameters enables the possibility for establishing the network connection between the server and clients. If you wish to install BWS in a local network that has already a running DHCP server, you should answer ”NO”, then go to the next step.

10. Select the lan

Select the language using tisThe language selection will only affect the web interface of the Blancco – WAN Server.

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If you wish to install BWS in a local network that does not have a DHCP server or if BWS is server, you should answer ”YES”.

Picture 19: Editing DHCP

elect “OK” and press, “ENTER”.

2. PXE booting selection

Picture 20: Editing PXE booting

installed as a stand-alone

Select the field you want to modify using the “UP/DOWN” keys, and select “Modify”.

hen all changes have been done, please sW

Note! If you disable the DHCP server, booting Blancco clients via PXE (Pre-Boot Execution nvironment) will not be possible. E

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When PXE booting is configured, wait a moment, while the Blancco – WAN Server is starting. The installation is completed. Now Blancco – WAN Server can be used.

INSTALLATION USING THE BWS INSTALLATION PACKAGE Copy the installation package to your computer. This computer has to be running under a Fedora 6 or CentOS Linux distributions. Please Note! If you have a firewall in your network, or in the server where you install BWS, please enable the ports 68(DHCP), 69 (tftp for PXE boot) 80 and 443 (BWS webpage).

1. Installing dialog package Before installing Blancco – WAN Server, you have to install the package named ”dialog”. This package is needed for displaying the administrative console of BWS. Type in the console mode in your Linux program the following command (you can use one of the commands proposed): yum install dialog and press ENTER Or up2date install dialog and press ENTER

2. Unpacking The BWS Installation Package Copy the installation package named bws_package_tar.gz in your server (e.g. /root) Unpack the archive file using the following command:

your server.

Please change into the BWS directory, and then use the following command:

cd package_bws and press ENTER

4. Run the installation of Blancco – WAN Server Please execute the file named ”install_package” using the command: ./install_package and press ENTER Blancco – WAN Server will be installed. If the installation is successful, you will see the following message: ”SUCCESSFUL installation of Blancco – WAN Server”

If you want to enable a network boot in order to boot Blancco clients via PXE, select “YES” and press, “ENTER”.

tar –xvzf bws_package.tar.gz and press ENTER Extracting the archive may take some time according to the hardware configuration of

3. Changing The Directory

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key is nsole.

Enter the “

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ss, ”ENTER”. This company name is the one used in the lient software.

5. Run Blancco

mand in the console: Please type the following com bws_utils/bws_admin and press EN/

6. Configuring Blancco – WAN Server

6.1. Enter a new console key

Picture 1: Editing console key This a password that secures the Blancco – WAN Server configuration console.

nt to connect to the administrative co

Console key” and press, “ENTER”. You will have to confirm the console key.

Editing company name

The key will have to be entered each time you wa

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Picture 2: Editing the company name

lease enter the company name and prePc

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This login nPlease ente

6.4.

4: Editing the administrator password Please ente Confirm the password in

6.3. Enter the admin name

Picture 3: Editing the administrator login name

ame will be required to log into the Blancco – WAN Server web interface. r the login name and press, ”ENTER”.

Enter administrator password

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r the administrator password and press, ”ENTER” to continue. the next window and press, ”ENTER”.

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6.5. Edit the administrator account

e field you want to modify using the ”UP/DOWN” keys. Select ”Modify” using the ”RIGHT”

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6.6. Select the language

Picture 6: Selecting the language

Picture 5: Editing administrator account

Select thkey and press, ”ENTER”. Edit the field and press, ”ENTER”. When the modifications are done, select ”OK” and press, ”ENTE

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Select the language using the ”UP/DOWN” keys, and press the ”SPACE” bar. When the selection is done press, ”ENTER” to go the next step. The language selection will only affect the web interface of Blancco – WAN Server.

6.7. Blancco – WAN Server is starting

Picture 7: Blancco – WAN Server is starting Please wait, while the Blancco – WAN Server is starting. The installation is completed. Now Blancco – WAN Server can be used.

CONFIGURATION / MAINTENANCE In order to enter the configuration menu of the administrative console, you have to log on using the ”Console Key”.

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Picture 1: Administration menu

This menu will guide you in configuring the Blancco – WAN Server. We will navigate you in each menu and explain what could be modified.

When clicking on any menu, an information page appears to inform you about the state of theBlancco – WAN Server. When modifying any information, a ”Status page” appears on the scree

Administration menu

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Control Center menu

Picture 2: Control center info

Picture 3: Control center menu

The control center allows you to ”Start”, ”Stop” and “Restart” the Blancco – WAN Server.

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General Configuration menu

Picture 4: General configuration status

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date

You will be asked to ente enter and confirm the new one.

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Picture 5: General configuration menu

In this menu, you can modify the Console Key, the admin information, the company name, th and time, the time zone, the keyboard layout and the language.

• Edit the console key r the current console key, and then

• Edit the administrator account Please see the instructions by clicking on the following link: ”Edit the administrator a ”.

• Edit the company name You can modify the company name. Delete the existing one, using the ”Delete” key to the ”Backspace” key. Then enter the new company name.

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• Edit the time zone

red time zone

Picture 6: Select the time zone

Find your time zone by using the ”UP/DOWN” arrow key, and select one by pressing the ”Space bar” and click “ENTER” when done.

• Edit the date See ”Set the date

You can choose the desi

”. • Edit the time

See ”Set the time”. • Select the keyboard layout

hen done. •

age and select it by pressing the ”Space bar” and then press,

Find your time zone by using the ”UP/DOWN” arrow key and select one by pressing the ”Space bar” and click “ENTER” wSelect the language Choose your desired langu“ENTER”.

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Picture 8: Network configuration menu You can select to edit the IP address and the other will be modified automatically, or edit manually all the network settings.

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Network Configuration menu

Picture 7: Network status

Edit IP address (automated network settings)

Picture 9: Editing IP address (automated process)

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• Edit network settings

Select the field you want to modify using the ”UP/DOWN” arrow keys. Choose ”Modify” using the ”RIGHT” arrow key. Modify the content of the field and when done press, “ENTER”. When all the settings have been done press, “ENTER” to leave this window.

Picture 11: Services configuration menu This menu will allow you to enable/disable DHCP and PXE services. You will be able to modify the DHCP settings (range...) See ” Editing DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)

Picture 10: Editing network settings (manual process)

Services Configuration menu

” and ” PXE booting selection”.

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Update / Maintenance

Picture 12: Fetching maintenance scripts This part is used for updating the Blancco – WAN Server. You can use either cd-rom or floppy disk to do the update. Ins d press, “ENTER”.

o log on again, nter th

Shutdow will be asked for a

Reboot This option restarts the Blancco – WAN Server and the Operating System. You will be asked for a confirmation before restarting the machine.

What do I have to do if I forget the console key ?

Picture 13: I have forgotten the console key

ert the chosen media in the drive, select the right media an

Logout By choosing this option, you will be logged out of the Blancco – WAN Server. T

e console key.

n This option turns off the Blancco – WAN Server and the Operating System. Youconfirmation before halting the machine.

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If you have forgotten your console key press, ”I forgot the key”. screen.

Picture 14: Unblock code Copy the ”Unblock code” and send it to: support@blancco.com

A window appears in the

. We will send you your console key in an email. When logged on in the administrative console, remember to renew the console key.

CONTACT AND SUPPORT

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Phone anSales: +358-207-433-850 Support: +358-207-433-860

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