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===The Server Console===
 
===The Server Console===
When installing a new server or wanting to reconfigure an existing one, login as "admin" using the root password the opening screen of the SME Server server console will appear:
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When installing a new server or wanting to reconfigure an existing one, from the login prompt enter the username "admin" using the "root" password, the opening screen of the SME Server server console will appear:
    
[[Image:021.png]]
 
[[Image:021.png]]
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{{Tip box|At the login prompt enter the user name "admin" and your system password, you will see the server console screen above.}}
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{{Tip box|If logged in as root, at the command prompt enter the command "console", you will see the server console screen above.}}
    
{{Note box|Any time that you login to your system as the "admin" user you will see the server console. This is true even when connecting to the server remotely using a tool such as ssh (discussed later in the chapter on Remote Access).}}
 
{{Note box|Any time that you login to your system as the "admin" user you will see the server console. This is true even when connecting to the server remotely using a tool such as ssh (discussed later in the chapter on Remote Access).}}
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==== Option 8: Perform backup to USB device ====
 
==== Option 8: Perform backup to USB device ====
 
Attach a USB Device and follow the prompts.
 
Attach a USB Device and follow the prompts.
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The compression level of the backup *.tgz file can be altered by the "db configuration setprop backupconsole CompressionLevel=value" this then will decrease or increase the time taken to create the backup.
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To regulate the speed of compression using the specified digit n, where `-1' indicates the fastest compression method (less compression) and or `-9' indicates the slowest compression method (optimal compression). The default compression level is `-6' (that is, biased towards high compression at expense of speed).
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Setting level of compression via custom db setting
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db configuration setprop backupconsole CompressionLevel=-9
    
To restore this type of USB Backup, perform a clean install and when prompted if you wish to restore attach the USB Drive.
 
To restore this type of USB Backup, perform a clean install and when prompted if you wish to restore attach the USB Drive.
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Don't have the Drive attached during the install or the drive will be formatted !!
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{{Warning box|If the USB Drive is left attached during the install it will be formatted !!}}
    
[[Image:Console-backup.png]]
 
[[Image:Console-backup.png]]
    
{{Note box|The console backup to USB device is an independent method not related to the server-manager backup options. [[:SME_Server:Documentation:Administration_Manual:Chapter10]]}}
 
{{Note box|The console backup to USB device is an independent method not related to the server-manager backup options. [[:SME_Server:Documentation:Administration_Manual:Chapter10]]}}

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