Prerequisites

1. Downloading the script files
2. Installing the dependency packages
3. Authentication
4. Installing and Preparing Python for BDRSuite Offsite DR Server

Downloading the script files

• Download the BDRSuiteScripts.zip from the BDRSuite Backup Server machine and unzip it.

https://vembu-docs.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/Automation-Scripts/BDRSuiteScripts.zip

• Copy the BDRSuiteScripts folder extracted from the zip file to the Vembu Directory,

Windows BDR Backup Server

$$InstallationDirectory\Vembu\

For example, C:\Program Files\Vembu\

Linux BDR Backup Server

$$InstallationDirectory/Vembu/

For Example, home/vembubdr/Vembu

Installing the dependency packages

• Pandas package is required for executing a few custom report script.
• To install the package open command prompt with administrative privileges and run the command given below

command>> “C:\Program Files\Vembu\BackupForAWS\Python37\python.exe” “C:\Program Files\Vembu\BackupForAWS\Python37\Scripts\pip.exe” install pandas

Note: The dependency packages need to be installed only once.

Authentication

• Follow the steps required to proceed with the authentication protocol for executing the automation scripts.
• The auth.csv file will be present inside the BDRSuiteAutentication Folder.

Windows BDR Backup Server

$$InstallationDirectory\Vembu\BDRSuiteScripts\BDRAutentication\auth.csv

Linux BDR Backup Server

$$InstallationDirectory/Vembu/BDRSuiteScripts/BDRAutentication/auth.csv

• Open the auth.csv file using any text editor and update the following inputs.

a. UserName: Login user name created for the BDRSuite Backup Server web console.

b. password_md5: Update the md5 value of login password of the BDRSuite Backup Server.

Use the following link to get the md5 value, https://www.md5hashgenerator.com/

Example: The md5 value of ‘admin’ is ‘21232f297a57a5a743894a0e4a801fc3’

c. endpoint_url: Update the URL BDRSuite Backup Server of which you want to get the custom report.

Endpoint_url format: http://machine_name(or)machine_ip:port/bdrwebservices.php

Example: http://127.0.0.1:6060/bdrwebservices.php

• Sample Input : The sample input is as follows;

UserName,password_md5,endpoint_url admin,21232f297a57a5a743894a0e4a801fc3,http://127.0.0.1:6060/bdrwebservices.php

Installing and Preparing Python for BDRSuite Offsite DR Server

1. Download the latest python version(v3 and above recommended) from the following URL, https://www.python.org/downloads/

2. Run the python installer and choose Add Python to PATH option in the Installation Wizard before proceeding with the installation.

3. Open command prompt with administrative privileges.

4 . Run the following command in Command Prompt to install the dependency packages of python.

Command:

pip install pandas

For example: Windows: C:\Rebuild>pip install pandas Linux: /home/Rebuild>pip3 install pandas

For example: Windows: C:\BDRSuiteScripts>pip install pandas Linux: /home/BDRSuiteScripts>pip3 install pandas