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3 backup jobs, Selecting files, Marking files – HP Data Protector Express Basic-Software User Manual

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3 Backup Jobs

In this chapter

Selecting Files for Backup Jobs
Selecting Devices
Encryption
Configuration
Advanced Settings

Backup jobs can be created from the Tasks view or the Jobs and Media view using the New command.

When a new job is created the Administrator will open the job’s Property page to allow configuration of

the job. The Property page can be reopened at any time, even when the job is running. If the job is

running the settings pages will not be editable.

Selecting Files

You use the Selection property page of a job to select the files to be backed up. Data Protector Express

provides powerful selection filters that allow you to select exactly the files you want and to automatically

update your selection when the job is run.

Marking files

Files, folders, and other containers (e.g., volumes and computers) are displayed in a tree view on the

Selection page. All containers act similarly regarding selection, so any discussion about folders applies

equally to any other container unless otherwise noted.
You can select or deselect a file or folder by checking or clearing the selection box next to the folder.

When you select a folder or other container, you automatically select everything within it including

all files within all subfolders. If the checkbox for a folder is clear, no files and subfolders within that

folder are selected. If the checkbox for a folder is shaded, some, but not all, of the files or subfolders

within it are selected.
You can select the contents of a folder in one of two ways: either by individually checking each file in that

folder one-by-one or by checking the folder itself. Which method you choose is important because it

affects which files Data Protector Express included in the selection list after changes have been made to

that folder.

CAUTION:

If you select each file in the folder individually, when new files are added to the folder, Data Protector

Express automatically selected for backup. However, if you select the folder

itself

, when new files are

created in that folder, they are automatically selected for backup.

In general, when selecting files for backup, especially for jobs designed for disaster protection, begin by

selecting containers at the top of the hierarchy. Then deselect containers or files lower in the hierarchy

that you do not need to back up.
For example, you could begin by selecting the network icon at the top of the hierarchy. This will

automatically select all of the machines on the network and all of the volumes on those machines.

If there are machines, volumes or folders you do not want backed up, clear their check boxes. When

new machines or volumes are added to the network (that is to the current Backup Domain), these new

machines and volumes will automatically be selected for backup.

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