Data Protector Express User Guide (TC330-96005, September 2011)

Using Quick Access from Taskbar
The Data Protector Express Administrator is very powerful and allows access to all the features of
Data Protector Express. Typically, though, only a subset of these features are used. The Quick
Access taskbar icon allows fast access to these most commonly used features without needing to
open the Administrator. The Quick Access application displays an icon in the system tray, usually
at the bottom right of the screen. You can mouse over the icon to display status information or right
click it to display a menu.
The Quick Access application starts automatically on the Backup Server. On other client machines,
it is installed but does not start automatically. You can launch through the system start menu. It can
also be configured to start automatically on a client machine if desired.
Viewing Data Protector Express status
The appearance of the Quick Access icon changes to indicate the state of Data Protector Express,
thus providing continuous feedback. Two or more states can occur at the same time, such as a job
in progress and a pending alert. The icon can indicate only one state at a time, so it follows this
order of precedence in which items earlier in the list take precedence over items later in the list:
Table 1 Icon viewing status
MeaningIcon Overlay
Disconnected
Job failure
Pending alerts
Job in progress
IdleNo overlay
When you mouse over the Quick Access icon, a tool tip is displayed that contains additional status
information.
Managing Data Protector Express
When you right-click the Quick Access icon, a menu is displayed.
Managing Jobs
Click the Jobs menu item to create a new job or to view a list of the jobs that you have currently
defined. If there are more jobs that aren’t displayed, More is displayed below the list. Click More
to open the Administrator to the Jobs and Media View, which contains the jobs and folders that
you have defined.
In the Settings window, you can set the maximum number of jobs that you see in the list. For more
information, see “Maximum number of menu items for Jobs, Alerts, or Logs submenus”
Creating jobs
When you select the New menu item, you can create the following types of jobs:
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