Data Protector Express User's Guide (TC330-96002, October 2010)

10. Select the new job object and click the Run button on the Command bar to start the job. Hold the

cursor over the Data Protector Express icon (the Quick Access program) in the Windows System tray,

normally in the bottom right corner of your screen. You can see that the job is running.

NOTE:

During execution of the job you may notice a ﬂashingredbuttoninthelowerrightportionofthescreen.

This indicates an that requires your intervention. Click the button to open the alert details and resolve the

issue.

NOTE:

The Quick Access program is installed and available on all clients but it only runs automatically on

the Back up Server.

11. The status of th

e job is visible in the lower left hand pane, the Info bar, of the Administrator.

Alternately, click on the Status and Logs link in the top left hand area — the N avigation bar.For

more detailed information click on Status in the Command bar. The job’s property page will open

and s how the status of the running job.

12. It is a g ood p ractice to check the logs after a job runs to ensure that there were no problems. Click

Status and Logs in the N avigation bar. Locate your job in the list, click on the + sign to expand the

job and select the m ost recent run. The property pane will show the ﬁrs page of the job log. To see

theentirel

og, click the View Log button in the Command bar.

13. Select the l

og entry for the backup job and double-click to open it. Scroll through the log to check

that every

thing is OK. If the Next button is bold, there are additional pages to check. Click Close

when you ha

ve ﬁnished reading the log.

14. You have n

ow created and run your ﬁrsttapebackupjob.

Once you have created your backup (or any) job, it can be quickly and easily located again in your

Home folder .

NOTE:

With the settings in this tutorial, this job will overwrite the media when you run it again. If you do not

wish this to happen, you need to select a Write Mode of Append to all media in the Modes section of

the Conﬁguration page.

Restore to a Different Location

We will do a simple restore of selected ﬁles from the backup media we created in the previous step. This

will illustrate many of the restore features available in Data Protector Express.

1. Makesurethedeviceispoweredupandinsertthebackupmediaintoit.

2. Select Tasks in the Navigation bar and double click the Restore icon.

3. Enter a name for the restore job, such as “My First Restore” and clic k OK.

4. Now you are ready to select folders and ﬁles for restore.

Navigate down the network, machine and ﬁle system to locate the ﬁles that you included in your ﬁrst

backup. In this view, only ﬁles and folders that have been backed up will appear. Check the box

to select the ﬁles/folders to be restored. By checking the box next to a folder, we are selecting all

its subfolders and the ﬁles in them.

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