PowerQuest® DataKeeper™ PowerVault™ 701N/705N Edition This guide includes the following information: Getting Started (page 2) Creating Your First Backup (page 8) Creating a Custom Backup (page 10) Restoring a Backup (page 14) Dell Technical Support (page 16)
Getting Started Getting Started PowerQuest DataKeeper PowerVault 701N/705N Edition for Microsoft® Windows® 95, Windows 98, Windows NT® 4.0, and Windows 2000 provides an easy way to perform secure, automated backups and restorations of all your important data to a designated PowerVault 701N/705N or to your local hard disk.
Getting Started File Systems FAT, FAT32, or NTFS Operating system Windows 95b (or later) Windows 98 Windows NT 4.
Getting Started 2 Run the DataKeeper Admin Install program (SETUPADMIN.EXE) to set up private folders (“shares”) on the PowerVault 701N/705N to hold each user’s backup files. You must be able to log into the PowerVault 701N/705N as an administrator to set up shares. 3 Install DataKeeper on individual workstations. DataKeeper will automatically find the PowerVault 701N/705N that was configured with the DataKeeper Admin program.
Getting Started 4 Select SETUPADMIN.EXE, then click Open. 5 Click OK. 6 Select the PowerVault 701N/705N where you want user backup data to reside, then click Create User Shares. 7 Specify an approved administrator ID and password. 8 Select the users that you want to share the selected PowerVault 701N/705N. 9 Create shares. You can view and change the default settings. 10 Close the application.
Getting Started Loading DataKeeper onto the PowerVault 701N/705N 1 Insert the DataKeeper CD in the CD-ROM drive of a workstation that has access to the PowerVault 701N/705N. 2 Copy SETUPUSER.EXE into a public share folder on the PowerVault 701N/705N. (See the PowerVault 701N/705N Administrator Guide for directions on configuring a public share.) Installing DataKeeper from the PowerVault 701N/705N Each DataKeeper user must install DataKeeper separately under his or her own username.
Getting Started Installing DataKeeper PowerVault 701N/705N Edition from the CD Each DataKeeper user must install DataKeeper separately under his or her own username. If there are two or more users on a single workstation, each user must complete the installation procedure. Notice: To avoid program conflicts, DataKeeper PowerVault 701N/705N Edition and the standard edition of PowerQuest DataKeeper must not be installed on the same machine. 1 Insert the DataKeeper CD into your CD-ROM drive.
Creating Your First Backup Starting DataKeeper 1 Start Windows. DataKeeper is launched automatically at startup. The DataKeeper program icon appears in the system tray. If DataKeeper does not launch at startup, you can start the program manually. From the Start menu on the Windows taskbar, click Programs ➤ PowerQuest ➤ PowerQuest DataKeeper PVE. Creating Your First Backup After you install DataKeeper, you should make an initial set of backup files using the Back Up Now option.
Creating Your First Backup Monitoring Your System DataKeeper is set up, by default, to monitor changes to all fixed drives on your system and to automatically create a backup of any file that you save to your hard disk. Common program files (such as Windows files and EXE files, the directories specified by the environment variables Temp and Tmp, and your local backup location) are excluded from the automatic backup to minimize backup time and system impact.
Creating a Custom Backup Creating a Custom Backup DataKeeper includes options that let you customize how your data is backed up to a PowerVault 701N/705N. 1 From the DataKeeper window, click the Backup tab. If necessary, click Stop Monitoring to access the backup options on the Backup tab. 2 Choose the options you want. To: Do this: Specify folders to monitor Under Select folders to monitor, click the folders you want to monitor.
Creating a Custom Backup To: Do this: Specify the primary backup location Under Backup locations, click Browse to change the primary backup location. Type your PowerVault 701N/ 705N password in the Password text box. If you know the name of a specific PowerVault 701N/ 705N where you want the backup saved, type the name in the PowerVault text box, then click Find PowerVault 701N/705Ns.
Creating a Custom Backup To: Do this: Maintain archive copies of files Under Options, select Keep Daily/Weekly/Monthly archive. This option maintains archive copies, even if the number of backup copies has been exceeded. For example, if you specify that DataKeeper maintain the last five versions of a backup, and Keep daily/weekly/monthly archive is selected, DataKeeper does the following: • Saves the most recent five versions of the specified files.
Creating a Custom Backup To: Do this: Compress backup files Under Options, select Compress backup files. Password-protect backup files Compressing files during backup will use less disk space. Compressed files are stored in WinZip®-compatible format. You can extract one or more selected files without having to decompress an entire folder of files. You can assign a password to your backup files to prevent unauthorized use.
Restoring a Backup 5 After you have created an initial backup, click Start monitoring to have DataKeeper run in the background and automatically back up files that are changed. The custom backup options you have selected will be in effect until you change them. Mobile Support If you are using a portable computer remotely and the PowerVault 701N/705N is unavailable when a backup is made, the backup file is automatically saved to the substitute local backup destination on your hard disk.
Restoring a Backup 1 From DataKeeper, click the Restore tab. 2 Select the files and folders you want to restore from the backup location. You can only restore items that you have backed up using DataKeeper. 3 Select the destination folder from the drop-down list, or click Browse to select the destination folder you want. If you do not specify a destination folder, the items will be restored to their original locations. 4 Click Restore.
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