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HP Data Vault User's Guide

Backup Options

Backup Option Description When to use Setting it up

Back up Server to a

Device

Uses Windows Home

Server Backup Now to

backup server shared

folders to a device that

can be stored off site.

Choose this option if you

want to back up shared

folders on the server to a

SATA, eSATA, or USB

drive and store it off site.

This option protects you

against total disasters,

such as a fire or flood.

Run the Software

Installation Disc on your

PC.

Attach an eSATA or USB

drive to your server, or

add a SATA drive to an

empty bay in your server

using the backup drive

option.

See Back up Server to a

Device.

PC BACKUP, RESTORE, AND RECOVER

PC Backup and Restore

After running the Software Installation Disc on a computer it is automatically added to the list of

computers that are backed up by the HP Data Vault each night. The entire computer is backed up

by default.

Complete the following steps to customize the hard drive volumes to back up, or to exclude

folders from the backup.

1. At the PC, double-click the Windows Home Server icon

in the system tray and log on.

At the Mac, select Launch Home Server Console from the Server menu

2. Click the Computers & Backups tab.

3. Select a computer and click Configure Backup.

Follow the instructions in the Backup Configuration Wizard.