Control Panel

Data Protection Software: Control Panel Page

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The Control Panel page is used to start the most frequently used tools (additional tools are available via the Tools menu at the top of the Data Protection Software window).

The tools that you can start via this page are:

· File Manager: Use the file manager to view, restore, and destroy data located either in our secure data centers (for remote backups) or on your local backup medium (for local backups).

· Web Portal: This will open your web browser and allow you to login to our online web portal. The web portal allows you to view and change account information, view backup status reports, and use web access to download your data anywhere you have a compatible browser.

· Pass Phrase Recovery: When you configured your pass phrase (see the getting started guide) you can optionally choose to securely save the pass phrase onto the server. We highly recommend that you always keep a copy of your pass phrase printed out in a secure place and/or keep a copy in a file on a different computer (use the File -> Export Profile menu command). However, if you ever need to recover your pass using pass phrase recovery, this is the tool that will help you do it.

Pass Phrase Recovery consists of two steps. You use this tool to perform both steps. In Step 1 the wizard helps you submit a request to recovery your pass phrase. At this point our senior level staff will be notified, and they will process the request. Once the request is processed, you will receive an email. At this point you can start the recovery wizard again and this time choose Step 2. In this step you will be presented with your security questions. If you can answer your security questions exactly, then you will be able to view and copy your recovered pass phrase.

· Disk Usage Inspector: This tool is useful to discover exactly which folders are taking up the most disk space in our data center or on your local backup medium. For each folder you can view how much data is taken up by just that folder, and also for that folder and all of its sub-folders. It also gives a breakdown of the data into current data, historical data, and deleted data. In this way you can quickly drill-down and find the folders that are taking up the most disk space.

Note: If the file manager, pass phrase recovery wizard, or disk usage inspector tools are already running, when you use this page to try and start the tool again it will instead bring the previously running instance of the tool to the foreground.

Tip: If you want to start several instances of the file manager (for example, in order to download several different directories concurrently instead of having them download one after another), then start the tool using the Windows start menu item instead.