Perform your First Backup

Getting Started: Perform your first backup

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You are now ready to perform the initial backup, which may take a long time. You can let the backup run in the background, as Data Protection will not interfere with other applications. After the initial backup has finished future backups will be much shorter. If you have a large amount of data (more than 50 GB), you may want to use a USB preload. Contact customer service to learn more about how to perform a preload using a USB disk.

To perform the initial backup, follow these steps:

1. Click the System Status button to navigate to the correct panel:

2. Click the Backup Now button. You can monitor the status of the backup in the top part of the window. More detailed information can be obtained by double clicking on the log file on the bottom part of the window.

3. Let the backup run to completion. Double click on the log file to open the log viewer. Use the navigation keys (press F1 in the log viewer for a list of keys) to inspect all of the errors and warnings.

Most errors are caused by files that could not be backed up because another application has exclusively opened or locked the file. When running on Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, or better Data Protection will use the Volume Shadow Copy service to backup open files. Some applications (including Microsoft Outlook, databases, some business software) will lock files when they are being edited. These applications need to be closed on older operating systems so that these files can be backed up.

You have now successfully configured your remote backups. At this point, you may want to configure and schedule local disk backups or local network backups.

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