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Overview of local server backups
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In addition to backing up computers to the remote server, you can also setup a storage server on your local
network. To do this, configure the Local Backup Server feature of our software to run on your designated
central storage server. Your storage server can then receive backup data from computers within your
network. This strategy is especially useful if you have many computers in your network and each computer
does not have an extra hard drive or USB-attached storage.
Choose one computer in your network to act as the central storage server. Setup this storage server by
using the Local Backup Server Manager feature (access from Tools -> Local Backup Server) of
Data Protection Software.
The configuration process mainly consists of specifying a backup account authorized to use the Local Backup
Server, and also choosing the path of the storage location. It is important that any firewalls on this machine
be configured so that the server can accept TCP connections on port 5470.
Once the Local Backup Server feature is configured you will need to set the network hostname of the storage server for each computer in the network that has Data Protection installed. This is done by supplying the network hostname on the "My Account" page of the %CLIENT_NAME% in the field "Local Server" for each computer.
If you do not want to setup and configure a local backup server, but rather want to perform local backups
and store data directly on some filesystem (e.g., USB disk or network share), then you should configure Local Disk Backups.