Initial Backup Import screen


In cases where the first backup is of a large disk capacity, it may be more efficient to back up data directly to a local drive on the DS-Client or via a LAN connection. This avoids the potential of a long and extended backup period, especially if the communication bandwidth is not very wide.

See the DS-Operator's Manual for more information. This dialog is used to transfer the initial backup from the Initial Backup Buffer, to the DS-System.
Import initial backup from
Browse or enter the path where DS-System can read the Initial Backup Buffer.
  • For Windows: The path must be in the form "<local_drive>:\initial_backup_dir" or "\\server\share\initial_backup_dir" (for example \\MEDIA\drv$d\buf)
  • For UNIX: The path must be in the form "/initial_backup_directory".
  • For N+1 DS-Systems: The initial backup is performed by the selected node. Make sure that the initial backup buffer is either directly attached to the selected node, or is specified as a UNC path (if attached to a different computer) and that node has rights to access it.
OK
Click this button once you have specified the Initial Backup buffer location.



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