Internal Backups - Western Digital My Cloud EX2 Ultra User Manual

Internal Backups

Internal backups allow you to make backups of the existing content from one storage
location to another on your My Cloud EX2 Ultra device.
Creating an Internal Backup
Use the following steps to back up your My Cloud EX2 Ultra internally.
1. On the navigation bar, click Backups to display the Backups screen.
2. Click Internal Backups, if not already selected.
3. Enter the following information to create a USB backup job:
Job Name
Source Folder
Destination Folder
Recurring Backup
Incremental Backup
5. Click Create. Your job displays in the Internal Backup Queue area and will begin
backing up at the indicated time.
Initiating an Immediate Internal Backup
On the Internal Backups screen, under Internal Backup Queue, select the job
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you'd like to modify, and then click the Begin Now button.
The internal backup begins.
Modifying an Internal Backup Job
1. On the Internal Backups screen, under Internal Backup Queue, select the job you'd
like to modify, and then click the Edit button.
2. In the Internal Backup area, make the necessary changes to your job, and then click
Save.
Viewing Internal Backup Details
1. On the Internal Backups screen, under Internal Backup Queue, select the job you'd
like to modify, and then click the Details button.
2. Review the details of your Internal Backup job, and then click Close.
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Enter a Job Name for your internal backup.
Click Browse and select the folder you'd like to back
up.
Click Browse and select the destination folder for your backup.
If you'd like to use the Recurring Backup feature:
1. Click the toggle button
feature.
2. Select the frequency of the backup: Daily, Weekly, Monthly.
3. Select a time (hour and minutes) from the drop-down menu.
4. If you did not enable the Recurring backup field:
• Click the Date field and select the date you'd like the backup
to occur.
• Select a time of day (hour and minutes) from the drop-down
menu.
Click the check box if you'd like this job to be an incremental backup.
BACKING UP AND RETRIEVING FILES
to enable the Recurring Backup
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