Marking Files And Folders - HP BB118BV - StorageWorks Data Protector Express Package User's Manual & Technical Reference

Figure 66 Marking files and folders
In general, when selecting files for backup, especially for jobs designed for disaster protection, begin by
selecting containers at the top of the Storage Domain hierarchy. Then deselect containers or files lower in
the hierarchy that you do not need to back up.
For example, you could begin by selecting the network icon at the top of the hierarchy. This will
automatically select all of the machines on the network and all of the volumes on those machines.
If there are machines, volumes or folders you do not want backed up, clear their check boxes. When
new machines or volumes are added to the network (that is to the current Storage Domain), these new
machines and volumes will automatically be selected for backup.
For example, suppose you want to back up a folder named Annual Reports and the subfolder named
Current Records that is in it, but not the subfolder named Archive Records. If you check only the
Current Records folder, your job will not back up any files in the Annual Reports folder that are
not in the Current Records folder. Instead, check the Annual Reports folder and then clear the
check box for the Archive Records folder. This selects all files in both the Annual Reports and
Current Records folder, but not the files in the Archive Records folder.
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To speed up file selection on machines, consider organizing machines into workgroups. When you select a
workgroup, Data Protector Express will back up selected files on all of the machines. This way, file selection
is quicker and data for distinct groups within your organization is protected with a single backup job.
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