Chapter 5: Selecting Files And File Versions; Backup Selection Concepts - HP BB118BV - StorageWorks Data Protector Express Package User Manual

You use the Selection property page of a job to select files for backing up, restoring and verifying. Data
Protector Express's powerful selection filters allow you to select exactly the files you want and to
automatically update your selection before the job is run.

Backup Selection Concepts

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Selecting Files for Backup Jobs
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Restore Selection Concepts
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Selecting Versions of Files for Restore Jobs
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Restoring Files with New Names and Locations
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Verify Selection Concepts
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Selecting Versions of Files for Verify Jobs
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Backup Selection Concepts
When you select files for a job, you want to select only those files which are necessary for your job and
not any others. However, you also want your selection criteria to be flexible enough to automatically
select new files that meet your criteria.
Data Protector Express allows files to be selected in several ways: by directly selecting volumes, folders
and files; by using filters to sort through selected files; and by additional automated filters used by Data
Protector Express when your job is run. For restore jobs, you can also specify which version of a file you
wish to restore, what name that new file will have and what folder or directory the file will be restored to.
By specifying your selection criteria carefully, when Data Protector Express automatically updates the
selected file list each time your job is run, you can be certain that the job will work with those files you
intended to select.
This section discusses how to select files separately for each type of job: backup jobs, restore jobs and
verify jobs. For each type of job, there is a discussion of concepts you'll need to be able to correctly and
carefully select files. Be certain to read this section before proceeding.
You use the Selection page of a job to select files for that job.
Files are selected for backup in three steps. In the first step, the appropriate files are selected by marking
them with a check. In the second step, these marked files are sorted through using filter selection criteria.
This step is optional. In the last step, as the job is run, Data Protector Express checks to see if it will back
up all the files or only those files that have changed since the last backup job.
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