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PowerQuest® DataKeeper™ 
PowerVault™ 701N/705N Edition

This guide includes the following information:

Getting Started (page 2)

Creating Your First Backup (page 8)

Creating a Custom Backup (page 10)

Restoring a Backup (page 14)

Dell Technical Support (page 16)

Summary of Contents for PowerQuest DataKeeper PowerVault 701N/705N Edition

Page 1: ... PowerVault 701N 705N Edition This guide includes the following information Getting Started page 2 Creating Your First Backup page 8 Creating a Custom Backup page 10 Restoring a Backup page 14 Dell Technical Support page 16 ...

Page 2: ...on a specified PowerVault 701N 705N or on your computer with options such as password protection and file compression Enable remote access to files from anywhere on the network Restore a single file even from a compressed backup a most recent version of a file or an older version of a file from up to a year earlier DataKeeper System Requirements Before you install DataKeeper you should ensure your...

Page 3: ...st be able to access the PowerVault 701N 705N over your network and all the DataKeeper users must be set up as users on the PowerVault 701N 705N The DataKeeper Admin program SETUPADMIN EXE cannot set up a private share for guest users File Systems FAT FAT32 or NTFS Operating system Windows 95b or later Windows 98 Windows NT 4 0 Workstation through Service Pack 6 Windows 2000 Professional Network p...

Page 4: ...n Install Program The Admin Install program configures a PowerVault 701N 705N to receive DataKeeper data using share names Share names allow client systems to save data without asking users for an address after the initial setup Running the DataKeeper Admin install program ensures that backup files on the PowerVault 701N 705N cannot be accessed by network users other than the owner Use of the prog...

Page 5: ...cted PowerVault 701N 705N 9 Create shares You can view and change the default settings 10 Close the application Users can now install DataKeeper onto their own workstations either from the PowerVault 701N 705N see page 5 or from the DataKeeper CD see page 7 Installing DataKeeper from the PowerVault 701N 705N The DataKeeper program is first loaded onto the PowerVault 701N 705N where the shares are ...

Page 6: ...ault 701N 705N Each DataKeeper user must install DataKeeper separately under his or her own username If there are two or more users on a single workstation each user must complete the installation procedure Notice To avoid program conflicts DataKeeper PowerVault 701N 705N Edition and the standard edition of PowerQuest DataKeeper must not be installed on the same machine 1 Use Windows Explorer to l...

Page 7: ...DataKeeper must not be installed on the same machine 1 Insert the DataKeeper CD into your CD ROM drive 2 From the Windows taskbar click Start Run 3 Click Browse and navigate to the language folder of choice on the DataKeeper CD 4 Select SETUPUSER EXE and click Open Follow the on screen instructions to install the program and select the PowerVault 701N 705N to use for backups Online Help for DataKe...

Page 8: ...at startup you can start the program manually From the Start menu on the Windows taskbar click Programs PowerQuest PowerQuest DataKeeper PVE Creating Your First Backup After you install DataKeeper you should make an initial set of backup files using the Back Up Now option 1 From the DataKeeper window click the Backup tab 2 Click Back Up Now 3 Click All selected files 4 Click OK to begin the backup...

Page 9: ... minimize backup time and system impact If you want to back up these and other types of files you can add them as described in Creating a Custom Backup on page 10 Monitoring or automatic backup remains in effect on your system as long as DataKeeper is running or until you click Stop Monitoring from the Backup tab To restore a backed up file see Restoring a Backup on page 14 Exiting DataKeeper 1 Fr...

Page 10: ...y folders to monitor Under Select folders to monitor click the folders you want to monitor Specify file types to monitor Under Files to backup click Specify File Types Then choose the types of files you want to back up or ignore To move file types between the Backup Files Matching and Ignore Files Matching list boxes select the files types you want then click or To add more file types to a list bo...

Page 11: ...s then select a PowerVault 701N 705N share name from the list box and click OK Specify the substitute backup location Under Backup locations click Browse to change the substitute backup location select a backup location on your hard disk then click OK See Mobile Support on page 14 for more information Specify the number of backup versions to maintain Under Options select the number of versions to ...

Page 12: ... recent five versions of the specified files Overwrites the five files in rotation replacing the oldest file each time Saves up to seven daily five weekly and 12 monthly archive copies in addition to the five most recent files Does not create a daily weekly or monthly version of files that have not changed since the last backup Does not create a daily archive if the number of serial backups has no...

Page 13: ...se less disk space Compressed files are stored in WinZip compatible format You can extract one or more selected files without having to decompress an entire folder of files Password protect backup files You can assign a password to your backup files to prevent unauthorized use Under Options select Lock backup files using password type the password you want in the Password and Confirm password text...

Page 14: ...the right of the Substitute text box on the Backup tab If the substitute backup destination on the hard disk is active when you start up and DataKeeper detects the PowerVault 701N 705N you will be prompted to change your substitute backup location to the PowerVault 701N 705N When you change to the PowerVault 701N 705N any backup files on your local hard disk are copied to the specified PowerVault ...

Page 15: ...r the items will be restored to their original locations 4 Click Restore Viewing Versions of Backups 1 From DataKeeper click the Restore tab then go to the backup location 2 Check the Tag and Version columns of the Contents pane You may need to scroll to the right to see the columns The Version column displays the following information D Daily backup W Weekly backup M Monthly backup The Version co...

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