Veritas™ System Recovery 21 User's Guide

To back up files and folders

1. On the Tasks menu, click Run or Manage Backups.
2. In the Run or Manage Backups window, click Define New.

   If you have not yet defined a backup, the Easy Setup dialog box appears.

3. Select Back up selected files and folders, and then click Next.
4. On the Select Files and Folders to Back Up panel, select the files and folders that you want to include in your backup.

   Select Files and Folders to Back Up options

   Select All	Selects all check boxes in the Types and Folders column. Selected data types and folders are backed up.
   Select None	Deselects all check boxes in the Types and Folders column. Deselected data types and folders are not backed up.
   Add Folder	Lets you specify additional folders to back up.
   Add File	Lets you specify additional files to back up.
   Add File Type	Lets you specify additional data file types to back up.
   Edit	Lets you edit the options, settings, or properties for a selected data type name or folder name in the tables list.
   Remove	Lets you remove from the tables list a selected data type name or folder name that you have added. Default data types and folders are not removable from the tables list.

   Add Folder options

   Folder to back up	Lets you specify the path to a folder that you want to back up.
   Browse	Lets you browse to a path that contains a folder that you want to back up.
   Subfolders	Indicates that you want to back up all subfolders under the parent folder.
   All files	Indicates that you want to back up all files in all subfolders.
   Only files of type	Lets you specify the data file types that you want to back up.

   Add File Type options

   Name	Specifies the name of a data file type and folder. The name is added to the table list in the Select Files and Folder to Back Up panel.
   Add an extension	Adds a specific data type file extension that you want to back up.
   Remove an extension	Deletes a specific data type file extension from the list.
   Rename an extension	Renames a specific data type file extension that you added to the list.
   Restore default extension list	Restores the default file extensions that were added to the predefined list of types and folders in the Select Files and Folder to Back Up panel.

   Note:

   On all versions of Windows, the My Documents folder contains two subfolders by default: My Pictures and My Music. These folders contain only the shortcuts to folders at another location and not the actual files.

   If you intend to back up your pictures and music files, be sure to include the actual folders where your files are stored.

5. Click Next.
6. In the Name and Destination panel, enter a backup name and destination, and then click Next.

   Name	Indicates the name for the new backup.
   Description (optional)	Lets you type a description for the new backup.
   Advanced	Adds the security options to the recovery point.
   Backup destination	Indicates the default backup location. Or, you can specify your own local or network path for the recovery point files. Veritas recommends that you create permissions for the backup destination to prevent unauthorized access to any data contained in the recovery points. For more information, refer to the following link: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732880(v=ws.11).aspx
   Browse	Lets you browse to locate a folder for storing your backup data. You cannot use an encrypted folder as your backup destination. If you want to encrypt your backup data to prevent another user from accessing it, you can use the Advanced option.
   User name	Specifies the user name if you back up to a folder that is located in a network path.
   Password	Specifies the password to a network path.

   Advanced Options for a file and folder backup

   Exclude

   Lets you deselect any of the following folders that you do not want to include in the backup: Windows folder Program Files folder Temporary folder Temporary Internet Files folder Save backup files to a unique subfolder The folders that are listed are typically not used for storing personal files or folders. Therefore, they are all selected for backup exclusion by default. These folders are backed up when you define and run a drive-based backup of your system drive (typically C). See Defining a drive-based backup.

7. Click Next
8. In the Backup Time panel, select the scheduling options you want.

   Note:

   Ensure that the time for running a base backup and an incremental backup is not the same.

   Backup Time options

   Schedule	Indicates whether a schedule is enabled for the backup .
   Default	Lets you use the default backup schedule.
   Start time	Specifies the start time of the backup.
   Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat	Lets you select the days of the week that you want the backup to run.
   Advanced	Runs the backup more than once per day at a set number of times. You can also specify the amount of time that should lapse between backups.
   Select event triggers	Lets you select the types of events that automatically start a backup.

   Change Schedule - File Backup Scheduling options

   Schedule	Lets you select the days and a start time for when you want to back up files and folders.
   Run more than once per day	Runs the backup more than once a day to protect the data that you edit or change frequently.
   Time between backups	Specifies the maximum time that should occur between file and folder backups.
   Number of times	Specifies the number of times per day file and folder backups should run.

   Change Schedule - File Backup event trigger options

   General

   Lets you select the types of events that automatically start a backup, such as when you log off from the computer.

9. In the Security Options panel, set the password, select the encryption for the file and folder backup, and then click Next.

   Use password	Sets a password and enables AES encryption on the recovery point when it is created. This check box is selected by default.
   Password	Lets you specify a password for the backup. Passwords can include standard characters. Passwords cannot include extended characters, or symbols. (Use characters with an ASCII value of 128 or lower.) You must type this password before you restore a backup or view the contents of the recovery point.
   Confirm password	Lets you retype the password for confirmation.
   AES encryption	Encrypts recovery point data to add another level of protection to your recovery points. If you upgrade from a previous version to Veritas System Recovery 21, for older backup jobs where only password protection is defined, you need to edit the jobs to select the AES encryption level. If you do not edit the older backup jobs, they continue to run without AES Encryption. Veritas recommends that you edit the job and select AES encryption level. Note: If the Use Password check box is selected, you must define AES encryption. Choose from the following encryption levels: Standard 128-bit (8+ character password) Medium 192-bit (16+ character password) High 256-bit (32+ character password) See Recovery point encryption.

10. In the Completing the Define Backup Wizard panel, review the backup options you have selected.
11. To review the total number and size of files to be included in the backup, click Preview.

    Note:

    Depending on the amount of data you have identified for file and folder backup, the preview process can take several minutes.

12. If you want to run the backup immediately, click Run backup now, then click Finish.