Thecus Technology 1U4500R - Manual (Page 51)

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Thecus Backup Utility
The Thecus Backup Utility is on your Installation CD. When you click on the CD,
the Backup Utility will be installed under Program Groups > Thecus > Thecus
Backup Utility. If it is not installed, you can copy the file (Thecus Backup
Utility.exe) to a convenient location on your hard disk and double click to
execute it.
When you execute this utility for the first time, it will ask you whether to create a
DB file. Click Yes.
1. Click Add to create a Backup task. The Add New Task dialog box appears.
Add New Task
Item Description
Task
Specifies a name for the current task.
Source Click to specify the source folder/file location.
Incremental Click to specify whether the backup will be incremental.
If unchecked, the backup will be a full backup.
Destination Click to specify the destination folder/file location.
Excluded extensions Files with these file name extensions will be skipped and not
back up to the destination.
Comments If you wish, enter comments here for your records.
2. To schedule the task to run at regular intervals, click on the Schedule
icon for that task. You can schedule the task to run Monthly or Weekly.
3. To check the log for that task, click on the Log icon for that task.
NOTE
If you can not find Thecus Backup Utility on your CD, please download it from the
Thecus website (http://www.thecus.com).
NOTE
Thecus Backup Utility also supports MAC OS X. Just copy the Thecus Backup
Utility.dmg to your MAC OS X machine and double click to execute it.