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4.2.7 Manually Backing Up Your Disks
Once you protect a disk, it is automatically backed up at regular intervals (unless you chose Not
Scheduled from the Recurrence list when you completed the schedule). However, you can also
back up a disk manually at almost any time. For example, if you’re about to install a new
application, you might want to back up your disk right before you do that so that if any problems
occur, you can recover your disk to the state it was in immediately before you installed the
application.
Note: You can manually back up a disk only if a backup or recovery is not
currently occurring.
To manually back up a disk:
1. In the DiskSafe Express utility (Figure 4-7), click Status.
2. In the Protected disk list, select the disk that you want to back up.
3. Click “Back Up Now”.
The Current activity area displays information about what’s happening, the percentage of the
backup that has completed, and the speed at which the data is being sent over the network. The
Progress bar graphically indicates how much of the backup is complete.
To stop a backup in progress, click “Stop Current Activity”.
4.2.8 Stopping a Backup or Recovery in Progress
Once a backup or recovery starts, you can stop it at any time. When you stop a backup in
progress, that backup won’t appear in the list of backups on the Restore page, and any changed
data that was not copied to the storage system will be copied during the next backup.
When you stop a recovery in progress, the local disk or partition is left in an incomplete state,
and you must recover it again later before you can use it.
To stop a backup or recovery in progress:
1. In the DiskSafe Express utility, click Status.
2. In the Protected disk list, select the disk whose backup or recovery you want to stop.
3. Click “Stop Current Activity”.
4. If you’re stopping a backup, the backup stops immediately.
5. If you’re stopping a recovery, a confirmation message appears. Click “OK” to stop the
recovery now, or click “Cancel” to proceed with it.
4.2.9 Changing the Backup Schedule
When you protect a disk, you specify when you want backups to occur. However, you can
change this schedule at any time.
To change the backup schedule:
1. In the DiskSafe Express utility, click “Schedule” (Figure 4-14).