Dell PowerVault DL2100 User Manual
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ESG LAB VALIDATION
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ESG Lab Testing
ESG Lab began testing by installing the desktop agent using Backup Exec
‘s push-install capability. The push-
install process was configured by simply supplying the network address and user credentials for a simulated
remote user‘s PC. The agent was automatically started on the desktop computer in less than two minutes
without requiring a system reboot.
Once the agent was running, a desktop and laptop profile wizard was used to define the backup policies. The
wizard was used to select the folders to protect, the file types to include or exclude, and the maximum network
bandwidth that would be used as shown in Figure 16.
FIGURE 16. CREATING A BACKUP POLICY
My Desktop, My Documents, and My Favorites folders and Outlook PST files were selected for backup. Files
with a .jpg extension were tagged for exclusion and the bandwidth limit was set to 1,500 KB/sec. A first full
backup was run. ESG Lab confirmed by visual inspection that the data that was backed up was in accordance
with the just-defined backup profile.