72 73MAXDATA SN 40 M1 – User GuideProtecting Local Disks
72 73MAXDATA SN 40 M1 – User GuideProtecting Local Disks
Manually Backing up Your Disk
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. 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”.
Stopping a Backup or Recovery in Progress
Once a backup or recovery starts, you can stop it at any time – for example, if you notice that your
system is not responding as quickly as you’d like, and you want to free up processing bandwidth for
other tasks.
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. Click “Status”.
2. In the “Protected disk” list, select the disk whose backup or recovery you want to stop.
3. Click “Stop Current Activity”.
If you’re stopping a backup, the backup stops immediately.
If you’re stopping a recovery, a confirmation message appears. Click “OK” to stop the
recovery now, or click “Cancel” to proceed with it.
