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NetVault Bare Metal Recovery 10.5 - User Guide for NetVault Backup Server

Completing the backup

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In the Navigation pane, click Create Backup Job.
You can also start the wizard from the Guided Configuration link. In the Navigation pane, click Guided Configuration. On the NetVault Configuration Wizard page, click Create backup jobs.
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In Job Name, specify a name for the job.
Assign a descriptive name that lets you easily identify the job when monitoring its progress or restoring data. The job name can contain alphanumeric and non-alphanumeric characters, but it cannot include non-English characters. On Linux®, the names can have a maximum of 200 characters. On Windows®, there is no length restriction. However, a maximum of 40 characters is recommended on all platforms.
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Next to the Selections list, click Create New.
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When the self node appears, double-click it to display all disk device information for this NetVault Backup Server.
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Click Save, enter a name in the Create New Set dialog box, and click Save.
The name can contain alphanumeric and non-alphanumeric characters, but it cannot include non-English characters. On Linux®, the names can have a maximum of 200 characters. On Windows®, there is no length restriction. However, a maximum of 40 characters is recommended on all platforms.

Setting backup options

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Next to the Plugin Options list, click Create New.
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Select Disk Raw Mode, Compression, or both.
Disk Raw Mode: Select this option if you want all partition information for a selected hard drive to be ignored and a “bit-by-bit” backup of the entire disk image to be performed. This bit-by-bit form of data transfer occurs during the restore of this backup as well, thus eliminating the need to format the target drive or remove the partition.
Compression: Select this option to compress data on the NetVault Backup Server before transfer during backup. This option reduces overall network traffic during data transfer and also requires less media space to accommodate the backup. This option is useful for partitions that contain a large amount of unused space. Selecting this option usually provides better compression than using a network-based or tape-library-based compression feature.
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Click Save to save the set.
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In the Create New Set dialog box, specify a name for the set, and click Save.
The name can contain alphanumeric and non-alphanumeric characters, but it cannot include non-English characters. On Windows®, there is no length restriction; however, a maximum of 40 characters is recommended.

Finalizing and submitting the job

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Next to the Target Storage option, click Create New.
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Click Media Options, select MID, and then enter the label in the text box.
This label is the label (for example, BMRMedia) for the target media that you specified earlier in the Media Properties dialog box.
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Click Set.
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Use the Schedule and Advanced Options lists to configure any additional required options.
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Click Save & Submit, whichever is applicable.
You can monitor progress on the Job Status page and view the logs on the View Logs page. For more information, see the Dell NetVault Backup Administrator’s Guide.

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