Getting Started - Windows File System Backup

Perform a Backup

Once the storage policy is configured, you are ready to perform your first backup.

The following section provides step-by-step instructions for performing your first backup:

1.
  • From the CommCell Browser, navigate to Client Computers | <Client> | File System | defaultBackupSet.
  • Right-click the default subclient and click Backup.
2.
  • Click Full as backup type and then click Immediate.
  • Click OK.
3. You can track the progress of the job from the Job Controller window of the CommCell console.
4. Once the job is complete, view the job details from the Backup History. Right-click the Subclient and select Backup History.  
5. Click OK.
6. You can view the following details about the job by right-clicking the job:
  • Items that failed during the job
  • Items that succeeded during the job
  • Details of the job
  • Events of the job
  • Log files of the job
  • Media associated with the job