User manual SMC NAS24

[. . . ] 7 1. 1 Installing the Backup Master. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1. 2 Configuring the Backup Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Backup Now . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Basic Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Schedule Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Advanced Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Restore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Special notice information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Chapter 1 Setting Up the Backup Master 1. 1 Installing the Backup Master IMPORTANT: Do not turn on power to your storage system and do not connect to your computer until after you have finished installing the Backup Master. You need to install the Backup Master before you can perform any system configurations. Insert the included Utility disc into your optical drive and the following screen appears. Click "Install NAS Backup Master. " 3. When the next screen appears, select the desired language (English/ Traditional Chinese/Simplified Chinese). 7 4. If you want to select a different folder, click "Browse" and select your desired folder. 9 6. [. . . ] The next time you click "Backup Now" on the Main Menu, Backup Master would perform backup based on this initial settings. The following screen appears showing the progress of your backup. 26 To hide this screen, click "Hide" and an icon would appear on your Windows system tray. Right-click the icon using your mouse and click "SHOW" to restore the screen . Or, you can place your mouse on top of the icon to show the progress of your backup operation . To cancel the backup process anytime, click "Stop Backup" and the following screen appears. 27 After backup is complete, the following screen appears. 28 Basic Setup The "Basic Setup" option allows you to specify the backup target (drives, directories, or files) and backup destination (drive). Upon clicking "Basic Setup" on the Main Menu, the following screen would appear to allow you to configure the "Basic Setup" settings. To configure your settings for "Basic Setup:" 1. Your choice(s) would be retained the next time you start up your device. Click "Clear All" in case you want to remove all the selection. Select the destination drive where you want to store your backup files on the right window. You can only select the destination drive, Backup Master will create the directory"\Backup Master\backup\"if not yet existing) and store the file(s) there. NOTE: If you want to specify your NAS storage device directly, click the NAS checkbox. 29 Double-click the NAS storage device on the right window and the following screen appears. Enter the default Username "guest" and Password "guest. " F 30 Click "OK" and the following screen appears showing the folder of your storage device. 3. Click "Finish" and Back to the Main Menu , The next time you click "Backup Now" on the Main Menu, the Backup Master would perform backup based on your last settings on "Basic Setup. " 31 Schedule Setup The "Schedule Setup" option allows you to automatically perform backups. Upon clicking "Schedule Setup" on the Main Menu, the "Schedule Setup" menu would appear. See the previous section for instructions on configuring the basic setup if you have not done so or you want to change the previous settings. Upon clicking "Finish" on the "Schedule Setup" menu the following screen appears. You can select "Specific date" or "Set for weekly. " 32 If you select "Specific date, " you may scroll through the particular month by clicking the arrow buttons. Click the "Monthly" checkbox if you want the scheduled backup to be performed every month on your specified date. To select the date(s) to backup automatically, select this date(s) on the left window, then click "+" . To remove the date(s), select it on the right window, then click "-" . If you select "Set for weekly, " click the particular day(s) of the week. This is only one schedule, this new schedule task will instead of last task Backup Master would automatically perform backup based on your settings on "Schedule Setup. " 33 Just as the scheduled time for backup is about to occur, the following would appear onscreen. Click anywhere inside the dialog box if you do not want the scheduled backup to proceed. If the scheduled backup has already started and you want to terminate it on your prematurely, right-click the "NAS Backup Master Detector" icon Windows system tray and click "Stop Schedule Backup. " 34 Advanced Setup The "Advanced Setup" option allows you to select Comprehensive or Duplicate backup. Upon clicking "Advanced Setup" on the Main Menu, the following screen would appear to allow you to configure the "Advanced Setup" settings. Select the type of backup. [. . . ] New backups could be added and easily distinguished using the source drive letter, folder name or filename of the backup that was performed. NOTE: In case the destination drive's capacity is full, the following screen would appear. Clear up enough space before performing backup again. 40 Restore The "Restore" option allows you to recover deleted or older versions of files based on previous backups. This is only possible for backups performed with the "Comprehensive backup" option under "Advanced Setup. " Upon clicking "Restore" on the Main Menu, the following screen would appear. NOTE: Click the "NAS" button to select restore points found on your NAS storage device only. 1. Click the particular restore point that you desire and the following screen appears. [. . . ]