User manual SYMANTEC NORTON GHOST

[. . . ] Norton GhostTM Norton Ghost User's Guide The software described in this book is furnished under a license agreement and may be used only in accordance with the terms of the agreement. Documentation version 8. 0 Legal Notice Copyright © 2008 Symantec Corporation. Federal acquisitions: Commercial Software - Government Users Subject to Standard License Terms and Conditions. Symantec, the Symantec Logo, LiveUpdate, Symantec pcAnywhere, Symantec Backup Exec, Norton, Symantec NetBackup, and Symantec Backup Exec Restore Anyware are trademarks or registered trademarks of Symantec Corporation or its affiliates in the U. S. [. . . ] This feature is useful if you are working on your computer and don't want the backup process to slow you down. 86 Running and managing backup jobs Stopping a backup or recovery task To adjust the performance of a backup 1 2 While a backup is running, on the View menu, click Progress and Performance. Do one of the following: If you want to increase the speed of your computer by reducing the speed of the backup, drag the slider toward Slow. If you want the backup to complete as quickly as possible and you are not doing extensive work on your computer, drag the slider toward Fast. 3 When you are finished, click Hide to dismiss the Progress and Performance dialog box. Stopping a backup or recovery task You can stop a backup or a recovery task that has already started. To stop a backup or recovery task Do one of the following: On the View menu, click Progress and Performance, and then click Cancel Operation. On the Windows system tray, right-click the Norton Ghost tray icon, and then click Cancel Current Operation. Verifying that a backup is successful After a backup completes, you can validate the success of the backup from the Status page to ensure you have a way to recover lost or damaged data. The Status page contains a scrolling calendar that is aligned with each drive on your computer. The calendar lets you quickly identify when a backup ran, and what type of backup it was. See "Monitoring backup protection from the Status page " on page 109. Note: When you define a drive-based backup, you should select the option to verify the recovery point after it is created. Depending on the amount of data being backed up, this can significantly increase the time it takes to complete the backup. However, it can ensure that you have a valid recovery point when the backup finishes. Running and managing backup jobs Editing backup settings 87 See "Verifying a recovery point after creation " on page 71. To verify the success of a backup 1 2 On the Status page, review the Backups calendar, and verify that the backup appears on the date that you ran it. Move your mouse over a backup icon to review the status of the backup. Editing backup settings You can modify the settings of an existing backup. The Edit Settings feature gives you access to several of the key pages of the Define Backup Wizard. You can modify every setting except the option to change the recovery point type. To edit backup settings 1 2 3 4 On the Home or Tasks pages, click Run or Manage Backups. See "Defining a file and folder backup " on page 79. Enabling event-triggered backups Norton Ghost can detect certain events and run a backup when they occur. For example, to protect your computer when you install new software, Norton Ghost can run a backup when it detects that new software is being installed. If a problem occurs that harms your computer, you can use this recovery point to restore your computer to its previous state. You can configure Norton Ghost to automatically run a backup when the following events occur: Any application is installed A specified application is started Any user logs on to Windows Any user logs off of Windows The data added to a drive exceeds a specified number of megabytes This option is unavailable for file and folder backups. 88 Running and managing backup jobs Enabling event-triggered backups The Maxtor OneTouchTM external hard drive button is pushed Note: This feature only appears if you have a Maxtor OneTouch drive installed, and you are running a Windows XP 32-bit platform. To enable event-triggered backups 1 2 3 4 On the Home or Tasks page, click Run or Manage Backups. Select the events you want detected, and then click OK. Enabling Symantec ThreatCon Response ThreatCon is Symantec's early warning security threat system. When Symantec identifies various threats, the ThreatCon team adjusts the threat level to give people and systems adequate warning in order to protect data and systems against attack. [. . . ] A search engine, such as Google Desktop, can then use the list to generate its own index, enabling you to perform searches by file name. See "To enable search engine support for a backup job" on page 177. Note: Recovery points that already exist when you enable this feature cannot be indexed. This restriction is because the generated list of files that are required by search engines for generating searchable indexes are appended to recovery points as they are created. After you enable this feature, run each of your backups in order to create a new recovery point that contains the required information for indexing. Note: If your backup destination is on a network drive, be sure to add the location to the Google Desktop preferences. [. . . ]