Section 7 - File backup

This section describes how to perform a file backup with OBM.




7.3 Seed Load backup


  1. For backup of large amount of data, it would take a considerable amount of time to perform the initial full backup through the Internet.

  2. To reduce the time and bandwidth required for initial backup, the Seed Load Utility can be utilized to perform initial backup to a local remove-able hard disk at the client site, instead of backing up through the Internet.

  3. The backed up data can then be transported to your service provider, where they can import the data on the remove-able hard disk into your backup account on their server.

  4. To access the Seed Load Utility, you will need to access the backup option menu:


    5. Menu Items
    Description

    Backup Set

    Dropdown menu to select backup set.

    Local Hard Disk (Local Copy)

    Radio button to enable backup to local hard disk for local copy backup.

    Local Hard Disk (Seed Local Utility)

    Radio button to enable backup to local hard disk for seed load backup.

    Change

    Click to browse to the directory path which you would like to store the seed load backup.


    To start a seed load backup:

    1. Login to the backup application's user interface.



    2. Select the [Options] button to expand the backup options menu.




      3. Menu Items
      Description

      Backup Set

      Dropdown menu to select backup set.

      Local Hard Disk (Local Copy)

      Radio button to enable backup to local hard disk for local copy backup.

      Local Hard Disk (Seed Local Utility)

      Radio button to enable backup to local hard disk for seed load backup.

      Change

      Click to browse to the directory path which you would like to store the seed load backup.


    3. Select the corresponding backup set.
    4. Select the radio button beside [Local Hard Disk (Seed Load Utility)].
    5. Click on the [Change] button to browse to the directory path which you want the seed load data to be stored at (e.g. the remove-able hard disk).
    6. Press the [OK] button to start the backup job.
    7. Transport the data in the specific directory to the data center

      8. Note:
      A seed load backup can only be performed manually.



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