Dell PowerVault 701N User manual

PowerQuest® DataKeeper™
PowerVault™ 701N/705N Edition
This guide includes the following information:
Getting Started (page 2)
Creating Your First Backup (page 8)
Creating a Custom Backup (page 10)
Restoring a Backup (page 14)
Dell Technical Support (page 16)

Getting Started
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Getting Started
PowerQuest DataKeeper PowerVault 701N/705N Edition for Microsoft® Windows®
95, Windows 98, Windows NT® 4.0, and Windows 2000 provides an easy way to
perform secure, automated backups and restorations of all your important data to a
designated PowerVault 701N/705N or to your local hard disk. You can use this edition
of DataKeeper to:
• Back up combinations of files and folders on a specified PowerVault 701N/705N or
on your computer with options such as password protection and file compression.
• Enable remote access to files from anywhere on the network.
• Restore a single file (even from a compressed backup), a most recent version of a
file, or an older version of a file from up to a year earlier.
DataKeeper System Requirements
Before you install DataKeeper, you should ensure your computer meets the minimum
system requirements.
Processor 486DX/66 MHz or higher
RAM 8 MB (Windows 95)
16 MB (Windows 98)
32 MB (Windows NT 4.0 Workstation)
32 MB (Windows 2000 Professional)
Hard-disk space 4 MB

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Before Installing DataKeeper PowerVault 701N/705N Edition
Before you install DataKeeper PowerVault 701N/705N Edition on each user’s
workstation, you should first prepare the PowerVault 701N/705N.
1Set up your PowerVault 701N/705N.
If needed, use the PowerVault 701N/705N manual to help you with the installation.
You must be able to access the PowerVault 701N/705N over your network, and all
the DataKeeper users must be set up as users on the PowerVault 701N/705N. The
DataKeeper Admin program (SETUPADMIN.EXE) cannot set up a private share
for guest users.
File Systems FAT, FAT32, or NTFS
Operating system Windows 95b (or later)
Windows 98
Windows NT 4.0 Workstation (through Service Pack 6)
Windows 2000 Professional
Network protocols Microsoft Networking over TCP/IP
Monitor VGA or higher resolution
Network connection One or more PowerVault 701N/705N servers

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2Run the DataKeeper Admin Install program (SETUPADMIN.EXE) to set up
private folders (“shares”) on the PowerVault 701N/705N to hold each user’s
backup files.
You must be able to log into the PowerVault 701N/705N as an administrator to set
up shares.
3Install DataKeeper on individual workstations. DataKeeper will automatically find
the PowerVault 701N/705N that was configured with the DataKeeper Admin
program.
Running the DataKeeper Admin Install Program
The Admin Install program configures a PowerVault 701N/705N to receive DataKeeper
data using share names. Share names allow client systems to save data without asking
users for an address after the initial setup.
Running the DataKeeper Admin install program ensures that backup files on the
PowerVault 701N/705N cannot be accessed by network users other than the owner.
Use of the program’s defaults is recommended to simplify the installation and to make
file restoration easy and quick.
1Insert the DataKeeper CD into the CD-ROM drive.
2Click Start ➤Run, then click Browse.
3Navigate to the language folder of choice on the DataKeeper CD.

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4Select SETUPADMIN.EXE, then click Open.
5Click OK.
6Select the PowerVault 701N/705N where you want user backup data to reside, then
click Create User Shares.
7Specify an approved administrator ID and password.
8Select the users that you want to share the selected PowerVault 701N/705N.
9Create shares.
You can view and change the default settings.
10 Close the application.
Users can now install DataKeeper onto their own workstations either from the
PowerVault 701N/705N (see page 5) or from the DataKeeper CD (see page 7).
Installing DataKeeper from the PowerVault 701N/705N
The DataKeeper program is first loaded onto the PowerVault 701N/705N where the
shares are set up for user workstations over the network. Then you can install the
program.

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Loading DataKeeper onto the PowerVault 701N/705N
1Insert the DataKeeper CD in the CD-ROM drive of a workstation that has access to
the PowerVault 701N/705N.
2Copy SETUPUSER.EXE into a public share folder on the PowerVault 701N/705N.
(See the PowerVault 701N/705N Administrator Guide for directions on
configuring a public share.)
Installing DataKeeper from the PowerVault 701N/705N
Each DataKeeper user must install DataKeeper separately under his or her own
username. If there are two or more users on a single workstation, each user must
complete the installation procedure.
Notice: To avoid program conflicts, DataKeeper PowerVault 701N/705N Edition and
the standard edition of PowerQuest DataKeeper must not be installed on the
same machine.
1Use Windows Explorer to locate the public share on the PowerVault 701N/705N
with the DataKeeper program, SETUPUSER.EXE.
2Double-click SETUPUSER.EXE, then follow the on-screen instructions to install
the program.

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Installing DataKeeper PowerVault 701N/705N Edition from the CD
Each DataKeeper user must install DataKeeper separately under his or her own
username. If there are two or more users on a single workstation, each user must
complete the installation procedure.
Notice: To avoid program conflicts, DataKeeper PowerVault 701N/705N Edition and
the standard edition of PowerQuest DataKeeper must not be installed on the
same machine.
1Insert the DataKeeper CD into your CD-ROM drive.
2From the Windows taskbar, click Start ➤Run.
3Click Browse, and navigate to the language folder of choice on the DataKeeper
CD.
4Select SETUPUSER.EXE and click Open. Follow the on-screen instructions to
install the program and select the PowerVault 701N/705N to use for backups.
Online Help for DataKeeper
For information beyond what this Quick Start Guide provides, refer to the online Help.
To access online help, click Help in any dialog, or click Help ➤Help Topics ➤
Contents on the menu bar.

Creating Your First Backup
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Starting DataKeeper
1Start Windows.
DataKeeper is launched automatically at startup. The DataKeeper program icon
appears in the system tray.
If DataKeeper does not launch at startup, you can start the program manually. From
the Start menu on the Windows taskbar, click Programs ➤PowerQuest ➤
PowerQuest DataKeeper PVE.
Creating Your First Backup
After you install DataKeeper, you should make an initial set of backup files using the
Back Up Now option.
1From the DataKeeper window, click the Backup tab.
2Click Back Up Now.
3Click All selected files.
4Click OK to begin the backup.

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Monitoring Your System
DataKeeper is set up, by default, to monitor changes to all fixed drives on your system
and to automatically create a backup of any file that you save to your hard disk.
Common program files (such as Windows files and EXE files, the directories specified
by the environment variables Temp and Tmp, and your local backup location) are
excluded from the automatic backup to minimize backup time and system impact. If you
want to back up these and other types of files, you can add them as described in
“Creating a Custom Backup” on page 10.
Monitoring, or automatic backup, remains in effect on your system as long as
DataKeeper is running or until you click Stop Monitoring from the Backup tab.
To restore a backed up file, see “Restoring a Backup” on page 14.
Exiting DataKeeper
1From the DataKeeper window, click File ➤Exit.
DataKeeper will shut down without backing up any files.
Clicking the “–” or “X” in the upper-right corner of the DataKeeper window will
minimize the program to the Windows system tray.

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Creating a Custom Backup
DataKeeper includes options that let you customize how your data is backed up to a
PowerVault 701N/705N.
1From the DataKeeper window, click the Backup tab.
If necessary, click Stop Monitoring to access the backup options on the Backup
tab.
2Choose the options you want.
To: Do this:
Specify folders to
monitor
Under Select folders to monitor, click the folders you
want to monitor.
Specify file types
to monitor
Under Files to backup, click Specify File Types. Then
choose the types of files you want to back up or ignore.
To move file types between the Backup Files Matching
and Ignore Files Matching list boxes, select the files
types you want, then click << or >>.
To add more file types to a list box, type *.<file
extension> in the text box, then click << or >>.
To delete file types from a list box, select the extensions
you want, then click Delete.