Backup Exec Desktop and Laptop

Backup Exec Desktop and Laptop

Backup Exec Desktop and Laptop
Introducing the Desktop Agent

Introducing the Desktop Agent

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Introducing the Desktop Agent

Backup Exec Desktop and Laptop > Introducing the Desktop Agent

Introducing the Desktop and Laptop Option
- About the Desktop and Laptop Option
- About the components of DLO
- Accessibility and DLO
Installing the Desktop and Laptop Option
- Before you install DLO
- System requirements for the DLO Administration Console
- About installing the Backup Exec Desktop and Laptop Option
- How to deploy the Desktop Agent
- Customizing the Desktop Agent installation
- Preparing for a manual push-deployment of the Desktop Agent
  - Values for the TRANSFORM property of the msiexec command
- About clustering the Desktop and Laptop Option
Configuring the Desktop and Laptop Option
- How to configure DLO
- About setting a recovery password
- Checking data integrity
  - Data Integrity Scanner Options
- Changing DLO service credentials
  - Service Account Information options
- About administrator accounts in DLO
  - Administrator Account Management options
- About automated permissions management in DLO
- About limited restore in DLO
- Adding an administrator account
  - Add Administrator Account options
- Editing an administrator account
- Removing an administrator account
- Using a list of individual accounts to manage DLO permissions
- Using domain groups to manage DLO permissions
  - Permissions options
- About default DLO settings
- Changing default DLO profile settings
- Changing default DLO backup selection settings
- Changing default DLO global settings
- Configuring DLO to use a specific port for database access
- About using Backup Exec Retrieve with DLO
- About maintaining the DLO database
Updating the Desktop and Laptop Option
- About updating DLO
- Updating the DLO Administration Console
- Updating the Desktop Agent
- Performing a silent upgrade of the Desktop Agent
- About upgrading DLO to Windows Vista
- Upgrading From NetBackup Professional to DLO
Using the Administration Console
- Starting the DLO Administration Console from Backup Exec
- About the DLO Overview view
- Connecting to DLO on a different Backup Exec Media Server
  - Connect to Media Server options for DLO
- Column Settings options
Using profiles
- About DLO profiles
  - Creating a new DLO profile
  - Connection Policies options
- Copying a DLO profile
  - Copy Profile options
- Modifying a DLO profile
Using backup selections
- About backup selections in DLO
- About default backup selections in DLO
- Removing default DLO backup selections from a profile
- Adding a DLO backup selection to a profile
  - General options for DLO backup selections
- Including and excluding files or folders from a DLO backup selection
  - Include/Exclude options for DLO backup selections
- About revision control in DLO
- About file grooming in DLO
- Revision Control options for DLO backup selections
- Setting options for a DLO backup selection
  - Options for a DLO backup selection
- How to use DLO macros in backup selections
- Modifying a DLO backup selection
- Deleting DLO backup selections
Using delta file transfer
- About Delta File Transfer
- Requirements for Delta File Transfer
- Maintenance Server technical information and tips
- How to enable Delta File Transfer for a backup selection
- Adding a new Maintenance Server
- Maintenance Servers options
- New Maintenance Server options
- Maintenance Servers Properties options
- Configuring a maintenance server for delegation
  - Confirming that the desktop user's account is configured for delegation
  - Confirming that the server process account is trusted for delegation
- Changing the default maintenance server
- Reassigning a file server
  - Reassign File Server options
Using storage locations
- About DLO Storage Locations
- Supported Storage Location configurations
- How to use hidden shares as Storage Locations
- Creating DLO Storage Locations
  - New Storage Location options
- Choose a Computer options
- Choose a Path options
- Configuring a remote Windows share or NAS device for DLO Storage Locations
- Configuring a remote Windows share or NAS device for DLO Storage Locations using non-administrator case
- Deleting DLO Storage Locations from a remote Windows share or NAS device
- Deleting DLO Storage Locations
Using automated user assignments
- About Automated User Assignments
- Creating Automated User Assignments
  - New Automated User Assignment options
  - Active Directory Object options
- Modifying Automated User Assignments
- Changing the priority of Automated User Assignments
- Viewing Automated User Assignment properties
- Deleting Automated User Assignments
Configuring global exclude filters
- About configuring global exclude filters in DLO
- Specifying files and folders to exclude from all DLO backups
- Excluding email from all DLO backups
  - Global Exclude options for Email
  - Add Global Email Exclude Filter options
- Excluding files and folders from compression
  - Global Exclude options for compression
- Excluding files and folders from encryption
  - Global Exclude options for encryption
- Excluding files and folders from Delta File Transfer
  - Global Exclude options for Delta File Transfer
- About excluding files that are always open
- About using DLO macros to define global excludes
Managing Desktop Agent users
- About managing Desktop Agent users
- Manually creating new network user data folders
- Adding a single desktop user to DLO
  - New User options
- Importing multiple desktop users who have existing network storage
- Changing the profile for a Desktop Agent user
  - User Properties options
- Enabling or disabling DLO access for a desktop user
- Deleting a user from DLO
- Moving Desktop Agent users to a new network user data folder
  - Move User Data Folder options
- Migrating a desktop user to a new computer
- Viewing a list of Desktop Agent users
- Modifying computer properties
  - Options for the Desktop Agent
- Enabling or disabling a desktop computer
- Deleting a desktop computer from DLO
Backing up a desktop from the Administration Console
- Backing up a desktop from the DLO Administration Console
- Setting blackout windows
  - Blackout Window options
- Deleting a blackout window schedule
Restoring files and folders
- Restoring files and folders from the DLO Administration Console
  - Restore options
- Searching for files and folders to restore with DLO
  - Restore search options
Recovering DLO servers and user data
- About DLO emergency restore and recovery passwords
- About changing recovery passwords
- What happens when a user is deleted by the DLO Administration Console
- Recovering data for a single user by using DLO Emergency Restore
- Recovering data for a single user without using DLO Emergency Restore
- Recovering a media server or a file server if a non-system disk fails or is otherwise corrupted
- Recovering a media server if the hard drive fails or the computer needs to be replaced
- Recovering a file server if the hard drive fails or the computer needs to be replaced
Monitoring job histories
- Computer History pane options and Job History pane options
- Viewing history logs
  - Log File Viewer options
- Setting filters for the job history view
- Searching history logs
Configuring alerts and notifications
- About monitoring alerts on the DLO Administration Console
- Configuring alerts
  - Configure Alerts options
- Managing DLO alerts
- Clearing DLO alerts
  - Alert Information options
- About configuring notification methods for DLO alerts
- Configuring notification methods for DLO alerts
- About configuring recipients for notification in DLO
- Recipients options
- Enabling a person to receive DLO alert notifications by SMTP mail
- Enabling a person to receive DLO alert notifications by MAPI mail
- Enabling a person to receive DLO alert notifications by VIM mail
- Enabling a person to receive DLO alert notifications by pager
- Enabling SNMP Trap to receive DLO alert notifications
- Enabling Net Send to receive DLO alert notifications
- Enabling a printer to receive DLO alert notifications
- Enabling a group to receive DLO alert notifications
- Scheduling notification for recipients in DLO
- Changing information about a recipient in DLO
- Changing the notification method for a recipient in DLO
- Removing recipients for DLO alerts
Creating reports
- About DLO reports
- Running a DLO report
  - Run Report Now options
  - Report Viewer options
- Viewing DLO report properties
  - Report options
Introducing the Desktop Agent
- About the Desktop Agent
- Desktop Agent terminology
- Features and benefits of the Desktop Agent
- System requirements for the Desktop Agent
- Installing the Desktop Agent
- About the Desktop Agent Console
Configuring the Desktop Agent
- How to configure the Desktop Agent
- About connecting from the Desktop Agent to the media server
- About using local accounts on desktop computers
- Alternate Credentials options
- Resetting dialog boxes and account information in DLO
  - Preferences for the Desktop Agent
- Changing your connection status
- Disabling the Desktop Agent
- Enabling the Desktop Agent
Backing up data by using the Desktop Agent
- About using the Desktop Agent to back up your data
- About revisions
- Modifying backup selections in the Desktop Agent's standard view
- Adding backup selections in the Desktop Agent's advanced view
- Modifying backup selections in the Desktop Agent's advanced view
- Deleting backup selections in the Desktop Agent's advanced view
- About using DLO to back up Outlook PST files incrementally
- About backing up Lotus Notes NSF files incrementally
- Configuring the Desktop Agent for incremental backup of Lotus Notes files
- About using the Desktop Agent when Lotus Notes is not configured for the current user
Modifying Desktop Agent settings
- About modifying Desktop Agent settings
- Changing schedule options for a DLO backup job
  - Schedule options
- Setting customized options on the Desktop Agent
- Moving the desktop user data folder
  - Browse for folder options
- Customizing connection policies
Synchronizing desktop user data
- About synchronizing desktop user data
- How synchronization works
- Synchronizing a folder across multiple desktops
  - Choose Local Folder options
- Changing or viewing a synchronized folder
  - General options for a synchronized folder
- Removing a synchronized folder
- Resolving conflicts with synchronized files
- About the status of the Desktop Agent
- Starting a pending job from the Status view
- About suspending or canceling a job
- Viewing usage details
  - Usage Details
Restoring files by using the Desktop Agent
- Searching for desktop files and folders to restore
  - Search options
- About restoring Microsoft Outlook Personal Folder files
- About restoring deleted email messages
- About restoring files with alternate stream data
- About using Backup Exec Retrieve to restore files
Monitoring job history in the Desktop Agent
- About monitoring job history in the Desktop Agent
- Viewing log files
  - Log File Viewer options
- Searching for log files
- About grooming log files
Using the command line
- About the DLO command syntax
- About remote server options for the command line
- DLO commands in detail
- About the -AssignSL Command
- About the -EnableUser Command
- About the -ChangeServer Command
- About the -KeyTest Command
- About the -ListProfile Command
- About the -ListSL Command
- About the -ListUser Command
- About the -LogFile Command
- About the -Update Command
- About the -EmergencyRestore Command
- About the -SetRecoveryPwd Command
- About the -NotifyClients Command
- About the -InactiveAccounts Command
- About the -RenameDomain Command
- About the -RenameMS Command
- About the -LimitAdminTo Command
- About the -IOProfile Command
Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting the Desktop Agent
- Troubleshooting the DLO Administration Console
- About using DLO with other products