Storage - Features

Use the Add, Modify, Replace, Delete and Priority Up and Down buttons when managing your Backup Storage Group.

• Add Storage
  At any time, you can add more storage capacity to your Backup Storage Group. Please note that all storage devices within the Backup Storage Group must be online and accessible for your backups to occur. When you have more than one Backup Storage location contained in your Backup Storage Group, your backup data will be stored on the locations in the order they appear in the list. For example, backup files will be stored on the first named location until that device is 75% full. Once the first device is 75% full, the Backup Server will start to "span" or "spill" over to the second named location. This will repeat until all named devices are 75% full; when the new backup data will go to the device with the most free space remaining until all locations are full. 

• Modify
  You will need to use the Modify button accessible in the Backup Storage Group panel when a storage device IS NOT accessible. Two common situations that may make a storage device inaccessible occur when: (a) a USB device changes drive letters; and (b) a network share point experiences a change in name. When you press the Modify button, a dialog appears that allows you to change the name of the highlighted storage device.

• Replace
  Use the Replace function when you want to replace a storage device with a new one. When replacing one storage location or device with another, all the data from the old device is copied to the new device and when the copying process is complete, the old device is no longer used by Backup for Workgroups. When you are using the Replace function, you can choose to retain the old data on the old device or instruct Backup for Workgroups to delete the backup data before the storage location is removed from the Backup Storage Group. Please note that when the Replace process is complete, you will have the same number of storage devices as you started with. If you want to decrease the number of storage devices, use the Delete feature as explained below.

• Delete
  Use this function when you want to reduce the number of storage devices that are used to hold backup data. When deleting a storage location, the backup data from one of your storage locations is copied to another existing storage location first. Once this copying process is complete, the old device is no longer used by Backup for Workgroups. When you are using the Delete function, you can choose to retain the old data on the old device or instruct Backup for Workgroups to delete the backup data before the storage location is removed from the Backup Storage Group. Please note that when the Delete process is complete, the total number of storage devices in your Backup Storage Group is decreased by one. 

• Priority Up / Down
  Backup for Workgroups stores backup data to the devices listed in your Backup Storage Group in the order in which they appear in the list. Use the priority up and down buttons to organize the storage devices in the order in which you want them used. For example, let's say you start with an average storage device and over time you add a new, faster, larger storage device. After you use the Add Storage button to add your new, faster, larger storage device to the Backup Storage Group, you may want to highlight the name of this device and then press Priority Up so Backup for Workgroups uses this device first.