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Arcserve Backup Functionality

Arcserve Backup provides the components, functions, and utilities required by network managers to obtain and actively manage network backups.

Start the Arcserve Backup Manager by selecting the Manager icon from the program group. The My First Backup tutorial opens the first time you start the Manager. Subsequently, the Home Page appears, but you can still access the tutorial from the Help menu. From the Home Page, you can start and access any Arcserve Backup function using the following navigational features:

• Home Page--Provides news and support that links you to tools you can use to help solve problems with your computer. It also provides links to Quick Start, Configuration, Wizards, and Utilities.
• Navigation Bar--Quickly lets you independently access the Managers, Wizards, Utilities, most recently used screens, Arcserve Support, and Get Satisfaction. This area can be found on the left-most portion of the page. It is composed of three parts, Contents, Most Recently Used, and the Support and Feedback buttons. The contents of the Most Recently Used area are saved between sessions. The Navigation Bar displays with all Manager pages unless it is disabled. You can easily show or hide the Navigation Bar by selecting Navigation Bar from the View menu on the Arcserve Backup Home Page. To disable this feature, select View and deselect Navigation Bar. The Navigation Bar can be pinned. It can also be automatically hidden if it is unpinned.
• Quick Start--Provides quick links to Arcserve Backup Manager functions.
• Configuration--Provides access to Device Configuration, which lets you quickly configure the backup devices on your server and to SAN configuration.

  From the Configuration menu you can also access Device Group Configuration, which lets you configure device groups and staging groups.

• Wizards--Simplifies the most common tasks of Arcserve Backup. You can access the Device, Create Boot Kit, Job Scheduler, and Diagnostic Wizards.
• Utilities--Offers several utilities that you can use to manage your database and media. The utilities are Merge, Scan, Compare, Count, Copy, Purge, User Profile, and Report Writer.