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How to Specify Source Data Using the Classic View and the Group View

The source is the path to the data that you want to back up. You can easily find the files you want to back up by browsing through the Backup Manager directory to select the user-shared drives and directories.

Arcserve Backup lets you browse and specify the source data using the following views:

When selecting a source, you can select to back up:

To select an entire source group, click the green box next to the group name. When you do this, all the servers, nodes, volumes, drives, directories, and files included in the source group are automatically selected.

Be aware of the following behavior:

Custom Local Backup Options

You can right-click individual drives to customize local backup options. If you have database agents installed, you can also right-click them to customize local backup agent options. If you want to customize local backup or local backup agent options, your job must be packaged explicitly, which means you must select drives, directories, files, or database agents individually as your source even if you want to back up an entire server. You cannot click the green box next to the server name, and then customize local backup options for individual drives, directories, files, or database agents. For more information, see Dynamic Job Packaging and Static Job Packaging.