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How Arcserve Backup Lets You Browse a Large Number of Items in the Backup Manager

Arcserve Backup lets you pause the process of loading items in the Backup Manager when you browse a large number of directories, files, and so on. The steps that follow describe how Arcserve Backup lets you browse a large number of items in the Backup Manager window.

  1. When you select a directory in the Backup Manager, Source tree, Arcserve Backup displays a Loading dialog to inform you that a large number of items need to be retrieved and loaded into the Backup Manager window. You cannot click Cancel while Arcserve Backup is retrieving the list of items to display in the Backup Manager window.

    Message box - Retrieving Data - Item Count

  2. After Arcserve Backup retrieves the list of items to display in the Backup Manager window, the Loading dialog then displays the percentage of items that are loaded into the Backup Manager. If there are a large number of items to display, you can click Cancel to pause the loading process.

    Message Box - Retrieving Data - Percentage

  3. After you pause the Loading process, you can continue the Loading process by right-clicking target directory and selecting Show More from the pop-up menu.

    Backup Manager - Right-click context menu - Show More Data selected.

  4. If you pause the loading process, the icon for the target directory appears as follows:

    Icon -  Directory - Loading more files

  5. You can pause and continue the loading process as often as necessary. To load more items, right-click the target directory and click Show More from the pop-up menu.
  6. When the loading process is complete, the icon for the target directory displays as follows:

    Icon -  Directory - Loading files complete.