Specify the Source

The Source page lets you specify the source nodes that you want to protect. You can select more than one node in a plan. If you have not added any nodes to the Console, you can add nodes when you create or modify a plan from the Source page. You can also save a plan without adding any source nodes. The plan gets deployed only after you add source nodes.

Follow these steps:

  1. On the Source tab, click Add.
  2. Select one of the following options:

    3. Select Nodes to Protect in Arcserve UDP

    Opens the Select Nodes to Protect in Arcserve UDP dialog. Select the nodes from the displayed list. Select this option if you have already added the nodes to the Console.

    Add Windows Node

    Opens the Add nodes to a plan dialog. Select this option if you have not added the nodes and you want to manually add the nodes to protect.

    Discover Nodes from Active Directory

    Opens the Add Nodes to Arcserve UDP Console dialog. Select this option if you want to discover and add nodes from the Active Directory.

  3. If you selected the Select Nodes to Protect in Arcserve UDP option, on the Select Nodes to Protect dialog, do the following:
    1. (Optional) Select a filter from the Groups drop-down list to filter nodes. You can enter keywords to further filter your nodes.
    2. The nodes are displayed on the Available Nodes column.
    3. Select the nodes from the Available Nodes column, and then click the single right arrow (>) or double right arrow (>>) to move the selected nodes or all the nodes respectively to the Selected Nodes column.
    4. The nodes are displayed in the Selected Nodes column.
    5. Click OK to close the dialog.
  5. To choose the Protection Type, select one of the following options:

    6. Back up all volumes

    Prepares a backup snapshot of all the volumes.

    Back up selected volumes

    Prepares a backup snapshot of the selected volume.

    The source is specified.