New: Retrospect 20.0.1

New Novus UI - Modern, Cross-Platform

Free Trial

Documentation
Retrospect Backup 20 for Windows User's Guide
PDF

Contents

What's New
- Retrospect Novus
- Latest Improvements and Fixes
Quick Start Guide
- First Launch Experience
- Backup
- Restore
Getting Started
- Overview of Retrospect
- Requirements
- Creating a Retrospect User Account
- Installing Retrospect
- Installing the Retrospect Novus Interface
- Using Retrospect
- Using Retrospect Novus
- Interactions
- Upgrading from a previous version of Retrospect
- Security and Encryption
Fundamentals
- How Retrospect Works
- Progressive Backup
- Backup Sets and Their Components
- Storage Groups
- Backup Actions
- Catalog Files
- Snapshots
- Retrospect and Clients
- Retrospect Dashboard
Hardware
- Hardware Overview
- Communication Technologies
- Seeing Your Backup Devices
- CD/DVD Drives
- Removable Disk Drives
- Hard Disk Drives
- Tape Drives
- Tape Libraries
- Removable Storage Manager
- Media Longevity and Storage
- Multiple Backup Drives
- Network Attached Storage (NAS) Devices
Immediate Operations
- Backup
- Archive
- Restore
- Duplicate (Replication)
- Transfer Backup Sets
- Transfer Snapshots
- Controlling Immediate Operations
Automated Operations
- Overview of Scripts
- Creating Scripts
- Scripted Backup
- Scripted Duplicate (Replications)
- Scripted Archive
- Scripted Restore
- Scripted Backup Set Transfer
- Scripted Snapshot Transfer
- Scripted Grooming
- Scripted Verification
- Scheduling Scripts
- Saving Scripts
- Testing Scripts
- Executing Scripts
- Controlling Scripts
- ProactiveAI Backup
Controlling Operations
- Controlling Operations Overview
- Stop Button
- Activity Monitor
- Media Request Window
- Multiple Concurrent Executions
Networked Clients
- Networked Clients Overview
- Installing Clients
- Working with Clients
- Updating Clients
- Uninstalling a Client and Its Software
- Advanced Networking
- New Retrospect Client software
- User-initiated backups and restores
- Locking client features and preferences
- To customize these default preferences for an individual client:
- Backing up Clients
- Working with Windows Clients
- Working with Mac OS Clients
- Working with UNIX Clients
- File System Conversions
- Microsoft Networking Volumes
- Network Backup Guidelines
Cloud Backup
- Amazon S3 Account Setup Guide
- Storage Setup Guide
- Choosing a Storage Class
- Simple Access Setup Guide
- Advanced Access Setup Guide
- Information for Retrospect
- Adding Cloud Storage in Retrospect
- Using Cloud Storage in Retrospect
- Throttling Cloud Backups in Retrospect
- General Tips
Retrospect Cloud Storage
- Overview
- Tiers
- Setup
Cloud Data Protection
- Information for Retrospect
- Step-by-Step Guide
- Account Setup Guide
- Storage Setup Guide
Cloud Deployment
- Account Setup
- Instance Setup
- Remote Backup
- Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
Ransomware Protection
- Overview
- Step-by-Step Guide
- Technical Details
Anomaly Detection
- Overview
- Detecting Anomalies
- Step-by-Step Setup Guide
Security Reporting
- Reporting Functionality
- Geo Tracking Endpoints
Disaster recovery
- Creating a Retrospect Emergency Recovery Disc
- Using the Retrospect Emergency Recovery Disc
- Recovery to Different Hardware
Management
- Backup Strategies
- Log and Reports
- Managing Execution Options
- Managing Backup Sets
- Maintaining Scripts
- Retrospect Preferences
- Moving Retrospect
- Catalog and Configuration Backups
- Working with File Servers
- Working with Open Files
- Terminal Services and Remote Desktop
Tools
- Working with Volumes
- Browsing
- Using Selectors
- Maintenance and Repair
- External Scripting
Problems and Solutions
- Tips and late-breaking information
- Troubleshooting
- Common Questions
- Retrospect Error Messages
- Retrospect Error Numbers
- Retrospect Client Errors
- Retrospect Support

Appendices