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Introducing Veritas System Recovery
About Veritas System Recovery
The Components Of Veritas System Recovery
Accessing Help And Support For Veritas System Recovery
Sending Your Feedback Regarding Veritas System Recovery 18
Accessing Veritas QuickAssist (VQA)
Updating Veritas System Recovery With Veritas Update
Installing Veritas System Recovery
System Requirements For Veritas System Recovery
Installing Veritas System Recovery
Activating And Setting Up Veritas System Recovery After Installation
Activating Veritas System Recovery After The Trial Period
Installing Veritas System Recovery Monitor
Uninstalling Veritas System Recovery
About The Trial Version Of Veritas System Recovery
Feature Availability In Veritas System Recovery
System Requirements For Veritas System Recovery Monitor
Supported File Systems, Disk Types, Disk Partition Schemes, And Removable Media
Ensuring The Recovery Of Your Computer
Creating A New Veritas System Recovery Disk
Creation Options
Veritas System Recovery Disk Customization Support Matrix
Veritas System Recovery Disk Recovery Matrix
Non Availability Of The Typical Option
Download And Install Windows Assessment And Deployment Kit (ADK)
Languages Options
Veritas System Recovery Disk Storage Media/Destination Options
Startup Options
Setup LightsOut Restore Options
Network Options
Licensed Features Options
Storage And Network Drivers Options
Adding A Storage Or Network Driver
Welcome Panel
Customizing An Existing Veritas System Recovery Disk
Welcome Panel
Recovery Disk Source Options
Licensed Features Options
Storage And Network Drivers Options
Adding A Storage Or Network Driver
Startup Options
Network Options
Veritas System Recovery Disk Storage Media/Destination Options
How To Add New Drivers Or Driver Versions To The Veritas System Recovery Disk
About Restoring A Computer From A Remote Location By Using LightsOut Restore
Configuring LightsOut Restore
Welcome Panel
Storage And Network Drivers Options
Adding A Storage Or Network Driver
Startup Options
Source Location Options
Setup LightsOut Restore Options
Network Options
Licensed Features Options
Testing The Veritas System Recovery Disk
Getting Started
Enabling Network Throttling
Setting Default Options For The Windows Notification Area
File Types And File Extension
Renaming File Types And Extensions
Restoring Default File Types And Extensions
Adding New File Types And Extensions
Deleting A File Type And All Of Its Extensions
Logging Veritas System Recovery Messages
Home Page
Status Page
Tools Page
Improving Your Computer's Performance During A Backup
Starting Veritas System Recovery
Tasks Page
Configuring Veritas System Recovery Default Options
Advanced Page
Setting Up Default General Backup Options
Setting A Default Backup Destination
How To Use Veritas System Recovery
Setting Up Your First Backup Using Easy Setup
Configuring Default FTP Settings For Use With Offsite Copy
Removing Or Changing The Unique Name For An External Drive
Enabling Email Notifications For Product (event) Messages
Best Practices For Backing Up Your Data
About Backing Up Your Data
Best Practices For Backing Up Data
What To Do When A Backup Is Finished
Tips For Running Defined Backups
Backup Destinations
Backing Up Dual Boot Computers
Manually Validating Recovery Points
Backing Up Entire Drives
Defining A Drive Based Backup
USB Disk Rotation
How USB Disk Rotation Works
Rules For Network Credentials
Running Command Files During A Backup
Editing Backup Options
Verifying The Integrity Of A Recovery Point
Viewing The Progress Of A Backup
Recovery Point Encryption
Compression Levels For Recovery Points
Running A One Time Backup From Veritas System Recovery
Running A Backup From Veritas System Recovery Disk
How Offsite Copy Works
Running And Managing Backup Jobs
Running An Existing Backup Job Immediately
Running A Backup To Create An Alternate Type Of Recovery Point
Adjusting The Speed Of A Backup
Stopping A Backup Or A Recovery Task
Verifying That A Backup Is Successful
Viewing The Properties Of A Backup Job
Editing Backup Settings
Enabling Event Triggered Backups
Editing A Backup Schedule
Disabling Or Enabling A Backup Job
Deleting Backup Jobs
Configuring Access Rights For Users Or Groups
Adding Users Who Can Back Up Your Computer
Backing Up Remote Computers From Your Computer
About Backing Up Other Computers From Your Computer
Adding Remote Computers To The Computer List
Adding Local Computers To The Computer List
Removing A Computer From The Computer List
About The Veritas System Recovery Agent
Using The Veritas System Recovery Agent
About Managing The Veritas System Recovery Agent Through Windows Services
About Deploying The Veritas System Recovery Agent
Manually Installing The Veritas System Recovery Agent
Preparing A Computer In A Workgroup Environment To Deploy The Veritas System Recovery Agent
Deploying The Veritas System Recovery Agent
Best Practices For Veritas System Recovery Services
Opening Windows Services
Starting Or Stopping The Veritas System Recovery Agent Service
Setting Up Recovery Actions When The Veritas System Recovery Agent Does Not Start
About Controlling Access To Veritas System Recovery
Enabling Users Or Groups To Access Veritas System Recovery
Changing Permissions For A User Or A Group
Disabling Access For Users Or Groups To Veritas System Recovery
Running Veritas System Recovery Using Different User Rights
Viewing Veritas System Recovery Agent Dependencies
Monitoring The Status Of Your Backups
About Monitoring Backups
Refreshing The Information That Displays About Hard Disk Configuration Changes
Icons On The Status Page
Customizing The Status Reporting Of A Drive (or File And Folder Backups)
Configuring Veritas System Recovery To Send SNMP Traps
Viewing Drive Details
Improving The Protection Level Of A Drive
Icons On The Home Page
About Using Event Log Information To Troubleshoot Problems
Monitoring The Backup Status Of Remote Computers Using Veritas System Recovery Monitor
Starting Veritas System Recovery Monitor
Icons On The Veritas System Recovery Monitor Console
Adding A Remote Computer To The Computer List
Importing A Text File To Add Multiple Remote Computers To The Computer List
Removing A Remote Computer From The Computer List
Viewing The Protection Status Report
About Veritas System Recovery Monitor
Viewing The Backup Protection Status Of A Remote Computer
Modifying The Logon Credentials For The Remote Computers
Configuring Veritas System Recovery Monitor Default Options
Exploring The Contents Of A Recovery Point
Exploring A Recovery Point Through Windows Explorer
Mounting A Recovery Point From Windows Explorer
Opening And Restoring Files Within A Recovery Point Browser
Dismounting A Recovery Point Drive
Viewing The Drive Properties Of A Recovery Point
About Exploring Recovery Points
Managing Backup Destinations
Deleting A Recovery Point Set
Copying Recovery Points
Automating The Management Of Backup Data
About Support Of OneDrive For Business
Differences Between Drive Based Backups And File And Folder Backups
About Backup Destinations
About Managing File And Folder Backup Data
Finding Versions Of A File Or Folder
Viewing The Amount Of File And Folder Backup Data That Is Stored On A Backup Destination
Manually Deleting Files From Your Backups Of Files And Folders
Moving Your Backup Destination
Deleting Recovery Points Within A Recovery Point Set
Cleaning Up Old Recovery Points
Managing Virtual Conversions
Running An Existing Virtual Conversion Job Immediately
Viewing The Properties Of A Virtual Conversion Job
Editing A Virtual Conversion Job
Deleting A Virtual Conversion Job
Running A One Time Conversion Of A Physical Recovery Point To A Virtual Disk
Defining A Virtual Conversion Job
Viewing The Progress Of A Virtual Conversion Job
Managing Cloud Storage
Direct To Cloud
Providing The OpenStorage Destination Path
OpenStorage Destination Options For Backups
OpenStorage Destination Options For Recovery
About Veritas System Recovery Supporting Veritas Access
Using Veritas Access Storage In Veritas System Recovery
About S3 Compatible Cloud Storage
Using S3 Compatible Cloud Storage In Veritas System Recovery
About Creation Of Amazon Machine Image (AMI) In Amazon From Veritas System Recovery Backups
How To Create An Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
How To View The Conversion Tasks And AMI Status
About The Cloud Instance Creator Utility
Downloading OpenStorage Files
How Offsite Copy Works For Cloud Storage
Recovering Files, Folders, Or Entire Drives
Recovering Files And Folders By Using File And Folder Backup Data
Recovering A Secondary Drive
Recovering A Drive
Exploring Files And Folders On Your Computer By Using Veritas System Recovery Disk
Recovering Files And Folders By Using Veritas System Recovery Disk
About Recovering Lost Data
Recovering Files And Folders
Recovering A Computer
Booting A Computer By Using The Veritas System Recovery Disk
Configuring A Computer To Start From A USB Device Or DVD
Recovering A Computer
About Using The Networking Tools In Veritas System Recovery Disk
Starting Networking Services
Mapping A Network Drive From Within Veritas System Recovery Disk
Configuring Network Connection Settings
Getting A Static IP Address If Pinging Is Unsuccessful
Setting A Status IP Address To Enable Recovery From A Recovery Point On A Network Share Or Drive
About The Support Utilities
Recovering A Computer With Different Hardware
Viewing The Properties Of A Drive Within A Recovery Point In The Veritas System Recovery Disk
About Recovering A Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)-based Computer
Recovering A Computer From A Virtual Disk File
Viewing The Properties Of A Recovery Point In The Veritas System Recovery Disk
Preparing To Recover A Computer By Checking The Hard Disk For Errors
Copying A Hard Drive
Copying One Hard Drive To Another Hard Drive
Preparing To Copy A Hard Drive
Using The Veritas System Recovery Granular Restore Option
Best Practices When You Create Recovery Points For Use With The Granular Restore Option
Protecting Your Microsoft Exchange Server For Successful Backups
Starting The Granular Restore Option
Starting Granular Restore Option And Opening A Specific Recovery Point
Restoring A Microsoft Exchange Mailbox
Restoring A Microsoft Exchange Email Message
Restoring A Microsoft Exchange Email Folder
Restoring Files And Folders Using Granular Restore Option
About The Veritas System Recovery Granular Restore Option
Appendix A. Backing Up Databases Using Veritas System Recovery
Creating An Automatic Warm Backup
Creating A Manual Cold (offline) Backup
Creating A Hot (online) Backup Using Veritas System Recovery
About Backing Up Databases Using Veritas System Recovery
Appendix B. Backing Up Active Directory
Tips For Protecting A Domain Controller In Active Directory
Appendix C. Backing Up Microsoft Virtual Environments
About Backing Up And Restoring Microsoft Hyper V Virtual Machines
About Backing Up Microsoft Virtual Hard Disks
Appendix D. Using Veritas System Recovery 18 And Windows Server Core
About Veritas System Recovery 18 And Windows Server Core
Installing Veritas System Recovery 18 On Windows Server Core Using Commands
Backing Up Files And Folders
Backing Up Files And Folders
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