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  • Introducing Veritas System Recovery
    • Accessing Veritas QuickAssist (VQA)
    • Accessing Help And Support For Veritas System Recovery
    • About Veritas System Recovery
    • The Components Of Veritas System Recovery
    • Sending Your Feedback Regarding Veritas System Recovery 22
    • Updating Veritas System Recovery With Veritas Update
  • Installing Veritas System Recovery
    • System Requirements For Veritas System Recovery
    • Supported File Systems, Disk Types, Disk Partition Schemes, And Removable Media
    • Feature Availability In Veritas System Recovery
    • About The Trial Version Of Veritas System Recovery
    • Installing Veritas System Recovery
      • Activating Veritas System Recovery After The Trial Period
      • Activating And Setting Up Veritas System Recovery After Installation
    • Uninstalling Veritas System Recovery
    • System Requirements For Veritas System Recovery Manager
    • Installing Veritas System Recovery Manager
  • Ensuring The Recovery Of Your Computer
    • Creating A New Veritas System Recovery Disk
      • Creation Options
        • Veritas System Recovery Disk Recovery Matrix
        • Veritas System Recovery Disk Customization Support Matrix
        • Non Availability Of The Typical Option
      • Download And Install Windows Assessment And Deployment Kit (ADK)
      • Storage And Network Drivers Options
        • Adding A Storage Or Network Driver
      • Setup LightsOut Restore Options
      • Licensed Features Options
      • Network Options
      • Languages Options
      • Veritas System Recovery Disk Storage Media/Destination Options
      • Startup Options
      • Welcome Panel
    • Customizing An Existing Veritas System Recovery Disk
      • Licensed Features Options
      • Storage And Network Drivers Options
        • Adding A Storage Or Network Driver
      • Recovery Disk Source Options
      • Welcome Panel
      • Startup Options
      • Veritas System Recovery Disk Storage Media/Destination Options
        • How To Add New Drivers Or Driver Versions To The Veritas System Recovery Disk
      • Network Options
    • About Restoring A Computer From A Remote Location By Using LightsOut Restore
      • Configuring LightsOut Restore
        • Licensed Features Options
        • Setup LightsOut Restore Options
        • Network Options
        • Source Location Options
        • Storage And Network Drivers Options
          • Adding A Storage Or Network Driver
        • Startup Options
        • Welcome Panel
    • Testing The Veritas System Recovery Disk
  • Getting Started
    • How To Use Veritas System Recovery
    • Starting Veritas System Recovery
    • Configuring Veritas System Recovery Default Options
    • Setting Up Default General Backup Options
      • Setting A Default Backup Destination
    • Improving Your Computer's Performance During A Backup
    • Setting Default Options For The Windows Notification Area
    • File Types And File Extension
      • Renaming File Types And Extensions
      • Restoring Default File Types And Extensions
      • Deleting A File Type And All Of Its Extensions
      • Adding New File Types And Extensions
    • Removing Or Changing The Unique Name For An External Drive
    • Configuring Default FTP Settings For Use With Offsite Copy
    • Logging Veritas System Recovery Messages
    • Enabling Email Notifications For Product (event) Messages
    • Setting Up Your First Backup Using Easy Setup
    • Status Page
    • Tasks Page
    • Tools Page
    • Advanced Page
    • Using Veritas System Recovery RESTful Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)
    • Enabling Network Throttling
    • Home Page
  • Best Practices For Backing Up Your Data
    • Tips For Running Defined Backups
    • Backup Destinations
    • Manually Validating Recovery Points
    • About Backing Up Your Data
    • Backing Up Dual Boot Computers
    • What To Do When A Backup Is Finished
    • Best Practices For Backing Up Data
  • Backing Up Entire Drives
    • Defining A Drive Based Backup
      • USB Disk Rotation
        • How USB Disk Rotation Works
      • Recovery Point Encryption
      • Viewing The Progress Of A Backup
      • Verifying The Integrity Of A Recovery Point
      • Running Command Files During A Backup
      • Rules For Network Credentials
      • Editing Backup Options
    • 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
  • Backing Up Files And Folders
    • Backing Up Files And Folders
  • 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
    • Editing Backup Settings
    • Editing A Backup Schedule
    • Disabling Or Enabling A Backup Job
    • Adding Users Who Can Back Up Your Computer
    • Viewing The Properties Of A Backup Job
    • Deleting Backup Jobs
    • Enabling Event Triggered Backups
    • Configuring Access Rights For Users Or Groups
    • Verifying That A Backup Is Successful
  • Backing Up Remote Computers From Your Computer
    • About Backing Up Other Computers From Your Computer
      • Adding Remote Computers To The Computer List
      • Removing A Computer From The Computer List
      • Adding Local Computers To 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
      • Preparing A Computer In A Workgroup Environment To Deploy The Veritas System Recovery Agent
      • Deploying The Veritas System Recovery Agent
      • Manually Installing The Veritas System Recovery Agent
    • Best Practices For Veritas System Recovery Services
      • Starting Or Stopping The Veritas System Recovery Agent Service
      • Setting Up Recovery Actions When The Veritas System Recovery Agent Does Not Start
      • Opening Windows Services
    • Viewing Veritas System Recovery Agent Dependencies
    • About Controlling Access To Veritas System Recovery
      • Enabling Users Or Groups To Access Veritas System Recovery
      • Changing Permissions For A User Or A Group
      • Running Veritas System Recovery Using Different User Rights
      • Disabling Access For Users Or Groups To Veritas System Recovery
  • Monitoring The Status Of Your Backups
    • About Monitoring Backups
      • Refreshing The Information That Displays About Hard Disk Configuration Changes
    • Icons On The Home Page
    • Icons On The Status Page
    • Configuring Veritas System Recovery To Send SNMP Traps
    • Customizing The Status Reporting Of A Drive (or File And Folder Backups)
    • Viewing Drive Details
    • Improving The Protection Level Of A Drive
    • About Using Event Log Information To Troubleshoot Problems
  • Managing And Monitoring The Backup Status Of Remote Computers Using Veritas System Recovery Manager
    • Configuring Veritas System Recovery Manager Default Options
    • Viewing Veritas System Recovery Dashboard
    • Adding A Remote Computer To All Computers
      • Importing A Text File To Add Multiple Remote Computers To All Computers
    • Viewing The Backup Protection Status Of A Remote Computer
    • About Backup Tasks
      • Tips For Creating Recovery Points
      • Recovery Point Set And Independent Recovery Point In Backup Job
    • Editing Backup Jobs
    • Viewing The Protection Status Report
    • About Veritas System Recovery 22 Manager
    • Modifying The Logon Credentials For The Remote Computers
    • Icons On The Veritas System Recovery Manager Console
    • Configuring Windows Firewall Exceptions For Veritas System Recovery Manager
    • Creating Backup Jobs
    • Removing Backup Jobs
    • Running Or Deleting Backup Jobs For The Remote Computers
    • Searching A Remote Computer From All Computers
    • Applying Backup Jobs
    • Removing A Remote Computer From The All Computers
    • Viewing The Backup Protection Status For A Remote Computer
    • Starting Veritas System Recovery Manager
  • Exploring The Contents Of A Recovery Point
    • About Exploring Recovery Points
    • Exploring A Recovery Point Through Windows Explorer
      • Mounting A Recovery Point From Windows Explorer
    • Viewing The Drive Properties Of A Recovery Point
    • Dismounting A Recovery Point Drive
    • Opening And Restoring Files Within A Recovery Point Browser
  • Managing Backup Destinations
    • About Backup Destinations
    • Differences Between Drive Based Backups And File And Folder Backups
    • Cleaning Up Old Recovery Points
    • Deleting A Recovery Point Set
    • Deleting Recovery Points Within A Recovery Point Set
    • Copying Recovery Points
    • About Managing File And Folder Backup Data
      • 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
      • Finding Versions Of A File Or Folder
    • Automating The Management Of Backup Data
    • Moving Your Backup Destination
    • About Support Of OneDrive For Business
  • Managing Virtual Conversions
    • Defining A Virtual Conversion Job
    • Running An Existing Virtual Conversion Job Immediately
    • Editing A Virtual Conversion Job
    • Deleting A Virtual Conversion Job
    • Running A One Time Conversion Of A Physical Recovery Point To A Virtual Disk
    • Viewing The Progress Of A Virtual Conversion Job
    • Viewing The Properties Of A Virtual Conversion Job
  • Managing Cloud Storage
    • Direct To Cloud
      • OpenStorage Destination Options For Backups
      • Providing The OpenStorage Destination Path
      • OpenStorage Destination Options For Recovery
    • Downloading OpenStorage Files
    • How Offsite Copy Works For Cloud Storage
    • 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 S3 Compatible Cloud Storage
      • Using S3 Compatible Cloud Storage In Veritas System Recovery
    • About Veritas System Recovery Supporting Veritas Access
      • Using Veritas Access Storage In Veritas System Recovery
    • About The Cloud Instance Creator Utility
  • Recovering Files, Folders, Or Entire Drives
    • Recovering Files And Folders By Using File And Folder Backup Data
    • Recovering Files And Folders
    • Recovering A Secondary Drive
    • Recovering A Drive
    • Recovering Files And Folders By Using Veritas System Recovery Disk
    • About Recovering Lost Data
    • Exploring Files And Folders On Your Computer By Using Veritas System Recovery Disk
  • Recovering A Computer
    • About Recovering A Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)-based Computer
    • Booting A Computer By Using The Veritas System Recovery Disk
      • Configuring A Computer To Start From A USB Device Or DVD
    • Preparing To Recover A Computer By Checking The Hard Disk For Errors
    • Recovering A Computer With Different Hardware
    • About Using The Networking Tools In 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
      • Mapping A Network Drive From Within Veritas System Recovery Disk
      • Starting Networking Services
    • Viewing The Properties Of A Recovery Point In The Veritas System Recovery Disk
    • About The Support Utilities
    • Viewing The Properties Of A Drive Within A Recovery Point In The Veritas System Recovery Disk
    • Recovering A Computer From A Virtual Disk File
    • Recovering A Computer
  • Copying A Hard Drive
    • Preparing To Copy A Hard Drive
    • Copying One Hard Drive To Another Hard Drive
  • Using The Veritas System Recovery Granular Restore Option
    • About 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 Folder
    • Restoring A Microsoft Exchange Email Message
    • Restoring Files And Folders Using Granular Restore Option
  • Appendix A. Backing Up Databases Using Veritas System Recovery
    • About Backing Up Databases Using Veritas System Recovery
    • Creating A Manual Cold (offline) Backup
    • Creating An Automatic Warm Backup
    • Creating A Hot (online) Backup 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 Microsoft Virtual Hard Disks
    • About Backing Up And Restoring Microsoft Hyper V Virtual Machines
  • Appendix D. Using Veritas System Recovery 22 And Windows Server Core
    • About Veritas System Recovery 22 And Windows Server Core
    • Installing Veritas System Recovery 22 On Windows Server Core Using Commands
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Last published : Apr 02, 2026
This section includes the following topics:
  • Running an existing backup job immediately
  • 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
  • Adding users who can back up your computer
  • Configuring access rights for users or groups
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Running an existing backup job immediatelyAdjusting the speed of a backupStopping a backup or a recovery taskVerifying that a backup is successfulViewing the properties of a backup jobEditing backup settingsEnabling event-triggered backupsEditing a backup scheduleDisabling or enabling a backup jobDeleting backup jobsAdding users who can back up your computerConfiguring access rights for users or groups

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