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Chapter 3 - Setting Up EBR

EBR Program Group

1. In Program Manager, select (and open, if minimized) the StartUp group, and then select the Scheduled Backup icon.

2. Choose Properties from the File menu, or press [Alt]+[Enter] instead.

3. The Program Item Properties dialog box appears.

4. Check the Run Minimized box.

5. Click OK or press [Enter].

Using EBR Menus

Help Menu

Figure 3-1. Help Pull-down Menu

Contents shows you the contents page of help topics available for EBR. This on-line information contains hypertext links to assist you in locating the information you need. Pressing [F1] has the same effect. See "Getting Help" later in this chapter for more information.
Search for Help On provides an index so you can find help on a particular topic.
How to Use Help describes the on-line help system for new users.
About EBR gives you information about the version of EBR you are running, and the amount of memory available on your machine.

Operation Menu

Figure 3-2. Operation Menu

Backup allows you to back up selected files, directories, or disk volumes immediately. It is the same as the speedbar's Backup button.
Recover allows you to browse or recover files, directories, or disk volumes. It is the same as the speedbar's Recover button.
Archive allows you to safely back up old files, directories, or disk volumes to backup media, then remove them to free up disk space. It is the same as the speedbar's Archive button.
Verify Files confirms that the files you backed up match the ones actually on your local disk. It is the same as the speedbar's Verify button.

Note: Your administrator may have configured the EBR service to allow access to some or all of the features described in the rest of this chapter. For example, at some sites, you can use EBR only for marking files and directories to be saved, and for recovering data from backups. At such sites, actual backups of workstation data will be handled by the EBRSCHED program on a schedule determined by your administrator. If a feature described here does not appear to operate correctly, see your administrator and ask about the local configuration of EBR.

File Menu

Figure 3-3. File Menu

Mark and Unmark flag and unflag files to be backed up or recovered from storage media, just like the speedbar buttons.

Special Handling brings up a dialog box that duplicates the function of the Protect, Encrypt, Compress, and Clear speedbar buttons.
Find provides a way to search for a file if you know its name, just like the Find speedbar button. It works with all operations.
Change Selection gives you a shortcut for changing the selected entry in the browse window; it has no speedbar equivalent. If your EBR service is configured to permit workstation backup of network drives, Change Selection allows you to select from the list of available network drives.
Close ends the operation in progress and closes all browse and status display windows. This is the same as double-clicking on the browse window's control-menu box.
Start Operation activates the operation in progress, just like the Start button on the speedbar. The Operation could be Backup, Recover, Archive, or Verify.
Even during an operation, Exit closes EBR so it is no longer an active application on your desktop.

Tree Menu

Figure 3-4. Tree Menu

Expand One Level displays another level of a collapsed branch in the directory tree. This command is the same as typing [+], or double-clicking the mouse on a directory in the browse window.
Expand Branch displays all hidden levels of a collapsed branch in the directory tree. This command is the same as typing [*]. There is no mouse equivalent for this or Expand All.
Expand All displays all branches in the entire directory tree of all your disk volumes. This command is the same as typing [Ctrl][*], where [*] must be the asterisk on your numeric keypad.
Collapse Branch hides (or collapses) all branches beneath the selected directory. This command is the same as typing [-], or double-clicking the mouse again on that directory in the browse window.

View Menu

Figure 3-5. View Menu

Split allows you to move the vertical divider separating the two panels in a browse window, using the arrow keys. This operation can also be done with the mouse, by moving the arrow pointer to the divider, and dragging it while pressing the mouse button.
Name Only instructs the browse window to show only file names, while Name and Details tells it to show file size, date, time, and the DOS file attributes (plus backup date and time for Recover).

Options Menu

Figure 3-6. Options Menu

Password sets an EBR file protection password for use in subsequent backups when Protect and Encrypt modes are in effect.
Local Directives sets up directives for scheduled backups of your system, and some directives for manual backups.
Recover Options allows you to relocate recovered data, and to set the method for duplicate filename resolution. This item is enabled only during a recover operation.
Font allows you to set the display font in directory tree browse windows and in operation status windows.
Speedbar is a toggle that alternately removes and restores the panel containing graphical buttons such as Backup and Recover.
Status line is a toggle that alternately removes and restores the area containing the server name, client name, and brief help messages.

Window Menu

Figure 3-7. Window Menu

Cascade arranges open windows one behind another. Though windows may overlap, all are partly or fully visible.
Tile resizes and arranges open windows so that they all fit on the screen, and they all are visible.
Arrange Icons positions icons so that they are evenly spaced in the EBR window. This command has an effect only when either a browse window or a status window is minimized.
Close All ends any operation in progress and closes all browse and display windows.

Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts

Using the Speedbar

Figure 3-8. The Speedbar

Tip: The underline in each button label shows the letter to use for the [Alt] key shortcut. For example, [Alt]+s means Start.

Getting Help

If a menu is selected, look on the right side of the status line for a brief help message concerning the selection.
When the Main window is active, press [F1], or select Contents from the Help menu, to bring up a Help window showing you a list of help topics.
To read on-line help from beginning to end, click repeatedly on the [ >> ] button within the Help window.
In the Help window, when the cursor changes from an arrow to a hand with index finger raised, you may click the mouse to traverse the hypertext link underneath. If you need help on a particular topic, select Search for Help On from the Help menu, or click the Search button from inside the Help window, and then select a topic from the list.
If you do not understand how to use the Help window, which provides hypertext links in green type and in graphics, select How to Use Help from the Help menu.

EBR Options

1. In Program Manager, select the EBR program group.

2. Select the EBR or Scheduled Backup icon.

3. Choose Properties from the File menu, or type [Alt]+[Enter] instead.The Program Item Properties dialog box appears.

4. At the end of the Command Line text box, type a space (required), then "-s" and the name of a server you wish to designate. For example:

ebr.exe -s servername

5. Click OK or press [Enter].

Setting up Your System

Choose Password from the Options menu to enter your file protection password. If you choose to password-protect your files during backups, EBR uses this password. When you try to recover files that are password-protected, you will have to provide this password.
Choose Local Directives from the Options menu to give special instructions to the EBR server for backing up your files during scheduled backups.

Setting Your Password

Important: If you change your EBR file protection password, EBR does not change the file protection for files previously password-protected. To recover a password-protected file you must be able to provide the specific password in effect at the time you backed up that particular version of the file. Therefore, you should be very conservative about changing your EBR file protection password.

Figure 3-9. Password Dialog Box

Important: Your password cannot be longer than 20 characters.

Note: The Password and Retype Password fields always appear blank when you bring up this dialog box, even if you have an existing password.

Setting the Local Directives

Figure 3-10. Local Directives Browse Window

1. Choose Expand All from the Tree menu to expand all your directory branches so that you can see everything on your disk volumes.

2. Use the scroll bars to browse all your directories and files.

3. Select the file(s) you do not want backed up, and click the Unmark speedbar button to unmark them.

Figure 3-11. Unmark Speedbar Button

Important: If you unmark any directories or files in the Local Directives window, they will not be backed up by EBR during scheduled backups. You should never unmark items unless you really do not want them backed up.

Password Protection

1. Use the scroll bars to locate the directories or files you want to password-protect or compress.

2. Select a file and click the Protect speedbar button to password-protect it, the Encrypt button to encrypt and password-protect it, or the Compress button to compress it.

Figure 3-12. Speedbar Buttons

Note: You can either encrypt or password-protect a file, or compress it, but you cannot do more than one. See Chapter 5 for more information on these features.

Saving the Local Directives

Note: The files you designate for password-protection, encryption, or compression in the Local Directives window apply not only to scheduled backups, but to manual backups and archives as well.

Display Options

Setting Your Font

Figure 3-13. Font Dialog Box

Speedbar and Status Line

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