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Chapter 4 - Browsing the Disk Volumes

Viewing your disk volumes, directories, and files
Searching for files by using patterns and wildcards
Changing the current selection to a specific directory or file
Marking and unmarking directories or files for backup, recover, or archive
Exiting from browse windows and from EBR
Checking the status of a scheduled backup

Types of Browse Windows

Local Directives window - Use this window to view disk volumes, directories, or files, and unmark ones you do not want backed up during scheduled backup. You may also designate files or directories as password-protected or compressed.
Backup window - Use this window to view your disk volumes, directories, or files, and mark ones you would like to have immediately backed up. You may also use this window to password-protect or compress items during backup.
Recover window - Use this window to browse the on-line index entries for your backed-up disk volumes, directories, or files, and mark ones you wish to recover.
Archive window - Use this window to view your disk volumes, directories, or files, and mark ones that you would like to have safely stored on separate archive media and then optionally have removed.
This frees up disk space, and you can still recover a deleted file in the future if you want to.
Verify Files window - Use this window to view the on-line index entries for your backed-up disk volumes, directories, or files, and mark ones you wish to verify by comparing them against their counterparts currently on hard disk.

Viewing Your Disk Volumes

Change Archive Time allows you to alter the date and time before which unmodified files become eligible for archiving. The archive time appears on the right side of the status line.

By default, the archive time is 90 days ago; so files are candidates for archiving after not changing for about three months. They are marked with an asterisk on the far right of the browse window, to indicate what you may want to archive.

Note: To see the asterisk, you must select Name and Details in the View menu.

The Recover and Verify windows add three choices to the View menu:

Required Volumes shows a list of the backup volumes (tapes that must be mounted by the EBR service) you need to recover or verify files you have marked.
Change Browse Time allows you to look at the on-line index for any time in the past, in case you want to see how your files and directories looked at an earlier time.
Versions shows the sizes, modification times, and backup times for versions of files previously backed up by EBR.

Viewing Directories and Files

Figure 4-1. Backup Browse Window

Expanding One Level

1. Highlight the volume or directory you wish to expand.

2. Choose Expand One Level from the Tree menu, or double-click the primary mouse button (usually on the left).

Tip: Or press [+], the speed key for Expand One Level.

Expanding a Branch

1. Highlight the volume or directory you wish to expand.

2. Choose Expand Branch from the Tree menu.

Tip: Or press [*], the speed key for Expand Branch.

Figure 4-2. Expanding One Level

Figure 4-3. Expanding a Branch

Expanding All Branches

1. Highlight any of the volumes in the directory.

2. If you have multiple volumes, the location of the highlight does not matter - all volumes will be expanded.

3. Choose Expand All from the Tree menu.

Tip: Or press [Ctrl][*], the speed key for Expand All. You must use the [*] on the numeric keypad, not the one above [8].

Expand operations show the items as they are expanded on the status line. To cancel an expansion in progress, press the [Esc] key. If you cancel an expansion, the browse window shows the expanded directory structure only as far as the expansion progressed.

Note: Expand All has the same effect as highlighting "/" (root) at the top and choosing Expand Branch. The difference is that you do not need to highlight "/" for Expand All.

Collapsing an Expanded View

1. Highlight the volume or directory you wish to collapse.

2. Choose Collapse Branch from the Tree menu, or double-click the primary mouse button (usually on the left).

Tip: Or press [-] (the minus sign), the speed key for Collapse Branch.

Searching for Files

1. Choose Find from the File pull-down menu.

Tip: Or click the Find button on the speedbar.

EBR displays the Find dialog box, where you can enter the pattern or file name for which to search:

Figure 4-4. Find Dialog Box

2. Type a pattern or name into the Find What field.

3. Press the [Enter] key, or click on Find Next.

Table 4-1. Sample Search Patterns

Pattern Description
MEMO.12 Find files with the name "MEMO.12"
*.TMP Find files with the suffix "TMP"
A*.* Find files starting with the letter "A"
AO??? Find the file that begins with the letters "AO" and has five or fewer characters

Changing Selection

1. Choose Change Selection from the File menu. The Change Selection dialog box appears:

Figure 4-5. Change Selection Dialog Box

2. Enter the path of the file you are selecting into the Selection field and press the [Enter] key or click OK.

Tip: If the system administrator has enabled network drive backup, you may change to a network drive by typing its letter in the Selection box. For example, type "H:" to switch to the H network drive.

Marking and Unmarking

Tip: If you highlight one or more files at once by holding down the mouse button and dragging the mouse, you can Mark all files inside the selection. Check marks appear on each line. Any time you mark a volume or directory, all its nested subdirectories and files are also marked.

Marking a File

1. Highlight the item(s) you want in the browse window.

2. Choose [Mark] from the File menu.

Tip: Or click the Mark button on the speedbar.

Unmarking a File

1. Highlight the item(s) you do not want in the browse window.

2. Choose [Unmark] from the File menu.

Tip: Or click the Unmark button on the speedbar.

Figure 4-6. Sample Backup Browse Wndow

Tip: If you have a two-button mouse, you may click the secondary button (usually on the right) to alternately mark and unmark a volume, file, or directory.

Exiting a Browse Window

Tip: Or double-click on the browse window' s control menu box.

Checking Scheduled Backup

1. Inside the EBR program group, double-click on the Scheduled Backup icon:

Figure 4-7. Scheduled Backup Icon

2. Look at the messages inside the Scheduled Backup Status window.

If the messages "Scheduled probe started" and "Scheduled save started" appear in the status window, the backup is proceeding as specified.

If the status window contains "save: failed" messages, as in the following sample, you must restart the scheduled backup.

Figure 4-8. Scheduled Backup Status Window

3. To resume waiting for scheduled backup, choose Restart Backup from the File menu.

The Scheduled Backup Status window clears, and the following message appears:

Waiting to be contacted for backup...

4. Make Scheduled Backup an icon again by clicking the minimize button.

Note: Scheduled Backup does not back up network drives even if you have marked them for backup. If workstation backup of network drives is supported by your EBR service, you must use EBR to initiate backups of data on network drives.

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