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1 Overview..................................................................................................

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Concepts.................................................................................................................................

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A Simple, Immediate Backup......................................................................................................

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Restore to a Different Location....................................................................................................

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2 Administering Backup...............................................................................

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Using the Administrator...........................................................................................................

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Using Quick Access from Taskbar.............................................................................................

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About the Data Protector Express Service...................................................................................

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3 Configuring Backup Jobs...........................................................................

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Selecting Files........................................................................................................................

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Selecting Devices....................................................................................................................

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Encryption.............................................................................................................................

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Configuration.........................................................................................................................

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Advanced Settings..................................................................................................................

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4 Configuring Restore and Verify Jobs............................................................

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Selecting Files........................................................................................................................

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Selecting Devices....................................................................................................................

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Configuration.........................................................................................................................

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Advanced Settings..................................................................................................................

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5 Working With Devices..............................................................................

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Selecting Devices for Jobs........................................................................................................

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Device Properties....................................................................................................................

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Device Commands..................................................................................................................

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Working with Tape Libraries.....................................................................................................

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Sharing storage devices on a SAN...........................................................................................

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6 Scheduling, Rotations, and Media Management...........................................

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Backup Schedule Considerations..............................................................................................

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Scheduling Concepts..............................................................................................................

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Media Rotation Types..............................................................................................................

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Running Jobs with Rotations.....................................................................................................

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7 Encryption and Compression......................................................................

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8 Working with Third-Party Applications.........................................................

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Microsoft Exchange Server.......................................................................................................

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Configuring a Microsoft Exchange Server..............................................................................

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Backing up Microsoft Exchange Server.................................................................................

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Restoring Microsoft Exchange Databases..............................................................................

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Disaster Recovery with Microsoft Exchange Server..................................................................

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Mailbox Backup and Recovery............................................................................................

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Working with Microsoft SQL Server...........................................................................................

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Microsoft SQL server concepts.............................................................................................

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Configuring the Microsoft SQL Server...................................................................................

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Backing up Microsoft SQL Server.........................................................................................

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Microsoft SQL Server Databases and the backup mode......................................................

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Using Data Protector Express with SQL Server’s Backup Routine...........................................

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Restoring Microsoft SQL Server............................................................................................

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Restoring Microsoft SQL Server user databases......................................................................

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Restoring Microsoft SQL Server master databases...................................................................

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Restoring Microsoft SQL Server 2000 master databases..........................................................

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