IMPORTANT: Make sure you have at least 500 MB if you are using the host as a master backup server in a large environment, for example 300 clients, 25,000 jobs and 500,000 images.

3.Schedule backup collection for your master servers as described in ”Scheduling Backup Collection for Master Servers” on page 174

Accessing Backup Manager

To access Backup Manager, click Tools > Storage Essentials > Backup Manager or click Tools

>Storage Essentials > Home. Then, click Backup Manager in the left pane.

Determining if Last Night’s Backup was Successful

Backup Manager provides several tools to help you to quickly determine if last night’s backup was successful. The quickest way to find out if last night’s backup was successful is to go to the Summary tab in Backup Manager. Refer to the following topics to learn more:

•”Viewing the Summary Backup Charts” on page 351

•”Viewing Backup Results for a Client” on page 352

•”Viewing Backup Information for a Client” on page 352

•”Viewing Backup Reports” on page 353

Viewing the Summary Backup Charts

To access information about last night’s backup by looking at the backup charts:

1.Access Backup Manager as described in ”Accessing Backup Manager” on page 351.

2.Click the Summary tab on the right side of the window.

3.By default, the Backup SLA Performance chart is displayed in the upper-left pane on the Summary page.

This chart displays the overall results of the backups in the last 14 days. It tells you if the overall backup was successful, partially successful or failed. See ”About the Summary Backup Charts” on page 364 and ”Modifying Summary Backup Charts” on page 371 for more information about this chart and about modifying it.

Viewing Backup Results for a Master Server

You can quickly view the results of the backup jobs that a master server performed by accessing its chart, as described in the following steps:

1.Access Backup Manager as described in ”Accessing Backup Manager” on page 351.

2.Click the Topology tab on the right side of the window.

3.Access the master server by typing its name in the Find field and then clicking the Find Next button ().

4.Once the master server has been selected in the topology, click the Jobs tab in the lower pane.

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