Seagate STCB2000900 Using Cloud Storage, About Cloud Storage, Setting up a Cloud Storage Account

Using Cloud Storage About Cloud Storage

5. Using Cloud Storage

This chapter explains how to set up and manage your Cloud Storage account so you can use it as a destination for your data backups. You can manage your Cloud Storage account from

within Seagate® Dashboard, or you can log into your account using a Web browser.

Note: The Cloud Storage service is only available in the Windows® version of Seagate Dashboard.

About Cloud Storage

The Seagate Cloud Storage Service Powered by Nero is a secure, reliable place to store your backed-up data online. When you purchased your Seagate Backup Plus drive, you received a free 1-year subscription to the Cloud Storage service, along with 4 gigabytes of free storage. You can easily increase the amount of available storage, and extend your subscription beyond the initial year.

Note: Seagate Central does not support the Cloud Storage service.

When setting up a backup plan with the Protect feature, you can specify Cloud Storage as the destination for the data backups; then when Seagate Dashboard executes the backup plan, it will automatically upload your data files to your Cloud Storage account.

See “Protecting Your Data” on page 9 for information on how to create a backup plan.

Setting up a Cloud Storage Account

To start backing up your files to Cloud Storage, you must first create a Cloud Storage account. To create a Cloud Storage account, do the following:

1.Connect your Dashboard-enhanced Seagate drive to your computer.

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