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Thank you for joining us today. I’m Rudy Stebih and this is HelpDeskTV for Windows
7. Today in Part 4 of our series on backing up your computer, we are going to show you
how to setup different backup sets that will enable you to backup different files and folders
to your online cloud based backup and local storage device at the same time.
So far, in part 1 we have showed you how to install the CrashPlan software at crashplan.com.
In part 2 of our series, we walked you through step-by-step on setting up a free local backup
solution using a local storage device. Then in part 3, we showed you how to backup your
files to an off-site storage solution using CrashPlan Central.
Now that you have multiple destinations setup, we can create backup sets that will determine
which files and directories get backed up to which destination. In others, you can have
some files and directories backup to your local storage device, and you can have a different
set of files and directories backup to your on-line backup solution at CrashPlan Central.
So, let’s see how this works.
First, from the CrashPlan main screen, click on the Settings menu item. And then click
on the Backup tab. At the bottom, you will see the option ‘Backup sets’. Go ahead
and click Enable.
You will now be shown the default backup set which includes all files and directories being
backed up to all destinations. Here is where we will create another backup set independent
of the default backup set and select its own files and directories to backup.
Now, click on the ‘Add’ button underneath the backup set list. And go ahead and type
in a new name for the backup set. Here we will name it ‘Local’.
Next, we will select which files and directories will be backed up. Click the ‘Select’
button in the Files panel and go ahead and select some directories separate to ones you
are currently backing up. And then press OK.
Now that we have some files and/or directories selected to backup, we need to choose a destination.
Here, click the ‘Assign’ button in the Destinations panel. And the click on the destination
for this backup set. Here we will select the ‘backup_CrashPlan’ folder which is located
on our local USB drive. And then click OK.
And there you have it folks. You have just created a 2nd backup set that will backup
a different set of files & folders to a separate destination from the Default backup set.
Now lets make a quick change to the default backup set and remove the local backup set
from the Default backup. Click the Default backup set in the backup set list at the top
of the panel. And then click the ‘Change’ button in the Destinations panel. Go ahead
and unselect the check mark next to the ‘backup_CrashPlan’ folder. And then click OK. Don’t forget
to click the Save button to save your changes.
Back in the Backup menu, you will now see two panels that are labeled Default & Local.
These are your individual backup sets that you have just created. You can see under the
Default backup set, that the current folders ‘Rudy Stebih’ and ‘ZZ’ will be backed
up to CrashPlan Central. Where as under the Local panel, only the directory ‘ZZ’ will
be backed up to the local storage device.
I hope you enjoyed todays HelpDesk TV. If you need further assistance in setting up
CrashPlan as your backup solution, you can contact us on our support forum here at ‘http://forums.helpdesktv.ca’.
Thanks for watching!