Once a backup copy target has been added to the appliance, you can monitor its status, such as amount of space used, from the Storage tile on the dashboard or from the Configure > Appliance > Backup Copy Targets page.
To view or modify a backup copy target, use the following procedures:
Note: Options vary by backup copy target type. Options not supported for your target type are disabled in the UI.
1 | On the Configure > Appliances page, select your appliance. |
2 | Click the Backup Copy Targets tab, and select a backup copy target. |
3 | Click Edit to change information in the fields, and click Save. |
Note: For cloud backup copy targets, you can increase or decrease the storage threshold from this dialog. These changes are applied to all subsequent backup copy jobs that write to the bucket. For more information about the storage threshold, see Managing the amount of data copied to the cloud.
Use this procedure to remove older backup copies and to reduce the amount of data that can be written to a cloud backup copy target. The new threshold does not result in immediate data reduction on the backup copy target. Instead, the next time the backup copy job runs, the appliance purges older backup copies to meet the new storage threshold and to make space for the new backup copy.
1 | On the Configure > Appliances page, select your appliance. |
2 | Click the Backup Copy Targets tab, select the cloud target on which you want to reduce the space used, and click Edit. |
3 | Adjust the storage threshold as desired and click Save. |
• | If you do not have a threshold, check the Enable storage threshold box, and adjust the Threshold value as desired. The threshold functions as a maximum amount of data the appliance can store on the backup copy target. |
• | If you need to adjust your existing threshold, decrease the Threshold value to the new maximum amount of data you want the appliance to store on the backup copy target. |
4 | On the Jobs > Job Manager page, select the job that writes to the backup copy target and click Edit. |
5 | Click Next. |
6 | Select to delete older backup data to free space if the storage threshold is reached and click Save. |
Use this procedures only if you wish to remove all backup data from your backup copy target.
1 | On the Configure > Appliances page, select your appliance. |
2 | Click the Backup Copy Targets tab, and select the target you wish to erase. |
3 | (Optional) Enter a Media Label. |
• | The label can contain up to 12 alphanumeric characters or underscores. |
• | If you do not enter a label, the appliances generates one for you. |
4 | Click Erase. |
5 | Click Confirm to erase all backup data from the selected backup copy target. |
For some media types, such as USB and eSATA devices, you must prepare new drives before using them for the first time. The prepare option removes any existing data from the media and formats the drive(s). The prepare option only displays if you have selected a backup copy target that has not yet been formatted. To remove all data from media that has already been formatted, see To erase a backup copy target.
Warning! Use this option with caution. Any existing data is permanently deleted from the media.
1 | On the Configure > Appliances page, select your appliance. |
2 | Click the Backup Copy Targets tab, and select the target you wish to prepare. |
3 | (Optional) Enter a Media Label. |
• | The label can contain up to 12 alphanumeric characters or underscores. |
• | If you do not enter a label, the appliances generates one for you. |
4 | Click Prepare. |
5 | The system permanently deletes any existing data and formats the media with the Unitrends file system. |
1 | On the Configure > Appliances page, select your appliance. |
2 | Click the Backup Copy Targets tab, and select the target you wish to remove. |
3 | Click Remove. |