Managing Your Backups
What to back up and when to schedule backups is managed is configured in the device connected to the portal. After a backup is created in the portal, you can manage the backup from the portal, including viewing content, copying content, for the current backup and for previous backups in addition to restoring a backup.
To manage backed up folders and files:
1 Click the BACKUPS option in the navigation pane.
2 Select a backup.
The backed up folders and files are listed.
You can restore the backup to the device or drill-down to restore only part of the backup.
Note: You can also click the DEVICES option in the navigation pane and select the device from the list.
To access the backup for the device, click
.
3 Perform any of the following actions on the folders and files in the backup:
– Download. If you selected multiple items, they are downloaded in a ZIP file. If nothing is selected, the current folder will be downloaded as a ZIP file. When accessing CTERA Portal through a Chrome browser, users can drag and drop files from the portal directly to a local user folder such as Desktop. You can drag and drop only one file at a time.
– Copy the selected items to a folder in the cloud drive.
– Create or manage public links. If the folder is protected with a passphrase, you cannot create a link. See
Making Content Public.
– Restore previous versions of a file. See Restoring a Previous Back Up.
– View Files, either using Microsoft O365 or CTERA Edit. See Viewing Backed Up Files
– Restore the selected folders and files to the original device. See Restoring a Backup.