Western Digital WD Sentinel DS5100 Maintenance Manual

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USING THE WD SENTINEL SERVER’S FEATURES
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WD SENTINEL DS5100/DS6100
ADMINISTRATOR AND MAINTENANCE GUIDE
Initiating Backups 
By default, backups are performed at night for up to 50 client computers in a sequential 
order. If the client computer is asleep or hibernating at that time, the backup software can be 
enabled to wake up the client computer, back it up, and put it back to sleep.
You may start a manual backup either through the Launchpad on the computer being 
backed up or through the Dashboard.
Backup Using the Launchpad
Note:  For information on accessing the Launchpad, see “Using the Launchpad 
1.  
On the Launchpad, click Backup. The Backup Properties page displays:
Note:
If you want the computer to automatically wake up for scheduled backups, select 
the check box.
2.    Click Start backup.
3.    Enter a name for the backup and click OK.
The Backup Properties page re-displays and tracks the progress of the backup.