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Chapter 6 Protect Screens
NSA-2400 User’s Guide
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Configuration File Backup and Restoration does not affect data (your files and 
folders), volumes  on the NSA.
6.1.2  Genie Backup Manager
Use the Genie Backup Manager to transfer data from your computer to the NSA. You could 
use Genie Backup Manager to back up from one NSA to another NSA but it’s recommended 
you use the NSA Protect > Backup to do this (see 
as the latter 
would be faster. 
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The Genie Backup program uses the same network port as the NDU to 
discover the NSA. To avoid a port conflict, do not run the Genie Backup 
Manager at the same time as the NDU.
6.1.3  Snapshots
A snapshot is a record of changes to a (internal) volume at a particular moment in time. As it 
only records changes to files made in a volume, it’s faster and takes up less space than a 
backup. Snapshots are good for data that changes often and needs to have high availability. If 
files within a volume become infected or corrupted, you can revert the volume back to a 
previous snapshot. 
You can only create snapshots of a complete volume, not a single file or folder within a 
volume. If a volume is restored to a previous snapshot, then all files in that snapshot are 
returned to the state they were in at the time of the snapshot. 
When you roll back to a previous snapshot, all intermediate snapshots between the rollback 
and the present are deleted. For example, say you had daily snapshots scheduled. Today is 
Friday and you decide to roll back to Monday's snapshot. Then the snapshots from Tuesday, 
Wednesday and Thursday are deleted after the rollback is completed.
You can continue to work, while the snapshot is taken. It's a good idea to save your open files 
first before taking a snapshot. Snapshots may get progressively slower as more are done but 
they are still very fast compared to backups (as only block changes are recorded). 
6.1.3.1  Some Important Notes on Snapshots
Snapshots cannot be taken on external volumes or internal volumes using the BACKUP 
storage system. Snapshots are stored in the reserved snapshot space.
If the reserved space for snapshots runs out, then all snapshots (including previously 
created ones) are lost. Make sure that you reserve enough space for snapshots.
Since a snapshot is a record of changes, if very large files (typically over 1GB) are 
transferred onto the volume, then that ‘change’ may be larger than the reserved space for 
the snapshot causing it to become invalid.