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2. 48 Getting Started Configuring Norton Ghost default options Chapter Best practices for backing up your data This chapter includes the following topics About backing up your data About choosing a backup type Best practices for backing up Additional tips about backups After defining your backup job About selecting a backup destination About backing up dual boot computers About backing up your data To back up your computer or your individual files and folders you do the following Define a backup Run the backup See How you use Norton Ghost on page 34 When you define a backup you decide on the following What to back up files and folders or an entire drive Where to store the backup data backup destination Whether or not to use Offsite Copy to copy backup data to remote locations When to run the backup automatically or manually 50 Best practices for backing up your data About choosing a backup type m Whatcompression levels to specify for recovery points and whether to enable security settings encryption and password protection m Which of the many other options you want to use You can customize each backup according to your backup needs About choosing a backup type There are two types of backups available m Drive based backup Backs up an entire hard drive m File and folder backup Backs up only the files and folders that you select You can use the following guidelines to det
3. Divide into smaller files to simplify archiving Backing up entire drives Defining a drive based backup Advanced options for drive based backups Splits the recovery point into smaller files and specifies the maximum size in MB for each file For example if you plan to copy a recovery point to ZIP disks from your backup destination specify a maximum file size of 100 MB according to the size of each ZIP disk Disable SmartSector Copying SmartSector technology speeds up the copying process bycopying only the hard disk sectors that contain data However in some cases you might want to copy all sectors in their original layout whether or not they contain data Lets you copy used and unused hard disk sectors This option increases process time and usually results in a larger recovery point Ignore bad sectors during copy Lets you run a backup even if there are bad sectors on the hard disk Although most drives do not have bad sectors the potential for problems increases during the lifetime of the hard disk Use password Sets a password on the recovery point when it is created Passwords can include standard characters Passwords cannot include extended characters or symbols Use characters with an ASCII value of 128 or lower A user must type this password before he or she can restore a backup or view the contents of the recovery point Use AES encryption Encrypts recovery point d
4. If you stop the Norton Ghost Agent service and then start Norton Ghost the agent restarts automatically The Status changes to Ready Backing up remote computers from your computer 109 About best practices for using services If you stop the Norton Ghost Agent service while Norton Ghost is running you receive an error message and Norton Ghost is disconnected from the agent In most cases you can click Reconnect from the Task pane or from the Tray icon to restart the Norton Ghost Agent To start or stop the Norton Ghost Agent service 1 oO FW N On the Windows taskbar click Start gt Run In the Run window type services msc Click OK In the Services window in the Name column click Norton Ghost On the Action menu select one of the following m Start m Stop m Restart Setting up recovery actions when the Norton Ghost Agent does not start You can specify the computer s response if the Norton Ghost Agent fails to start To set up recovery actions when the Norton Ghost Agent does not start 1 2 3 4 On the Windows taskbar click Start gt Run In the Run window type services msc Click OK In the Services window on the Action menu click Properties 110 Backing up remote computers from your computer About best practices for using services 5 On the Recovery tab in the First failure Second failure and Subsequent failures lists select the action that you want Restart the Service Specify t
5. Norton Ghost 15 0 User s Guide Ss symantec Norton Ghost 15 0 User s Guide The software described in this book is furnished under a license agreement and may be used only in accordance with the terms of the agreement Documentation version 9 0 Legal Notice Copyright 2009 Symantec Corporation All rights reserved Symantec the Symantec Logo Norton Norton AntiVirus LiveUpdate pcAnywhere and SmartSector are trademarks or registered trademarks of Symantec Corporation or its affiliates in the U S and other countries Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners Microsoft Windows Windows NT Windows Vista MS DOS Hyper V and the Windows logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries VeriSign is a registered trademark of Verisign Inc VMware the VMware boxes logo and design are registered trademarks or trademarks of VMware Inc Gear Software is a registered trademark of GlobalSpec Inc Google and Google Desktop are trademarks of Google Inc The product described in this document is distributed under licenses restricting its use copying distribution and decompilation reverse engineering No part of this document may be reproduced in any form by any means without prior written authorization of Symantec Corporation and its licensors if any THE DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED AS IS AND ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED CONDITIONS REPRESENTATIONS
6. Note You can right click on any of the calendar icons to access a context sensitive menu These menus offer quick access to related tasks Refer to the following table for the meaning of each icon that is displayed in the Backups calendar Table 10 2 Backups calendar icons Represents a drive based backup that is configured to create a single independent recovery point When this icon appears in the Backup timeline it indicates that a drive based backup is scheduled to occur This icon can appear in the following states Indicates that the backup ran and that an independent recovery point was created Indicates that the backup is unavailable Indicates that the backup did not run as scheduled This problem could occur if an error prevents the backup from running or if you manually cancel a backup before it completes Indicates a drive based backup that is scheduled to run at a future time Table 10 2 Monitoring the status of your backups Monitoring backup protection from the Status page Backups calendar icons continued 119 Represents a drive based backup that is configured to create incremental recovery points It indicates that a drive based backup is scheduled to occur on the day that it appears in the backup timeline This icon can appear in the following states Indicates that the backup ran and that an incremental recovery point was created Indicates that the
7. 3 Click the search result that contains the file you want to recover When the file opens in the associated application click File gt Save As to save the recovered file You can also right click the search result and click Open to open the recovery point in the Recovery Point Browser See Opening and restoring files within a recovery point on page 131 About finding a file using Google Desktop If you are certain that your file is included in a recovery point that has search engine support enabled but the file is not found do the following 204 Using a search engine to search recovery points Recovering files using Google Desktop s Search Desktop feature Right click the Google Desktop icon in the system tray and click Indexing gt Re Index Re indexing can take a significant amount of time Be sure to wait until it completes before attempting to search again Right click the Google Desktop icon in the system tray and click Preferences Under Search Types verify that Web history is checked This option must be checked or Google Desktop cannot index the content of your recovery points Verify that the drive that contains your recovery points backup destination is available For example if your backup destination is on a USB drive be sure that the drive is plugged in and that the power is turned on Or if your backup destination is on a network be sure you are connected and logged in with the correct credentials
8. Adding v2i to the search string to narrow down the number of search results For example if you search for My Tune mp3 add v2i so that the search string is My Tune mp3 v2i Recovery point files use v2i as their file extension name When you add it to the search string it eliminates any results that are not found in a recovery point If your backup destination is on a network drive be sure to add the location to the Search These Locations setting in Google Desktop Preferences Appendix About backing up Microsoft virtual environments This appendix includes the following topics m About backing up Microsoft virtual hard disks m About backing up and restoring Microsoft Hyper V virtual machines About backing up Microsoft virtual hard disks Microsoft Windows 7 now supports the use of Virtual Hard Disks VHDs Microsoft does not support backing up a physical disk and a VHD on that physical disk in the same backup job This limitation also applies to Norton Ghost You cannot back up a physical disk and its VHD counterpart in the same backup job using Norton Ghost Also not supported is the ability to back up a VHD that is hosted on or nested within another VHD If you want to back up a physical disk and a VHD on that disk you must create separate backup jobs for each disk Backing up a physical disk that hosts a VHD is supported as long as you do not include the VHD as another volume in the same backup If you backup a physical di
9. D two newly mounted drives appear for example E and F The mounted drives include the original drive labels of the drives that were backed up To explore a recovery point through Windows Explorer 1 On the Tasks page click Manage Backup Destination 2 Select the recovery point or recovery point set that you want to explore and then click Explore 3 Ifyou select a recovery point set that contains more than one recovery point in the Range list select a recovery point and then click OK Exploring the contents of a recovery point 131 Opening and restoring files within a recovery point Mounting a recovery point from Windows Explorer You can also manually mount a recovery point as a drive by opening your backup destination folder in Windows Explorer You can use Windows Explorer to search the contents of the recovery point For example if you cannot remember where a particular file was originally stored you can use the Explorer search feature to locate the file just as you would locate a file on your hard drive To mount a recovery point from Windows Explorer 1 In Windows Explorer navigate to a recovery point The recovery point is located in the storage location that you selected when you defined your backup Right click the recovery point and then click Mount In the Mount Recovery Point window under the Drive Label column select the drive that you want to mount 4 Inthe Drive letter list select the letter that y
10. The scheduling of backups is not available when this option is used Note Using CD RWs or DVD RWSs as your recovery point storage location is not the best option because you will be required to swap disks during the process The following table describes the advantages and disadvantages of different types of backup destinations Table 5 2 Advantages and disadvantages of backup destinations Hard drive m Fast backup and recovery Uses valuable drive space recommended m Can schedule unattended m Vulnerable to loss if the backups hard drive fails m Inexpensive because drive space can be overwritten repeatedly 58 Best practices for backing up your data About backing up dual boot computers Table 5 2 Advantages and disadvantages of backup destinations continued Network drive m Fast backup and recovery m Must have supported recommended m Can schedule unattended networ k interface card backups drivers to restore from m Inexpensive because Symantec Recovery Disk drive space can be Must understand and overwritten repeatedly assign the appropriate m Protection from local rights for users who will hard drive failure run backups and restore m Off site storage through data existing network backup strategies Removable media local m Protection from hard drive failure m Ideal for off site storage m Reserves hard drive space for other uses About backing up dual boot computers You can back up dua
11. You should place the CD containing Symantec Recovery Disk in a safe place Should you lose the CD you can create a new one if you have a CD burner See If driver validation fails in the Norton Ghost User s Guide To locate the latest virus definitions 1 Insert the Symantec Recovery Disk CD into the media drive of the computer The installation program should start automatically 2 Ifthe installation program does not start on the Windows taskbar click Start gt Run type the following command then click OK lt drive gt autorun exe where lt drive gt is the drive letter of your media drive For Windows Vista if the Run option is not visible do the following m Right click the Start button and click Properties m On the Start Menu tab click Customize 178 Recovering a computer Recovering a computer m Scroll down and select Run command m Click OK Click Run Update Locator Click Find and retrieve virus definitions If more recent virus definitions are not found you can still scan for viruses on your damaged computer by using the virus definitions that are on the Symantec Recovery Disk CD However the computer might not be protected from new viruses or threats When prompted click OK Do one of the following m Insert a floppy disk into the floppy disk drive m Insert a blank writable CD or DVD into the computer s CD or DVD recordable drive Locate the newly created Update Locator Virus Definitions fold
12. analyzes the partition table of the first physical hard disk to see which primary partition is active It then starts the boot program from the boot sector of the active partition This option is recommended only for advanced users and is available only if you restore a whole drive in the recovery environment Select this option if any of the following situations are true m You are restoring a recovery point toa new empty hard disk m Youare restoring a recovery point to the original drive but the drive s partitions were modified since the recovery point was created m You suspect that a virus or some other problem has corrupted your drive s master boot record Recovering a computer from a virtual disk file Using the recovery environment you can recover your computer from within a virtual disk file vmdk or vhd If you have a virtual disk for the hard drives that you want to recover you can fully recover your computer or other hard drive back to the state it was in when the original virtual disk was created See Defining a virtual conversion job on page 147 See Running a one time virtual conversion on page 141 See Recovering a computer on page 178 184 Recovering a computer Recovering a computer from a virtual disk file To recover a computer from a virtual disk file 1 10 11 12 13 Start the computer by using the Symantec Recovery Disk CD See Starting a computer by using Syma
13. folders or entire drives Restoring using LightsOut Restore At the Options dialog you can specify the amount of time that the boot menu is displayed The default is 10 seconds If you leave the Enable Symantec pcAnywhere check box selected networking will automatically start and pcAnywhere will be loaded If you clear this check box pcAnywhere will not be automatically started Select the type of IP address you want to use and then click Next You might be shown a list of network and storage drivers that are not supported in the Symantec recovery environment Select the box next to the network driver that you would like to copy from your current Windows installation to the Symantec recovery environment review the list of missing storage drivers and then click Next Browse to the locations of your missing storage and network driver files Note The location for missing network and storage drivers should point to a path that contains the fully extracted installation package for the desired driver If you have more than one missing storage driver you must rerun the LightsOut Restore wizard for each missing driver Also the drivers you select should be compatible with Windows Server 2003 Click Next The summary screen with the options you selected is displayed Click Back if you need to change the options or if you are satisfied with your selections click Finish The files are copied from the Symantec Recovery Disk Wh
14. in such a configuration are accessible to each of the clustered Hyper V host computers a given volume cannot be locked for backup However clustered disks can be backed up by Norton Ghost because one host has exclusive access to the disk To create a backup of a running virtual machine the following conditions must be met If you attempt to perform a backup when the conditions above are not met Norton Ghost creates a system state recovery point that is crash consistent A crash consistent recovery point captures the virtual machine as if it had experienced a system failure or power outage To restore a virtual machine you must restore the recovery point of the host computer The host computer recovery point must include the volume that holds the virtual machine you want to restore You cannot restore a specific virtual machine http entsupport symantec com umi V 306 2 Symbols Sv2i using to restore multiple drives 178 A access allow or deny users or groups 111 activate the product 24 administrator running Norton Ghost as 113 Advanced page about 15 showing or hiding 15 Advanced scheduling options 66 agent dependencies viewing 108 110 Microsoft Services 106 set security for 111 setting up recovery actions for 109 starting stopping or restarting 108 troubleshooting in Services 106 Agent Deployment using 103 Windows Vista 103 agents setting security for 98 archive copying recovery points 139 attached VH
15. on page 68 Select the recovery points that you want to convert in the list box 4 Click Next 5 Doone of the following based on the virtual disk format and version if applicable that you selected 144 Managing backup destinations Running a one time virtual conversion If you selected VMware Virtual Disk or Microsoft Virtual Disk as the conversion format Folder for virtual disks Type the path to the folder where you want to place the virtual disk files Browse Click Browse to locate the folder in which you want to place the virtual disk files Network Credentials If you selected a virtual disk folder location on a network type your network credentials Create one virtual disk per volume Select this option to create one virtual disk file per volume If you do not select this option each drive is matched to its respective hard drive letter assignment during the conversion Therefore it results in multiple drives within one virtual disk file This option is not available if the volumes are on separate disks Rename To edit the name of the resulting virtual disk file select the file name in the list near the bottom of the pane Click Rename and then type the new file name Managing backup destinations 145 Running a one time virtual conversion If you selected VMware ESX m ESX server name or IP address Server as the conversion Type the name of the server or the server s IP format address m ESX Serve
16. other functional areas within Symantec to answer your questions in a timely fashion For example the Technical Support group works with Product Engineering and Symantec Security Response to provide alerting services and virus definition updates Symantec s maintenance offerings include the following m Arange of support options that give you the flexibility to select the right amount of service for any size organization m Telephone and Web based support that provides rapid response and up to the minute information m Upgrade assurance that delivers automatic software upgrade protection m Global support that is available 24 hours a day 7 days a week m Advanced features including Account Management Services For information about Symantec s Maintenance Programs you can visit our Web site at the following URL www symantec com techsupp Contacting Technical Support Customers with a current maintenance agreement may access Technical Support information at the following URL www symantec com techsupp Before contacting Technical Support make sure you have satisfied the system requirements that are listed in your product documentation Also you should be at the computer on which the problem occurred in case it is necessary to replicate the problem When you contact Technical Support please have the following information available m Product release level m Hardware information m Available memory disk space and NIC inf
17. the recovery environment However because there is no way to resolve computer names when you run the Recover My Computer Wizard or the Recovery Point Browser you can only browse the network by using the IP addresses to locate a recovery point You can map a network drive so that you can locate the recovery points more effectively Or you can use the mapped network drive as a destination for recovery points that you create from within the recovery environment To map a network drive from within Symantec Recovery Disk 1 Doone of the following m On the left side of the recovery environment window click Home and then in the right pane click Map a Network Drive 192 Recovering a computer About using the networking tools in Symantec Recovery Disk m On the left side of the recovery environment window click Network and then in the right pane click Map a Network Drive 2 Map a network drive by using the UNC path of the computer on which the recovery point is located For example computer_name share_name or IP_address share_name You can also map a network drive from within the Recover My Computer wizard or the Back Up My Computer wizard in the recovery environment Configuring network connection settings You can access the Network Configuration window to configure basic network settings while running in the recovery environment To configure network connection settings 1 Inthe recovery environment main window click Netw
18. 129 To clean up old recovery points 1 On the Tools page click Manage Backup Destination 2 Click Clean Up The recovery point sets that can be safely removed without eliminating your latest recovery point are selected automatically You can select or deselect the recovery point sets to specify which ones to remove Click Delete Click Yes to confirm the deletion Click OK Deleting a recovery point set If you know that you no longer want a particular recovery point set you can delete it at any time Note After you delete a recovery point you no longer have access to file or system recovery for that point in time To delete a recovery point set 1 On the Tools page click Manage Backup Destination 2 Select the recovery point set that you want to delete and then click Delete Managing backup destinations 139 Managing recovery point storage 3 Click Yes to confirm the deletion 4 Click OK Deleting recovery points within a set A recovery point set can contain multiple recovery points created over time that you can delete to reclaim storage space The Delete Points option lets you delete all of the recovery points created between the first recovery point and last recovery point in the set Warning Be careful about which recovery points you choose to delete You could inadvertently lose data For example you create a new document which is captured in the third recovery point in a recovery point set You t
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20. Ghost supports the following file systems FAT16 FAT16X FAT32 FAT32X NTFS GUID Partition Table GPT Dynamic disks Linux Ext2 Linux Ext3 Linux swap partitions Note You must decrypt encrypted NTFS drives before you attempt to restore them You cannot view the files that are in a recovery point for an encrypted NTFS drive Removable media You can save recovery points locally that is on the same computer where Norton Ghost is installed Or you can save recovery points to most Blu ray DVD R W DVD RW CD R and CD RW recorders You can find an updated list of supported drives on the Gear Software Web site http www gearsoftware com Norton Ghost also lets you save recovery points to most USB devices 1394 FireWire devices REV Jaz Zip drives and magneto optical devices About disabled features Norton Ghost is packaged to meet various markets Some features might not be available depending on the product you have purchased However all features are documented You should be aware of which features are included with the version of the product you have purchased If a feature is not accessible in the product user interface it is likely not included with your version of the product Refer to the Symantec Web site for information about the features that are included with your version of Norton Ghost When you delay licensing If you choose to delay installation of the license key all features in Norton Ghost remai
21. If the remote server becomes unavailable for a period of time Offsite Copy copies all recovery points that were created since the last connection If there is no room to hold all of the recovery points available Offsite Copy removes the oldest recovery points from the network server In turn it makes room for the newest recovery points e a AMARILLO HOUSTON Backing up entire drives 85 How Offsite Copy works About using an FTP server as your Offsite Copy destination Using an FTP server as your Offsite Copy destination is similar to using a network path You must provide a valid FTP path to the FTP server You must also provide the correct FTP connection information to Norton Ghost in order for this method to work correctly When Offsite Copy is configured correctly it copies recovery points to the directory that you specified on the FTP server If the server becomes unavailable for a period of time Offsite Copy copies all recovery points that were created since the last connection If there is no room to hold all of the recovery points available Offsite Copy removes the oldest recovery points or recovery point sets from the FTP server In turn it makes room for the newest recovery points See Configuring default FTP settings for use with Offsite Copy on page 44 7 86 Backing up entire drives How Offsite Copy works Chapter Backing up files and folders This chapter includes the following topics m Defini
22. Using this option does not change the settings of the defined backup To do that you must open the backup and edit its settings manually See Editing a backup schedule on page 97 See Editing backup settings on page 95 To run a backup with options 1 On the Home page click Run or Manage Backups 2 Inthe Run or Manage Backups window select the drive based backup job that you want to run 3 Click Tasks gt Run Backup With Options Select the desired options on the Run Backup With Options page Note Depending on the current state of the backup one or more options might be disabled For example if you have not yet run the backup you cannot select the first option Incremental recovery point of recent changes because the base recovery point has not yet been created See Backup options on page 93 5 Click OK to run the backup job and create the recovery point type you selected Backup options Incremental recovery point of recent changes New recovery point set and Independent recovery point are the three options that are available Each option type is described in the table below Table 8 1 Backup options Incremental recovery point of recent Select this option if the backup already has changes a base recovery point created and you want to simply capture changes made to the drive since the last backup New recovery point set Select this option if you want to start a completely new recovery point
23. You can then use that recovery point to restore individual files or folders or your entire computer For optimum protection you should define a drive based backup and run it ona regular basis By default scheduled independent recovery points or recovery point set names are appended with 001 v2i 002 v2i and so forth Recovery point set names are appended with _i001 iv2i i002 iv2i and so forth For example if your base recovery point is called CathyReadF001 v2i the first incremental recovery point is called CathyReadF001_i001 iv2i See Defining a drive based backup on page 60 Defining a drive based backup 60 Backing up entire drives Defining a drive based backup Define a drive based backup to take a shapshot of your entire hard drive To define a drive based backup 1 2 On the Home or Tasks page click Run or Manage Backups In the Run or Manage Backups window click Define New If you have not yet defined a backup the Easy Setup dialog appears instead Click Back up my computer and then click Next Select one or more drives to back up and then click Next Press and hold Ctrl to select multiple drives If you do not see a drive that you expected to see select Show Hidden Drives If the Related Drives dialog box is displayed set the appropriate option and then click Next Otherwise skip to the next step See Related Drives options on page 62 Select the recovery point type that you want the ba
24. automatically restart at the end of the installation wizard To deploy the Norton Ghost Agent 1 5 On the Norton Ghost menu bar click Computers gt select a computer from the menu You must have administrator rights on the computer to which you are installing the agent Click Deploy Agent In the Deploy Norton Ghost Agent dialog box specify the administrator user name or a user name that has administrator rights and the password In a workgroup environment you must specify the remote computer name You cannot use an IP address even if you have successfully connected to the computer by using an IP address For example type RemoteComputerName UserName If you want to restart the computer when the agent installation is finished click Reboot when finished Note The computer cannot be backed up until the computer is restarted However be sure to warn the user of the impending reboot so that they can save their work Click OK To manually install the Norton Ghost Agent 1 Insert the Norton Ghost product CD into the media drive of the computer The installation program should start automatically If the installation program does not start on the Windows taskbar click Start gt Run type the following command then click OK lt drive gt autorun exe Backing up remote computers from your computer 105 Using the Norton Ghost Agent where lt drive gt is the drive letter of your media drive F
25. connection You should consult the FTP server administrator to be sure that the port you specify is configured to receive incoming data Logging Norton Ghost messages You can specify which product messages errors warnings and information are logged as they occur and where the log file is stored Product messages can provide useful information about the status of backups or related events They can also provide helpful information when you need to troubleshoot Getting Started 45 Configuring Norton Ghost default options Two logging methods are available Norton Ghost logging and the Windows application log From the Options page you can configure both methods To log Norton Ghost messages 1 In Norton Ghost on the menu bar click Tasks gt Options 2 Under Notifications click Log File 3 Click the Select the priority and type of messages list and select the priority level at which a message should be logged All messages Send all messages regardless of priority levels Medium and high priority messages Send only medium and high priority messages High priority messages only Send only high priority messages No messages Do not send any messages regardless of priority levels 4 Select one or more of the following options m Errors m Warnings m Information 5 Inthe Log file location field enter a path to where the log file should be created and stored If you don t know the path click Browse and select
26. edit the recovery point file name To do this select a drive click Rename type a new file name and then click OK Backing up entire drives 79 About running a one time backup from Symantec Recovery Disk 7 Inthe Options panel set the desired compression level for the recovery point None Use this option if storage space is not an issue However if the backup is being saved to a busy network drive high compression may be faster than no compression because there is less data to write across the network Standard recommended This option uses low compression for a 40 percent average data compression ratio on recovery points This setting is the default Medium This option uses medium compression for a 45 precent average data compression ratio on recovery points High This option uses high compression for a 50 percent average data compression ratio on recovery points This setting is usually the slowest method When a high compression recovery point is created CPU usage might be higher than normal Other processes on the computer might also be slower To compensate you can adjust the operation speed of Norton Ghost This might improve the performance of other resource intensive applications that you are running at the same time 8 Ifyou want to verify whether the recovery point is valid after its creation select Verify recovery point after creation 9 Inthe Description text box type a description that you want assoc
27. excluded by default from file and folder backups See About folders that are excluded by default from file and folder backups on page 89 9 Click OK and then click Next 10 Click Schedule if you want the backup to run automatically according to a schedule If you want to run the backup only when you start it manually uncheck Schedule 11 Enter a start time and select the days of the week when the backup should run 12 For advanced scheduling options such as setting up event triggers that start the backup in response to specific events click Advanced and configure the desired options See Table 6 4 on page 67 13 Click Next and review the backup options you have selected 14 Toreview the total number and size of files to be included in the backup click Preview Note Depending on the amount of data you have identified for file and folder backup the preview process could take several minutes 15 If you want to run the new backup immediately click Run backup now then click Finish About folders that are excluded by default from file and folder backups The following folders and their contents are excluded automatically from file and folder backups m Windows folder m Program Files folder m Temporary folder m Temporary Internet Files folder These folders are typically not used for storing personal files or folders However they are backed up when you define and run a drive based backup of your syste
28. following m Onthe Tools menu click Cancel the Current Operation m Onthe Tools menu click Progress and Performance and then click Cancel Operation Running and managing backup jobs 95 Verifying that a backup is successful m On the Windows system tray right click the Norton Ghost tray icon and then click Cancel the Current Operation Verifying that a backup is successful After a backup completes you can validate the success of the backup from the Status page to ensure you have a way to recover lost or damaged data The Status page contains a scrolling calendar that is aligned with each drive on your computer The calendar lets you quickly identify when a backup ran and what type of backup it was It also identifies upcoming scheduled backups See Monitoring backup protection from the Status page on page 118 Note When you define a drive based backup you should select the option to verify the recovery point after it is created Depending on the amount of data being backed up this can significantly increase the time it takes to complete the backup However it can ensure that you have a valid recovery point when the backup finishes See Verifying the integrity of a recovery point on page 73 To verify that a backup is successful 1 On the Status page review the Backups calendar and verify that the backup appears on the date that you ran it 2 Move your mouse over a backup icon to review the status
29. following to select the files or folders that you want to restore To select all items Press Ctrl A To select a group of files that are next to Select the top file press Shift and then each other select the last file in the list To select a group of files that are not next Press Ctrl as you select the files to each other 188 Recovering a computer About using the networking tools in Symantec Recovery Disk 6 Click Recover Files Where possible the Recover Items dialog box automatically completes the Restore to this folder box with the original path from which the files originated If the original location does not include a drive letter you must type the drive letter at the beginning of the path Note While in the recovery environment drive letters and labels might not match what appears in Windows You might have to identify the correct drive based on its label which is the name assigned to it 7 Ifthe original path is unknown or you want to restore the selected files to a different location click Browse to locate the destination Click Recover to restore the files Click OK to finish Exploring files and folders on your computer using Symantec Recovery Disk You can explore the files and folders on your computer from the recovery environment by using the Explore My Computer feature This feature uses the Recovery Point Browser and functions similarly to Windows Explorer You can browse the file structure
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31. list or the Restore default extension list button to restore all default file types or extensions Caution Any file types and extensions you have set up are removed You must add them again manually Click OK To delete a file type and all of its extensions 1 2 In Norton Ghost on the menu bar click Tasks gt Options Select a file type in the File types column You cannot delete a default file type You can delete all but one extension of a default file type and you can add additional extensions to a default file type Click the Remove a file type button and then click OK Use this same procedure to remove file extensions from the Extensions for list Getting Started 43 Configuring Norton Ghost default options Using nicknames for external drives When you choose an external drive for use with Norton Ghost as either a backup destination or an Offsite Copy destination it can become confusing if you are using more than one drive especially when the assigned drive letter changes each time you plug in the drive To help you manage these destinations Norton Ghost lets you assign a nickname to each external drive Doing so does not change the drive label but is for use only when you are accessing those drives from within Norton Ghost For example you might be swapping out two different external drives used as Offsite Copy destinations during any given week Depending on the drive labels assigned to each d
32. m Asthe number or size of recovery points grows you will have less disk space available for regular use m The recovery point is included in subsequent recovery points of the drive which increases the size of those recovery points m Ifthe computer suffers a catastrophic failure you may not be able to recover the recovery point you need even if you save it to a different drive on the same hard disk Best practices for backing up your data 57 About selecting a backup destination Table 5 1 Selecting a backup destination continued Network folder If your computer is connected to a network you can save your recovery points and file and folder backup data toa network folder Backing up to a network folder typically requires that you authenticate to the computer that is hosting the folder If the computer is part of anetwork domain you must provide the domain name user name and password For example domain username If you are connecting to a computer in a workgroup you should provide the remote computer name and user name For example remote_computer_name username CD RW DVD RW When you save backup data to removable media it is automatically split into the correct sizes if the backup spans more than one media If more than one drive is being backed up the recovery points for each drive are stored independently on the media even if there is space to store recovery points from multiple drives on the same media
33. m Preparing to copy drives m Copying one hard drive to another hard drive About copying a drive You can use the Copy Drive feature to copy your operating system applications and data from one hard drive to another hard drive You can even copy a larger hard drive to a smaller hard drive if the data on the drive being copied is at least 1 16th smaller in size than the total size of the new drive If the hard drive that you want to copy contains more than one partition you must copy the partitions one at a time to the new hard drive You can use the Copy Drive feature when you upgrade to a larger hard drive or when you add a second hard drive You should not use the Copy Drive feature to set up a hard drive that will be used in another computer The drivers that are used to run the hardware on one computer will likely not match the drivers ona second computer Preparing to copy drives Before you can copy drives you must have the hardware configured correctly To prepare to copy drives 1 Doall of the following 198 Copying a drive Copying one hard drive to another hard drive m Prepare the computer m Get the manufacturer s directions for installing the drive m Shut down the computer and then disconnect the power cord m Discharge electricity by touching a grounded metal object m Remove the computer cover 2 Change the jumper settings on the hard drive to make the new hard drive the slave drive or connect it as the
34. m VMware ESX Server 3 0 3 5 3 5i 4 0 and 4 0i m VMware Server 1 m Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 and later m Microsoft Hyper V 1 0 and 2 0 You can also create scheduled recovery point conversions to virtual disks See Defining a virtual conversion job on page 147 142 Managing backup destinations Running a one time virtual conversion To run a one time recovery point conversion to virtual disk 1 2 On the Tasks page click One Time Virtual Conversion Click the virtual disk type and version if applicable that you want to create and then click Next Do one of the following m Click View all recovery points near the bottom of the pane and then select a recovery point in the list based on its creation date m In the View by list select one of the following alternative recovery point sources Date File name Displays all of the discovered recovery points in the order in which they were created m Ifnorecovery points are discovered the table is empty In such cases you can select an alternate date by using the drop down calendar m Select a recovery point from the list Lets you browse to another recovery point location For example you can browse an external USB drive network location or removable media to select a recovery point v2i or incremental recovery point iv2i file Select this option and then do the following m Click Browse locate and select a recovery point and t
35. master boot record Recovering a computer 187 Recovering files and folders using Symantec Recovery Disk Recovering files and folders using Symantec Recovery Disk You can use the Symantec Recovery Disk CD to start your computer and to restore files and folders from within a recovery point To recover files and folders using Symantec Recovery Disk 1 Start the computer by using the Symantec Recovery Disk CD See Starting a computer by using Symantec Recovery Disk on page 174 Click Recover and then click Recover My Files Do one of the following m If Symantec Recovery Disk cannot locate any recovery points you are prompted to locate one In the Open dialog box navigate to a recovery point select one and then click Open m If Symantec Recovery Disk finds recovery points select a recovery point from the list and then click OK Note If you have trouble finding the recovery points in a network location in the File name box type the name of the computer and share that holds your recovery points For example computer_name share_name If you are still having problems try entering the computer s IP address See About using the networking tools in Symantec Recovery Disk on page 188 In the tree view pane of the Recovery Point Browser double click the drive that contains the files or folders that you want to restore to expand it In the content pane of the Recovery Point Browser do one of the
36. of the backup Editing backup settings You can edit the settings of an existing backup The Edit Settings feature gives you access to several of the key pages of the Define Backup Wizard You can edit every setting except the option to change the recovery point type To edit backup settings 1 On the Home or Tasks page click Run or Manage Backups 2 Select a backup to edit 3 Click Edit Settings 4 Make changes to the backup See Defining a drive based backup on page 60 See Defining a file and folder backup on page 87 96 Running and managing backup jobs Enabling event triggered backups Enabling event triggered backups Norton Ghost can detect certain events and run a backup when they occur For example to protect your computer when you install new software Norton Ghost can run a backup when it detects that new software is about to be installed If a problem occurs that harms your computer you can use this recovery point to restore your computer to its previous state You can configure Norton Ghost to automatically run a backup when the following events occur m Any application is installed m A specified application is started m Any user logs on to Windows m Any user logs off of Windows m The data that was added to a drive exceeds a specified number of megabytes This option is unavailable for file and folder backups To enable event triggered backups 1 On the Home or Tasks page click Run or Manage B
37. on the drive after you created the recovery point the new file is not recovered To recover a drive 1 Onthe Tasks page click Recover My Computer 2 Select a recovery point and then click Recover Now 3 Click OK 4 Click Yes To customize the recovery of a drive 1 On the Tasks page click Recover My Computer 2 Select a recovery point and then click Recover Now 3 Click Custom to start the Recover Drive Wizard 4 Click Next 10 Recovery options Recovering files folders or entire drives 165 Recovering a secondary drive Do one of the following m Touse the recovery point that is selected click Next m Click Browse to select a different recovery point and then click Next If you need to access recovery points on a network that requires user authentication enter your user name and password and then click Next Select the drive that you want to restore and then click Next If the drive does not have enough space available to restore a recovery point press Shift and then select multiple contiguous destinations that exist on the same hard disk If the recovery point is password protected in the Password box type the password and then click OK Select the desired restore options The options that are available depend on the restore destination that you have selected See Recovery options on page 165 Click Next and review your selections Click Finish then click Yes If the wizard cannot lo
38. operating system is installed If you want to backup an attached Microsoft Virtual Hard Disk VHD you must create a separate backup job for the host drive and for the attached VHD For example if the VHD host is on the C drive and the attached VHD is the D drive you must create a backup job for C and a backup job for D Also you cannot backup an attached VHD that is nested within another attached VHD Backing up entire drives 63 Defining a drive based backup See About backing up Microsoft virtual hard disks on page 205 If you use Microsoft s BitLocker Drive Encryption to encrypt the data on a data drive any drive that does not have the operating system installed on it be aware that Norton Ghost does not work with locked data drives Instead you must unlock the bitlocked drive before you can backup it up Generally you should accept the preselected option Add all related drives recommended Doing so can help you with a successful recovery should you ever need to perform a restore in the future If you deselect certain related drives you may experience an incomplete recovery or an unsuccessful recovery Recovery point type options Recovery point set and Independent recovery point are the two recovery point type options that are available Each option type is described in the table below Table 6 1 Recovery point type options Recovery point set recommended Schedules a base recovery point with additional recove
39. point drives are unmounted when you restart the computer You can also unmount the drives without restarting the computer To dismount a recovery point drive in Windows Explorer 1 In Windows Explorer navigate to the mounted recovery point 2 Right click the drive and then click Dismount Recovery Point To dismount a recovery point drive in Recovery Point Browser 1 Inthe Recovery Point Browser in the tree view locate the mounted recovery point 2 Right click the mounted recovery point and then click Dismount Recovery Point Viewing the drive properties of a recovery point You can view the following drive properties of a recovery point Description Original drive letter Cluster size File system Primary Logical Size Used space Unused space Contains bad sectors Cleanly quiesced A user assigned comment that is associated with the recovery point The original drive letter that was assigned to the drive The cluster size in bytes of the FAT FAT32 or NTFS drive The file system type used within the drive For example FAT FAT32 or NTFS The selected drive s status as either a primary partition or a logical partition The total size in MB of the drive This total includes used space and unused space The amount of used space in MB within the drive The amount of unused space in MB within the drive Indicates if there are any bad sectors on the drive Indicates whether the database appl
40. set When you select this option a base recovery point is created 94 Running and managing backup jobs Adjusting the speed of a backup Table 8 1 Backup options continued Independent recovery point Select this option to create an independent recovery point which is a complete snap shot of your entire drive To specify an alternate backup location click Browse Adjusting the speed of a backup Stopping a Depending on the speed of your computer how much RAM you have installed and the number of programs you are running during a backup your computer could become sluggish You can manually adjust the effect of a backup on the performance of your computer to match your needs at the moment This feature is useful if you are working on your computer and don t want the backup process to slow you down To adjust the speed of a backup 1 While a backup is running on the View menu click Progress and Performance 2 Doone of the following m Ifyou want to increase the speed of your computer by reducing the speed of the backup drag the slider toward Slow m If you want the backup to complete as quickly as possible and you are not doing extensive work on your computer drag the slider toward Fast 3 When you are finished click Hide to dismiss the Progress and Performance dialog box task You can stop a recovery point task or a restore task that has already started To stop the current task Doone of the
41. stage to prepare for the recovery point creation process For example you can close any open applications that are using the drive Note If you use this option be sure the command file has an error recovery mechanism built into it If the computer has one or more services that must be stopped at this stage such as stopping a non VSS aware database or a resource intensive application and the command file does not contain any form of error recovery one or more of the stopped services may not be restarted An error in the command file can cause the recovery point creation process to stop immediately No other command files will run See How you use Norton Ghost on page 34 Run after snapshot creation This stage occurs after a snapshot is created Running acommand during this stage is typically a safe point for allowing services to resume normal activity on the drive while continuing the recovery point creation Because the snapshot takes only a few seconds to create the database is in the backup state momentarily A minimal number of log files are created Run after recovery point creation This stage occurs after the recovery point file is created You can run a command during this stage to act on the recovery point itself For example you can copy it to an offline location Advanced options for drive based backups When you define a drive based backup you can set the following advanced options Table 6 6
42. table lists the services that are required by the Norton Ghost Agent to run properly along with their default startup setting Backing up remote computers from your computer 111 Controlling access to Norton Ghost Table 9 2 Required services Event Log Automatic Plug and Play Automatic Remote Procedure Call RPC Automatic To view Norton Ghost Agent dependencies 1 Inthe Services window under Name click Norton Ghost See Opening Windows Services on page 108 On the Action menu click Properties Click the Dependencies tab Controlling access to Norton Ghost You can use the Security Configuration Tool to allow or deny users and groups the necessary permissions to access the Norton Ghost Agent or to the full Norton Ghost user interface When you use the Security Configuration Tool any permission that you grant to the Users group applies to the members within that group Note The agent service can only be run as LocalSystem or by a user who belongs to the Adminstrator s group The following table describes the permissions that can be allowed or denied for user and groups who use the Norton Ghost Agent Table 9 3 Permission options Full Control Gives users or groups complete access to all Norton Ghost functionality as if they are the administrator If you do not want users to define change or delete backups or to manage recovery point storage do not give them Full Control 11
43. the type of recovery point that is stored See Best practices for backing up on page 50 m LightsOut Restore 2 GB Table 2 1 CD ROM or DVD ROM drive Installing Norton Ghost Before you install Minimum system requirements continued The drive can be any speed but it must be capable of being used as the startup drive from the BIOS Norton Ghost uses Gear Software technology To verify that your CD writer or DVD writer is compatible visit the Gear Software Web site http www gearsoftware com support recorders index cfm You can look up information about your writer if you know the name of the manufacturer and model number of your writer Software The Microsoft NET Framework 2 0 or later is required to run Norton Ghost If NET Framework is not already installed you are prompted to install it after Norton Ghost is installed and your computer is restarted Virtual platforms for converted recovery points The following virtual platforms are supported VMware Workstation 4 5 and 6 VMware ESX 3 0 3 5 and 4 0 VMware ESXi 3 5 and 4 0 VMware Server 1 VMware GSX Server 3 x replaced by VMware Server Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 and later Microsoft Hyper V 1 0 and 2 0 About supported file systems and removable media Norton Ghost supports the following file systems and removable media 19 20 Installing Norton Ghost Before you install Supported file systems Norton
44. to boot the Symantec recovery environment from a folder on the operating system partition This option has been developed around the concepts of pcAnywhere the Windows boot menu and hardware devices such as RILO and DRAC which allow an administrator to remotely control a system during the boot process including the selection of items from a Windows boot menu Depending on your hardware configuration you can use LightsOut Restore to complete a system restoration on a remote server via a Web browser using your server s remote connection capabilities and the Symantec recovery environment By using this option you save the time it takes to physically visit the computer to perform the restore When LightsOut Restore is set up it installs a Symantec recovery environment directly to the file system on the system partition and places a Symantec recovery environment boot option within the Windows boot menu Whenever this boot menu option is selected the system will boot directly to the Symantec recovery environment using the files installed on the system partition Note The LightsOut feature requires at least 1 gigabyte of memory to run Once LightsOut Restore has been set up and the boot menu option has been added you can use a hardware device to remotely connect to the system When you are connected you can power on or reboot the system and select the recovery environment from the boot menu The system then boots to the recovery enviro
45. to use for the Symantec Recovery Disk label If you want to save your customized Symantec Recovery Disk to media select this option and then in the list box select the media burning device that you want to use If you want to save your customized Symantec Recovery Disk as an iso file select this option and then specify the path to where you want to save the resulting file Review the list of storage and network drivers to be included and add additional drivers or remove the drivers you do not need On the Startup Options pane select the default keyboard layout display language and time zone from the respective lists Click Next On the Options pane do the following Automatically start network services Dynamic IP Static IP Select this option if you want networking to start automatically when you recover the computer through LightsOut Restore Click this option to connect to a network without the need for additional network configuration You can click this option if you know there is a DHCP server available on the network at the time you restore Click this option to connect to a network with a particular network adapter and specific address settings You should click this option if you know there is no DHCP server or the DHCP server is unavailable when you recover Automatically start Symantec pcAnywhere 12 Click Next Ensuring the recovery of your computer 31 Creating a custom Symantec Recov
46. using external drives as your backup destination Give nicknames to your external drives to help you easily identify them Use Offsite Copy Run back ups on a regular and frequent basis Using an external drive makes your backup data more portable Should you need to remove your critical data from a particular location you can quickly grab an external drive on your way out the door See About Offsite Copy on page 81 You can assign a nickname to each external drive to help keep track of where your backup data is stored for each computer you back up Because drive letters can change each time you unplug and plug an external drive into your computer a nickname ensures that you can always know which drive you are using when you are running Norton Ghost Using a nickname does not change the volume label of a drive A nickname simply helps you identify the drive when using Norton Ghost And the nickname sticks with the drive so that if you plug the drive into a second computer running another copy of Norton Ghost the nickname appears Note You might also consider placing a sticky label on each drive that matches the nickname that you have assigned See Using nicknames for external drives on page 43 Use Offsite Copy to copy your latest recovery points to either a portable storage device or a remote server By copying recovery points to a portable hard disk you can then take a copy of your data with you when y
47. version of Norton Ghost 20 users rights to run Norton Ghost 111 V verify recovery point 73 verifying recovery point after creation 118 VHD attached 62 virtual disk conversion job viewing progress 153 conversion job viewing properties 153 one time conversion of recovery point to 141 recovering computer from a 183 scheduling conversion of recovery point to 147 virtual conversion job deleting 154 virtual conversion job editing 153 virtual conversion job run now 153 viruses checking recovery points for 129 VMware ESX 147 VMware ESX Server 141 VMware Virtual Disk 141 VMware Virtual Disk vmdk 147 W Windows 7 support for 14 17 Windows Explorer mount recovery points from 131 viewing file and folder version information in 156 Index 213
48. your backup your picture and music files will get backed up If you intend to back up your pictures and music files be sure to include the actual folders where your files are stored On Windows Vista these folders exist at the same level as Documents formerly My Documents In the Name box type a name for your new backup In the Description optional box type a description for the new backup Click Browse to locate a folder for storing your backup data or accept the default location Note You cannot use an encrypted folder as your backup destination If you want to encrypt your backup data to prevent another user from accessing it refer to the next step To add or edit advanced options click Advanced and do any of the following m Click Use password and then type a password Use standard characters not extended characters or symbols You must type this password before you restore a backup or view its contents m For an additional level of security click Use AES encryption to encrypt your file data You can also use the drop down menu to specify the level of encryption you want m Inthe Exclude group box uncheck any of the folders you want to include in your backup The folders listed are typically not used for storing personal files or folders These folders are backed up when you define and run a drive based backup of your system drive typically C Backing up files and folders 89 About folders that are
49. your operating system is installed Restores the original physical disk signature of the hard drive Disk signatures are part of all Windows operating systems that Norton Ghost supports Disk signatures are required to use the hard drive Select this option if either of the following situations are true m Your computer s drive letters are atypical for example assigned letters other than C D E and so forth m You are restoring a recovery point to anew empty hard disk Sets the partition type as follows m Primary partition Because hard disks are limited to four primary partitions select this type if the drive will have four or less partitions m Logical partition Select this type if you need more than four partitions You can have up to three primary partitions plus any number of logical partitions up to the maximum size of your hard disk Lets you assign a drive letter to the partition Restoring using LightsOut Restore You must install a fully licensed version of Norton Ghost before you can perform a restore using the LightsOut capability There is no trial or evaluation period for this feature Recovering files folders or entire drives 167 Restoring using LightsOut Restore The Norton Ghost LightsOut Restore feature enables administrators to restore a computer from a remote location regardless of the state the computer is currently in so long as its file system is intact This option provides a way
50. your remote connection item This option is available in the Remote Properties window on the Protect Item tab The thin host does not support encryption 5 In pcAnywhere start the remote control session If the connection attempt is unsuccessful the thin host must be restarted on the host computer before you attempt to connect again 6 Remotely perform the necessary tasks on the host computer The remote control session ends when the thin host is closed when the thin host computer is restarted or when the remote control session is ended After the host computer starts Windows the client computer can deploy and connect a thin host on the computer to verify the success of tasks that were performed in the recovery environment Mapping a network drive from within Symantec Recovery Disk If you started the networking services after you started the recovery environment you can map a network drive This lets you browse to that drive and select the recovery point that you want to restore Or if you create backups from the recovery environment you can select a destination that resides on a network location If there is no DHCP server or the DHCP server is unavailable you must provide a static IP address and a subnet mask address for the computer on which you are running Symantec Recovery Disk See Configuring network connection settings on page 192 After you provide the static IP address and subnet mask address you can enter
51. 153 See Deleting a virtual conversion job on page 154 To define a virtual conversion job 1 2 3 On the Tasks page click Run or Manage Virtual Conversions On the toolbar click Define New Click the virtual disk type and version if applicable that you want to create and then click Next Do one of the following Click Use latest recovery points for this computer The list of drives source files v2i and iv2i files and dates comes from the most current system index file sv2i that is located in the recovery point storage location on your computer Click Use alternate system index sv2i file Click Browse locate and select an alternate system index file sv2i and then click Open If you selected a system index file that is stored on a network type your network credentials See About network credentials on page 68 Select the recovery points that you want to convert in the list box Click Next Do one of the following based on the virtual disk format and version if applicable that you selected If you selected VMware Virtual Disk or Microsoft Virtual Disk as the conversion format Managing backup destinations 149 Defining a virtual conversion job Folder for virtual disks Type the path to the folder where you want to place the virtual disk files Browse Click Browse to locate the folder in which you want to place the virtual disk files Network Credentials If you select
52. 2 Backing up remote computers from your computer Controlling access to Norton Ghost Table 9 3 Permission options continued Status Only Users or groups can get status information and can run a backup job But they cannot define change or delete any backup jobs or use any other function of the product Deny Users cannot perform any function or see any information They are blocked from any access to Norton Ghost A deny setting takes precedence over an inherited allow setting For example a user who is a member of two groups is denied permissions if the settings for one of the groups denies permissions User denied permissions override group allow permissions To add users and groups 1 N OO oO BW WN On the Windows taskbar click Start gt Programs gt Symantec Norton Ghost gt Security Configuration Tool Click Add In the Select Users or Groups dialog box click Advanced If necessary click Object Types to select the types of objects that you want If necessary click Locations to select the location that you want to search Click Find Now select users and groups you want and then click OK Click OK when you are finished To change permissions for a user or a group 1 On the Windows taskbar click Start gt Programs gt Symantec Norton Ghost gt Security Configuration Tool In the Permissions for Norton Ghost dialog box select the user or group whose permissions you want to change and t
53. 28 drives backup protection level 116 details about each 124 improving protection levels of 124 protecting 116 recovering 159 recovering multiple using system index file 178 unmounting recovery point 133 viewing properties from within Symantec Recovery Disk 194 viewing within recovery point 133 dual boot computers backing up 58 E Easy Setup define first backup 24 email notification setting up to send warnings and errors 46 emergency recovering acomputer 178 recovering a computer about 173 encryption recovery point 72 error messages configuring to show or hide 40 errors setting notification for warnings setting up email to send 46 evaluation version installing or upgrading 20 Event Log about 127 use to troubleshoot 127 event triggered backups enabling 96 ThreatCon Response 96 Events tab log file history 107 expiration of trial version 20 explore computer from Symantec Recovery Disk 188 external drive assigning anickname 43 F file and folder backup about 136 deleting files from 155 recovering using backup data from 159 file and folder backup data backup destination 56 default storage location 38 managing 154 recommended storage location 58 viewing amount of data stored 155 file and folder backups about 50 defining 87 folders excluded from 89 file systems supported 19 file types create new 42 delete 42 edit 42 managing 41 Index 209 file versions limiting number kept 155 files
54. 9 130 mount from Windows Explorer 131 Offsite Copy 81 Index 211 recovery points continued on removable media 58 opening files within 131 protecting password protecting 71 recommended storage location 58 setting compression levels 74 unmounting as a drive letter 133 verifying after creation 73 viewing properties of drive within 133 viewing properties of mounted 133 related drives option 62 remote backup 101 removable media saving recovery points to 57 splitting recovery points across multiple 57 supported 19 reports log file 107 requirements system 17 rescanning disks 116 restarting agent 108 Run as changing logon using 113 Run Backup Now about 91 Run Backup With Options feature 92 S schedule edit backup 97 scripts running during a backup 68 search engine enabling support 202 use for searching recovery points 201 search engines using 132 Secondary drive recovering 164 security agent 98 111 allow or deny permissions 111 giving other users rights to back up 98 granting access to users to back up 111 service starting stopping or restarting agent 108 services best practices for using 107 opening on local computer 108 using with agent 106 212 Index SmartSector Copying about 71 starting computer Agent services 105 starting agent 108 status messages configuring to show or hide 40 status reporting customize per drive 122 stopping agent 108 stopping computer agent services 105 stopping tas
55. 97 About copying a rive sses ccc cece ccc ec cece eee ii E a E ennenes 197 Preparing to copy drives ccc ccc ec cee ee cee ee tense sence sense eeeeeeaeeeeaees 197 Copying one hard drive to another hard drive ceceeeeeeeeees 198 About drive to drive copying Options ccceceeeeeeeeeeeeeees 199 Using a search engine to search recovery SLO ges Gee een ree A ae Ft TC re tt Port AES tet ee 201 About using a search engine to search recovery points 00055 201 Enabling search engine support cccceceeeeceee sense sense eeeeeneenes 201 Recovering files using Google Desktop s Search Desktop feature 203 About finding a file using Google Desktop cccecceeeeeee eens 203 About backing up Microsoft virtual OLIV IFOMIMGNS as y iina a ava conan 205 About backing up Microsoft virtual hard disks cccecceeceeeeeees 205 About backing up and restoring Microsoft Hyper V virtual MACHINES secre ainean ocak sues wedabaasile codwat a cB dua ses soared dasaes 206 E A wh ame aadee E AE hie Sia hadnt saan weet ated aaa ena ubee ee aa aes 207 Chapter Introducing Norton Ghost This chapter includes the following topics m About Norton Ghost m What is new in Norton Ghost m Hiding or showing the Advanced page m Getting more information about Norton Ghost About Norton Ghost Norton Ghost provides advanced backup and recovery for your compu
56. Back 10 Click Finish You can create a schedule to convert recovery points and incremental recovery points to a VMware Virtual Disk or a Microsoft Virtual Disk You can also convert recovery points directly to VMware ESX Server Virtual disks are excellent for testing and evaluation purposes The following platforms support virtual disks created from recovery points VMware Workstation 4 5 and 6 Mware ESX 3 0 3 5 and 4 0 Mware ESXi 3 5 and 4 0 Mware Server 1 V V V V Mware GSX Server 3 x replaced by VMware Server Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 and later Microsoft Hyper V 1 0 and 2 0 Scheduled conversions use the system index file sv2i to convert recovery points to virtual disks The sv2i file reduces the time it takes to convert multiple recovery points When a recovery point is created a sv2i file is saved with it The sv2i file contains a list of the most recent recovery points which includes the original drive location of each recovery point 148 Managing backup destinations Defining a virtual conversion job You can also create a one time virtual conversion See Running a one time virtual conversion on page 141 See Viewing the properties of a virtual conversion job on page 153 See Viewing the progress of a virtual conversion job on page 153 See Editing a virtual conversion job on page 153 See Running an existing virtual conversion job immediately on page
57. D 62 backing up dual boot computers 58 backup data automating management of 156 password protecting 71 storing on removable media 58 using for recovering files and folders 159 backup destination how it works 135 moving 157 Backup destination options 64 backup jobs edit advanced options 72 backup status 95 backup storage about 135 backups about defining drive based 59 allowing other users to define 98 best practices 50 51 define first 24 defining drive based 60 defining file and folder 87 deleting 97 disabling 97 dual boot computers 58 edit advanced options 72 edit schedule 97 edit settings 95 event triggered 96 file and folder 136 folders excluded during file and folder backups 89 ignoring bad sectors during drive based 71 managing storage of 135 monitoring 115 one time from Symantec Recovery Disk about 76 one time from Windows 75 other computers from your computer 101 run immediately 91 run with options 92 running command files during 68 running one time from Symantec Recovery Disk 77 selecting a backup destination 56 setting advanced options for drive based 66 setting advanced options for file and folder 88 slowing down to improve PC performance 94 speeding up 94 status 118 status of 95 storage location 38 Index backups continued things to do after 53 things to do before 51 things to do during 53 tips 54 tips for a better backup 50 types of 50 verifying success 95 118 viewing progress 74 benefits of u
58. If you want to replace the original files select Overwrite existing files If you do not select this option a number is added to the filename leaving the original file untouched Caution Checking Overwrite existing files replaces your original files or the files of the same names that are currently stored at that location with the files you are restoring m Click Recovered Files folder on the desktop to have your files restored to anew folder that is created on your Windows desktop called Recovered Files m Click Alternate folder and specify the path to an alternate location where you want your files restored 8 Click Recover 9 Ifyou are prompted to replace the existing file click Yes if you are certain that the file that you are recovering is the file that you want 10 Click OK About opening files and folders stored in a recovery point If you are not sure which files you want to restore you can locate open and view their contents using the Recovery Point Browser From there you can also restore files and folders using the Recovery Point Browser See Opening and restoring files within a recovery point on page 131 About finding the files or folders you want If you cannot find the files or folders that you want to restore by browsing through a recovery point you can use the Norton Ghost Explore feature This feature assigns a drive letter to a recovery point mounts the recovery point as if it were a worki
59. My Computer feature in Symantec Recovery Disk Sometimes known as a cold backup or offline backup you can create recovery points of a partition without the need to install Norton Ghost or its Agent See About running a one time backup from Symantec Recovery Disk on page 76 Convert recovery points to virtual disks using a schedule You can now create schedules to convert recovery points to VMware Virtual Disk and Microsoft Virtual Disks or directly to a VMware ESX 3 5 server See Defining a virtual conversion job on page 147 Support for Microsoft Hyper V You can now convert recovery points to Hyper V format and also import recovery points to a Hyper V server Support for Blu ray disc media Back up your computer directly to Blu ray DVD or CD Or you can copy recovery points to Blu ray DVD or CD Fully enabled 60 day trial If you choose to delay installation of the product license all features still remain enabled during the 60 day trial period The 60 day trial period begins when you do a particular task See When you delay licensing on page 20 Hiding or showing the Advanced page The Advanced page offers experienced Norton Ghost users a single view of the most common product features If you have a good understanding of Norton Ghost you might prefer to perform most tasks from the Advanced view 16 Introducing Norton Ghost Getting more information about Norton Gho
60. Update to check for product updates and then configure your first backup Note If this product came pre installed from a computer manufacturer your trial period could be as long as 90 days Refer to the Activate later label To complete the installation 1 Inthe Welcome panel click Next If your computer manufacturer installed the product the Welcome page might appear the first time that you run Norton Ghost 2 Doone of the following m Click I ve already purchased the product and have a license key Note You can find the license key on the back of your product CD jacket Do not lose the license key You must use it when you install Norton Ghost m Click Activate later to delay the activation of your license After the trial period ends the product will no longer work See When you delay licensing on page 20 m If Norton Ghost is a trial version and you want to purchase a license key click Symantec Global Store 3 Click Next 24 Installing Norton Ghost Installing Norton Ghost 4 Doany of the following m Click Run LiveUpdate to check for any product updates since the product shipped Click Launch Easy Setup to open the Easy Setup window when you complete the install process This option is not available in the Desktop version of Norton Ghost Click Enable Google Desktop File and Folder Recovery if you want Google Desktop to search your recovery points for the files and folders that you want t
61. a location 6 Inthe Maximum file size field specify a maximum size in kilobytes that the log file is allowed to grow The file is kept within the limit you set by replacing the oldest logged items in the file with new items as they occur 7 ClickOK To configure which product events are written to a Windows event log 1 In Norton Ghost on the menu bar click Tasks gt Options 2 Under Notifications click Event Log 46 Getting Started Configuring Norton Ghost default options 3 Click the Select the priority and type of messages list and select the priority level at which a message should be logged All messages Send all messages regardless of priority levels Medium and high priority messages Send only medium and high priority messages High priority messages only Send only high priority messages No messages Do not send any messages regardless of priority levels 4 Select one or more of the following options m Errors m Warnings m Information 5 Click OK Enabling email notifications for product event messages Email notifications can be sent to a specified email address if there are any errors or warnings that occurred when a backup is run Note If you do not have an SMTP server this feature is unavailable to you Notifications can also be sent to the system event log and acustom log file located in the Agent folder of the product installation If notifications are not delivered check the set
62. ace the CD that contains Symantec Recovery Disk in a safe place See About recovering a computer on page 173 How you use Norton Ghost While Norton Ghost does the work of backing up your files folders or entire drives you need to tell Norton Ghost what to backup when to back it up and where to put the backed up data Using Norton Ghost includes the following key tasks m Defining a backup m Running a backup m Recovering files folders or entire drives Refer to the following figure to understand the relationship of these tasks Figure 4 1 Define Backup Define What When Where Run Backup Run According to a schedule Manually When certain events occur Recover Data Recover Files Folders Entire drives Starting Norton Ghost Using Norton Ghost Every Mon Wed Fri at 10 p m To external USB drive Getting Started 35 Starting Norton Ghost Backup Destination Recovery File Folder Points Data Norton Ghost is installed in the Windows Program Files folder by default During installation a program icon is installed in the Windows system tray from which you can open Norton Ghost You can also open Norton Ghost from the Windows Start menu To start Norton Ghost Depending on the Windows version you are running use one of the following methods 36 Getting Started Configuring Norton Ghost default options m On th
63. ackups 2 Select the backup you want to edit and then click Change Schedule 3 Click General under Event Triggers 4 Select the events you want detected and then click OK About Symantec ThreatCon ThreatCon is Symantec s early warning security threat system When Symantec identifies various threats the ThreatCon team adjusts the threat level This adjustment gives people and systems adequate warning to protect data and systems against attack When you enable the Symantec ThreatCon trigger for a selected backup job Norton Ghost detects changes in the threat level Your computer must be connected to the Internet at the time If the ThreatCon level is either reached or exceeded the backup job in which you enabled Symantec ThreatCon is started automatically You then have a recovery point to use to recover your data should your computer become affected by the latest threat Running and managing backup jobs 97 Editing a backup schedule Note If your computer is not online then it is not susceptible to online threats But if you connect your computer to the Internet at any time it becomes vulnerable You do not have to enable or disable Symantec ThreatCon when you go on or offline It works if you are online but does nothing if you are off line For more information about Symantec ThreatCon visit http www symantec com Editing a backup schedule You can edit any of the schedule properties for a defined backup to adjust the
64. al If you want to run command files during the recovery point creation process click Command Files set the command file options and then click OK to return to the Options panel If appropriate in the lists you can select the command file exe cmd bat that you want to run during a particular stage in the recovery point creation process and then specify the amount of time in seconds that you want the command to run before it is stopped See About running command files during a backup on page 68 Click Next Do one of the following m Ifyou chose a recovery point set as your recovery point type earlier in step 6 above skip to the next step m If you chose an independent recovery point as your recovery point type select one of the following options in the Automatically create a recovery pointlist click Next review the options you have selected then click Finish No Schedule Runs the backup only when you run it yourself manually Weekly Runs the backup at the time and on the days of the week that you specify When you select this option the Select the days of the week to protect box appears Monthly Runs the backup at the time and on the days of the month that you specify When you select this option the Select the days of the month to protect box appears 62 Backing up entire drives Defining a drive based backup 16 17 18 19 20 21 Only run once Runs the backup one time on the date an
65. al disk into multiple 2 GB vmdk files For example use this option if your virtual disk is stored on a FAT32 drive any file system that does not support files larger than 2 GB Or if you want to copy the virtual disk files to a DVD but the size is larger than the DVD allows Note This option is specific to VMware it is not available if you selected Microsoft Virtual Disk as the conversion format 10 Click Next 11 Inthe Conversion Time panel select one of the following and then click Next No Schedule Select this option to run the conversion only when you run it yourself manually Weekly Select this option to run the conversion at the specified start time and on the days of the week that you select m Run more than once per day Select this option if you want to convert recovery points multiple times throughout a day and then specify the following options m Time between conversions Select the amount of time to elapse before the next conversion m Number of times Specify the number of times that you want the conversion to occur beginning from the specified start time Monthly Select this option to run the conversion at the time and on the days of the month that you specify Only run once Select this option to run the conversion one time on the date and at the time that you specify 12 Ifyou want to run the new conversion job immediately click Runconversion now 13 Click Finish Managing backup destinat
66. anually 1 On the Tools page click Manage Backup Destination 2 Fromthe Manage Backup Destination window you can do any of the following tasks m Clean Up See Cleaning up old recovery points on page 138 m Move See Moving your backup destination on page 157 m Settings See Automating management of backup data on page 156 m Delete See Deleting a recovery point set on page 138 See Deleting recovery points within a set on page 139 m Copy See Making copies of recovery points on page 139 m Explore See About exploring recovery points on page 129 138 Managing backup destinations Managing recovery point storage Cleaning up old recovery points Over time you might end up with recovery points that you no longer need For example you might have several recovery points created months ago that you no longer need because you have more current ones containing your latest work See Automating management of backup data on page 156 The Clean Up feature deletes all but the most current recovery point set to help make more space available on your hard disk Note After a recovery point is deleted you no longer have access to the files or system recovery from that point in time You should explore the contents of the recovery point before you delete it See Opening and restoring files within a recovery point on page 131 See About exploring recovery points on page
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68. at are supported in Symantec Recovery Disk Note The client computer cannot transfer files or add additional drivers for network or storage devices on the computer that is running the thin host To remotely connect to the pcAnywhere thin host 1 Ensure that the computer to be remotely managed the host has started in the recovery environment Also ensure that the pcAnywhere thin host is waiting for a connection Obtain the IP address of the thin host computer On the client computer in Symantec pcAnywhere configure a remote connection item For more information see the Symantec pcAnywhere User s Guide Note You do not need to choose to automatically logon to the host on connection When you configure the connection in pcAnywhere do the following m Select TCP IP as the connection type m Specify the IP address of the host computer m Choose to automatically logon to the host on connection If you do not include the logon information you are prompted for it when you connect to the thin host m Type the following log on name symantec m Type the following password recover The thin host shuts down when there is an attempt to connect by using any incorrect configuration settings Recovering a computer 191 About using the networking tools in Symantec Recovery Disk To prevent unauthorized users from tampering with your settings or trying to launch a session without your permission set a password for
69. at is the size of your network pipeline Does it support 10 MB transfer rates or 1 GB transfer rates Network server How robust is your server hardware How fast is its processor How much RAM does it have Is it fast or slow Backing up How many computers are scheduled to back up at the same time Network traffic Are backups scheduled to run when network traffic is heavy or light Consider using this feature only when you know what your network can handle If you schedule your backups at staggered intervals and when network traffic is low you may not need to use this feature Avoid backing up multiple computers at the same time and to the same network destination Gather the required information about your network s performance and then schedule backups accordingly Then if necessary enable this feature and set the Maximum network throughput to a setting that matches the circumstances To enable network throttling 1 2 3 4 In Norton Ghost on the menu bar click Tasks gt Options Click Performance Select Enable network throttling In the Maximum network throttling field enter the maximum amount in KB of network throughput that Norton Ghost can send per second Click OK Adjusting default tray icon settings You can turn the system tray icon on or off and specify whether to show only error messages when they occur or to show both error messages and other information such as the completion of a backup Getti
70. ata to add another level of protection to your recovery points Choose from the following encryption levels m Low 8 character password m Medium 16 character password m High 32 character password 71 72 Backing up entire drives Defining a drive based backup Editing advanced backup options After you define a backup you can go back at any time and edit the advanced options you chose when you first defined the backup To edit advanced backup options 1 On the Home or Tasks page click Run or Manage Backups Select the backup you want to edit and then click Edit Settings Click Next twice Click Advanced oOo FW N In the Advanced Options dialog box make your changes and then click OK See Advanced options for drive based backups on page 70 6 Click Next three times and then click Finish About recovery point encryption You can enhance the security of your data by using the Advanced Encryption Standard AES to encrypt recovery points that you create or archive You should use encryption if you store recovery points on a network and want to protect them from unauthorized access and use You can also encrypt recovery points that were created with earlier versions of Symantec LiveState Recovery or Norton Ghost However encrypting those files makes them readable with the current product only You can view the encryption strength of a recovery point at any time by viewing the properties of the file fro
71. backup is unavailable Indicates that the backup did not run as scheduled This problem could occur if an error prevents the backup from running or if you manually cancel a backup before it completes Indicates that the backup is scheduled to run at a future time 120 Monitoring the status of your backups Monitoring backup protection from the Status page Table 10 2 Backups calendar icons continued Represents a file and folder backup It indicates that a file and folder backup is scheduled to occur on the day that it appears in the backup timeline This icon can appear in the following states amp Indicates that the backup ran and that file and folder backup data was created successfully Indicates that the backup is not available Pe Indicates that the backup did not run as scheduled This problem could occur if an error prevents the backup from running or if you manually canceled a backup before it completed Indicates that the backup is scheduled to run at a future time Monitoring the status of your backups 121 Monitoring backup protection from the Status page Table 10 2 Backups calendar icons continued oe Represents two or more This icon can appear in the backups are scheduled to run following states on the day on which this icon appears amp Indicates that two or more backups have run and the last backup was created successfully Indicates that two or m
72. backup that you have selected Opens the Define Backup Wizard where you can select between backing up your computer or backing up selected files and folders This option is useful if a drive in the Drives column is not yet assigned to a backup By selecting a drive that is assigned to an existing backup you have access to this short cut method for starting the Define Backup Wizard from the Status page Opens the Manage Backup Destination dialog where you can specify destination drives as well as delete copy or explore existing recovery points on destination drives Opens the Customize Status Reporting window where you can specify if you want status reporting and the type of status reporting Monitoring the status of your backups 127 About using event log information to troubleshoot problems See Editing backup settings on page 95 About using event log information to troubleshoot problems When Norton Ghost performs an action it records the event for example when a backup job runs It also records program error messages You can use the event log to track down the source of problems or to verify the successful completion of a backup job See Logging Norton Ghost messages on page 44 Log entries provide information about the success or failure of numerous actions that were taken by Norton Ghost or by a user It offers a single view of all of the information and program error messages The following
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74. changes until the next backup runs 6 Click OK Moving your backup destination You can change the backup destination for your recovery points and move your existing recovery points to a new location For example suppose you install an external hard drive for storing your backup data You can then change the backup destination for one or more backups to the new drive When you select a new location you can also choose to move the existing recovery points to the new destination All future recovery points for the backups that you select are created at the new location Note If you want to move your backup destination to a new internal or external hard drive make sure the drive is properly installed or connected before you proceed To move your backup destination 1 On the Tools page click Manage Backup Destination 2 Inthe Manage Backup Destination window in the Drives list select the drive that contains the backup destination that you want to move Click Move 4 Inthe Move Backup Destination dialog box do one of the following m Inthe New backup destination box type the path to the new backup destination m Click Browse to locate and select anew backup destination and then click OK 158 Managing backup destinations Moving your backup destination Select the defined backups that should use the new backup destination Deselect the defined backups that you do not want to move Select Save as default backup dest
75. ck the drive to perform the recovery in Windows typically because the drive is in use by a program make sure the drive is not in use by closing any files or applications that might be using it and then click Retry If the Retry option fails click Ignore to tell Windows to attempt to force a lock on the drive If Ignore fails you might be prompted to insert the Symantec Recovery Disk CD and manually start the recovery environment so that you can complete the recovery When the recovery is finished the computer restarts automatically The options you can specify for the recovery are described in the table below Option Description Verify recovery point beforerestore Verifies whether a recovery point is valid or corrupt before it is restored This option can significantly increase the time required for the recovery to complete 166 Recovering files folders or entire drives Restoring using LightsOut Restore Option Check for file system errors Resize restored drive Set drive active for booting OS Restore original disk signature Partition type Drive letter Description Checks the restored drive for errors after the recovery point is restored Automatically expands the drive to occupy the target drive s remaining unallocated space Makes the restored drive the active partition for example the drive from which the computer starts You should select this option if you are restoring the drive on which
76. ckup automatically when an event occurs on your computer such as installing a new software program See Enabling event triggered backups on page 96 When you run a backup you should close any partitioning software that is running such as Norton PartitionMagic Also you should not run any disk defragmenting software during a backup You can also schedule backups to run automatically according to a schedule See Editing a backup schedule on page 97 To run an existing backup immediately from the system tray 1 On the Windows desktop right click the Norton Ghost system tray icon 2 Click Run Backup Now 3 Click a backup job to start the backup If the menus displays No Jobs you must start Norton Ghost and define a backup To run an existing backup immediately from within Norton Ghost 1 On the Home page click Run or Manage Backups 2 Select a backup from the list and then click Run Now Running a backup with options If you want to quickly run an existing drive based backup but you want the backup to create an alternate type of recovery point use the Run Backup With Options feature This is a unique option in that if you run an existing backup job the recovery point created is dictated by the type of recovery point that was created the last time the backup job was run Use this option to create an alternate recovery point type Running and managing backup jobs 93 Running a backup with options Note
77. ckup to create See Recovery point type options on page 63 Click Next On the Backup Destination panel select the desired options See Backup destination options on page 64 You cannot use an encrypted folder as your backup destination You can choose to encrypt your backup data to prevent another user from accessing it Optional If you want to make copies of your recovery points to store at a remote location for added backup protection do the following m Click Add and then select Enable Offsite Copy m Select the Prompt me to start a copy when I attach an external Offsite Copy destination drive option if you want recovery points automatically copied to external Offsite Copy destination drives whenever you plug one in to your computer m Click Browse to locate an Offsite Copy destination m Click Add an additional Offsite Copy destination if you want to adda second destination and then specify the path a local folder network path or FTP address to that destination m Click OK 10 11 12 13 14 15 Backing up entire drives Defining a drive based backup See About Offsite Copy on page 81 Click Next On the Options panel set the recovery point options you want See Recovery point options on page 64 Optional Click Advanced set the advanced options you want and then click OK to return to the Options panel See Advanced options for drive based backups on page 70 Option
78. ct Event Triggers General ThreatCon Response Select the type of events that should automatically start the backup See Enabling event triggered backups on page 96 About files that are excluded from drive based backups The following files are intentionally excluded from drive based backups m hiberfil sys m pagefile sys These files contain temporary data that can take up a large amount of disk space They are not needed and there is no negative impact to your computer system after a complete system recovery These file names do appear in recovery points but they are placeholders They contain no data 68 Backing up entire drives Defining a drive based backup About network credentials If you are connecting to a computer on a network you are required to enter the user name and password for network access even if you have previously authenticated to the network This is because the Norton Ghost 15 0 service runs as the local System account When entering network credentials the following rules apply m Ifthe computer you want to connect to is on a domain you would enter the domain name user name and password For example domain username m Ifyou are connecting to a computer in a workgroup you would enter the remote computer name and user name For example remote_computer_name username m If you have mapped a drive you might be required to supply the user name and password at this
79. d at the time you specify When you select this option the Create a single recovery point box appears If you want the backup to run automatically according to a schedule select Schedule enter a start time and select the days of the week when the backup should run If you only want to run the backup when you start it manually uncheck Schedule and skip to the next step Optional Click the Custom button and specify how frequently a new recovery point set should be started For example if you select Monthly a new base recovery point is created the first time the backup runs during each new month For advanced scheduling options such as setting up event triggers that start the backup in response to specific events click Advanced and configure the desired options See Advanced scheduling options on page 66 Click OK and then click Next Optional If you want to run the new backup immediately click Run backup now This option is not available if you configured an independent recovery point with the option to run it only once Review the options you have selected then click Finish Related Drives options The Related Drives wizard panel appears only if you initially selected a drive with applications configured to use one or more of the drives that are listed in this panel Such applications include boot configuration databases as found in Windows Vista and Windows 7 that are on a separate drive from where the
80. d when you run a backup This default location is used if you do not specify a different location when you define a new backup To select a default backup destination 1 2 3 In Norton Ghost on the menu bar click Tasks gt Options Click General Select Prepend computer name to backup data file names This is especially useful if you back up more than one computer to the same drive For example you might back up a laptop and a desktop computer to the same USB or network drive By prepending the computer name to each backup data file name you can more easily identify which backup data files belong to which computer Select Save backup files to a unique subfolder if you want Norton Ghost to create a new subfolder that will serve as your backup destination Note The new subfolder is given the same name as your computer For example if your computer name is MyLaptop the new subfolder would be named MyLaptop Getting Started 39 Configuring Norton Ghost default options 5 Enter a path to a folder where you want to store recovery points and file and folder backup data or click Browse to look for a location You cannot use an encrypted folder as your backup destination If you want to encrypt your backup data to prevent another user from accessing it refer to the Advanced options when you define or edit a backup 6 Ifyou entered the path to a location on a network enter the user name and password required to authenticat
81. date and time To edit a backup schedule 1 Onthe Home page click Run or Manage Backups 2 Select a backup to edit 3 Click Change Schedule 4 Make changes to the schedule and then click OK Turning off a backup job You can turn off a backup and re enable it later When you turn off a backup it will not run according to its defined schedule if it has one When a backup is turned off triggered events will not run it nor can you run it manually You can also delete a defined backup not recovery points See Deleting backup jobs on page 97 To turn off a backup job 1 On the Home or Tasks page click Run or Manage Backups 2 Select the backup that you want to turn off 3 On the Tasks menu click Disable Backup Repeat this procedure to re enable the backup The Disable Backup menu item changes to Enable Backup when you disable the selected backup Deleting backup jobs You can delete backup jobs when they are no longer needed 98 Running and managing backup jobs Adding users who can back up your computer Deleting a backup job does not delete the recovery points or file and folder backup data from the storage location Only the backup job is deleted See Managing recovery point storage on page 137 To delete backup jobs 1 Onthe Home page click Run or Manage Backups 2 Select one or more backups and then click Remove 3 Click Yes Adding users who can back up your computer You can use the Securit
82. de how many versions of backup files that you want to keep This decision can depend on how frequently you change the content of your files and how frequently you run the backups Managing backup destinations 155 About managing file and folder backup data Viewing how much file and folder backup data is stored Start by viewing the total amount of file and folder backup data you currently store To view how much file and folder backup data is stored 1 2 On the Tools page click Manage Backup Destination To select an alternate backup destination in the Drives list select another drive to use as a backup destination Near the bottom of the Manage Backup Destination window view the Space used for file and folder storage box to see how much storage space is currently used Limiting the number of file versions to keep You can manage your file and folder backup data by limiting the number of versions of backup files that you keep This kind of maintenance can significantly reduce the amount of disk space required especially if the files are large as is often the case with audio and video files To limit the number of file versions to keep 1 2 3 On the Tools page click Manage Backup Destination Click Settings Select Limit file versions for file and folder backups and then type a number between 1 and 99 You can also select Monitor disk space usage for backup storage and then specify a limit to the total amount o
83. dex file is saved with it The system index file contains a list of the most recent recovery points which includes the original drive location of each recovery point Select this option and then click Browse Locate and select a system index file sv2i and then click Open Click Next In the Drives to Recover panel select each recovery point that you want to recover If necessary add or remove recovery points from the list If you are recovering your computer select the drive on which Windows is installed On most computer systems this drive is the C drive In the recovery environment the drive letters and labels might not match what appears in Windows You might need to identify the correct drive based on its label the name assigned to it or by browsing the files and folders in the recovery point 8 Do the following m Optionally select a drive that you want to recover and then click Edit Select the options that you want to perform during the recovery process and then click OK to return to the Drives to Restore pane See Edit target drive and options on page 181 m Set the following Verify recovery point before restore Verifies whether a recovery point is valid or corrupt before it is restored If the recovery point is invalid the recovery is discontinued This option can significantly increase the time required for the recovery to complete See Recovering files and folders using Symantec Recovery D
84. dialog because the service runs in a different context and cannot recognize the mapped drive By going to the Tools menu and selecting Options you can set a default location including network credentials Then when you create future jobs the dialog will default to the location you specified Another option would be to create a specific backup user account for the enterprise and configure the Norton Ghost 15 0 service to use this account About running command files during a backup You can use command files exe cmd bat during a backup You can use command files to integrate Norton Ghost with other backup routines that you might be running on the computer You can also use command files to integrate with other applications that use a drive on the computer Note You cannot run command files that include a graphical user interface such as notepad exe Running such command files will cause the backup job to fail You can run a command file during any of the following stages during the creation of a recovery point m Run before snapshot creation m Run after shapshot creation m Run after recovery point creation You can also specify the amount of time in seconds that a command file should be allowed to run Backing up entire drives Defining a drive based backup You can specify the location of command files if you want them to be located in a place other than the default location You can also specify a location on a per
85. e from Norton Ghost running on another computer See Using the Norton Ghost Agent on page 105 To use the features of Norton Ghost the Norton Ghost Agent must be started and properly configured You can use the Windows Services tool to manage and troubleshoot the agent Note To manage the Norton Ghost Agent you must be logged on as a local administrator You can manage the Norton Ghost Agent in the following ways m Start stop or disable the Norton Ghost Agent on local and remote computers See Starting or stopping the Norton Ghost Agent service on page 108 m Configure the user name and password that is used by the Norton Ghost Agent See Controlling access to Norton Ghost on page 111 Backing up remote computers from your computer 107 About best practices for using services m Set up recovery actions to take place if the Norton Ghost Agent fails to start For example you can restart the Norton Ghost Agent automatically or restart the computer See Setting up recovery actions when the Norton Ghost Agent does not start on page 109 About best practices for using services The following table describes some best practices for using services Table 9 1 Best practices for using services Check the Events tab first before using The Events tab in the Advanced view can help you Services to track down the source of a problem particularly when it is associated with the Norton Ghost Agent You
86. e Google Desktop support A Google plug in for Norton Ghost is required before you can use Google Search to locate and recover files The plug in is installed for you automatically when you enable this feature See To enable Google Desktop support on page 202 Enable search engine support when When you define a backup job or edit an existing defining or editing a backup job backup job enable search engine support The next time the backup is run it creates a list of all the files that are contained in the resulting recovery point A search engine such as Google Desktop can then use the list to generate its own index You can then use the index to perform searches by file name See To enable search engine support for a backup job on page 203 Note Recovery points that already exist when you enable this feature cannot be indexed This restriction is because the generated list of files that search engines require for generating searchable indexes are appended to recovery points as they are created After you enable this feature run each of your backups to create a new recovery point that contains the required information for indexing Note If your backup destination is on a network drive be sure to add the location to the Google Desktop preferences To install Google Desktop 1 Start Norton Ghost 2 Click Tasks gt Options gt Google Desktop 3 Click Download Google Desktop from the Web and follow instructi
87. e and folder backup Or you might want to define a file and folder backup to capture one or more folders that contain the files that you change on a regular basis File and folder backups let you select individual files or folders to back up You can also specify a file type to back up and let Norton Ghost locate and back up all files of the type you specified For example if you have Microsoft Word documents Managing backup destinations 137 Managing recovery point storage stored at several locations on your computer Norton Ghost locates all Word documents files that end with doc and includes them in your backup You can even edit the list of file types to include types unique to the software you use Norton Ghost also keeps multiple versions of the same files for you so that you can restore the version of a file that contains the changes you need to restore You can even set a limit to the number of versions that are kept so that you can control the use of disk space Managing recovery point storage Norton Ghost includes several features that help you manage your backup data The key is to prevent backup data from taking lots of hard disk space on your computer And to also provide adequate backup protection in the event that you need to recover your computer files or folders See Defining a virtual conversion job on page 147 See Running a one time virtual conversion on page 141 To manage recovery point storage m
88. e classic Windows taskbar click Start gt Programs gt Norton Ghost gt Norton Ghost 15 0 m On the Windows taskbar click Start gt All Programs gt Norton Ghost gt Norton Ghost 15 0 m Inthe Windows system tray double click the SymantecNorton Ghost 15 0 tray icon m Inthe Windows system tray right click the Norton Ghost tray icon and then click Open Symantec Norton Ghost 15 0 Configuring Norton Ghost default options The Options dialog box includes several views that let you configure the following default settings Options Description General Specify a default location where a backup will create and store recovery points and file and folder backup data If the location you choose is on a network you can enter your user authentication information See Selecting a default backup destination on page 38 Performance Lets you specify a default speed for backup or recovery processes When you move the slider closer to Fast it increases the speed at which the program backs up or recovers your computer If you choose a slower speed it could improve the performance of your computer especially if you work on your computer during a backup or recovery Note During a backup or recovery you have the option to override this default setting to fit your needs at the time You can also configure network throttling to limit the effects of backups on network performance See Adjusting the effect of a backup on compute
89. e computer reconnect the Norton Ghost Agent or cancel a task that is currently running You can install the agent manually by visiting each computer you want to protect and install the agent from the product CD A more efficient method however is 106 Backing up remote computers from your computer About managing the Norton Ghost Agent through Windows Services to use the Norton Ghost Deploy Agent feature to remotely install the agent on a computer in the domain whose data you want to protect To use the Norton Ghost Agent On the Windows system tray do one of the following m Right click the Norton Ghost tray icon and then click Reconnect to restart the service automatically You cannot run a backup until the service is running m If Norton Ghost is installed on the computer double click the Norton Ghost tray icon to start the program If only the agent is installed double clicking the tray icon only displays an About dialog box m Ifthe computer has Norton Ghost installed right click the Norton Ghost tray icon to display a menu of common Norton Ghost Agent tasks About managing the Norton Ghost Agent through Windows Services The Norton Ghost Agent is a Windows service that runs in the background It provides the following m Locally running scheduled backup jobs even when there are no users or an unprivileged user logged on to the computer m Allows administrators to remotely back up computers throughout an enterpris
90. e lost file or folder Recovering files and folders by using file and folder backup data If you defined a file and folder backup and need to recover files you can recover them from a recent file and folder backup 160 Recovering files folders or entire drives Recovering files and folders by using file and folder backup data Norton Ghost includes a search tool to help you locate the files that you want to recover To recover files and folders by using file and folder backup data 1 2 On the Home or Tasks page click Recover My Files In the left pane of the Recover My Files window select File and Folder as the search method Do one of the following m Inthe Find files to recover search box type the whole name or partial name of a file or folder that you want to restore and then click Search For example type recipe to return any file or folder that includes the word recipe in its name such as Chocolate Cheesecake Recipes doc Cathy Read Recipes xls Recipes for Success mp3 and so forth m Click Advanced Search type your search criteria and then click Search To return to the standard search text box click Basic search In the search results list box select the files that you want to restore by using one of the following methods To select a single file Click the file once To select all files Press Ctrl A To select a group of files that are next to Click the top file press and hold Shift and each other
91. e stored on a network or a local hard drive you might not have access to them You can find the drivers and copy them to a CD or a floppy disk or you can create a custom Symantec Recovery Disk CD See Creating a custom Symantec Recovery Disk CD on page 29 Creating a custom Symantec Recovery Disk CD Even if driver validation succeeds and your Symantec Recovery Disk CD appears to work you should create a custom Symantec Recovery Disk CD A custom CD contains your computer s current network and storage device drivers It helps to ensure that in an emergency you can get to the recovery points that are required to restore your computer Note You must have a writeable Blu ray DVD CD RW drive to create a custom Symantec Recovery Disk CD To create a custom Symantec Recovery Disk CD 1 Attach and turn on all storage devices and network devices that you want to make available Start Norton Ghost 3 Insert the Symantec Recovery Disk CD into your media drive If necessary specify the path or browse to the media drive in which you placed the Symantec Recovery Disk CD 4 Click Tasks gt Create Custom Recovery Disk CD Click Next 30 Ensuring the recovery of your computer Creating a custom Symantec Recovery Disk CD 6 10 11 Specify the following Disk label Burn Symantec Recovery Disk to CD DVD Save a copy of the custom Symantec Recovery Disk CD DVD image file Click Next Type the name that you want
92. e to the network 7 Click OK Adjusting the effect of a backup on computer performance If you are working on your computer when a backup is running especially one that is creating an independent recovery point your computer might slow down This is because Norton Ghost is using your computer s hard disk and memory resources to perform the backup However you can actually change the speed of the backup as a way of minimizing the impact of Norton Ghost on your computer while you work To adjust the effect of a backup on computer performance 1 In Norton Ghost on the menu bar click Tasks gt Options 2 Click Performance 3 Ifyou want to improve your computer s speed performance move the slider bar closer to Slow 4 Ifyou want the backup to complete more quickly move the slider bar closer to Fast 5 Click OK Note During a backup or recovery you ll have the option of overriding this default setting to fit your needs at that moment See Adjusting the speed of a backup on page 94 Enabling network throttling Similar to computer performance adjustments you can also limit the impact of a backup on network performance Network performance is affected by many variables Consider the following issues before you use this feature 40 Getting Started Configuring Norton Ghost default options Network cards Is your network wired or wireless What are the speeds of your network cards Network backbone Wh
93. eate recovery points if you experience any of the following m A level of corruption prevents you from starting Windows on the computer m Norton Ghost does not function properly while it runs on a Windows operating system m You want to back up the condition of a damaged system before you recover For example if a server or desktop is severely damaged you can use the Symantec Recovery Disk CD to back up what remains of the system Then you can recover what you can later after you restore an independent recovery point Backing up entire drives 77 About running a one time backup from Symantec Recovery Disk When you want to create a backup from the Symantec Recovery Disk CD you are prompted for a valid license key only for the following scenarios m You use the original shipping version of the Symantec Recovery Disk CD to create a backup of a computer that does not have Norton Ghost installed m The computer that you intend to back up using the original shipping version of the Symantec Recovery Disk has an unlicensed installation of Norton Ghost m You create a custom Symantec Recovery Disk CD on a computer that has an unlicensed installation 60 day trial of Norton Ghost You then use the custom Symantec Recovery Disk CD to create a backup of a computer that does not have an installation of Norton Ghost See Creating a custom Symantec Recovery Disk CD on page 29 m You choose not to add a license key at the time you cr
94. eate the customized Symantec Recovery Disk CD Running a one time backup from Symantec Recovery Disk Using a valid license key you can create independent recovery points using the Back Up My Computer feature in Symantec Recovery Disk Sometimes known as a cold backup or offline backup you can create recovery points of a partition without the need to install Norton Ghost or its agent To run a one time backup from Symantec Recovery Disk 1 Ifyou intend to store the resulting recovery point on a USB device for example an external hard drive attach the device now 2 Start the Symantec Recovery Disk CD on the computer you want to back up See Starting a computer by using Symantec Recovery Disk on page 174 3 On the Home panel click Back Up My Computer and then click Next If prompted enter a valid license key and then click Next Select one or more drives that you want to back up and then click Next 78 Backing up entire drives About running a one time backup from Symantec Recovery Disk 6 Inthe Backup Destination panel set the options you want then click Next Folder field Lets you browse to and specify the location where you want to store the independent recovery point Map a network drive Lets you map a network drive by using the UNC path of the computer on which you want to store the recovery point For example computer_name share_name or IP_address share_name Recovery point file names field Lets you
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96. ecify default FTP settings to be used with Offsite Copy See Configuring default FTP settings for use with Offsite Copy on page 44 Log File Lets you specify the types of product messages to log errors warnings and information where to store the log file and set a maximum file size for the log file See Logging Norton Ghost messages on page 44 Event Log Lets you specify the types of product messages to log errors warnings and information in the Windows event log See Logging Norton Ghost messages on page 44 SMTP E mail If you want a history of actions taken by Norton Ghost or of error messages and warnings you can choose to save them in a log file on your computer or to have them emailed to an address you specify See Enabling email notifications for product event messages on page 46 38 Getting Started Configuring Norton Ghost default options Options Description SNMP Trap If you have a Network Management System NMS application you can enable SNMP Traps support to send notifications to you NMS application See About SNMP traps on page 122 To configure Norton Ghost default options 1 2 3 Start Norton Ghost Click Tasks gt Options Select an option you want to edit make any necessary changes and then click OK Selecting a default backup destination You can specify the default destination for storing recovery points and file and folder backup data create
97. ed a virtual disk folder location on a network type your network credentials Rename To edit the name of the resulting virtual disk file select the file name in the list near the bottom of the pane Click Rename and then type the new file name 150 Managing backup destinations Defining a virtual conversion job If you selected VMware ESX Server asthe m ESX server name or IP address conversion format Type the name of the server or the server s IP address m FSX Server Credentials In the ESX Server Credentials group box type a valid administrator user name that has sufficient rights Type a valid password m Destination for the virtual disks Type the path to the folder where you want to place the virtual disk files m Rename To edit the name of the resulting virtual disk file select the file name in the list near the bottom of the pane Click Rename and then type the new file name Click Next m Temporary location for conversion Type the name of the server or the server s IP address that you can use as a temporary location for files m Temporary Location Credentials If you selected a temporary location for files on a network type a valid administrator user name that has sufficient rights Type a valid password 7 Click Next 8 Type a name for the conversion job Or you can use the default name 9 Select one or more of the following options Run Windows Mini Setup Managing backup destinations Defining a vir
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100. efore you begin you should review the requirements and scenarios for installing Norton Ghost See System requirements on page 17 Note During the installation process you might be required to restart the computer You should ensure proper functionality after the computer restarts You can do this by logging on again using the same user credentials that you used to log on when you installed Norton Ghost 22 Installing Norton Ghost Installing Norton Ghost Warning The Symantec Recovery Disk CD provides the tools that you need to recover your computer How you received Symantec Recovery Disk depends on the version of the product that you purchased For example Symantec Recovery Disk is included with your product either on a separate CD or on your product CD Be sure you store the CD in a safe place To install Norton Ghost 1 Log on to your computer using either the Administrator account or an account that has administrator privileges Insert the Norton Ghost product CD into the media drive of the computer The installation program should start automatically If the installation program does not run type the following command at a command prompt lt drive gt autorun exe where lt drive gt is the drive letter of your media drive In the CD browser panel click Install Norton Ghost In the License Agreement panel read the license agreement and then click Iaccept the terms in the license agreement D
101. en the copying has completed a dialog displays indicating that LightsOut Restore successfully installed Click OK LightsOut Restore options for Symantec Recovery Disk The table below describes the LightsOut Restore options for Symantec Recovery Disk Option Description Automatically start Select this option if you want networking to start automatically network services when you recover the computer through LightsOut Restore 169 170 Recovering files folders or entire drives Restoring using LightsOut Restore Option Dynamic IP Static IP Automatically start Symantec pcAnywhere Description Select this option to connect to a network without the need for additional network configuration You can click this option if you know there will be a DHCP server available on the network at the time you restore Click this option to connect to a network with a particular network adapter and specific address settings You should click this option if you know there will be no DHCP server or the DHCP server will be unavailable when you recover Select this option if you want the Symantec pcAnywhere thin host to start automatically when you start the Symantec recovery environment Useful for troubleshooting a system recovery Click Configure to specify pcAnywhere log on credentials and the following optional parameters m Host name In the Host name box type the name that you want to use for the host You can leave t
102. er a set period of time Verifying the integrity of a recovery point If you selected the Verify recovery point after creation option on the Options page of the Define Backup wizard the following occurs Norton Ghost verifies that all of the files that make up the recovery point are available for you to open m Internal data structures in the recovery point are matched with the data that is available Also the recovery point can be uncompressed to create the expected amount of data if you selected a compression level at the time of creation Note The time that is required to create a recovery point is doubled when you use the Verify recovey point after creation option If you prefer you can have recovery points automatically verified for integrity at the time they are created See Advanced options for drive based backups on page 70 To verify the integrity of a recovery point 1 On the Tools page click Run Recovery Point Browser 2 Select a recovery point and then click OK 74 Backing up entire drives Compression levels for drive based backups 3 Inthe tree panel of the Recovery Point Browser select the recovery point For example C_Drive001 v2i 4 On the File menu click Verify Recovery Point If the Verify Recovery Point option is unavailable you must first dismount the recovery point Right click the recovery point and click Dismount Recovery Point 5 When the validation is complete click OK Vie
103. er files and folders using a recovery point 1 2 On the Home or Tasks page click Recover My Files In the left pane of the Recover My Files window select Recovery Point as the search method If you want to use a different recovery point than the one selected for you in the Recovery Point box click Change Note If Norton Ghost cannot locate any recovery points the Select Recovery Point dialog box opens automatically In the Select Recovery Point dialog box click View by and select one of the following options Date Displays all of the discovered recovery points in the order in which they were created If no recovery points were discovered the table will appear empty You should then choose one of the remaining View by options 162 Recovering files folders or entire drives Recovering files and folders using a recovery point Filename Lets you browse to another location for example an external USB drive or removable media to select a recovery point v2i file Select this option and then do the following m Click Browse locate and select a recovery point v2i file and then click Open m Ifyou select a network location type your network credentials See About network credentials on page 68 m Click Finish System Displays a list of all of the drives on your computer and shows any associated recovery points You can also select a system index file sv2i Select this option and then do
104. er on your computer s desktop and copy it to the blank disk Checking a hard disk for errors If you suspect that your hard disk is damaged you can examine it for errors To check a hard disk for errors 1 2 3 In the Analyze panel click Check Hard Disks for Errors Select the drive that you want to check Select any of the following options Automatically fix file system errors Fixes errors on the selected disk When this option is not selected errors are displayed but are not fixed Find and correct bad sectors Locates bad sectors and recovers readable information Click Start Recovering a computer You can restore your computer from within the recovery environment If you have a recovery point for the hard drives that you want to recover you can fully Recovering a computer 179 Recovering a computer recover your computer or other hard drive back to the state it was in when the recovery point was created See Recovering a computer from a virtual disk file on page 183 To recover a computer 1 Start the computer by using the Symantec Recovery Disk CD See Starting a computer by using Symantec Recovery Disk on page 174 On the Home panel click Recover My Computer If your recovery points are stored on a CD or DVD and you only have one CD DVD drive you can eject the Symantec Recovery Disk CD now Insert the CD or DVD that contains your recovery points On the Welcome page of the wizard clic
105. ermine which type of backup to choose Drive based backup Use this backup type to do the following m Back up and recover your computer s system drive typically the C drive which includes your operating system m Back up and recover a specific hard drive such as a secondary drive which is a drive other than the system drive on which your operating system is installed m Recover lost or damaged files or folders from a specific point in time File and folder backup Use this backup type to do the following m Back up and recover specific files and folders for example personal files that are stored in the My Documents folder m Back up and recover files of a specific type for example music mp3 or wav or photographs jpg or bmp m Recover a specific version of a file from a specific point in time See Before you back up on page 51 Best practices for backing up As you prepare to back up your computer review this information m Before you back up m During aback up m When aback up is finished About backups Best practices for backing up your data 51 Best practices for backing up When you back up your computer you choose from two types of backups m drive based backup backs up an entire hard drive m file and folder backup backs up only the files and folders you select Which backup type you choose depends on what you are trying to protect and how much storage space you have to store backup data
106. ery Disk CD Select this option if you want the Symantec pcAnywhere thin host to start automatically when you start Symantec Recovery Disk Click Configure to specify pcAnywhere log on credentials and the following optional parameters m Host name In the Host name box type the name that you want to use for the host You can leave this box blank to configure the host name to be the same as the computer name m Encryption level To encrypt the data stream between the host and remote computer in the Encryption level list select one of the following m None No encryption of the data stream occurs between the host and remote computer m pcAnywhere Scrambles data using a mathematical algorithm so that a third party cannot easily interpret it This option is available on any operating system that pcAnywhere supports m Symmetric Encodes and decodes data using a cryptographic key This option is available on any Windows operating system that supports the Microsoft CryptoAPI 32 Ensuring the recovery of your computer Creating a custom Symantec Recovery Disk CD 13 14 On the License Setup pane specify how you want to enable licensed features in the customized Symantec Recovery Disk such as the cold imaging feature called Back Up My Computer Click Finish Warning Be certain to test your new custom Symantec Recovery Disk CD It ensures that you can use the CD to start your computer and that you can access the dri
107. es not supported 20 recovery point type options 63 recovery about 159 computer C drive 173 customize 164 files and folders 159 recovery continued options for drives 165 original disk signature 182 186 restoring files and folders 159 recovery actions setting up when agent does not start 109 recovery point archiving 139 checking integrity of 65 cleaning up old 138 copying to CD or DVD 139 create a specific type 92 default storage location 38 deleting sets 138 encrypting 72 independent 63 limiting number of sets 65 managing 137 one time conversion to virtual disk 141 opening files and folders stored in 163 opening up hard disk space 139 recovering files using 161 scheduling conversion to virtual disk format 147 types defined 63 use a search engine to find 201 verifying 65 viewing properties of drive from Symantec Recovery Disk 193 virtual conversion job deleting 154 virtual conversion job editing 153 virtual conversion job run now 153 virtual conversion job viewing progress 153 virtual conversion job viewing properties 153 Recovery Point Browser using to open files within recovery points 131 recovery point files locating 56 Recovery point options 64 recovery point options Symantec Recovery Disk 181 recovery points assign a drive letter to 129 checking for viruses 129 checking integrity of 73 choosing options for 65 copying supported media for storing 57 explore 129 mount 12
108. estination and another external drive B as the second Offsite Copy destination You schedule the backup job to run every midnight except on the weekends You also enable recovery point encryption to protect the data that you take with you from unauthorized access See About recovery point encryption on page 72 Before you leave the office on Monday evening you plug in drive A and take drive B home with you Backing up entire drives How Offsite Copy works On Tuesday morning you find that Monday s base recovery point has been successfully copied to drive A At the end of the day you unplug drive A and take it home for safe keeping On Wednesday morning you bring drive B to the office You plug in drive B and Norton Ghost detects that drive B is an Offsite Copy destination Norton Ghost then automatically begins copying Monday night s base recovery point and Tuesday night s incremental recovery point At the end of the day Wednesday you take drive B home and place it in a safe place with drive A You now have multiple copies of recovery points stored at two separate physical locations your original recovery points stored on your backup destinations at the office and copies of those same recovery points stored on your Offsite Copy destination drives Your Offsite Copy destination drives are stored in a safe place at your home The next morning Thursday you take drive A to the office and plug it in Tuesday and Wednesday
109. ext 76 Backing up entire drives About running a one time backup from Symantec Recovery Disk 7 On the Options panel select the appropriate options See Recovery point options on page 64 Click Next If appropriate in the lists select the command files that you want to run during a particular stage in the recovery point creation process Then specify the amount of time in seconds that you want the command to run before it is stopped If you added the command file to the CommandFiles folder you may need to click Back and then Next to see the files in each stage s list See About running command files during a backup on page 68 10 Click Next 11 Click Finish to run the backup About running a one time backup from Symantec Recovery Disk Using a valid license key you can create independent recovery points using the new Back Up My Computer feature in Symantec Recovery Disk Sometimes known as a cold backup or offline backup you can create recovery points of a partition without the need to install Norton Ghost or its agent With a cold backup all files are closed when the backup occurs You do not copy any data that may be in the middle of being updated or accessed on the desktop or server Cold backups are particularly useful for databases They ensure that no files are written to or accessed at anytime during the backup so you have a complete recovery point You can also use the Symantec Recovery Disk CD to cr
110. eyed in the system tray So you do not even need to start the product to identify the status of your backups See Verifying that a backup is successful on page 95 Delete outdated recovery points to make more hard disk space available Also reduce the number of file versions that are created by file and folder backups See Managing recovery point storage on page 137 See About managing file and folder backup data on page 154 Check the Status page on a regular basis to ensure that each drive has a defined backup Store backup copies of your recovery points in a safe place For example you can store them elsewhere on a network or you can store them on CDs DVDs or tapes for long term off site storage See Making copies of recovery points on page 139 Additional tips about backups Consider the following tips when you run a defined backup m Norton Ghost does not need to be running for a scheduled backup to start After you define a backup you can close Norton Ghost m The computer that is being backed up must be turned on and Windows must be started m All defined backups are saved automatically so that you can edit them or run them later Best practices for backing up your data 55 After defining your backup job m Donotruna disk defragmentation program during a backup Doing so will significantly increase the time that it takes to create the recovery point and might cause unexpected
111. f disk space that can be used for both recovery points and file and folder backup data See Automating management of backup data on page 156 Click OK Manually deleting files from your file and folder backup You can manually delete the files that are stored in your backup destination To manually delete files from your file and folder backup 1 2 On the Home or Tasks page click Recover My Files Do one of the following m Inthe Find files to recover box type the file name of the file that you want to delete and then click Search 156 Managing backup destinations Automating management of backup data m Ifyou don t know the name of the file click Search to return a list of all of the files that have been backed up and then browse for the file 3 Click View All Versions to display all versions of each file that exist in the file and folder backup data Select one or more files that you want to delete Right click and then click Delete Finding versions of a file or folder You can use Windows Explorer to view information about the available versions that are included in a file and folder backup You can specify a limit to the number of versions of each file or folder that is stored in file and folder backup data See Limiting the number of file versions to keep on page 155 To find versions of a file or folder 1 Open Windows Explorer 2 Navigate to a file that you know is included in a file and
112. fications are sent to the following click SNMP trap and then click Properties 3 Inthe SNMP Trap Notification Properties dialog you can select the priority and type of notifications that you want for generating the traps You can also select the version of SNMP traps to be sent V1 or V2 Make your selections and then click OK Norton Ghost 15 0 will now send SNMP traps to all of the destinations set in the Windows SNMP agent About the Norton Ghost management information base The Norton Ghost management information base MIB is an enterprise MIB and contains the Norton Ghost 15 0 SNMP trap definitions All NMS applications have options to load a MIB and the Norton Ghost 15 0 MIB can be loaded using any of those options Even without loading the MIB the NMS applications will still receive and display the traps but they will not be displayed in informative text The MIB file named BESR_MIB MIB is located in the Support folder on the Norton Ghost product CD Customizing the status reporting of a drive or file and folder backups You can configure how Norton Ghost reports the status of a particular drive or all file and folder backups For example if drive D contains unimportant data and you have chosen not to include it in a drive based backup the status on the Home page continues to report Monitoring the status of your backups 123 Customizing the status reporting of a drive or file and folder backups that your c
113. folder backup 3 Right click the file and then click Show Versions Automating management of backup data Norton Ghost can monitor your backup storage space and notify you when it gets full It can also automatically delete old recovery points and older versions of files from file and folder backups that exceed the threshold If you do not specify a threshold Norton Ghost notifies you when the disk reaches 90 percent of its total capacity To automate management of backup data 1 On the Tools page click Manage Backup Destination 2 Select Limit file versions for file and folder backups and then type a number between 1 and 99 3 Select Monitor disk space usage for backup storage and then drag the slider to limit the total amount of disk space that can be used for your recovery points and your file and folder backup data 4 Doone of the following Managing backup destinations 157 Moving your backup destination m Select Warn me when backupstorage exceeds threshold if you only want to be notified when the storage size is exceeded but you do not want any action to be taken m Select Automatically optimize storage if you want Norton Ghost to manage the backup data automatically without prompting you If you select this option Norton Ghost automatically deletes the old recovery points and limits file versions to remain within the threshold that you set 5 Select Delay changes until next backup if you do not want to apply your
114. han four partitions You can have up to three primary partitions plus any number of logical partitions up to the maximum size of your hard disk Check for file system errors after recovery Checks the restored drive for errors after the recovery point is restored 182 Recovering a computer Recovering a computer Options Set drive active for booting OS Restore original disk signature Description Makes the restored drive the active partition for example the drive from which the computer starts You should select this option if you are restoring the drive on which your operating system is installed Restores the original physical disk signature of the hard drive Disk signatures are part of all Windows operating systems that Norton Ghost supports Disk signatures are required to use the hard drive Select this option if either of the following situations are true m Your computer s drive letters are atypical for example assigned letters other than C D E and so forth m You are restoring a recovery point toa new empty hard disk Recovering a computer 183 Recovering a computer from a virtual disk file Options Description Restore master boot record Restores the master boot record The master boot record is contained in the first sector of a physical hard disk The master boot record consists of a master boot program and a partition table that describes the disk partitions The master boot program
115. hat one or more drives are not assigned to a defined backup A partially protected drive can be recovered but if the recovery points are outdated it might not contain the latest versions of your data At risk No defined backup exists and no recovery points are available from which to recover the drive An unprotected drive cannot be recovered and is at risk Status unknown The status is being calculated or you have not yet licensed your product Either wait a few seconds for the status to display or make sure that you have licensed your copy of the product No backup protection assigned The drive that displays this icon is not monitored for backup status or it is monitored for errors only However there are no errors to report Use the Customize status reporting feature on the Status page to change the status report setting 118 Monitoring the status of your backups Monitoring backup protection from the Status page Monitoring backup protection from the Status page The Status page lets you monitor the status of your backups The Status page lists each drive on your computer and includes a calendar that contains your backup histories The calendar lets you quickly identify when a backup ran and what type of backup it was It identifies your upcoming scheduled backups It also lists the file and folder backup history if you have defined one or more file and folder backups
116. he number of minutes before an attempt to restart the service is made Run a Program Specify a program to run You should not specify any programs or scripts that require user input Restart the Computer Click Restart Computer Options and then specify how long to wait before restarting the computer You can also create a message that you want to display to remote users before the computer restarts 6 Inthe Reset fail count after box specify the number of days that the Norton Ghost Agent must run successfully before the fail count is reset to zero When the fail count is reset to zero the next failure triggers the action set for the first recovery attempt 7 Click OK Viewing Norton Ghost Agent dependencies The Norton Ghost Agent depends on other required services to run properly Ifa system component is stopped or is not running properly the dependent services can be affected If the Norton Ghost Agent fails to start check the dependencies to ensure that they are installed and that their Startup type is not set to Disabled Note To view the Startup type setting for each of the interdependent services you must select one service at a time and then click Action gt Properties gt General The top list box on the Dependencies tab displays services that are required by the Norton Ghost Agent to run properly The bottom list box does not have any services that need the Norton Ghost Agent to run properly The following
117. he purpose of starting the recovery environment When you restart your computer watch for instructions on your computer monitor or refer to your manufacturer s instructions Starting a computer by using Symantec Recovery Disk The Symantec Recovery Disk CD lets you start a computer that can no longer run the Windows operating system Symantec Recovery Disk is included with Norton Ghost When you boot your computer using the Symantec Recovery Disk CD a simplified version of Windows starts that runs a recovery environment In the recovery environment you can access the recovery features of Norton Ghost Note Depending on which version of the product you have purchased Symantec Recovery Disk is either included on your product CD or as a separate CD You should place the CD containing Symantec Recovery Disk in a safe place See If driver validation fails in the Norton Ghost User s Guide Note Symantec Recovery Disk requires a minimum of 512 MB of RAM to run If your computer s video card is configured to share your computer s RAM you might need more than 512 MB of RAM Also if you are installing a multilingual version of the product you must have a minimum of 768 MB of RAM to run Symantec Recovery Disk Recovering a computer Starting a computer by using Symantec Recovery Disk To start a computer by using Symantec Recovery Disk 1 If you store your recovery points on a USB device attach the device now for exa
118. hen click Open m Ifyou selected a recovery point that is stored on a network type your network credentials See About network credentials on page 68 Managing backup destinations 143 Running a one time virtual conversion System Uses the current system index file that is located in the recovery point storage location The system index file displays a list of all of the drives on your computer and any associated recovery points from which you can select Or you can select an alternate system index file sv2i that resides elsewhere such as a network location The use of asystem index file reduces the time it takes to convert multiple recovery points When a recovery point is created a system index file is saved with it The system index file contains a list of the most recent recovery points which includes the original drive location of each recovery point Select this option and then do one of the following m Click Use latest recovery points for this computer The list of drives source files v2i and iv2i files and dates comes from the most current system index file sv2i that is located in the recovery point storage location on your computer m Click Use alternate system index sv2i file Click Browse locate and select an alternate system index file sv2i and then click Open If you selected a system index file that is stored on a network type your network credentials See About network credentials
119. hen accidentally delete the file which is captured by the fourth recovery point If you delete the third recovery point you permanently lose the version of the file that was backed up If you are unsure you should explore the contents of a recovery point before you delete it See Opening and restoring files within a recovery point on page 131 You can manually select which recovery points to remove if you know which recovery points that you want to keep within a set To delete recovery points within a set 1 On the Tools page click Manage Backup Destination 2 Select the recovery point set that you want to delete and then click Delete 3 Doone of the following m To automatically delete all but the first and last recovery point in the set click Automatic m To manually select which recovery points in the set to delete click Manual and then select the recovery points you want to delete m To delete all the recovery points in the set you selected click Delete all recovery points in the set 4 Click OK Making copies of recovery points You can copy recovery points to another location for added security For example you can copy them to another hard disk another computer on a network or on 140 Managing backup destinations Managing recovery point stor age removable media such as DVDs or CDs You can then store these copies in a protected location You can also create archive copies of your recovery
120. hen do one of the following m Toset Full Control permissions click Allow or Deny for the selected user or group m Toset Status Only permissions click Allow or Deny for the selected user or group Click OK when you are finished Backing up remote computers from your computer 113 Controlling access to Norton Ghost To remove a user or group 1 On the Windows Start menu click Programs gt Symantec Norton Ghost gt Security Configuration Tool Select the user or group that you want to remove and then click Remove Click OK when you are finished Running Norton Ghost using different user rights If the permissions for a user are insufficient for running Norton Ghost you can use the Run As feature in Windows to run the product using an account that has sufficient rights even if you are not currently logged in with the account To perform Run As from Windows Depending on the version of Windows you are running do one of the following m On the Windows taskbar click Start gt Program Files gt Norton Ghost Right click Norton Ghost and then click Run As In the Run As dialog box click The following user to log onto with another account In the User Name and Password boxes type the account name and password that you want to use and then click OK m On the Windows taskbar click Start gt All Programs gt Norton Ghost gt Norton Ghost Click Yes when prompted to add the required privileges Enter the password fo
121. his box blank to configure the host name to be the same as the computer name m Encryption level To encrypt the data stream between the host and remote computer in the Encryption level list select one of the following m None No encryption of the data stream occurs between the host and remote computer m pcAnywhere Scrambles data using a mathematical algorithm so that a third party cannot easily interpret it This option is available on any operating system that pcAnywhere supports m Symmetric Encodes and decodes data using a cryptographic key This option is available on any Windows operating system that supports the Microsoft CryptoAPI Reconfiguring Using the LightsOut Restore Wizard You can run the LightsOut Restore wizard again if you need to reconfigure your options Recovering files folders or entire drives 171 Restoring using LightsOut Restore Reconfiguring Using the LightsOut Restore Option Wizard 1 From Windows click Start gt All Programs gt Symantec gt Norton Ghost 15 0 gt LightsOut Restore Setup Make your desired changes in the wizard screens and then click Finish Click Yes if you want to recopy all of the files or click No to only make the changes necessary for updating your system 172 Recovering files folders or entire drives Restoring using LightsOut Restore Chapter Recovering a computer This chapter includes the following topics About recovering a computer Starti
122. host from the installation CD Before you install Norton Ghost ensure that your computer meets the system requirements Review the Readme file on the installation CD for any known issues System requirements The following table lists the system requirements for Norton Ghost to function properly 18 Installing Norton Ghost Before you install Table 2 1 Minimum system requirements Operating system The following Windows 32 or 64 bit operating systems are supported Windows 7 Windows Vista Ultimate Windows Vista Business Windows XP Professional Home SP2 or later Windows XP Media Center SP2 or later RAM The following are the memory requirements for each component of Norton Ghost m Norton Ghost Agent 512 MB m Norton Ghost user interface and Recovery Point Browser 512 MB m Symantec Recovery Disk 1 GB dedicated m LightsOut Restore 1 GB Available hard disk space The following are hard disk space requirements for Norton Ghost and other areas m When you install the entire product Up to 430 MB is required for a full install depending on the language of the product you select m Microsoft NET Framework 2 0 280 MB of hard disk space is required for 32 bit computers and 610 MB is required for 64 bit computers m Recovery points Sufficient hard disk space on a local hard disk or network server for storing recovery points The size of recovery points depends on the amount of data you have backed up and
123. iated with the recovery point 10 Click Advanced 11 Inthe Advanced options panel set the options you want and then click OK 80 Backing up entire drives About running a one time backup from Symantec Recovery Disk Divide into smaller files to simplify archive Disable SmartSector copying Ignore bad sectors during copy Use password Use AES encryption You can split the recovery point into smaller files and specify the maximum size in MB for each file For example if you plan to copy a recovery point to ZIP disks from your backup destination specify a minimum file size of 100 MB according to the size of each ZIP disk SmartSector technology speeds up the copying process bycopying only the hard disk sectors that contain data However in some cases you might want to copy all sectors in their original layout whether or not they contain data Lets you copy used and unused hard disk sectors This option increases process time and usually results in a larger recovery point Lets you run a backup even if there are bad sectors on the hard disk Although most drives do not have bad sectors the potential for problems increases during the lifetime of the hard disk Sets a password on the recovery point when it is created Passwords can include standard characters Passwords cannot include extended characters or symbols Use characters with an ASCII value of 128 or lower A user must type this password bef
124. ication quiesced properly when a recovery point was created 134 Exploring the contents of a recovery point Viewing the drive properties of a recovery point To view the drive properties of a recovery point 1 Inthe Recovery Point Browser in the tree panel click the recovery point that contains the drive that you want to view Select a drive Do one of the following m On the File menu click Properties m Right click the recovery point and then click Properties Chapter Managing backup destinations This chapter includes the following topics m About backup destinations m About how backup data works m Managing recovery point storage m Running a one time virtual conversion m Defining a virtual conversion job m About managing file and folder backup data m Automating management of backup data m Moving your backup destination About backup destinations A backup destination is the location in which your backup data is stored Norton Ghost includes features for managing the size of your backup destinations so that you can use your computer s valuable disk space for other purposes About how backup data works Norton Ghost offers two backup methods 136 Managing backup destinations About how backup data works Drive based backup Use this option to back up an entire drive for example your system drive which is typically C You can then restore any file folder or your entire drive File and folder bac
125. igate to your backup destination folder select the recovery point file you want to browse and then click Open In the Recovery Point Browser select a drive in the tree panel on the left 4 Inthecontent panel on the right double click a folder that contains the file you want to view 5 Doone of the following m Right click the file you want to view and click View File The View option is dimmed unavailable if you selected a program file that has a exe dll or com file extension m Select one or more files click Recover Files and then click Recover to restore them to their original location If prompted click Yes or Yes to All to overwrite the existing original files About using a search engine If you have a desktop search engine such as Google Desktop you can configure your backups to create recovery points that are searchable Note If your organization uses Symantec Backup Exec Web Retrieve it is likely that your network administrator has already enabled this feature You can configure your backups to support one of these search engines Be sure to select the Enable search engine support at the time you define the backup See To define a drive based backup on page 60 See About using a search engine to search recovery points on page 201 Exploring the contents of a recovery point 133 Dismounting a recovery point drive Dismounting a recovery point drive All of your mounted recovery
126. ination if you want to use this destination as the default backup destination for any new backups that you define in the future Click OK To move existing recovery points to the new backup destination select Move recovery points and then do one of the following m Select Move the latest recovery points for each backup and delete the rest m Select Move all recovery points to the new destination If you have file and folder backup data that you want to move to the new backup destination click Move file backup data The Move File Backup Data option is not available if no file and folder backup data is found at the original backup destination 10 Click OK Chapter Recovering files folders or entire drives This chapter includes the following topics m About recovering lost data m Recovering files and folders by using file and folder backup data m Recovering files and folders using a recovery point m Recovering a secondary drive m Restoring using LightsOut Restore About recovering lost data Norton Ghost can restore lost files folders or entire drives by using recovery points or file and folder backup data You must have either a recovery point or file and folder backup data to recover lost files and folders You must have a recovery point to recover an entire drive To recover recent changes that were made to a lost file or folder your backup data must be at least as current as the changes that were made to th
127. information is included in the event log Type Indicates if the event is an error message or other information such as the successful completion of a backup job Source Identifies if the message was generated by Norton Ghost or another program Date Displays the exact date and time that a selected event occurred Description Offers additional details about an event that can help you troubleshoot problems that might have occurred 128 Monitoring the status of your backups About using event log information to troubleshoot problems Chapter Exploring the contents of a recovery point This chapter includes the following topics About exploring recovery points Exploring a recovery point through Windows Explorer Opening and restoring files within a recovery point About using a search engine Dismounting a recovery point drive Viewing the drive properties of a recovery point About exploring recovery points You can use Norton Ghost to explore files in a recovery point by assigning it a drive letter that is visible from Windows Explorer You can perform the following tasks on the assigned drive Run ScanDisk or CHKDSK Perform a virus check Copy folders or files to an alternate location View disk information about the drive such as used space and free space You can also run simple executable programs that exist within the mounted recovery point 130 Exploring the contents of a recovery point Exploring a recove
128. ings that are needed to support a single use remote control session The thin host requires an IP address for hosting a remote control session Note You cannot deploy a thin host to Symantec Recovery Disk The thin host can only be started from the Symantec Recovery Disk CD to host a remote control session in Symantec Recovery Disk The thin host in Symantec Recovery Disk does not support file transfers and cannot be used to add drivers for network or storage devices After you start the thin host from Symantec Recovery Disk it waits for a connection from a remote computer You can connect to the thin host to remotely manage a recovery or to perform other tasks in Symantec Recovery Disk You must use Symantec pcAnywhere to connect to the thin host To start the pcAnywhere thin host 1 On Network panel in the recovery environment click Start the pcAnywhere Thin Host 2 The networking services are started if necessary The thin host waits for a connection 190 Recovering a computer About using the networking tools in Symantec Recovery Disk Remotely connecting to the pcAnywhere thin host Symantec pcAnywhere lets you remotely connect to a computer that is running in the recovery environment The computer must be running the pcAnywhere thin host that is included in the Symantec Recovery Disk CD and it must be waiting for a connection When connected the client computer can remotely manage a recovery or perform other tasks th
129. ions 153 Defining a virtual conversion job Running an existing virtual conversion job immediately After you create a conversion job you can use Run Now to create an on demand recovery point conversion to virtual disk format A manual conversion starts immediately To run an existing virtual conversion job immediately 1 On the Tasks page click Run or Manage Virtual Conversions 2 Select the name of a conversion job that you want to run immediately 3 Onthe toolbar click Run Now Viewing the properties of a virtual conversion job You can use Properties for a selected virtual conversion job to review a summary of the settings options and assigned schedule To view the properties of a virtual conversion job 1 On the Tasks page click Run or Manage Virtual Conversions 2 Select the name of a conversion job whose properties you want to view 3 On the Tasks menu click Properties 4 Click OK Viewing the progress of a virtual conversion job You can view the progress of a virtual conversion while it runs to determine how much time remains until the conversion completes To view the progress of a virtual conversion job Doone of the following m On the View menu click Progress and Performance m On the Tasks page click Run or Manage Virtual Conversions and then on the View menu click Progress and Performance Editing a virtual conversion job You can edit the schedule portion of an existing conversion job or you can ed
130. isk on page 187 9 Click Next to review the recovery options that you selected Recovering a computer 181 Recovering a computer 10 Select Reboot when finished if you want the computer to restart automatically after the recovery process finishes 11 Click Finish 12 Click Yes to begin the recovery process Edit target drive and options The following table describes the options that are available on the Edit Target Drive and Options page after booting to the Symantec Recovery Disk CD Options Description Delete Drive Delete a selected drive in the list to make space available to restore your recovery point When you click Delete Drive the drive is only marked for deletion The actual deletion of the drive takes place after you click Finish in the wizard Undo Delete If you delete a drive and then change your mind click Undo Delete to return the drive to the list Resize drive after recover unallocated space Select a disk or volume label that you want only to resize after the recovery point is restored Then select this option and specify the new size in megabytes The size must be greater than the identified size of the disk that you selected in the list Partition type Sets the partition type as follows m Primary partition Because hard disks are limited to four primary partitions select this type if the drive will have four or less partitions Logical partition Select this type if you need more t
131. it all aspects of the job 154 Managing backup destinations About managing file and folder backup data To edit a virtual conversion job 1 On the Tasks page click Run or Manage Virtual Conversions 2 Select the name of a conversion job that you want to edit 3 Doone of the following To change the schedule On the toolbar click Change Schedule Make changes to the conversion schedule and then click OK To change the job settings On the toolbar click Edit Settings Make the changes you want in each wizard pane and then click Finish Deleting a virtual conversion job You can delete conversion jobs you no longer need or use When you delete a conversion job no recovery points or virtual disks are deleted from the storage location Only the conversion job itself is deleted To delete a virtual conversion job 1 On the Tasks page click Run or Manage Virtual Conversions 2 Select the names of one or more conversion jobs that you want to delete 3 Onthe toolbar click Remove 4 Click Yes to confirm the deletion About managing file and folder backup data Because drive based backups capture your entire hard drive the size of arecovery point is typically much larger than the data that is captured during the file and folder backups However file and folder backup data can take up significant disk space if it is not managed For example audio files video files and photographs are typically large files You must deci
132. job basis as well as specify a location that can be shared among several computers If you specify a network location you will be asked for network credentials The most common use for running command files is to stop and restart non VSS aware databases that you want to back up To use a Visual Basic script file VBS during a backup you can create a batch file BAT to run the script For example you can create a batch file called STOP BAT that contains the following syntax Cscript script _filename vbs Make sure that cscript precedes the file name of the Visual Basic script Warning The command files cannot depend on any user interaction or have a visible user interface You should test all command files independently of Norton Ghost before you use them during a backup When the backup begins the command file is run during the specified stage If an error occurs while a command file is running or the command file does not finish in the time you specified regardless of the stage the backup is stopped the command file is terminated if necessary and the error information is logged and displayed The following table describes the stages of recovery point creation 69 70 Backing up entire drives Defining a drive based backup Table 6 5 Recovery point creation stages Run before snapshot creation This stage occurs after a backup has started and before a recovery point is created You can run a command during this
133. k Next Do one of the following m If Symantec Recovery Disk located recovery points proceed to step 6 m If Symantec Recovery Disk did not locate any recovery points proceed to the next step In the View recovery points by list select one of the following options Date Displays all of the discovered recovery points in the order in which they were created If no recovery points were discovered the table is empty If such cases you can search all local drives on the computer or browse to find a recovery point In the Select source folder list do one of the following m Click All local drives to view a list of all available recovery points that may exist on your computer s local drives m Click Browse to locate a recovery point on a local drive or a network folder File name Lets you browse to another location to select a recovery point file v2i Select this option and then click Browse Locate and select a recovery point file v2i and then click Open If necessary click Mapanetwork drive Specify a shared network folder path and assign it a drive letter You can then browse the folder location for the file you want 180 Recovering a computer Recovering a computer System This type of recovery operation uses a system index file sv2i to restore a computer that has multiple drives A system index file reduces the amount of time that is needed to restore the drives When a recovery point is created a system in
134. k Primary partition to make the destination new drive a primary partition Click Logical partition to make the destination new drive a logical partition inside an extended partition Drive letter Select the drive letter you want assigned to the partition from the Drive letter list Appendix Using a search engine to search recovery points This appendix includes the following topics m About using a search engine to search recovery points m Enabling search engine support m Recovering files using Google Desktop s Search Desktop feature About using a search engine to search recovery points Norton Ghost supports the use of Google Desktop for searching file names that are contained in recovery points When you enable search engine support Norton Ghost creates a catalog of all of the files that are contained in a recovery point Search engines like Google Desktop use the catalog file generate an index You can then search for files by name Google Desktop does not index the content of files It only indexes the file names Enabling search engine support To use this feature with a search engine such as Google Desktop you must do all of the following Install a search engine You can download and install Google Desktop for free from the Internet Visit desktop google com See To install Google Desktop on page 202 202 Using a search engine to search recovery points Enabling search engine support Enabl
135. ks 94 Support Utilities 195 Symantec Backup Exec Web Retrieve configuring with backups 132 use to search for recovery points 201 Symantec Recovery Disk about 173 about creating backups from 76 booting into 174 configuring network connection settings 192 create custom 29 creating backups from 77 exploring computer while using 188 getting a static IP address 192 mapping drive from 191 networking tools 188 options LightsOut Restore 169 recovering computer 178 recovering computer from virtual disk file 183 recovering files and folders 187 recovery options 181 scanning for viruses 176 scanning hard disk 178 starting 174 Support Utilities 195 testing 27 28 troubleshooting 175 viewing drive properties 194 viewing recovery point and drive properties 193 viewing recovery point properties 193 system drive recovering 27 28 system index file using to recover multiple drives 178 system requirements 17 system tray icon adjusting default settings 40 show or hide 40 system tray icon continued show or hide error messages 40 show or hide status messages 40 T tabs Events and log file 107 tasks cancelling 94 ThreatCon Response enable or disable 96 throttling adjust during backup network 39 time elapsed time in Events tab 107 tips for running backups 54 trial version installing or upgrading 20 troubleshooting agent 106 U unmounting recovery point drives 133 updating automatically with LiveUpdate 25 upgrading trial
136. kup Use this option to back up only the files and folders that you select You can then restore any file or all of them at any time This option typically requires less disk space than drive based backups About drive based backups When you run a drive based backup a snapshot of everything is taken and stored on your computer s hard disk Each snapshot is stored on your computer as a recovery point A recovery point is a point in time that is used to restore your computer back to the way it was when the recovery point was created The types of recovery points are as follows Independent recovery point Creates a complete independent copy of the drives that you v2i select This backup type typically requires more storage space Recovery point set iv2i Includes a base recovery point A base recovery point is a complete copy of your entire drive and is similar to an independent recovery point The recovery point set also includes recovery points that capture only the changes that are made to your computer since the creation of the base recovery point Although you can recover files and folders from a drive based backup you cannot select a specific set of files or folders to back up Your entire hard drive is backed up About file and folder backups If you want to edit or create a select set of personal documents and folders and you do not want to use hard disk resources to back up your entire computer you can define a fil
137. l boot computers even if you have drives partitions that are hidden in the operating system from which you run Norton Ghost When you run a drive backup the entire contents of each drive is captured in a recovery point When you restore a drive the recovered drive is bootable Note In order for your computer to boot the same from a restored system as it did from the original configuration you must back up and then restore every drive that includes operating system boot information You should not create incremental backups of shared data drives if Norton Ghost is installed on both operating systems and they are both set to manage the shared drive You might encounter issues if you try to use the Norton Ghost LightsOut Restore feature on dual boot systems It is not supported Chapter Backing up entire drives This chapter includes the following topics m About defining a drive based backup m Defining a drive based backup m Compression levels for drive based backups m Running a one time backup from Norton Ghost m About running a one time backup from Symantec Recovery Disk m About Offsite Copy m How Offsite Copy works About defining a drive based backup A drive based backup takes a snapshot of your entire hard drive capturing every bit of information that is stored on it for later retrieval All of your files folders desktop settings programs and your operating system are captured into a recovery point
138. le and configure Offsite Copy when you define a new drive based backup job Or you can edit an existing backup job to enable Offsite Copy When you enable Offsite Copy you specify up to two Offsite Copy destinations After the backup job finishes creating recovery points Offsite Copy verifies that at least one of the Offsite Copy destinations are available Offsite Copy then begins copying the new recovery points to the Offsite Copy destination The most recent recovery points are copied first followed by the next newest recovery points If you have set up two Offsite Copy destinations Offsite Copy copies recovery points to the destination that was added first If an Offsite Copy destination is unavailable Offsite Copy tries to copy recovery points to the second destination if it is available If neither destination is available then Offsite Copy copies the recovery points the next time an Offsite Copy destination becomes available For example suppose you have configured a backup job to run at 6 p m and configured an external drive as an Offsite Copy destination However when you leave the office at 5 30 p m you take the drive with you for safe keeping When 82 Backing up entire drives How Offsite Copy works the backup job completes at 6 20 p m Norton Ghost detects that the Offsite Copy destination drive is not available and the copy process is aborted The following morning you plug the drive back in to the computer Norton Gho
139. locating versions of 156 manually deleting from file and folder backup 155 opening from within a recovery point 131 recovering lost or damaged 159 files and folders opening when stored in a recovery point 163 recover using Symantec Recovery Disk 187 recovering lost or damaged 159 restoring using arecovery point 161 searching for 163 folders locating versions of 156 recovering lost or damaged 159 G Google Desktop configure backups to support 132 enable support for 23 set up support for using 201 use to search for recovery points 201 H hard disks recovering primary 178 recovery of 159 rescanning 116 hard drive copying one to another 198 hot backups defining drive based 60 running one time 75 hybernate sys 67 Hyper V machines support for 206 independent recovery point 63 installation after 23 disabled features 20 prepare for 17 steps 21 supported file systems 19 supported removable media 19 system requirements 17 210 Index L license product 23 LightsOut Restore 166 reconfiguring 170 starting 168 LightsOutRestore restoring with 166 LiveUpdate using 25 log file event 127 log files checking 107 mapping drive from Symantec Recovery Disk 191 master boot restoring 183 186 Microsoft Virtual Disk 141 Microsoft Virtual Disk vhd 147 Microsoft virtual hard disks support for 205 network adjust throttling during backup 39 network credentials about 68 network drive how to map 191 network service
140. lower To compensate you can adjust the operation speed of Norton Ghost This might improve the performance of other resource intensive applications that you are running at the same time Running a one time backup from Norton Ghost You can use One Time Backup to quickly define and run a backup that creates an independent recovery point from Norton Ghost You use the One Time Backup Wizard to define the backup The backup runs when you complete the Wizard The backup definition is not saved for future use You can use the independent recovery point later This feature is useful when you need to back up your computer or a particular drive quickly before a significant event For example you can run a one time backup before you install new software Or you can run it when you learn about a new computer security threat You can also use Symantec Recovery Disk to create one time cold backups See About running a one time backup from Symantec Recovery Disk on page 76 To run a one time backup from Norton Ghost 1 On the Tasks page click One Time Backup 2 Click Next 3 Select one or more drives to back up and then click Next 4 If the Related Drives dialog box is displayed set the appropriate option and then click Next Otherwise skip to the next step See Related Drives options on page 62 5 Inthe Backup Destinations panel select the appropriate options See Backup destination options on page 64 6 Click N
141. m drive typically C 90 Backing up files and folders About folders that are excluded by default from file and folder backups See Defining a file and folder backup on page 87 You can include these folders when you define a file and folder backup Chapter Running and managing backup jobs This chapter includes the following topics m Running an existing backup job immediately m Running a backup with options m Adjusting the speed of a backup m Stopping a task m Verifying that a backup is successful m Editing backup settings m Enabling event triggered backups m Editing a backup schedule m Turning off a backup job m Deleting backup jobs m Adding users who can back up your computer Running an existing backup job immediately This is particularly useful when you are about to install a new product and want to make sure you have a current recovery point in the event that something goes wrong with the installation It can also help you to ensure that you have a backup of your work after you have modified a large number of files and you don t want to wait for a regularly scheduled backup 92 Running and managing backup jobs Running a backup with options You can run an existing backup at any time Note If necessary you can run a quick backup of a particular drive without using a defined backup See Running a one time backup from Norton Ghost on page 75 Norton Ghost can be configured to run a ba
142. m the Recovery Point Browser Encryption strengths are available in 128 bit 192 bit or 256 bit While higher bit strengths require longer passwords the result is greater security for your data The following table explains the bit strength and required password length Table 6 7 Password length 128 Standard 8 characters or longer 192 Medium 16 characters or longer 256 High 32 characters or longer You must provide the correct password before you can access or restore an encrypted recovery point Backing up entire drives 73 Defining a drive based backup Warning Store the password in a secure place Passwords are case sensitive When you access or restore a recovery point that is password encrypted Norton Ghost prompts you for the case sensitive password If you do not type the correct password or you forget the password you cannot open the recovery point Symantec Technical Support cannot open an encrypted recovery point Besides bit strength the format of the password can improve the security of your data For better security passwords should use the following general rules m Do not use consecutive repeating characters for example BBB or 88 m Donot use common words you would find in a dictionary m Use at least one number m Use both uppercase and lowercase alpha characters m Use at least one special character such as lt gt 3 amp _ m Change the password aft
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145. mary Logical The selected drive s drive status as either the primary partition or the logical partition Size The total size in megabytes of the drive This total includes used and unused space Used space The amount of used space in megabytes within the drive Unused space The amount of unused space in megabytes within the drive Contains bad sectors Indicates if there are any bad sectors on the drive Cleanly quiesced Indicates whether the database application quiesced properly when a recovery point was created To view the properties of a drive within a recovery point 1 Inthe Recovery Point Browser in the tree panel double click the recovery point that contains the drive that you want to view 2 Select a drive Do one of the following m On the File menu click Properties m Right click the recovery point and then click Properties About the Support Utilities The recovery environment has several support utilities that Symantec Technical Support might ask you to use to troubleshoot any hardware issues that you encounter You might be required to supply the information that is generated by these utilities if you call Symantec Technical Support for help resolving problems Note You should only use these tools as directed by Symantec Technical Support 196 Recovering a computer About the Support Utilities Chapter Copying a drive This chapter includes the following topics m About copying a drive
146. mple an external hard drive Note You should attach the device before you restart the computer Otherwise Symantec Recovery Disk might not detect it Insert the Symantec Recovery Disk CD into the media drive of the computer If Norton Ghost was installed by your computer manufacturer the recovery environment already could be installed on your computer s hard drive Either watch your computer monitor after the computer restarts for on screen instructions or refer to your manufacturer s documentation Restart the computer If you cannot start the computer from the CD you might need to change the startup settings on your computer See Configuring a computer to boot from a CD on page 175 As soon as you see the prompt Press any key to boot from CD press a key to start Symantec Recovery Disk Note You must watch for this prompt It can come and go quickly If you miss the prompt you must restart your computer again Read the license agreement and then click Accept If you decline you cannot start Symantec Recovery Disk and your computer will restart Configuring a computer to boot from a CD To run Symantec Recovery Disk you must be able to start your computer using a CD To configure a computer to boot from a CD 1 2 Turn on your computer As the computer starts watch the bottom of the screen for a prompt that tells you how to access the BIOS setup Generally you need to press the Delete ke
147. mputer Norton Ghost lets you connect to and back up a second computer on your home or your office network You can manage as many computers as needed but you can only manage one computer at a time 102 Backing up remote computers from your computer Adding computers to the Computer List Note You must purchase a separate license for each computer you want to manage You can deploy the agent without a license for a 60 day evaluation After that time you must purchase and install the license to continue managing the remote computer You can purchase additional licenses at the Symantec Global Store Visit the following Web site http shop symantecstore com First you add a computer s name or IP address to the Computer List Then you deploy the Norton Ghost Agent to the remote computer After the agent is installed the computer automatically restarts After the computer restarts you can then connect to the computer When you do the Norton Ghost product interface changes to reflect the status of the remote computer At any time you can switch back to manage your local computer Adding computers to the Computer List Before you can back up drives on a remote computer you must first add the computer to the Computer List You can then quickly switch between your local computer and any other computer on the list To add computers to the Computer List 1 On the Norton Ghost menu bar click Computers gt Add 2 Doone of the follo
148. n enabled during the 60 day grace period Symantec Recovery Disk a component of Norton Ghost is available with no trial period or evaluation However you need a valid license key to use the following features in Symantec Recovery Disk m Back Up My Computer wizard Installing Norton Ghost 21 Installing Norton Ghost See About running a one time backup from Symantec Recovery Disk on page 76 The 60 day grace period of Norton Ghost begins when you do any one of the following in the software m Define a drive based or file and folder backup m Recover a computer m Copy a drive m Consolidate incremental recovery points m Run adrive based or file and folder backup m Define a scheduled convert to virtual disk job m Runascheduled convert to virtual disk job m Define a one time convert to virtual disk job If you use an Evaluation copy of the product it also expires after 60 days However all features are enabled until the end of the evaluation period at which time you must purchase the product or uninstall it You can purchase a license at any time even after the evaluation period expires without reinstalling the software Note If this product came pre installed from a computer manufacturer your trial period could be as long as 90 days The product licensing or activation page during install indicates the duration of your trial period See Activating Norton Ghost later on page 24 Installing Norton Ghost B
149. ng Started 41 Configuring Norton Ghost default options To adjust default tray icon settings 1 In Norton Ghost on the menu bar click Tasks gt Options 2 Click Tray Icon and select one of the following Show system tray icon Displays the Norton Ghost icon in the system tray You must select this option to enable or disable any of the remaining options Show missed backups Notifies you when a backup was scheduled but did not run This can happen when your computer was turned off at the time a backup was scheduled to run Show system tray questions Offers helpful prompts in the form of questions that can help you keep your data backed up Show status messages Displays messages about the status of backup operations such as notifying that a backup has started or that your backup destination is getting full Show error messages Displays error messages when errors occur so that you can resolve any issues that might hinder data protection 3 Click OK Managing file types When you define a file and folder backup file types are a quick way to include files you use the most For example if you keep music files on your computer you can configure a file and folder backup to include all music files for example mp3 wav The most common file types and extensions are already defined for you But you can define additional file type categories as needed and then edit them at any time For example if you install a new p
150. ng a computer by using Symantec Recovery Disk How to prepare to recover a computer Recovering a computer Recovering a computer from a virtual disk file Recovering files and folders using Symantec Recovery Disk About using the networking tools in Symantec Recovery Disk About viewing properties of recovery points and drives About the Support Utilities About recovering a computer If Windows fails to start or does not run normally you can recover your computer using the Symantec Recovery Disk CD and an available recovery point or a virtual disk that you created from a recovery point Note If you can start Windows and the drive that you want to restore is a secondary drive which is any drive other than your system drive or the drive where your operating system is installed you can restore the drive within Windows The Symantec Recovery Disk CD lets you run a recovery environment that provides temporary access to Norton Ghost recovery features For example you can access 174 Recovering a computer Starting a computer by using Symantec Recovery Disk the Recover My Computer Wizard to restart the computer into its previous usable state Note If you purchased Norton Ghost from your computer manufacturer some features in the recovery environment might not be available For example if the manufacturer installed the recovery environment on your computer s hard disk Your manufacturer might also assign a keyboard key for t
151. ng a file and folder backup m About folders that are excluded by default from file and folder backups Defining a file and folder backup When you define and run a file and folder backup copies are made of each of the files and folders that you have chosen to back up They are converted into a compressed format and then stored in a sub folder at the location you specify which by default is the same backup destination that is used for storing recovery points To define a file and folder backup 1 On the Home page click Run or Manage Backups 2 Inthe Run or Manage Backups window click Define New If you have not yet defined a backup the Easy Setup dialog appears 3 Select Back up selected files and folders and then click Next 88 Backing up files and folders Defining a file and folder backup Select the files and folders you want to include in your backup and then click Next Selecting file types lets Norton Ghost find and include files that match the files you want backed up If a file type is not included in the predefined list click Add File Type You can also manually select folders or individual files Note On all versions of Windows except for Windows Vista the My Documents folder contains two subfolders by default My Pictures and My Music These folders contain only the shortcuts to folders at another location and not the actual files This might lead you to think that by including My Documents and all subfolders in
152. ng drive You can then use the Windows Explorer search feature to search for the files You can drag and drop files to restore them See About exploring recovery points on page 129 164 Recovering files folders or entire drives Recovering a secondary drive Recovering a secondary drive If you lose data on a secondary drive you can use an existing recovery point for that drive to restore the data A secondary drive is a drive other than the drive on which your operating system is installed Note You can recover your system drive typically drive C For example if your computer has a D drive and the data has been lost you can restore the D drive back to an earlier date and time See About recovering a computer on page 173 To recover a drive you must have a recovery point that includes the drive that you want to recover If you are not sure review the Status page to determine what recovery points are available See Monitoring backup protection from the Status page on page 118 Note Before you proceed close any applications and files that are open on the drive that you want to restore Warning When you recover a drive all of the data on the drive to which you are restoring the recovery point is replaced by the data in the recovery point Any changes that you made to the data on a drive after the date of the recovery point you use to recover it are lost For example if you created a new file
153. ng up a dialog where you can specify the necessary user name and password for network access This also applies if you want to save the recovery point on a network share See About network credentials on page 68 Customize recovery point file names Allows you to rename the recovery point To rename a recovery point click Rename and then type a new file name Default file names include the name of the computer followed by the drive letter Add Allows you to add up to two Offsite Copy destinations Offsite Copy automatically copies your latest recovery points each time a backup completes to either a portable storage device such as an external drive or to aremote server either through a local area network connection or to a remote FTP server See About Offsite Copy on page 81 Recovery point options The following table describes the recovery point options on the Options page Table 6 3 Recovery point options Backing up entire drives 65 Defining a drive based backup Type a name for your backup Name Note This option does not appear if you create a recovery point using the Back Up My Computer feature in Symantec Recovery Disk Compression Select one of the following compression levels for the recovery point None Standard Medium High See Compression levels for drive based backups on page 74 The results can vary depending on the types of files that are saved in
154. nging is unsuccessful If you ping an address and the address does not respond you can use the ipconfig all command to determine the correct IP address To get an IP address if the ping is unsuccessful 1 On the computer that contains the recovery point that you want to restore at a DOS prompt type the following command and then press Enter ipconfig all Write down the IP address that is displayed Return to the computer that is running the recovery environment and run the utility Ping Remote Computer with this IP address About viewing properties of recovery points and drives You can view the properties of recovery points and the drives that are contained in them For example you can view the recovery point s description size and compression level You can also view the name of the computer on which the recovery point was created m Viewing the properties of a recovery point m Viewing the properties of a drive within a recovery point Viewing the properties of a recovery point You can view various properties of a recovery point by using the Recovery Point Browser The following properties are available for viewing 194 Recovering a computer Description Size Created Compression Split across multiple files Password protected Encryption Version Computer name Search engine support Created by About viewing properties of recovery points and drives Auser assigned comment associated with the rec
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156. night s recovery points are then automatically copied to drive A Note Consider using the external drive naming feature that lets you provide a nickname to each drive Then place matching physical labels on each external drive to help you manage the task of swapping the drives See Using nicknames for external drives on page 43 83 84 Backing up entire drives How Offsite Copy works Each time you plug in either drive A or B the latest recovery points are added to the drive This method gives you multiple points in time for recovering your computer in the event that the original backup destination drives fail or become unrecoverable Using external drives as your Offsite Copy destination ensures that you have a copy of your backup data stored at two separate physical locations About using a network server as your Offsite Copy destination You can also specify a local area network server as an Offsite Copy destination You must be able to access the server that you plan to use You must either map a local drive to the server or provide a valid UNC path For example suppose that you set up a local external drive as your first Offsite Copy destination Then you identify a server that is located at a second physical location from your own office You add the remote server as a second Offsite Copy destination As backups occur recovery points are copied first to the external hard drive and then to the remote server
157. nment By default when the recovery environment boots as part of LightsOut Restore it automatically starts a pcAnywhere thin host this can be changed through the LightsOut Restore wizard You can then use pcAnywhere to connect to the thin host and remotely use the recovery environment to restore files or entire partitions Summary of the LightsOut Restore process The following is a summary of the basic LightsOut Restore process 1 Install pcAnywhere on a central system that will be used for management such as a helpdesk computer 2 Ensure that all servers can be managed remotely through a hardware device such as RILO or DRAC 3 Install Norton Ghost on servers that need to be protected and then create the desired recovery points 168 Recovering files folders or entire drives Restoring using LightsOut Restore 4 Run the LightsOut Restore wizard by going to the Windows Start menu and selecting Programs gt Symantec gt Norton Ghost 15 0 This installs the Symantec recovery environment to the local file system and creates an entry in the Windows boot menu that can be used to boot to this environment 5 When either file or system recovery is needed use the RILO or DRAC device to connect to the remote server and either power on or reboot the system 6 During the remote server boot process select the Symantec recovery environment from the boot menu The remote server will then proceed to boot to the Symantec recovery en
158. nnects to the Symantec LiveUpdate server and automatically downloads and installs updates for each Symantec product that you own You run LiveUpdate as soon as you install the product You should continue to run LiveUpdate periodically to obtain program updates To update Norton Ghost 1 On the Help menu click LiveUpdate 2 Inthe LiveUpdate window click Start to select the updates Follow the on screen instructions 3 When the installation is complete click Close Some program updates might require that you restart your computer before the changes take effect About uninstalling Norton Ghost When you upgrade Norton Ghost from a previous version of the product the install program automatically uninstalls the previous versions If needed you can manually uninstall the product Follow your operating system s instructions on how to uninstall software 26 Installing Norton Ghost About uninstalling Norton Ghost Chapter Ensuring the recovery of your computer This chapter includes the following topics m About ensuring the recovery of your computer m Testing Symantec Recovery Disk m If driver validation fails m Creating a custom Symantec Recovery Disk CD About ensuring the recovery of your computer If Windows fails to start or it does not run normally you can recover your computer by using the Symantec Recovery Disk CD The drivers that are included on the recovery disk must match the drivers that are required to
159. ntec Recovery Disk on page 174 On the Home panel click Recover My Computer On the Welcome page of the wizard click Next In the View recovery points by list select Filename and then do the following m Click Browse m Locate and select a virtual disk file vmdk or vhd and then click Open m If necessary click Map a network drive Specify a shared network folder path and assign it a drive letter You can then browse the folder location for the virtual disk file you want Click Next Select the target drive where you want to restore the virtual disk Optionally do any of the following m Click Delete Drive Delete a selected drive in the list to make space available to restore your virtual disk When you click Delete Drive the drive is only marked for deletion The actual deletion of the drive takes place after you click Finish in the wizard m Click Undo Delete If you delete a drive and then change your mind click Undo Delete to return the drive to the list Click Next Select the options that you want to perform during the recovery process See Virtual disk recovery options on page 185 The options that are available depend on the target drive that you selected earlier Click Next to review the recovery options that you selected Select Reboot when finished if you want the computer to restart automatically after the recovery process finishes Click Finish Click Yes to begin the recovery process Vi
160. o one of the following m Inthe License Agreement panel click Install Now to begin the installation m Inthe License Agreement panel click Custom Install select or deselect the options you want installed and then click Install Now Installation options include Backup and Recovery Service The primary service that is required to back up or recover your computer Recovery Point Browser Enables you to browse mount copy verify and restore files and folders using recovery points User Interface Installs the product user interface that is required for interacting with the Norton Ghost Service Agent Deployment Allows the computer on which you have installed Norton Ghost to deploy the Norton Ghost Agent to other computers for remote recovery management Installing Norton Ghost 23 Installing Norton Ghost CD DVD Support Required for backing up directly to CD DVD and for creating a custom Symantec Recovery Disk CD ACD DVD burner is required to use this feature LiveUpdate Keeps your Symantec software up to date with the latest product updates Click Finish to complete the installation Remove the product CD from the media drive and then click Yes to exit the installation wizard and restart the computer If you click No you cannot run Norton Ghost until after you restart your computer Completing the installation After you install the product you are prompted to license or activate your product You can then run Live
161. o recover If you select this option Norton Ghost automatically catalogs each file as it creates a recovery point Google Desktop can then use this catalog to search for files by name It does not index the contents of the files Note This option is available only if Google Desktop is already installed on your computer If you plan to install Google Desktop you can enable search engine support later 5 Click Finish Activating Norton Ghost later If you do not activate Norton Ghost before the trial period ends the software stops working However you can activate the product at any time after the trial period expires To activate Norton Ghost later On the Help menu click Enter License Key 2 Follow the on screen prompts About setting up your first backup Unless you deselected the Run Easy Setup check box during the setup wizard the Easy Setup window appears If you do not run Easy Setup during the setup wizard it appears the first time you open the Run or Manage Backups window When the Easy Setup window is displayed you can accept the default drive and file and folder backup settings Or you can click any of the settings to edit them If you want the new backup to run immediately be sure to select Run backup now and then click OK Installing Norton Ghost 25 Updating Norton Ghost Updating Norton Ghost You can receive software updates for your version of the product over an Internet connection LiveUpdate co
162. of any drive that is attached to your computer from the recovery environment To explore files and folders on your computer using Symantec Recovery Disk Inthe Analyze pane click Explore My Computer About using the networking tools in Symantec Recovery Disk If you store your recovery points on a network you need access to the network to restore your computer or your files and folders fromSymantec Recovery Disk Note Additional computer memory might be required to recover your computer across a network See Starting networking services on page 189 Recovering a computer 189 About using the networking tools in Symantec Recovery Disk See Using the pcAnywhere thin host for a remote recovery on page 189 See Mapping a network drive from within Symantec Recovery Disk on page 191 See Configuring network connection settings on page 192 Starting networking services If you need to start networking services you can do so manually To start networking services Onthe Network panel click Start My Networking Services To verify the connection to the network you can map a network drive See Mapping a network drive from within Symantec Recovery Disk on page 191 Using the pcAnywhere thin host for a remote recovery The Symantec Recovery Disk CD includes a pcAnywhere thin host It lets you remotely access a computer in the recovery environment The pcAnywhere thin host contains the minimum sett
163. omputer is at risk You can configure Norton Ghost to ignore drive D so that it does not calculate the status of drive D in the Backup Status panel on the Home page Or you can specify that only errors such as missed or failed backups are to be figured in to the status report Note The backup status of each drive is reported throughout the product wherever the drive is listed When you customize status reporting for a drive the status is reflected anywhere that the drive is listed in Norton Ghost You should first determine how important the data is on a particular drive or the data you have included in a file and folder backup before deciding on the level of status reporting to assign to it To customize the status reporting of a drive or file and folder backups 1 On the Status page click a drive or File and folders to select it You can also click Customize status reporting from the Home page Click Customize status reporting Select one of the following options Full status reporting Errors only status reporting No status reporting Click OK Shows the current status of the selected drive or file and folder backups on the Home and Status pages Select this option if the data is critical Shows the current status of the selected drive or file and folder backups only when errors occur Select this option if the data is important but you only want the status to report errors whenever they occu
164. ons for installation 4 When installed click OK in the Norton Ghost Options window For more information visit desktop google com To enable Google Desktop support 1 Start Norton Ghost 2 Click Tasks gt Options gt Google Desktop 3 Select Enable Google Desktop File and Folder Recovery Using a search engine to search recovery points 203 Recovering files using Google Desktop s Search Desktop feature 4 Click OK This option is not available if you do not have Google Desktop installed Install Google Desktop and then repeat this procedure 5 Click OK to install the Google Plugin To enable search engine support for a backup job 1 Start Norton Ghost 2 Doone of the following m Edit an existing backup job and select Enable search engine support for Google Desktop and Backup Exec Retrieve on the Options page of the wizard m Define a new backup job and select Enable search engine support for Google Desktop and Backup Exec Retrieve on the Options page of the wizard Recovering files using Google Desktop s Search Desktop feature If you have correctly set up and enabled support for Google Desktop you can search recovery points to located and recover files using Google Desktop See Enabling search engine support on page 201 To recover files using Google Desktop s Search Desktop feature 1 Start Google Desktop 2 Enter the name or part of the name of a file you want to recover and then click Search Desktop
165. or Windows Vista if the Run option is not visible do the following m Right click the Start button and click Properties m On the Start Menu tab click Customize m Scroll down and select Run command m Click OK In the CD browser panel click Install Norton Ghost In the Welcome panel click Next Read the license agreement click laccept the terms in the license agreement and then click Next 6 Ifyou want to change the default location for the program files click Change locate the folder in which you want to install the agent and then click OK Click Next Click Custom and then click Next 9 Click Norton GhostService and then click This feature will be installed on local hard drive This feature is the agent 10 Set all other features to This feature will not be installed 11 Click Next and then click Install Using the Norton Ghost Agent The Norton Ghost Agent is the unseen engine that does the actual backing up and restoring of data on a remote computer Because the Norton Ghost Agent functions as a service it does not have a graphical interface See About managing the Norton Ghost Agent through Windows Services on page 106 See Controlling access to Norton Ghost on page 111 The Norton Ghost Agent does however have a tray icon available from the Windows system tray to provide feedback of current conditions and to perform common tasks For example you can view backup jobs created for th
166. ore backups are scheduled and that at least one is unavailable amp Indicates that two or more backups have run and the last backup was unsuccessful This problem could occur if an error prevents a backup from running Indicates that the backup is scheduled to run at a future time To monitor backup protection from the Status page 1 On the Status page review the Backups calendar and verify that the backup appears on the date that you ran it In the Drives column select the drive that you want to view The status information appears in the bottom half of the Status page Move your mouse over a backup icon in the calendar to review the status of the backup To move around in the calendar use one of the following methods m Click anywhere in the title bar to navigate quickly to a different point in time 122 Monitoring the status of your backups About SNMP traps m Use the scroll bar at the bottom of the calendar to scroll backward or forward in time About SNMP traps You must install and configure the Windows SNMP service on your computer in order for SNMP traps to work from Norton Ghost By default Norton Ghost is not enabled to send traps to NMS managers You can configure Norton Ghost 15 0 to send SNMP traps for different priority and notification types To configure Norton Ghost to send SNMP traps 1 From the Tools menu click Options and then click the Notifications tab 2 Under Noti
167. ore he or she can restore a backup or view the contents of the recovery point Encrypts recovery point data to add another level of protection to your recovery points Choose from the following encryption levels m Low 8 character password m Medium 16 character password m High 32 character password Backing up entire drives 81 About Offsite Copy 12 Click Next 13 Click Finish to run the backup 14 When the backup is finished click Close to return to the main Symantec Recovery Disk window About Offsite Copy Backing up your data to a secondary hard disk is a critical first step to protecting your information assets But to make certain your data is safe use Offsite Copy This feature copies your latest complete recovery points to either a portable storage device a remote server in your network or to a remote FTP server Regardless of the method you use storing copies of your recovery points at a remote location provides a crucial level of redundancy in the event that your office becomes inaccessible Offsite Copy can double your data protection by ensuring that you have a remote copy See How Offsite Copy works on page 81 See About using external drives as your Offsite Copy destination on page 82 See About using a network server as your Offsite Copy destination on page 84 See About using an FTP server as your Offsite Copy destination on page 85 How Offsite Copy works You enab
168. ork and then click Configure Network Connection Settings 2 If you are prompted to start networking services click Yes Getting a static IP address If you want to restore a recovery point that is located on a network drive or share but you are unable to map a drive or browse to the drive share on the network usually caused by the lack of an available DHCP service you can assign a unique static IP address to the computer that is running the recovery environment You can then map to the network drive or share To get a static IP address 1 Inthe Network Adapter Configuration box click Use the following IP address 2 Specify a unique IP address and subnet mask for the computer that you want to restore Be sure that the subnet mask matches the subnet mask of the network segment Click OK Click Close to return to the recovery environment s main menu In the Network pane click Ping a Remote Computer Recovering a computer 193 About viewing properties of recovery points and drives Type the address of the computer that you want to ping on the network segment Click OK If you specified a computer name or a computer name and domain as the address method make note of the IP address that is returned from the computer that you pinged If communication to the storage computer is operating as expected you can use the Map Network Drive utility to map a drive to the recovery point location Getting a static IP address if pi
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170. ou leave the office See About Offsite Copy on page 81 When you define your back ups schedule them to run frequently so that you have recovery points that span at least the last two months See Editing a backup schedule on page 97 See Defining a drive based backup on page 60 Keep personal data on a separate drive than the drive on which Windows and your software programs are installed Best practices for backing up your data 53 Best practices for backing up You should keep your operating system and software programs separate from your own data It speeds the creation of recovery points and reduces the amount of information that needs to be restored For example use the C drive to run Windows and to install and run software programs Use the D drive to create edit and store personal files and folders For other drive management solutions go to the Symantec Web site at the following URL www symantec com Verify the recovery point after you When you define a backup you should select the create it to ensure that it is stable During a back up option to verify the recovery point to ensure that the recovery point can be used to recover lost data See About choosing a backup type on page 50 If you are working at your computer and a back up starts to run you might notice that the performance of your computer slows down Norton Ghost requires significant system resources to run a back
171. ou want to associate with the drive Click OK To mount additional drives repeat steps 1 5 above Opening and restoring files within a recovery point Using the Recovery Point Browser you can open files within a recovery point The file opens in the program that is associated with that file type You can also restore files either by saving them using the application associated with them or by using the Recover Files button in the Recovery Point Browser If the file type is not associated with a program the Microsoft Open With dialog box is displayed You can then select the correct program for opening the file Note You cannot view encrypted file system EFS NTFS volumes To open files within a recovery point 1 On the Tools page click Run Recovery Point Browser 2 Navigate to your backup destination folder select the recovery point file that you want to browse and then click Open 3 Inthe Recovery Point Browser in the tree panel on the left select a drive 132 Exploring the contents of a recovery point About using a search engine 4 Inthe right content panel double click the folder that contains the file that you want to view 5 Right click the file that you want to view and then click View File The View option is unavailable if you select a program file that has a exe dll or com file extension To restore files within a recovery point 1 On the Tools page click Run Recovery Point Browser 2 Nav
172. overy point The total size in megabytes of the recovery point The date and time that the recovery point file was created The compression level that is used in the recovery point Whether the entire recovery point file is spanned over several files The password protection status of the selected drive The encryption strength that is used with the recovery point The version number associated with the recovery point The name of the computer on which the recovery point was created If you enabled search engine support for the recovery point this property is displayed Identifies the application Norton Ghost that was used to create the recovery point To view the properties of a recovery point 1 Inthe Recovery Point Browser in the tree panel select the recovery point that you want to view 2 Doone of the following m On the File menu click Properties m Right click the recovery point and then click Properties Viewing the properties of a drive within a recovery point You can view the following properties of a drive within a recovery point Description Original drive letter Cluster size File system A user assigned comment associated with the recovery point The original drive letter that was assigned to the drive The cluster size in bytes that is used in a FAT FAT32 or NTFS drive The file system type that is used within the drive Recovering a computer 195 About the Support Utilities Pri
173. p Windows Mini Setup takes about six minutes Specific information including accepting the End User License Agreement entering the Product Key user name and company name are automatically applied by Mini Setup which uses the answer file Deselect this option if you want any of the following to occur at the time of recovery instead m Run Windows Welcome instead Mini Setup m You do not want to change any of the configurable options for which the Mini Setup wizard changes for you at the time of recovery This ensures that the computer is recovered to its original state prior to recovery For more detailed information about Mini Setup you can perform a search for Mini Setup on the Microsoft Help and Support Web site Split virtual disk into 2 GB vmdk files 8 Click Next Managing backup destinations 147 Defining a virtual conversion job Select this option if you want to split the virtual disk into multiple 2 GB vmdk files For example use this option if your virtual disk is stored on a FAT32 drive any file system that does not support files larger than 2 GB Or if you want to copy the virtual disk files to a DVD but the size is larger than the DVD allows Note This option is specific to VMware it is not available if you selected Microsoft Virtual Disk as the conversion format 9 Review the summary of the choices you made Defining a virtual conversion job If you need to make any changes click
174. perating system and temporary files when a recovery point is created on the client computer Note This option does not appear if you create a recovery point using the Back Up My Computer feature in Symantec Recovery Disk Advanced See Advanced options for drive based backups on page 70 Command Files See About running command files during a backup on page 68 Description text box Type a description for the recovery point The description can be anything that helps you further identify the recovery point s contents Advanced scheduling options The following table describes the advanced scheduling options Backing up entire drives 67 Defining a drive based backup Table 6 4 Advanced scheduling options Schedule Backup Time Do one or more of the following m Click Schedule and then select the days and a start time for when the backup should run m Select Run morethan once per day if you frequently edit data that you want to protect Also specify the maximum time that should occur between backups and the number of times per day that the backup should run m Click the Automatically optimize list and then select how often optimization should occur to help manage the disk space that is used by your backup destination m Click the Start a new recovery point set list and select how frequently a new recovery point set should be started Click Custom to customize the option you sele
175. physical hard disk and it must contain an operating system When the computer boots it reads the partition table of the first physical hard disk to find out which drive is active It then boots from that location If the drive is not bootable or you are not certain if it is have a boot disk ready You can use the Symantec Recovery Disk CD The Set drive active option is valid for basic disks only not dynamic disks Disable SmartSector copying The SmartSector technology from Symantec speeds up the copying process by only copying the clusters and sectors that contain data However in a high security environments you might want to copy all clusters and sectors in their original layout regardless of whether they contain data 200 Copying a drive Copying one hard drive to another hard drive Table 15 1 Drive to drive copying options continued Ignore bad sectors during copy This option copies the drive even if there are errors on the disk Copy MBR This option copies the master boot record from the source drive to the destination drive Select this option if you are copying the C drive to anew empty hard drive You should not select this option if you want to copy a drive to another space on the same hard drive as a backup You should also not select this option if you want to copy the drive to a hard drive that has existing partitions that you do not want to replace Destination partition type Clic
176. points to free up disk space For example you can copy recovery points to a CD or DVD and then manually delete the original recovery points You should verify the copies of the recovery poin ts to ensure that they are on the disk and are valid To make copies of recovery points 1 2 10 On the Tools page click Manage Backup Destination Select a recovery point set or an independent recovery point and then click Copy Select which recovery point to copy and then click OK On the Welcome page of the Copy Recovery Point Wizard click Next Select the recovery point that you want to copy Recovery point sets appear as single recovery points Select Viewall recovery points to display all incremental recovery points that are included within the recovery point sets Click Next Do one of the following m Inthe Folder box type the path to which you want to copy the recovery point m Click Browse to locate the folder to which you want to copy the recovery point and then click OK Select a level of compression for the copies of the recovery points See Compression levels for drive based backups on page 74 If you want to verify whether a recovery point is valid after the copy is complete select Verify recovery point after creation Click Advanced and then select from the following options Divide into smaller files to simplify You can split the recovery point into archiving smaller files and specify the maxim
177. power or the hardware fails while you copy the data no data is lost from the source drive However you must restart the copying process Copying a drive 199 Copying one hard drive to another hard drive To copy one hard drive to another hard drive 1 On the Tools page click Copy My Hard Drive 2 Complete the steps in the wizard to copy the drive The wizard steps you through the process of selecting the right drive to copy selecting the destination drive and selecting the options for copying the data from one drive to another About drive to drive copying options When you copy a drive from one hard drive to another you can use the drive to drive copying options The following table describes the options for copying from one hard drive to another Table 15 1 Drive to drive copying options Check source for file system Check the source drive for errors before you copy it The errors source drive is the original drive Check destination for file Check the destination drive for errors after you copy the system errors drive The destination drive is the new drive Resize drive to fill This option automatically expands the drive to occupy the unallocated space destination drive s remaining unallocated space Set drive active for booting Make the destination drive the active partition the drive OS from which the computer starts Only one drive can be active at a time To boot the computer it must be on the first
178. pt to recover You can run a virus scan using Symantec Recovery Disk See Scanning for viruses on page 176 See Checking a hard disk for errors on page 178 Scanning for viruses If you suspect that your computer was damaged by a virus or other threat you should run a virus scan before you restore your computer Recovering a computer 177 How to prepare to recover a computer To scan for viruses 1 On the Analyze panel click Scan for Viruses 2 Select one of the following Use the virus definitions currently Select this option to use the definitions available that are included on the Symantec Recovery Disk CD Use Update Locator virus definitions Select this option if you downloaded the folder latest virus definitions to a disk See Locating the latest virus definitions on page 177 Locating the latest virus definitions The Symantec Recovery Disk CD includes virus definitions However to help protect your computer from the latest threats you should use the latest virus definitions that are available The Update Locator locates the latest virus definitions that are available from Symantec You must run the Update Locator on a working computer that has Internet access You can save the virus definitions to a disk and then use them on the troubled computer Note Depending on which version of the product you have purchased Symantec Recovery Disk is either included on your product CD or as a separate CD
179. r Does not show any status for the selected drive or file and folder backups Select this option if the data is unimportant and missed or failed backups do not need to be reported 124 Monitoring the status of your backups Viewing drive details Viewing drive details The Advanced page lets you view details about your hard drives You can view the following drive details Name Displays the name that you assigned to the backup when you defined it Type Identifies the type of recovery point the backup creates when it runs Destination Identifies the storage location of the recovery point or the location in which the drive should be backed up Last Run Displays the day and time when the backup was last run Next Run Displays the day and time of the next scheduled backup To view drive details 1 On the Advanced page on the Content Bar click the Drives tab If the Advanced page is not visible on the Primary Navigation Bar click View gt Show Advanced Page In the Drive column select a drive Review the Details section below the Drives table Improving the protection level of a drive When the status of a drive based backup indicates that it needs attention you should take steps to improve the status You might need to add a drive to an existing backup edit the schedule of a backup edit the settings of a backup or define a new backup See Best practices for backing up on page 50 Monitoring the stat
180. r performance on page 39 See Enabling network throttling on page 39 Tray Icon You can turn on or off the system tray icon You can also specify whether to show only error messages when they occur or to show both error messages and other information such as the completion of a backup See Adjusting default tray icon settings on page 40 Getting Started 37 Configuring Norton Ghost default options Options Description File Types Lets you manage file types and file type categories which are used as a method for selecting the types of files you want included in a file and folder backup See Managing file types on page 41 Google Desktop If Google Desktop is installed on your computer when you install Norton Ghost you have the option of enabling Google Desktop file and folder recovery When you enable this feature you can search for files by file name inside a recovery point that was created with search engine support enabled If Google Desktop is not installed on your computer when you install Norton Ghost you have the option of clicking a link to the Web site where you can download and install Google Desktop for free See About using a search engine to search recovery points on page 201 External Drives Delete or rename the unique names you have given to external drives used as backup and Offsite Copy destinations See Using nicknames for external drives on page 43 Configure FTP Sp
181. r Credentials In the ESX Server Credentials group box type a valid administrator user name that has sufficient rights Type a valid password m Destination for the virtual disks Type the path to the folder where you want to place the virtual disk files m Rename To edit the name of the resulting virtual disk file select the file name in the list near the bottom of the pane Click Rename and then type the new file name Click Next m Temporary location for conversion Type the name of the server or the server s IP address that you can use as a temporary location for files m Temporary Location Credentials If you selected a temporary location for files on a network type a valid administrator user name that has sufficient rights Type a valid password 6 Click Next 7 Select one or more of the following options 146 Managing backup destinations Running a one time virtual conversion Run Windows Mini Setup Select this option default to run Windows Mini Setup when you restart the computer after recovery During recovery a text based answer file is generated that scripts the answers for a series of dialog boxes When the Mini Setup wizard starts it looks for this answer to automate the wizard For example the answer file by way of the wizard can automatically apply network card settings and other hardware and software settings on the computer Unlike Windows Welcome which can take up to 60 minutes or more to set u
182. r an administrator account and then click OK 114 Backing up remote computers from your computer Controlling access to Norton Ghost Chapter Monitoring the status of your backups This chapter includes the following topics About monitoring backups Monitoring backup protection from the Home page Monitoring backup protection from the Status page About SNMP traps Customizing the status reporting of a drive or file and folder backups Viewing drive details Improving the protection level of a drive About using event log information to troubleshoot problems About monitoring backups You should monitor your backups to ensure that you can effectively recover lost data when you need it The Home page provides a general status of your backup protection The Status page provides details about which drives are protected as well as a calendar view of past and future backups Note In addition to ensuring that you back up each drive carefully review and follow best practices for backing up your computer 116 Monitoring the status of your backups Monitoring backup protection from the Home page Rescanning a computer s hard disk Use Refresh to update the drive information that is displayed in various views of the product This feature is useful when hard disk configurations have changed but the changes do not immediately appear in Norton Ghost For example adding hard disk space or creating a partition When yo
183. re skipped until the computer is turned on again You then are prompted to run the missed backup Viewing the properties of a backup job You can review the settings and configuration of a defined backup without opening the backup job To view the properties of a backup job 1 On the Home page click Run or Manage Backups 2 Inthe Run or Manage Backups window select a backup job and then click Tasks gt Properties 56 Best practices for backing up your data About selecting a backup destination About selecting a backup destination You should review the following information before deciding where to store recovery points and file and folder backup data Note If you choose to use CDs or DVDs as your backup destination not recommended you cannot back up to a sub folder on the disk Backup data must be created at the root of CDs and DVDs The following table contains information that you need to consider when selecting a backup destination Table 5 1 Selecting a backup destination Local hard drive USB drive The benefits of this option are as follows CEREN Wen NYE m Fast backup and recovery recommended m Can schedule unattended backups m Inexpensive because drive space can be overwritten repeatedly m Off site storage is possible m Reserves hard drive space for other uses Although you can save the recovery point to the same drive that you are backing up it is not recommended for the following reasons
184. recovery points and file and folder backup data The following table highlights the key uses of each backup type Backup type Use to Drive based backup E File and folder backup E Before you back up Back up and recover your computer system drive typically drive C Back up and recover a specific hard drive any secondary drive drives other than your system drive Recover lost or damaged files or folders using recovery points Back up and recover specific files and folders such as personal files stored in the My Documents folder Back up and recover files of a specific type such as music mp3 wav or photographs jpg bmp Consider these best practices before you define and run your first back up Schedule back ups when you know Your computer must be turned on and Windows must your computer willbe turned on be running at the time a back up occurs If not any scheduled back ups are skipped until the computer is turned on again You then are prompted to run the missed back up See About choosing a backup type on page 50 Use a secondary hard disk as your You should store recovery points on a hard disk other backup destination than your primary hard disk C It helps ensure that you can recover your system in the event that your primary hard disk fails See About selecting a backup destination on page 56 52 Best practices for backing up your data Best practices for backing up Consider
185. rive and whether or not the drive letter previously assigned has changed it could become confusing as to which drive you are using at any given time However by associating unique nicknames to each drive then as you use the drive with Norton Ghost the nicknames you assigned appear in various locations in Norton Ghost Note It is also a good idea to place physical labels on each external drive to help you manage the task of swapping the drives For example if you assigned the nickname Cathy Read to one drive and Thomas Read to a second drive their nicknames appear in Norton Ghost whenever the drives are plugged in to your computer See About Offsite Copy on page 81 To make it even easier the Options dialog box lets you see all of your drive nicknames in one view From this view you can remove or edit existing names To remove or edit external drive nicknames 1 In Norton Ghost on the menu bar click Tasks gt Options 2 Under Destinations click External Drives 3 Select an external drive from the list and then do one of the following m Click Remove to delete the nickname associated with the external drive m Click Rename to edit the nickname 44 Getting Started Configuring Norton Ghost default options Configuring default FTP settings for use with Offsite Copy File Transfer Protocol or FTP is the simplest and most secure way to copy files over the Internet Norton Ghost serves as an FTP client to cop
186. rogram that requires the use of two new file extensions pft and ptp for example you can define a new file type and define the two file extensions for that category Then when you define a file and folder backup you can select the new category When the backup is run all files ending with pft and ptp are backed up 42 Getting Started Configuring Norton Ghost default options To create a new file type and extensions 1 2 3 6 In Norton Ghost on the menu bar click Tasks gt Options Click File Types At the bottom of the File types list click the Add a file type button to add a file type category Type a descriptive name of the new file type category and then press Enter At the bottom of the Extensions for list click the Add an extension button and then type an asterisk and a period followed by the extension of the file type you want to define and then press Enter Click OK To edit a file type and extensions 1 2 3 4 In Norton Ghost on the menu bar click Tasks gt Options Click File Types Select a file type from the File types list and then do one of the following m Click the Rename a file type button at the right of the button to edit the name of the selected file type m Select an extension in the Extensions for column and click the Rename an extension button at the right of the button to edit the name of the extension m Click either the Restore default file types
187. rtual disk recovery options Recovering a computer Recovering a computer from a virtual disk file The following table describes the recovery options that are available when you recover a virtual disk Option Verify recovery point before restore Check for file system errors after recovery Resize drive after recover unallocated space only Partition type Set drive active for booting OS Description Verifies whether a recovery point is valid or corrupt before it is restored If the recovery point is invalid the recovery is discontinued This option can significantly increase the time that is required for the recovery to complete Checks the restored drive for errors after the recovery point is restored Select this option and specify the new drive size in megabytes Sets the partition type as follows m Primary partition Because hard disks are limited to four primary partitions select this type if the drive has four or less partitions Logical partition Select this type if you need more than four partitions You can have up to three primary partitions plus any number of logical partitions up to the maximum size of your hard disk Makes the restored drive the active partition for example the drive from which the computer starts You should select this option if you restore the drive on which your operating system is installed 185 186 Recovering a computer Recovering a computer from a
188. run your computer s network cards and hard disks To help ensure that you have the drivers that you need to recover your computer you can use the Run Driver Validation tool available on the Symantec Recovery Disk The driver validation tool compares hardware drivers on the Symantec Recovery Disk CD with the drivers that are required to run your computer s network cards and hard disks You should run the driver validation test any time you make changes to the network interface cards or storage controllers on a computer See If driver validation fails on page 28 Note The driver validation tool or Symantec Recovery Disk does not support wireless network adapter drivers aa Ensuring the recovery of your computer Testing Symantec Recovery Disk Testing Symantec Recovery Disk You should test the Symantec Recovery Disk CD to ensure that the recovery environment runs properly on your computer Note Depending on which version of the product you have purchased Symantec Recovery Disk is either included on your product CD or as a separate CD You should place the CD containing Symantec Recovery Disk in a safe place Testing the Symantec Recovery Disk CD lets you identify and solve the following types of problems m You cannot start Symantec Recovery Disk See To configure a computer to boot from a CD on page 175 m You do not have the necessary storage drivers to access recovery points on the computer m Yo
189. ry point through Windows Explorer You can only run programs from within a mapped recovery point that do not rely on registry values COM interfaces dynamic link libraries DLLs or other similar dependencies You can set up a mounted drive as a shared drive Users on a network can connect to the shared drive and restore files and folders from the recovery point You can mount one or more recovery points at atime The drives remain mounted until you unmount them or you restart the computer Mounted drives do not take up extra hard disk space All security on the NTFS volumes remains intact when they are mounted You do not need to mount a drive to restore the files or folders from within a recovery point Note Any data that is written to a mounted recovery point is lost when the recovery point is unmounted This data includes any data that is being created edited or deleted at the time See Exploring a recovery point through Windows Explorer on page 130 See Dismounting a recovery point drive on page 133 See Viewing the drive properties of a recovery point on page 133 Exploring a recovery point through Windows Explorer When you explore a recovery point Norton Ghost mounts the recovery point as a drive letter and opens it in Windows Explorer For each drive that is included in the recovery point a new mounted drive letter is created For example if your recovery point contains backups of drives C and
190. ry points that contain only incremental changes that were made to your computer since the previous recovery point Incremental recovery points are created faster than the base recovery point They also use less storage space than an independent recovery point Note You can only have one recovery point set defined for each drive The Recovery Point Set option is not available if you have already assigned a selected drive to an existing backup and specified Recovery Point Set as the recovery point type This option also is unavailable if you select an unmounted drive that cannot be part of a recovery point set Independent recovery point Creates acomplete independent copy of the drives that you select This backup type typically requires more storage space especially if you run the backup multiple times 64 Backing up entire drives Defining a drive based backup Backup destination options The following table describes the options on the Backup Destination Page Table 6 2 Backup destination options Folder field Indicates the location where you want to store the recovery points If Norton Ghost detects that this location does not have enough available space it alerts you You should choose another location that has more space Edit The Edit button only becomes active if you have selected a backup destination that is on a network If the backup destination is on a network you can click the Edit button to bri
191. s configuring connection settings 192 getting a static IP address 192 starting in Symantec Recovery Disk 189 using in Symantec Recovery Disk 188 Norton Ghost configuring default options 36 how to use 34 more information about 16 new features 14 running with different user rights 113 Norton Ghost Agent automatic start 107 deploy over a network 103 manually install from product CD 103 setting up recovery actions for 109 Norton Ghost Agent changing default settings for 107 0 Offsite Copy about 81 Offsite Copy continued assigning nicknames to external drives for use with 43 copy recovery points 81 One Time Backup from Windows 75 operating system backing up computers with multiple 58 Options configuring defaults 36 original disk signature recovering 182 186 P P2V one time 141 scheduling 147 virtual conversion job deleting 154 virtual conversion job editing 153 virtual conversion job run now 153 virtual conversion job viewing progress 153 virtual conversion job viewing properties 153 pagefile sys 67 pcAnywhere thin host using to recover remotely 189 performance during backup adjusting for network 39 permissions allowing other users to back up 98 physical to virtual job deleting 154 job editing 153 job run now 153 job viewing progress 153 job viewing properties 153 scheduling 141 147 progress of backup viewing 74 protection hard disks 116 protection status 95 push install of agent 103 R RAM driv
192. s gt Services m On the Windows taskbar click Start gt Run In the Open text field type services msc and then click OK 2 Under the Name column scroll through the list of services until you see Norton Ghost the name of the agent Its status should be Started See Starting or stopping the Norton Ghost Agent service on page 108 Starting or stopping the Norton Ghost Agent service To start stop or restart the Norton Ghost Agent service you must be logged on as an administrator If your computer is connected to a network network policy settings might prevent you from completing these tasks You might need to start stop or restart the Norton Ghost Agent service for the following reasons Start or Restart Restart Stop You should start or restart the agent if Norton Ghost is unable to connect to the Norton Ghost Agent on a computer or you cannot reconnect from Norton Ghost You should restart the agent after you change the user name or password that you use to log on to the Norton Ghost Agent service or you used the Security Configuration Tool to give additional users the ability to back up computers See Controlling access to Norton Ghost on page 111 You can stop the agent if you believe it is causing a problem on the computer or you want to temporarily free memory resources If you stop the agent you also prevent all of your drive based backups and file and folder backups from running
193. s gt Symantec gt Security Configuration Tool Select a user or group from the Group or user names box Choose from the following options Permissions Full Control Status Only Allow Select to give the user or group full access to all of the features of Norton Ghost Full control gives users the right to create edit and delete backup jobs including existing jobs Select to deny the user or group administrative access to the features of Norton Ghost They can run existing backup jobs but they cannot create edit or delete them Deny Select to deny the user or group administrative access to the features of Norton Ghost They can run existing backup jobs but they cannot create edit or delete them When you deny Status Only the user or group cannot access any of the features of Norton Ghost 4 Click OK to apply your changes and close the Security Configuration Tool 100 Running and managing backup jobs Adding users who can back up your computer Chapter Backing up remote computers from your computer This chapter includes the following topics About backing up other computers from your computer Adding computers to the Computer List Deploying the Norton Ghost Agent Using the Norton Ghost Agent About managing the Norton Ghost Agent through Windows Services About best practices for using services Controlling access to Norton Ghost About backing up other computers from your co
194. should view the most recent log entries in the Events tab for more information about the potential causes of the problem Verify that the Norton Ghost Agent The Norton Ghost Agent is configured to start starts without user intervention automatically when Norton Ghost starts You can view the status information to verify that the Norton Ghost Agent has started The Status area in the Task pane displays a Ready status message when the agent starts You can also test that the Norton Ghost Agent is starting automatically by looking in Services You can check the status and restart the service if necessary If the Startup type is set to automatic you should restart the agent See Starting or stopping the Norton Ghost Agent service on page 108 Use caution when changing default Changing the default Norton Ghost Agent settings for the Norton Ghost Agent properties can prevent Norton Ghost from running correctly You should use caution when changing the default Startup type and Log On settings of the Norton Ghost Agent It is configured to start and log on automatically when you start Norton Ghost 108 Backing up remote computers from your computer About best practices for using services Opening Windows Services There are several methods you can use to open Windows Services to manage the Norton Ghost Agent To open Services 1 Doone of the following m On the Windows Control Panel click Administrative Tool
195. sing Norton Ghost 13 best practices services 107 boot configuration database 62 c cancelling the current operation 94 categories managing file types 41 checking computer agent services 105 clustered shared volumes 206 cold backups about 76 running one time 77 command files running during a backup 68 compression levels in recovery point 74 computer configuring for CD booting 175 recovering 27 28 178 recovering from virtual disk file 183 recovering remotely 189 recovering about 173 recovering preparing for 176 computer agent services checking 105 tour 105 Computer List adding computers to 102 computers adding to the Computer List 102 configuring agent security 111 conversion job deleting 154 editing 153 recovery points to virtual disks 147 run now 153 viewing progress 153 viewing properties 153 convert recovery point to virtual disk one time 141 copying a drive 197 creating recovery points options 65 credentials changing for agent 113 D default options configuring 36 default settings changing for the Norton Ghost Agent 107 dependencies viewing agent 108 110 devices supported storage 19 disable a backup 97 disabled features 20 disk media supported 19 disks rescanning 116 drive copying 197 drive letter assign to a recovery point 129 drive based backup about 136 drive based backups about 50 59 defining 60 files excluded from 67 setting advanced options 70 Driver Validation 27
196. sk that hosts a VHD the VHD is treated as another file that is part of the physical disk backup VHDs can be attached and detached from their physical disk hosts volumes Microsoft recommends that you detach a VHD that is stored on a host volume before you back up Not detaching a VHD before you back up a host volume can result in an inconsistent copy of the VHD in the backup After you restore a host volume you can re attach the VHD file http entsupport symantec com umi V 306 2 You can find more information on backing up VHDs on the Microsoft Web site 206 About backing up Microsoft virtual environments About backing up and restoring Microsoft Hyper V virtual machines http technet microsoft com en us library dd440865 WS 10 aspx About backing up and restoring Microsoft Hyper V virtual machines To create a backup of a Microsoft Hyper V virtual machine you must back up the volumes of the computer where the virtual machine is hosted To do this create either a live backup or a system state backup of the host machine You cannot back up or restore a specific virtual machine A live backup is created while the virtual machine is running hot backup A system state backup is created when the guest operating system on the virtual machine is not running cold backup or the Hyper V VSS integration component is not installed in the virtual machine Note Norton Ghost is unable to back up clustered shared volumes Because volumes
197. slave drive if you are using cable select instead of jumper settings to determine the master and slave drives 3 Do the following to attach the new hard drive m Connect the cable so that the colored stripe on the edge lines up with the I O pins on the motherboard The motherboard is marked Pin1 or 1 where the colored stripe should go m Connect the other end of the cable to the back of the hard drive and match the striped edge with the I O pin position on the drive itself The I O pin is usually on the side closest to the power supply 4 Attach the power connector to the new hard drive Make sure that the angled edge of the plastic connector lines up with the angled edge of the pin socket Anchor the drive in the bay area according to the manufacturer s instructions 6 Dothe following to change the BIOS settings to recognize the new hard drive m Open the BIOS setup As the computer starts watch the computer screen for instructions on how to open the BIOS setup m Select Auto Detect for both the master and slave drives m Save the BIOS changes and then exit Your computer will restart automatically Copying one hard drive to another hard drive After you install a new hard drive you can copy your old hard drive to the new one The new hard drive does not need to be formatted If the hard drive that you want to copy contains more than one partition you must copy each partition one at a time to the new hard drive If the
198. st Note When you refer to the documentation while using the Advanced page the first one or two steps do not apply The first one or two steps merely indicate where to access each feature from the other pages of the product interface From that point on follow the remaining steps of each procedure The Advanced page can be hidden from view if you do not plan to use it To hide or show the Advanced page 1 Start Norton Ghost 2 Onthe View menu click Show Advanced Page to hide or show the Advanced page Getting more information about Norton Ghost To learn more about Norton Ghost visit the Help and Support page Depending on which version and language of the product you have installed the Help and Support page includes one click access to more information The page also includes access to the product help system the product User s Guide It also includes access to the Symantec Knowledge Base where you can find troubleshooting information To access Help and Support 1 Start Norton Ghost 2 Onthe Home page click Help gt Help and Support Chapter Installing Norton Ghost This chapter includes the following topics m Before you install m Installing Norton Ghost m Updating Norton Ghost m About uninstalling Norton Ghost Before you install Installation procedures might vary depending on your work environment and which installation options you choose This chapter focuses on installing the full version of Norton G
199. st detects the presence of the Offsite Copy destination drive and automatically begins copying your recovery points Offsite Copy is designed to use very little system resources so that the copying process is done in the background This feature lets you continue to work at your computer with little or no impact on system resources If an Offsite Copy destination runs out of disk space Offsite Copy identifies the oldest recovery points and removes them to make room for the most current recovery points Offsite Copy then copies the current recovery points to the Offsite Copy destination See About using external drives as your Offsite Copy destination on page 82 See About using a network server as your Offsite Copy destination on page 84 See About using an FTP server as your Offsite Copy destination on page 85 See To define a drive based backup on page 60 See Editing backup settings on page 95 About using external drives as your Offsite Copy destination Use an external drive as your Offsite Copy destination This method lets you take a copy of your data with you when you leave the office By using two external hard disks you can be certain that you have a recent copy of your data both on and off site For example suppose on a Monday morning you define a new backup job of your system drive You choose a recovery point set as your backup job type You set up an external drive A as the first Offsite Copy d
200. system resource issues m If you have two or more drives that are dependent on each other you should include both drives in the same backup This provides the safest protection m Include multiple drives in the same defined backup to reduce the total number of backups that must be run Doing so minimizes interruptions while you work m Use the Progress and Performance feature to reduce the impact of a backup on your computer s performance For example if a scheduled backup starts while you are in the middle of a presentation you can slow down the backup to give more processing resources back to your presentation program m The power management features on acomputer can conflict with Norton Ghost during a backup For example your computer might be configured to go into hibernation mode after a period of inactivity You should consider turning off the power management features during a scheduled backup m Ifabackup is interrupted consider running it again m If you experience problems while creating a backup you may need to reboot the computer After defining your backup job All backup jobs you define are automatically saved so that you can edit or run them later After you define a backup and schedule it to run you can close Norton Ghost The program does not need to be running for a backup to start However your computer must be turned on and Windows must be running at the time a backup occurs If not any scheduled backups a
201. t that programs or documents require too much time to open But when installed removing a program might not recover unintentional damage by the installation Hard drive failure Data can become corrupted on your system drive typically C making it impossible to start your operating system Files accidentally deleted or overwritten Accidental deletion of files is common but often costly Corrupted files Individual files and folders can become corrupted by viruses or when a program used to modify them encounters an error What is new in Norton Ghost Norton Ghost includes many enhancements and new features Refer to the following table for information about the latest features and enhancements Note Not all listed features are available in all versions of this product Table 1 1 What is new Norton Ghost Improved support for virtual formats Norton Ghost now includes support for the following virtual platforms m VMware ESX 3 5i and 4 01 m VMware ESX 3 5 and 4 0 Improved platform support Norton Ghost now includes support for the following platforms m Windows 7 m Windows Vista with SP2 includes Home Basic Home Premium Business Retail and Ultimate Introducing Norton Ghost 15 Hiding or showing the Advanced page Table 1 1 What is new Norton Ghost continued Create recovery points from within Symantec Recovery Disk You can now create independent recovery points using the new Back Up
202. tempt to deploy the agent from Windows Vista to another computer You can manually install the agent on the target computer using the product CD Note If you deselected the Agent Deployment option during installation this feature is not available You can run the installation again and select the Modify option to add this feature back in Your computer must meet the minimum memory requirement to run the Recover My Computer wizard or the Recovery Point Browser in Symantec Recovery Disk Note If you install a multilingual version of the product you must have aminimum of 768 MB of RAM to run Symantec Recovery Disk If your computers are set up in a workgroup environment you should prepare your local computer before you deploy an agent To prepare a computer in a workgroup environment to deploy the agent 1 On the Windows taskbar right click Start and then click Explore 2 On the Tools menu click Folder Options gt View 104 Backing up remote computers from your computer Deploying the Norton Ghost Agent On the View tab scroll to the end of the list and verify that the Use simple file sharing check box is not selected and then click OK On the Windows Control Panel click Windows Firewall On the Exceptions tab select File and Printer Sharing and then click OK Note You should close any open applications before you continue with the agent installation If the Reboot check box is selected the computer will
203. ter Protect any kind of data you keep on your computer by making a backup of your computer s entire hard disk Or limit your backup to include only those files and folders that mean the most to you You can schedule backups to capture your changes automatically as you work from day to day Or start a backup manually at any time You can also easily configure Norton Ghost to run a backup in response to specific events For example a backup can run when a particular application is started Or a backup can run when a specified amount of new data is added to the drive When you experience a problem with your computer you can restore a file folder or an entire drive This recovery process returns your computer to a previous functional state with the operating system applications and data files intact Or if you accidentally delete a personal file get it back with a few steps Using easy to follow wizards you can set up fast and reliable backup jobs and have them run while you continue to work Or schedule your backups to run after hours when your computer is idle When disaster strikes Norton Ghost helps you recover your computer from the effects of many common problems including 14 Introducing Norton Ghost What is new in Norton Ghost Virus attacks Damage might be done before a virus is quarantined Faulty software installations Some software can negatively affect your computer s performance and slow it down to the poin
204. the drive Verify recovery point after creation Select this option to automatically test whether a recovery point or set of files is valid or corrupt Limit the number of recovery point sets saved for this backup Select this option to limit the number of recovery point sets that can be saved for this backup You can limit the number of recovery point sets to reduce the risk of filling up the hard drive with recovery points Each new recovery point set replaces the oldest set on your backup destination drive This option only appears if you are creating a recovery point set Note This option does not appear if you create a recovery point using the Back Up My Computer feature in Symantec Recovery Disk 66 Backing up entire drives Defining a drive based backup Table 6 3 Recovery point options continued Enable search engine support Select this option to let a search engine such as Google Desktop index all of the file names that are contained in each recovery point By indexing the file names you can then use your search engine to locate files you want to restore This option is for NTFS file systems only See About using a search engine to search recovery points on page 201 Note This option does not appear if you create a recovery point using the Back Up My Computer feature in Symantec Recovery Disk Include system and temporary files Select this option to include indexing support for o
205. the following m Click Browse locate and select a recovery point sv2i and then click Open m Ifyou select a network location type your network credentials See About network credentials on page 68 m Select each recovery point that you want to recover If necessary add change or remove recovery points from the list m Click Finish In the Find files to recover box type the whole name or partial name of a file or folder that you want to restore and then click Search For example type recipe to return any file or folder that includes the word recipe in its name such as Chocolate Cheesecake Recipes doc Cathy Read Recipes xls Recipes for Success mp3 and so forth In the Files to restore list select the files that you want to restore by using one of the following methods To select a single file Click the file once To select all files Press Ctrl A To select a group of files that are next to Click the top file press and hold Shift and each other then click the last file in the group To select a group of files that are not next Press and hold Ctrl while you select the to each other files that you want Recovering files folders or entire drives 163 Recovering files and folders using a recovery point 6 Click Recover Files 7 Inthe Recover My Files dialog box do one of the following m Click Original folders to have your files restored in the original folder where they existed when they were backed up
206. then click the last file in the group To select a group of files that are not next Press and hold Ctrl while you select the to each other files that you want Click Recover Files In the Recover My Files dialog box do one of the following m Click Original folders to restore your files to the same folder where they existed when they were backed up If you want to replace the original files select Overwrite existing files If you do not select this option a number is added to the file name The original file is untouched Caution The Overwrite existing files option replaces your original files or the files of the same names that are currently stored at that location with the files that you are restoring Recovering files folders or entire drives 161 Recovering files and folders using a recovery point m Click Recovered Files folder on the desktop to restore your files to a Recovered Files folder on your Windows desktop Norton Ghost creates this folder during the restore m Click Alternate folder and type the path to the location in which you want to restore your files Click Recover If you are prompted to replace the existing file click Yes if you are certain that the file that you are recovering is the file that you want Click OK Recovering files and folders using a recovery point You can also restore files or folders using recovery points provided you have defined and run a drive based backup To recov
207. tual conversion job Select this option default to run Windows Mini Setup when you restart the computer after recovery During recovery a text based answer file is generated that scripts the answers for a series of dialog boxes When the Mini Setup wizard starts it looks for this answer to automate the wizard For example the answer file by way of the wizard can automatically apply network card settings and other hardware and software settings on the computer Unlike Windows Welcome which can take up to 60 minutes or more to set up Windows Mini Setup takes about six minutes Specific information including accepting the End User License Agreement entering the Product Key user name and company name are automatically applied by Mini Setup which uses the answer file Deselect this option if you want any of the following to occur at the time of recovery instead m Run Windows Welcome instead Mini Setup m You do not want to change any of the configurable options for which the Mini Setup wizard changes for you at the time of recovery This ensures that the computer is recovered to its original state prior to recovery For more detailed information about Mini Setup you can perform a search for Mini Setup on the Microsoft Help and Support Web site 152 Managing backup destinations Defining a virtual conversion job Split virtual disk into multiple 2 GB Select this option if you want to split the vmdk files virtu
208. u need information about your system to help you run Symantec Recovery Disk See If driver validation fails on page 28 To test Symantec Recovery Disk 1 Runthe driver validation tool to test whether Symantec Recovery Disk works with the network cards and storage devices on the computer 2 Start your computer using the Symantec Recovery Disk CD See Starting a computer by using Symantec Recovery Disk on page 174 3 When you have started Symantec Recovery Disk do one of the following m If you want to store recovery points on a network run a mock restore of arecovery point that is stored on a network to test the network connection m Ifyou want to store recovery points on a computer run a mock restore of a recovery point that is stored locally to test the local hard drive connection If driver validation fails The driver validation test verifies whether the drivers for all storage devices and network cards in use by the computer are available in Symantec Recovery Disk If the drivers are available on the recovery disk you receive a validation message If any drivers are not included on the recovery disk the Driver Validation Results dialog box appears Ensuring the recovery of your computer 29 Creating a custom Symantec Recovery Disk CD Without access to the correct drivers a device cannot be used while you run Symantec Recovery Disk Therefore if the recovery points that are required for recovering your computer ar
209. u use Refresh Norton Ghost scans all attached hard disks for any configuration changes It also updates information on removable media media drives basic drives file systems and hard drive letters To rescan a computer s hard disks On the View menu click Refresh The Status Bar at the bottom of the product s window indicates when the scanning is taking place Monitoring backup protection from the Home page On the Home page the Backup Status pane provides a summary of the backup protection status of your computer For example if one or more drives are not included in a defined backup the background color and status icon changes to reflect the level of backup protection The Status Details pane provides recommendations on which actions you should take The following table describes each of the levels of backup protection that the Home page displays Table 10 1 Backup protection levels Backed up At least one drive based 7 backup is defined and it runs on a regular basis This status indicates that all drives files and folders can be fully recovered if necessary Table 10 1 Backup protection levels continued Monitoring the status of your backups Monitoring backup protection from the Home page 117 A Partially backed up A backup is defined but it is not scheduled or has not run for a long time This status can indicate that the existing recovery points are outdated It can also indicate t
210. um size in MB for each file For example if you plan to copy a recovery point to ZIP disks from your backup destination specify a file size of 100 MB or less according to the size of each ZIP disk Managing backup destinations 141 Running a one time virtual conversion Use password This option sets a password on the recovery point Passwords can include standard characters not extended characters or symbols Use characters with an ASCII value of 128 or lower A user must type this password before they can restore a backup or view the contents of the recovery point Use AES encryption You can encrypt your recovery point data to add another level of protection to your recovery points You can choose from the following encryption levels m Low 8 character password m Medium 16 character password m High 32 character password 11 Click OK 12 Click Next review the options that you selected and then click Finish After the recovery points are safely copied you can delete them from your computer See Deleting a recovery point set on page 138 Running a one time virtual conversion You can use Norton Ghost to convert recovery points of a physical computer to VMware Virtual Disk Microsoft Virtual Disk or a VMware ESX Server Virtual disks are excellent for testing and evaluation purposes The following platforms support virtual disks created from recovery points m VMware Workstation 4 5 and 6
211. up If slowing occurs you can reduce the speed of the back up to improve computer performance until you are finished working See Adjusting the speed of a backup on page 94 When a back up is finished After a back up finishes consider the following best practices Review the contents of recovery points and file and folder backup data Periodically review the contents of your recovery points to ensure that you back up only your essential data For file and folder backups click Recover My Files from either the Home or Tasks pages Then click Search to display the latest version of all the files that are included in your backup See About opening files and folders stored in a recovery point on page 163 54 Best practices for backing up your data Additional tips about backups Review the Status page to verify that backups have happened and to identify any potential problems Manage storage space by eliminating old backup data Review the level of protection that is provided for each of your computer s drives Maintain backup copies of your recovery points Periodically review the Status page You can also review the events log on the Advanced page The event log records events when they occur backups and any errors that might have occurred during or after a backup If you do not see the Advanced page tab click View gt Show Advanced Page Note Backup status and other messages are also conv
212. up of your SMTP server to ensure that it functions properly To enable email notifications for product event messages 1 In Norton Ghost on the menu bar click Tasks gt Options 2 Under Notifications click SMTP E mail Getting Started 47 Configuring Norton Ghost default options 3 Click the Select the priority and type of messages list and select the priority level at which an email should be sent All messages Send all messages regardless of priority levels Medium and high priority messages Send only medium and high priority messages High priority messages only Send only high priority messages No messages Do not send any messages regardless of priority levels 4 Select one or more of the following options m Errors m Warnings m Information 5 In the To address text box type the email address for example admin domain com where notifications are to be sent 6 Optionally type the email address of the sender in the From address text field If you do not specify a From address the name of the product is used 7 Inthe SMTP server text box type the path to the SMTP server that sends the email notification for example smtpserver domain com 8 From the SMTP Authentication drop down box select the method to use to authenticate to the specified SMTP server 9 Enter your SMTP user name and password If you are not sure what your user name and password are contact a system administrator 10 Click OK
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214. us of your backups 125 Improving the protection level of a drive To improve the protection level of a drive 1 On the Status page select a drive that requires attention from the Drives column 126 Monitoring the status of your backups Improving the protection level of a drive 2 In the Status section at the bottom of the page right click the backup you want to edit and then select one of the following menu items Run Backup Now Run Backup With Options Change Schedule Edit Settings Edit Offsite Remove Backup Job Disable Enable Backup Define New Backup Manage Backup Destination Customize Status Reporting Runs the selected backup job immediately Opens the Run Backup With Options dialog which lets you select the desired recovery point type Recovery point option types include Incremental recovery point Recovery point set and Independent recovery point Opens the Run When dialog so that you can edit the backup schedule Opens the Define Backup Wizard which lets you edit the backup definition This option takes you to the second page of the wizard Opens the Offsite Copy Settings dialog where you can edit or change settings for the Offsite Copy feature Deletes the backup that you have selected When you delete a backup only the backup definition is deleted The backup data is not deleted for example the recovery points or the file and folder backup data Turns on or turns off the
215. ve that contains your recovery points See Testing Symantec Recovery Disk on page 28 Chapter Getting Started This chapter includes the following topics About key product components How you use Norton Ghost Starting Norton Ghost Configuring Norton Ghost default options About key product components Norton Ghost includes two key components the program itself and the Symantec Recovery Disk CD Table 4 1 Key product components Norton Ghost program user interface The Norton Ghost program lets you define schedule and run backups of your computer When you run a backup recovery points of your computer are created which you can then use to recover your entire computer or individual drives files and folders You can also manage recovery point storage backup destination and monitor the backup status of your computer to make sure your valuable data is backed up on a regular basis 34 Getting Started How you use Norton Ghost Table 4 1 Key product components continued Symantec Recovery Disk CD The Symantec Recovery Disk CD is used to start your computer in the recovery environment If your computer s operating system fails use Symantec Recovery Disk to recover your system drive the drive where your operating system is installed Note Depending on which version of the product you have purchased Symantec Recovery Disk is either included on your product CD or as a separate CD You should pl
216. vironment at which point connection through RILO or DRAC will be lost As the Symantec recovery environment starts apcAnywhere thin host will automatically start unless this was disabled through the LightsOut Restore wizard 7 Use pcAnywhere to connect to the remote server pcAnywhere thin host 8 Through pcAnywhere use the recovery environment to restore individual files or entire partitions Starting the LightsOut Restore Wizard If you have not already licensed Norton Ghost the first time you run the LightsOut Restore wizard you will be prompted to install a license file or a product license key Starting the LightsOut Restore Wizard 1 From Windows click Start gt All Programs gt Symantec gt Norton Ghost 15 0 gt LightsOut Restore Setup 2 Ifthe product is not licensed the Install License File dialog appears Do one of the following m If you have a license file browse to its location m Ifyou have the serial number that came with Norton Ghost click Get License m Ifyou do not have a license file click Buy Now to purchase the product m If you received a product license key enter the key in the appropriate fields 3 Depending on which option you clicked in the previous step click Activate or click Later 4 You might be asked to specify the source location of a Symantec Recovery Disk You can use your Norton Ghost product CD Specify the location and then click Next 10 11 Recovering files
217. virtual disk file Option Restore original disk signature Restore master boot record Description Restores the original physical disk signature of the hard drive Disk signatures are part of all Windows operating systems that Norton Ghost supports Disk signatures are required to use the hard drive Select this option if either of the following situations are true m Your computer s drive letters are atypical for example assigned letters other than C D E and so forth m You restore a recovery point to anew empty hard disk Restores the master boot record The master boot record is contained in the first sector of a physical hard disk The master boot record consists of a master boot program and a partition table that describes the disk partitions The master boot program analyzes the partition table of the first physical hard disk to see which primary partition is active It then starts the boot program from the boot sector of the active partition This option is recommended only for advanced users and is available only if you restore a whole drive in the recovery environment Select this option if any of the following situations are true m You restore a recovery point to anew empty hard disk m You restore a recovery point to the original drive but the drive s partitions were modified since the recovery point was created m You suspect that a virus or some other problem has corrupted your drive s
218. wing m Type the name of the computer m Type the IP address of the computer If you are in a workgroup environment instead of a domain you must manually specify the computer name for the computer you want to manage by browsing to it by using the Browse button 3 If you don t know the name of the computer or its IP address click Browse and search for the computer you want to add and then click OK 4 Click OK to add the computer to the Computer List To add a local computer 1 On the Norton Ghost menu bar click Computers gt Add Local Computer 2 Click OK Backing up remote computers from your computer 103 Deploying the Norton Ghost Agent To remove a computer from the Computer List 1 On the Norton Ghost menu bar click Computers gt Edit List 2 Select the remote computer that you want to remove click the minus sign and then click OK Note Removing a computer from the Computer List does not uninstall the agent from the computer You must run your operating system s uninstall program Deploying the Norton Ghost Agent You can deploy the Norton Ghost Agent to the computers that are on the Computer List by using the Agent Deployment feature After you install the agent you can create backup jobs directly from Norton Ghost Note Because of increased security with Windows Vista you cannot deploy the Norton Ghost Agent to Windows Vista without making security configuration changes The same issue occurs when you at
219. wing the progress of a backup You can view the progress of a backup while it runs to determine how much time remains until the backup completes To view the progress of a backup While a backup is running on the View menu click Progress and Performance Compression levels for drive based backups During the creation of a recovery point compression results may vary depending on the types of files saved to the drive you are backing up The following table describes the available compression levels Table 6 8 Compression levels None Use this option if storage space is not an issue However if the backup is being saved to a busy network drive high compression may be faster than no compression because there is less data to write across the network Standard recommended This option uses low compression for a 40 percent average data compression ratio on recovery points This setting is the default Medium This option uses medium compression for a 45 precent average data compression ratio on recovery points Backing up entire drives 75 Running a one time backup from Norton Ghost Table 6 8 Compression levels continued High This option uses high compression for a 50 percent average data compression ratio on recovery points This setting is usually the slowest method When a high compression recovery point is created CPU usage might be higher than normal Other processes on the computer might also be s
220. y Configuration Tool to control which users on your computer can access and configure key features of Norton Ghost For example all users with Limited Windows accounts can run existing backup jobs but they cannot create new jobs or edit existing jobs However using the Security Configuration Tool you can grant administrative privileges to a Limited user account When you do that user has full access to Norton Ghost and can create edit delete and run backup jobs Note By default all users can run existing backup jobs But only users with administrative accounts can create edit or delete backup jobs To add users who can back up a computer 1 On the Windows taskbar click Start gt Programs gt Symantec Norton Ghost gt Security Configuration Tool On Windows Vista click Start gt All Programs gt Symantec gt Security Configuration Tool Click Add In the Enter the object names to select box type the names of the users or groups you want to add Click OK To delete users or groups select a user or group and then click Remove 6 Click OK to apply your changes and close the Security Configuration Tool Running and managing backup jobs 99 Adding users who can back up your computer To configure access rights for users or groups 1 On the Windows taskbar click Start gt Programs gt Symantec Norton Ghost gt Security Configuration Tool On Windows Vista and Windows 7 click Start gt All Program
221. y or a function key to start your computer s BIOS setup program 176 Recovering a computer How to prepare to recover a computer In the BIOS setup window select Boot Sequence and then press Enter Follow the on screen instructions to make the CD or DVD device be the first bootable device in the list 5 Put your Symantec Recovery Disk CD into the CD drive and then restart your computer Note Depending on which version of the product you have purchased Symantec Recovery Disk is either included on your product CD or as a separate CD You should place the CD containing Symantec Recovery Disk in a safe place Should you lose the CD you can create a new one if you have have a CD burner 6 Save the changes and exit the BIOS setup to restart the computer with the new settings 7 Press any key to start Symantec Recovery Disk When you start your computer with the Symantec Recovery Disk CD in the drive you will see a prompt telling you to Press any key to boot from CD If you do not press a key within five seconds your computer will attempt to start from the next bootable device listed in the BIOS Note Watch carefully as the computer starts If you miss the prompt the computer will need to be restarted again How to prepare to recover a computer You should scan your hard disk to check it for corrupted data or surface damage before recovering your computer You should scan your computer for viruses before you attem
222. y your recovery points to a remote FTP server as a secondary backup of your critical data The Options dialog box lets you configure basic FTP settings to help ensure that your recovery points are copied to your FTP server To configure default FTP settings for use with Offsite Copy 1 In Norton Ghost on the menu bar click Tasks gt Options 2 Under Destinations click Configure FTP 3 Refer to the following table when making changes Connection mode Passive Recommended Connection mode Active Limit connection attempts to Stop trying to connect after Default port Passive sometimes written PASV mode helps avoid conflicts with security systems This mode is necessary for some firewalls and routers because when using passive mode the FTP client opens the connection to an IP Address and port that the FTP server supplies Use active mode when connections or transfer attempts fail in passive mode or when you receive data socket errors When an FTP client connects using active mode the server opens a connection to an IP Address and port that the FTP client supplies Specify the number of times Norton Ghost tries to connect to an FTP server before giving up Norton Ghost can attempt a maximum of 100 times Specify the number of seconds Norton Ghost tries to connect to an FTP server before giving up You can specify up to 600 seconds 10 minutes Specify the port of the FTP server that is listening for a

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