Creating an initial backup set
You can use the Initial Backup option in any backup sets on which backup has never been performed. Before you can use the Initial Backup option, at least one Initial Backup path must have already been configured.
NOTE: Each Initial Backup Path should be assigned to backup sets from only one DS-Client.
1. Access the Initial Backup option in one of two ways:
• When creating a new backup set using the New Backup Set Wizard:
a) On the Sets menu, click New Backup Set.
b) In the New Backup Set Wizard, proceed through the selection of backup set kind, backup source location, backup set items, and backup item options.
c) In the Specify backup set options page, select Initial Backup.
The Initial Backup Settings dialog box appears.
• In the Backup Set Properties of an existing backup set on which backup has never been performed:
a) In the Backup Set tree, browse and select an existing backup set on which backup has never been performed.
b) On the Sets menu, point to Backup Sets, and then click Properties.
c) In the Backup Set Properties dialog box, click the Options tab.
d) Select Initial Backup.
The Initial Backup Settings dialog box appears.
2. In the Initial Backup Settings dialog box, select the Initial Backup path for this backup set, and then click OK.
NOTE: Each initial backup path should be assigned only to backup sets that are from the same DS-Client. Do not assign the same path to backup sets from multiple DS‑Clients.
After being assigned to the backup sets of one specific DS-Client, an Initial Backup path is also called the Initial Backup buffer of that DS-Client.
3. If you are in the New Backup Set Wizard, click OK.
If you are in the Options tab of Backup Set Properties dialog box, click Apply, and then click OK.
The initial backup data is placed in the initial backup path, or initial backup buffer, assigned to the backup set(s).