User guide

NOTE: Power management features require the Power Manager plug-in. For more information about using

power management, see the Power Manager Plug-in help.

To add the task:

1. Click the System tab.

2. Click Tasks in the top navigation bar. The Tasks window will open.

3. Click Add. The Add Task Wizard will appear.

4. Select Backup Power Manager database from the drop-down menu. Type a 1-64 character

name for the task.

5. Select a time to run the task, then click Next. See Specifying when to run tasks on page

364.

6. The Specify Power Manager Database Backup Properties window will open.

a. Type the directory location in which to create the backup file, which may be a

physical local drive on the DSView 3 server or a shared network location specified by

a UNC (Universal Naming Convention) path. The Location field cannot be set to a

mapped network drive. The directory name must be entered in case sensitive text if

your operating system supports case sensitive filenames.

b. If the specified directory location is a network path that requires a login, enable the

password and confirm the password of a user account that has read/write access to the

network share location.

c. To encrypt the created system backup file, enable the Encrypt Backup File checkbox,

then type a password to lock and unlock the encrypted file.

d. To append the date and time (in military time) to the end of the system backup

filename, enable the Use date and time for file naming checkbox. For example, if you

are creating the backup file on October 1, 2005 at 10:04 pm, the file created will be

named dsviewBackup1001052204.zip.

If a backup file already exists in the specified directory and the Use date and

time for file naming option is not enabled, the existing backup file will be

overwritten when the new backup file is created.

7. Click Finish.

Task: Restore Power Manager database

This task restores the Power Manager database using the backup file created with Task: Backup

Power Manager database on page 380. The backup file contains everything necessary to fully

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