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29 Deploying Symantec Backup Exec 2014 with Dell PS Series Arrays | TR1057
8 Creating an off-host backup job for NTFS volume(s)
To back up an NTFS volume to disk using VSS, follow these steps on the backup server:
1. In the Backup Exec tool bar, click the Backup and Restore tab, and then in the selection pane,
right click the server to backup and choose Backup to Disk (Figure 18).
Note: If this volume(s) is on a virtual machine, Backup Exec presents a warning that the recommended
method for backing up a virtual machine is to select it from the virtual host view in order to use GRT.
However, if you are backing up application data such as Exchange or SharePoint on iSCSI in the guest
volumes, then you can safely ignore that warning. All data in this paper is stored on Dell PS Series arrays
and presented as iSCSI volume(s) to the respective virtual machine(s). In this case, GRT will work with the
volumes as noted in this paper.
Figure 18 Backup job properties - selecting an NTFS file system
2. Specify the file system to back up. Under Backup Definition Properties in the left-most panel, to
the right of Test/Edit Credentials, click Edit (Figure 19). The Backup Selections window appears
(Figure 20). To backup data on any backup client that is running an agent, expand Resources and
then expand a client to display all available remote objects. Select the NTFS objects to back up,
then click OK.