User Manual

BACKING UP AND RETRIEVING FILES
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MY CLOUD EX2 ULTRA PRIVATE CLOUD STORAGE
USER MANUAL
7. Click Next.
8. Enter the following information, and then click Next:
Type Select one of the following options:
• Upload: Backs up your My Cloud EX2 Ultra data to your
Amazon S3 bucket.
• Download: Backs up your
Amazon S3 bucket to your My
Cloud EX2 Ultra device.
Backup Type From the drop-down menu, select the type of backup you’d like to
perform. Options include:
• Overwriting existing file(s): Overwrites files in the target
folder that have the identical name as your source file.
• Full Backup: Creates a separate folder containing all of the
backup data each time the backup is performed.
• Incremental Backup: Overwrites files with source files that are
newer then the target files.
9. In the Local Path field, enter a path for your backup on your My Cloud EX2 Ultra
server.
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Click Browse to browse to a location for your backup on the device.
(Example Volume_1/backup)
10. Click the toggle button
to activate the Autoupdate feature. This automatically
updates your backup based on a schedule you create.
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If you activate the Autoupdate feature:
- Select the Autoupdate schedule: Daily, Weekly, or Monthly
- Select the Autoupdate Time from the drop-down menu (Daily option).
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Select Autoupdate Date and Time from the drop-down menus (Weekly or
Monthly option).
11. If you don’t select Autoupdate, in the Backup Now field, indicate whether you want to
begin the backup now
.
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Select Yes to begin your backup now.
12. Click Next.
13. Review your settings, and then click Finish.
Your Amazon S3 Cloud backup is
created. The new job displays in the Amazon S3 Queue section of the Amazon S3
Backup page.
14. Access your Amazon S3 Cloud backup bucket to view your device backups.