Contents

1. What's New
   • Retrospect Management Console
   • Storage Groups
   • Deployment Tools
   • Real-Time Monitoring - Free
   • Access Anywhere - Free
   • Every Retrospect Edition - Free
   • Dashboard Aggregation - Add-on
   • Organization Drilldown - Add-on
   • Distributed Management - Add-on
   • Office 365
   • VMware vCenter/ESXi 6.7
   • Hyper-V 2019
   • Windows Server 2019
   • Exchange 2019
   • Latest Platform Support
   • Cloud Storage Certifications
   • macOS Support Updates
   • Bug Fixes
   • Bug Fixes
2. Getting Started
   • Overview of Retrospect
   • Requirements
   • Creating a Retrospect User Account
   • Installing Retrospect
   • Using Retrospect
   • Using Windows 8, 7, Vista, Server 2012 and Server 2008
   • Upgrading from a previous version of Retrospect
   • Retrospect Updates
3. Fundamentals
   • How Retrospect Works
   • Progressive Backup
   • Backup Sets and Their Components
   • Backup Actions
   • Catalog Files
   • Snapshots
   • Retrospect and Clients
   • High-level Dashboard
4. Hardware
   • Hardware Overview
   • Communication Technologies
   • Seeing Your Backup Devices
   • CD/DVD Drives
   • Removable Disk Drives
   • Hard Disk Drives
   • Tape Drives
   • Tape Libraries
   • Removable Storage Manager
   • Media Longevity and Storage
   • Multiple Backup Drives
   • Network Attached Storage (NAS) Devices
5. Immediate Operations
   • Backup
   • Archive
   • Restore
   • Duplicate
   • Transfer Backup Sets
   • Transfer Snapshots
   • Controlling Immediate Operations
6. Automated Operations
   • Overview of Scripts
   • Creating Scripts
   • Scripted Backup
   • Scripted Duplicate
   • Scripted Archive
   • Scripted Restore
   • Scripted Backup Set Transfer
   • Scripted Snapshot Transfer
   • Scripted Grooming
   • Scripted Verification
   • Scheduling Scripts
   • Saving Scripts
   • Testing Scripts
   • Executing Scripts
   • Controlling Scripts
   • Proactive Backup Scripts
7. Controlling Operations
   • Controlling Operations Overview
   • Stop Button
   • Activity Monitor
   • Media Request Window
   • Multiple Concurrent Executions
8. Networked Clients
   • Networked Clients Overview
   • Installing Clients
   • Working with Clients
   • Updating Clients
   • Uninstalling a Client and Its Software
   • Advanced Networking
   • New Retrospect Client software
   • User-initiated backups and restores
   • Locking client features and preferences
   • Backing up Clients
   • Working with Windows Clients
   • Working with Mac OS Clients
   • Working with UNIX Clients
   • File System Conversions
   • Microsoft Networking Volumes
   • Network Backup Guidelines
9. Disaster Recovery
   • Creating a Retrospect Emergency Recovery Disc
   • Using the Retrospect Emergency Recovery Disc
   • Making your system bootable on different hardware
10. Management
    • Backup Strategies
    • Log and Reports
    • Execution Options
    • Managing Backup Sets
    • Maintaining Scripts
    • Retrospect Preferences
    • Moving Retrospect
    • Catalog and Configuration Backups
    • Working with File Servers
    • Working with Open Files
    • Terminal Services and Remote Desktop
11. Tools
    • Working with Volumes
    • Browsing
    • Using Selectors
    • Maintenance and Repair
    • External Scripting
12. Problems and Solutions
    • Tips and late-breaking information
    • Troubleshooting
    • Common Questions
    • Retrospect Error Messages
    • Retrospect Error Numbers
    • Retrospect Client Errors
    • Retrospect Support

Appendices

1. Block Level Incremental Backup
   • Overview
   • Storage Savings
   • Usage
   • Logging
   • Options
   • Backward Compatibility
   • Technical Details
2. SQL Server Agent
   • What's New
   • Security
   • Installation
   • General Use
   • Backing Up
   • Database Backup History
   • Restoring
   • Disaster Recovery
3. Exchange Server Agent
   • What's New
   • Security
   • Installation
   • General Use
   • Backing Up
   • Database Backup History
   • Restoring
   • Disaster Recovery
4. VMware Host Server Add-on
   • Introduction
   • To Back up VMware Virtual Machines
   • Restoring from VMware Backups
5. Instant Scan
6. Retrospect for iOS
7. Protecting virtual machines with VMware Consolidated Backup
   • Requirements
   • Configuring VCB for backups
   • Configuring Retrospect and Backing Up
8. Legacy Client
   • Client Preferences
   • Access Master Control
   • General Preferences
   • Notification Preferences
   • Priority Preference
   • Access Restrictions Preferences
   • Influencing Proactive Backups
   • Scheduling from a Client
   • Deferring Execution
   • Client User Preferences
   • Access Master Control
   • General Preferences
   • Notification Preferences
   • Controlling Proactive Backups
9. Glossary
10. Release Notes