New: Retrospect 20.0.1

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Contents

What's New
- Retrospect Novus
- Latest Improvements and Fixes
Quick Start Guide
- First Launch Experience
- Backup
- Restore
Getting Started
- Overview of Retrospect
- Requirements
- Creating a Retrospect User Account
- Installing Retrospect
- Installing the Retrospect Novus Interface
- Using Retrospect
- Using Retrospect Novus
- Interactions
- Upgrading from a previous version of Retrospect
- Security and Encryption
Fundamentals
- How Retrospect Works
- Progressive Backup
- Backup Sets and Their Components
- Storage Groups
- Backup Actions
- Catalog Files
- Snapshots
- Retrospect and Clients
- Retrospect Dashboard
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
Immediate Operations
- Backup
- Archive
- Restore
- Duplicate (Replication)
- Transfer Backup Sets
- Transfer Snapshots
- Controlling Immediate Operations
Automated Operations
- Overview of Scripts
- Creating Scripts
- Scripted Backup
- Scripted Duplicate (Replications)
- 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
- ProactiveAI Backup
Controlling Operations
- Controlling Operations Overview
- Stop Button
- Activity Monitor
- Media Request Window
- Multiple Concurrent Executions
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
- To customize these default preferences for an individual client:
- 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
Cloud Backup
- Amazon S3 Account Setup Guide
- Storage Setup Guide
- Choosing a Storage Class
- Simple Access Setup Guide
- Advanced Access Setup Guide
- Information for Retrospect
- Adding Cloud Storage in Retrospect
- Using Cloud Storage in Retrospect
- Throttling Cloud Backups in Retrospect
- General Tips
Retrospect Cloud Storage
- Overview
- Tiers
- Setup
Cloud Data Protection
- Information for Retrospect
- Step-by-Step Guide
- Account Setup Guide
- Storage Setup Guide
Cloud Deployment
- Account Setup
- Instance Setup
- Remote Backup
- Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
Ransomware Protection
- Overview
- Step-by-Step Guide
- Technical Details
Anomaly Detection
- Overview
- Detecting Anomalies
- Step-by-Step Setup Guide
Security Reporting
- Reporting Functionality
- Geo Tracking Endpoints
Disaster recovery
- Creating a Retrospect Emergency Recovery Disc
- Using the Retrospect Emergency Recovery Disc
- Recovery to Different Hardware
Management
- Backup Strategies
- Log and Reports
- Managing 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
Tools
- Working with Volumes
- Browsing
- Using Selectors
- Maintenance and Repair
- External Scripting
Problems and Solutions
- Tips and late-breaking information
- Troubleshooting
- Common Questions
- Retrospect Error Messages
- Retrospect Error Numbers
- Retrospect Client Errors
- Retrospect Support

Appendices

Documentation
Retrospect Backup 20 for Windows User's Guide
Release Notes
PDF

Release Notes

To see the list of improvements and fixes in the latest release, please refer to the Release Notes.