{"id":2114,"date":"2013-06-21T01:00:13","date_gmt":"2013-06-21T01:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/blog\/?p=2114"},"modified":"2019-11-19T23:27:18","modified_gmt":"2019-11-19T23:27:18","slug":"using-the-data-container","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/blog\/using-the-data-container","title":{"rendered":"Using the new Data Container"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/blog\/releases\/using-the-data-container\/attachment\/blog-image-design-template-4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2143\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2143\" title=\"Blog image design template\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/06\/Blog-image-design-template2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/06\/Blog-image-design-template2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/06\/Blog-image-design-template2-300x117.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve looked at how Data containers add flexibility to System Protection backups, by providing restore points from incremental backups and making the backups more portable. Now we would like to tell you about another advantage \u2013 ease of use.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Creating a <a title=\"System Protection\" href=\"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/support\/en\/backupassist\/backup\/system-protection.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">System Protection<\/a> backup job is already easy using BackupAssist\u2019s wizard. Each step guides you through the process, and two of those steps are used to create a <a title=\"Data container\" href=\"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/support\/en\/references\/data-containers.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Data container<\/a>. All you do is enable the container in the <em>Destination media<\/em> step and configure it in the <em>Set up destination<\/em> step.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Destination media<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This part is simple. You put a tick in the <em>Enable Data container<\/em> box.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-14577 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/06\/data-container.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"949\" height=\"695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/06\/data-container.png 949w, https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/06\/data-container-300x220.png 300w, https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/06\/data-container-768x562.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 949px) 100vw, 949px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Set up destination<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All you do in this step is say where you want the Data container to go and how big you want it to be.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Selecting where you want the container to go is easy \u2013 just enter the path into the field provided. The Data container will be automatically created at that location the first time the backup job runs.<\/li>\n<li>Set the size of the Data container using the <em>Container size<\/em> up and down arrows \u2013 or \u2013 select <em>Use all available space<\/em> and all available space on the destination device will be used, up to 2TB.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>By default, <em>RDX<\/em> and <em>External disk<\/em> destinations will have <em>Use all available<\/em> <em>space<\/em> selected.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s all you have to do to create a Data container. BackupAssist will automatically mount the Data container each time the backup job runs and put the backups inside it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Want to do a restore?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Easy \u2013 the Data container is mounted automatically. Nothing changes for you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Need to perform a recovery<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p>No problem. During the backup selection step, RecoverAssist has a button called <em>Search for Backup in a Container<\/em>. Click the button, browse to the location of the Data container and RecoverAssist will mount it for you. Nothing else changes.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/blog\/releases\/using-the-data-container\/attachment\/vhd-container-section\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2137\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2137\" title=\"vhd-container-section\" src=\"http:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/vhd-container-section-700x213.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"192\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It would be great to go on and explain more about setting up and configuring a Data container, but this is all you have to do. You tick the box, enter the location and set the size, and the BackupAssist Data container is good to go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve looked at how Data containers add flexibility to System Protection backups, by providing restore points from incremental backups and making the backups more portable. 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