Creating a backup control group

You can use the New Backup Control Group wizard to create a new backup control group that is tailored to your needs.

To access the wizard follow these steps:
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  1. Select Backup, Recovery, and Media Services > Backup Control Groups > New action item.
  2. Follow the wizard to create a new backup control group.
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The wizard gives you the following options for creating your backup control groups:

Table 1. Backup control group options
Option Description
Back up all system and user data Enables you to do a full system backup of all user and IBM-supplied data. Printer output is not included in this backup.
Back up all user data Enables you to back up the data that belongs to users on your system, such as user profiles, user libraries, folders, configuration data, security data, and objects in directories.
Back up Lotus® server data online or a customized set of objects Enables you to do online and incremental online backups of Lotus servers (such as Domino® and QuickPlace) or choose the items that you would like to back up.

Start of changeWhen you finish creating the control group, you can run the control group or schedule it to run later. If you want to modify the control group later, you can do that by editing the properties of the control group. Many customization options are available in the properties of the control group that are not available in the New Backup Control Group wizard. To access the control group properties, select Properties action item on the control group.End of change