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wwdinc · 2022-10-08 19:12:36

In my home office, I have two workstations: one, I did an “Entire Machine Backup,” and the other, I did a “Backup files to my IDrive account.” My question: Can I use Continuous Data Protection in “real-time” after these backups to keep both desktop computers in sync? If not CDP, what are my options? Thanks

SteveA · 2022-10-09 00:34:04

CDP will only capture files smaller than 500MB. To ensure you backup everything regularly schedule a daily backup.

I'm not sure if (or how) CDP works with Entire Machine type backups.

wwdinc · 2022-10-09 01:02:59

Thanks for the information. So should I schedule a backup on both computers since the primary backup methods have been done on each machine?

SteveA · 2022-10-09 14:56:40

Yes.

I think you schedule Entire Machine backups through the Clone/Computer Backup button like you did for the initial backup.

In fact, if you look in the Scheduler / view and manage all scheduled jobs menu in the IDrive client, you may find your initial backups in there and all you'll need to do is set up the days and start times.

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