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Backup To Local Device

Overview

StoreGrid Local Backup is a useful feature to to a local external drive connected to the client machine and the external drive.

How to get here in the StoreGrid Web Console?

For Server:
  In the top menu, select: "Server Admin->Group Management" and click on the "Local To Remote Server Migration" icon on the left hand side.

For Client:
  In the top menu, select: "Administration->Advanced Options" and click on the "Local To Remote Server Migration" icon in the left hand side.

Local to Remote Server Migration

  1. Configure a backup schedule in the StoreGrid client system. Log into client’s StoreGrid web console page and select ‘Backup -> Add Backup Schedule' from the top menu. ‘Add Backup Schedule’ link will take you to ‘Create a new Backup Schedule’ page.

  2. Select the ‘Backup Type’ as ‘Same Machine’ in Step 3 and enter the external drive location for the ‘Local Backup Location’. After entering all the other backup details, save the backup schedule.


  3. Run the backup, check the progress and make sure the backup runs to completion.

  4. When the backup is complete, if you disconnect a removable drive, suspend the backup schedule.

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