Manually Managing Backups

You can manually start, stop, suspend and unsuspend backups. Suspending backups suspends any currently running local backup and all scheduled automatic local backups.

To manually start a backup:

1. Click the CTERA Agent tray icon, .
   The CTERA Agent window is displayed.
2. Click Backup now.

To manually stop a backup:

1. Click the CTERA Agent tray icon, .
   The CTERA Agent window is displayed.
2. Click Cancel.

The current backup operation is stopped.

To suspend backups:

• Either:
  Right-click the CTERA Agent tray icon, , and select Suspend Backup.
  Or,
  In the CTERA Agent window, click to the right of Restore.
  Or,
  1. Open CTERA Agent Settings window.
  2. Click Main > Cloud Backup in the navigation pane.
     The Cloud Backup Control Panel page is displayed.
  3. Click Suspend.

If a backup is currently running, it is paused. All future automatic backups for the CTERA Agent are suspended.

To resume backups:

• Either:
  Right-click the CTERA Agent tray icon, , and select Unsuspend Backup.
  Or,
  In the CTERA Agent window, click to the right of Restore.
  Or,
  1. Open CTERA Agent Settings window.
  2. Click Main > Cloud Backup in the navigation pane.
     The Cloud Backup Control Panel page is displayed.
  3. Click Unsuspend.

Backups resumes.