Adding a user-defined selection to the User-defined Selections node

You can set up direct access to a share by entering its Universal Naming Convention (UNC) path name or computer name, or a fully qualified computer name. The selections that you specify can be selected for backup operations from the User-defined Selections node.

Table: User-defined selection formats

Format type

Example

UNC name

\\mycomputer\shared\temp

Fully qualified computer name

\\mycomputer.domain.companyname.com\temp

See About using fully qualified computer names in backup selections.

To add a user-defined selection to the User-defined Selections node

  1. On the navigation bar, click Job Setup.

  2. Do one of the following:


    To work with a backup job that is associated with a policy

    In the Backup Selection Lists pane, click the backup job with which you want to work.

    To work with a backup job that is not associated with a policy

    In the Jobs pane, click the backup job with which you want to work.

  3. In the Task pane, under General Tasks, click Properties.

  4. On the backup selections tree, right-click User-defined Selections, and then click Manage User-defined Selections.

  5. In the Name box, type the server name and volume name, the computer name, or fully qualified computer name.

    You can provide TCP/IP addresses for user-defined selections, but Symantec does not recommended it. Backup Exec does not support user-defined selections for IP addresses in a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) environment.

  6. Click Add.

  7. When you are finished adding selections, click Close.

Adding a user-defined selection to the User-defined Selections node