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Moving Local Backups to a New Folder

  • This article is for Windows only

It is sometimes necessary to move local backups from one location to another on disk. Within the backup set configuration page, navigate to the Local Backup Location section to view various options for updating your local backup location. This will ensure that Carbonite Safe Server Backup can locate, manage, and restore local backups after they have been moved.

If local backups have been moved manually in Windows Explorer, you can also use this function to update the location in CSSB. If moving data to or saving backups to an external or network location, all requirements for backup must be met. Please refer to How to Use External or Mapped Network Drives with CSSB and How to Use a NAS Device with CSSB for more information.

Please choose the option that best suits your situation:

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Moving Existing and Future Local Backups to a New Location

To move local backups to a new location, follow these steps:

  1. On the backup set configuration page, click Edit Backup Set.
  2. Navigate to the Local Backup Location section and click Edit.
Edit Backup Location
  1. A Change Backup Location window will appear.
Change Location
  1. Browse to a new folder location for your local backups, and select the radio button for Move existing and future local backups to a new location. Click Change Location to proceed.
New Location
The local storage setting for the selected backup set will be updated automatically when the Change Location operation ends. Future local backups for the backup set will be saved to the new folder selected in this step.
  1. A progress bar will appear displaying the progress of the move.
  2. Once the move operation has completed, a success message will appear with a reminder that the local backup folder has been updated. Click OK to close the window.
Move Complete
I Want to Save Future Backups to a New Location

To save future backups to a new location without moving existing backups, follow these steps:

NOTE: This option is not available for BMI backups.

  1. On the backup set configuration page, click Edit Backup Set. Navigate to the Local Backup Location section and click Edit.
Edit Backup Location
  1. A Change Backup Location window will appear.
Change Location
  1. Browse to a new folder location for your local backups, and select the radio button for Save future backups to a new location (do not move existing backups). Click Change Location to proceed.
New Location
Future local backups for the backup set will be saved to the folder selected in this step.
  1. A progress bar will appear displaying the progress of the move.
  2. Once the move operation has completed, a success message will appear with a reminder that the local backup folder has been updated. Click OK to close the window.
Move Complete
I Manually Moved my Local Backups

To update the backup location in CSSB after manually moving them in Windows Explorer, follow these steps:

  1. On the backup set configuration page, click Edit Backup Set.
  2. Navigate to the Local Backup Location section and click Edit.
Edit Backup Location
  1. A Change Backup Location window will appear.
Change Location
  1. Browse to the backup location where you moved your local backups, and select the radio button for Update the backup location (I already moved my local backups manually). Click Change Location to proceed.
Update Location
Future local backups for the backup set will be saved to the folder selected in this step.
  1. A progress bar will appear displaying the progress of the move.
  2. Once the move operation has completed, a success message will appear with a reminder that the local backup folder has been updated. Click OK to close the window.
Move Complete
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