To back up an open partition

1. On the navigation bar, click the arrow next to Backup.

2. Click New Backup Job.

3. In the Backup Selections pane, expand Enterprise Vault.

4. Expand a Directory on <Computer_name> that contains the partition you want to back up.

5. Do the following:

   To back up Enterprise Vault 7.x partitions	Do the following in the order listed: Expand an Enterprise Vault site that contains the server where the vault store partition that you want to back up resides. Expand the Enterprise Vault server that contains the open partition that you want to back up.
   To back up Enterprise Vault 8.x partitions	Do the following in the order listed: Expand an Enterprise Vault site that contains the vault store group where the vault store partition that you want to back up resides. Expand the vault store group. Expand the vault store that contains the open partition that you want to back up.

6. Expand a vault store that contains the partition that you want to back up.

7. Expand All Partitions.

8. Select Open Partitions.

   You must select the open partition that you want to back up from the backup selections view. You cannot select the open partition from the results pane.

   Backup Exec automatically includes the open partition&apos;s associated vault store database in the backup job when you select an open partition for backup.

9. In the task pane, under Settings, click Enterprise Vault.

10. Select a backup method.

    See About backup methods for Enterprise Vault backup jobs.

11. In the task pane, select other backup options as appropriate.

12. Do one of the following:

    To run the job now	Click Run Now.
    To schedule the job to run later	Do the following in the order listed: In the task pane, under Frequency, click Schedule. Set the scheduling options. See Scheduling jobs. Click Submit.