![]() When it comes time to restore these files we highly recommend that you only restore the necessary files. Copy the contents of this folder to a newly created folder on your backup drive.ĭ. Click on Go to view the contents of this folder.Ĭ. In the Finder, click on the Go menu, then select Go to Folder.ī. Restoring should only be done by an advanced user.Ī. Backing up these files may require special permissions. For example, if you created a custom dictionary, added special fonts, use Apple's Calendar app, installed a personal licensed application, etc, you may want to back up your user Library folder. The user's Library folder is hidden but may contain custom files that you need. An optional backup is your user Library folder. Allow time for all your files to completely transfer from your laptop to your backup drive. As an alternative, you can also backup most files to your Google Drive.ģ. Copy (drag and drop) the contents of your Home folder to a backup folder on your external hard drive. In the Finder window, click on the Go menu, then select Home.Ģ. However, if I run the backup job to Cloud device with Run As as “Johnny.Backing up your data is important! Do it often! Here's how: Since the client is running on a DC, I can’t test Local Admin. ![]() Performing the same backup to local drive E:\Test\ will complete all folders successfully while the job is running as either Domain Admin or Logged in User. ![]() “Warning: The following file could not be backed up at this time: \\Ex-Machina\Redirected\Joh.F2\Photos\Images\Image1.PNG “Warning: The following file could not be backed up at this time: \\Ex-Machina\Redirected\Jon.F2\Desktop\test.txt “Warning: The following file could not be backed up at this time: \\Ex-Machina\Redirected\Johnny.Rocket\Photos\Images\Image1.PNG “Warning: The following file could not be backed up at this time: \\Ex-Machina\Redirected\Johnny.Rocket\Desktop\test.txt The errors will show in the backup log as: The Domain Admin can enter the various redirected user’s folders they just can’t access any sub-folders. It seems to be because both Local System and Domain Admin cannot get access to the folder structure via Win Explorer, as the Domain Admin even gets permission denied accessing any of the sub-folder under those users by default, even just to read the contents. Microsoft article on how to setup and deploy Folder Redirection is here: Įxample GPO for folder redirection, which shows the issue with backup to xSP Storage Server device for Redirected Folders, here: If only the redirected Users folders (other than Administrator user’s folder if that is part of the redirected folder set, in my case it is but in the customer’s case probably is not) are selected for backup, like E:\Shares\Redirected\, the backup job will complete successfully with all files backed up. The backup will show completed with Warnings in this case, but only the Administrator’s redirected files will transfer. When it comes to backing up redirected Shares folder, if “Administrator” is one of the users that has his folders redirected, like for Desktop/Documents/Photos, then those files will complete the backup, however none of the other users’ redirected folders will be able to backup to the same Cloud device.
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