Take ownership of a backup set – SAFE Backup

You will need to do this when replacing (or renaming) and machine with anther, the software needs to know that the set now needs to run on another machine.

Login to the backup client, select “Backup Sets” and select the backup set you wish to take ownership of.

Note: If the Windows creds have changed on the new machine you may need to update then on the “General” page before you can continue.

Select “Backup Schedule” on the left.

And turn the schedule “on” via the toggle.

You will then have to confirm on the message to take ownership.

And you will see the schedule is now on, running from this machine.

Be sure to press “Save”.

It is always worth checking that the new sources match the old ones - a guide for this is here – any sources that show in red mean they are no longer there.

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