CTERA Agent Sync Edition for Windows

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Quick Walkthrough

CTERA Agent Sync

Edition for Windows

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CTERA Agent Sync Edition for Windows Quick Walkthrough 2

Tip

For more detailed information, refer to the CTERA Agent Users Guide, available at

http://www.ctera.com/support/. 1 In the CTERA Portal, click Install Agent.

The CTERA Agent Setup Wizard opens, displaying the CTERA Agent Setup Wizard screen.

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Install CTERA Agent for Windows

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2 Click Next.

The License Agreement dialog box appears.

3 Choose I Agree. 4 Click Next.

The Select Installation Folder dialog box appears.

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The Confirm Installation screen appears.

7 Click Next.

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The Installation Complete screen appears.

8 Click Close.

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CTERA Agent Sync Edition for Windows Quick Walkthrough 6 1 Click the CTERA Agent tray icon in the notification area of the Windows taskbar.

Tip

In Windows 7, the CTERA Agent tray icon may be hidden. In this case, click on the white arrow in the notification area of the taskbar to reveal hidden icons:

The Sign In window opens.

2 In the Server field, type the CTERA Portal's DNS name.

3 In the Username and Password fields, type you user name and password for accessing the CTERA Portal.

4 Click Sign in.

The CTERA Agent tray icon changes to , and the Backup Disabled screen opens.

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Connect the CTERA Agent to the CTERA Portal

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A shortcut to the cloud drive folder is automatically created on your desktop . The contents of your cloud drive's myfiles folder will now be synchronized

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CTERA Agent Sync Edition for Windows Quick Walkthrough 8 1 Double-click on the Cloud Drive shortcut on your desktop .

Windows Explorer opens displaying the contents of the cloud drive.

2 Right-click anywhere in the cloud drive folder, and click CTERA Agent > Browse folder

online.

3 If prompted to do so, log in to your CTERA Portal account.

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Browse the Cloud Drive Folder Online

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CTERA Agent Sync Edition for Windows Quick Walkthrough 10 You can share files and folders in your cloud drive folder with other people, both inside and outside your network, by sending them a guest invitation for the desired files/folders. 1 Double-click on the Cloud Drive shortcut on your desktop .

Windows Explorer opens displaying the contents of the cloud drive.

2 Right-click in the desired folder or a file/folder in it, and click CTERA backup > Invite

guest.

The CTERA Portal opens in your browser displaying the Cloud Drive tab. The Invite Guest dialog box opens.

3 Do one of the following:

To grant the invitation recipient read-only access to the file/folder, choose Invite

viewer.

To grant the invitation recipient read-write access to the file/folder, choose Invite

collaborator.

4 Click Invite.

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Send Guest Invitations for Cloud Drive Files and Folders

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The Send Invitation dialog box appears with the content of the guest invitation.

5 Click Send by mail.

Your email client opens a new message containing the invitation.

6 In the To field, fill in the email address of the person with whom you want to share the file/folder.

7 Click Send.

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CTERA Agent Sync Edition for Windows Quick Walkthrough 12 If the CTERA Portal is a team portal, you can easily share files and folders with fellow workers, by defining a collaboration project and inviting co-workers to join the project as project

members.

1 Double-click on the Cloud Drive shortcut on your desktop . Windows Explorer opens displaying the contents of the cloud drive.

2 Right-click on a blank spot, then click Create a new Project in the popup menu that appears.

The CTERA Portal opens in your browser displaying the Cloud Drive tab. The Collaboration Project Details dialog box opens.

3 In the Project Name field, type a name for the project.

4 (Optional) In the Description field, type a description of the project. 5 To add a project member, do the following:

a In the Local Users drop-down list, select one of the following:

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Manage Collaboration Projects

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Local Users. Search the users defined locally on the CTERA appliance.

Local Groups. Search the user groups defined locally on the CTERA appliance.

b In the Quick Search field, type a string that appears anywhere within the name of the user or user group you want to add, then click .

A table of users or user groups matching the search string appears.

c Select the desired user or user group in the table, then click Add. The user or user group appears in the Project Member list.

6 In the project member's row, click the Permission field, and select the desired permissions for the member (Read/Write, Read Only, or None).

7 To delete a project member, click in the desired project member's row. 8 Click Save.