Adding a user-defined selection to the User-defined Selections node

You can set up direct access to a share by entering its Universal Naming Convention (UNC) path name or computer name, or a fully qualified computer name.

Table: User-defined selection formats

Format type	Example
UNC name	\\mycomputer\shared\temp
Fully qualified computer name	\\mycomputer.domain.companyname.com\temp

See About using fully qualified computer names in backup selections.

To add a user-defined selection to the User-defined Selections node

On the navigation bar, click the arrow next to Backup.
Click New Backup Job.
Right-click User-defined Selections, and then click Manage User-defined Selections.
In the Name box, type the server name and volume name, the computer name, or fully qualified computer name.

You can provide TCP/IP addresses for user-defined selections, but Symantec does not recommended it. Backup Exec does not support user-defined selections for IP addresses in a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) environment.
Click Add.
When you are finished adding selections, click Close.

The selections that you specify can be selected for backup operations from the User-defined Selections node.