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4.2.4 Backup location selection ............................................................................................................................. 57
4.2.5 Access credentials for archive location ........................................................................................................ 60
4.2.6 Backup schemes ............................................................................................................................................ 61
4.2.7 Archive validation .......................................................................................................................................... 70
4.2.8 Backup plan's credentials ............................................................................................................................. 71
4.2.9 Label (Preserving machine properties in a backup) .................................................................................... 71
4.2.10 Sequence of operations in a backup plan ................................................................................................... 73
4.2.11 Why is the program asking for the password? ........................................................................................... 73
4.3 Simplified naming of backup files ............................................................................................73
4.3.1 The [DATE] variable ....................................................................................................................................... 74
4.3.2 Backup splitting and simplified file naming ................................................................................................. 75
4.3.3 Usage examples ............................................................................................................................................. 75
4.4 Scheduling ................................................................................................................................78
4.4.1 Daily schedule ................................................................................................................................................ 80
4.4.2 Weekly schedule ........................................................................................................................................... 82
4.4.3 Monthly schedule .......................................................................................................................................... 84
4.4.4 On Windows Event Log event ...................................................................................................................... 86
4.4.5 Advanced scheduling settings ...................................................................................................................... 88
4.4.6 Conditions ...................................................................................................................................................... 89
4.5 Replication and retention of backups ......................................................................................92
4.5.1 Supported locations ...................................................................................................................................... 94
4.5.2 Setting up replication of backups ................................................................................................................. 95
4.5.3 Setting up retention of backups ................................................................................................................... 95
4.5.4 Retention rules for the Custom scheme ...................................................................................................... 96
4.5.5 Usage examples ............................................................................................................................................. 98
4.6 How to disable backup cataloging .........................................................................................101
4.7 Default backup options ..........................................................................................................101
4.7.1 Additional settings....................................................................................................................................... 103
4.7.2 Archive protection ....................................................................................................................................... 104
4.7.3 Backup cataloging ....................................................................................................................................... 105
4.7.4 Backup performance ................................................................................................................................... 106
4.7.5 Backup splitting ........................................................................................................................................... 107
4.7.6 Compression level ....................................................................................................................................... 108
4.7.7 Disaster recovery plan (DRP) ...................................................................................................................... 109
4.7.8 E-mail notifications ...................................................................................................................................... 110
4.7.9 Error handling .............................................................................................................................................. 111
4.7.10 Event tracing ................................................................................................................................................ 112
4.7.11 Fast incremental/differential backup ........................................................................................................ 113
4.7.12 File-level backup snapshot ......................................................................................................................... 113
4.7.13 File-level security ......................................................................................................................................... 114
4.7.14 LVM snapshotting ....................................................................................................................................... 114
4.7.15 Media components ..................................................................................................................................... 116
4.7.16 Mount points ............................................................................................................................................... 116
4.7.17 Multi-volume snapshot ............................................................................................................................... 117
4.7.18 Pre/Post commands .................................................................................................................................... 117
4.7.19 Pre/Post data capture commands ............................................................................................................. 119
4.7.20 Replication/cleanup inactivity time ........................................................................................................... 121
4.7.21 Sector-by-sector backup ............................................................................................................................. 121
4.7.22 Tape management ...................................................................................................................................... 121
4.7.23 Task failure handling ................................................................................................................................... 123
4.7.24 Task start conditions ................................................................................................................................... 124
4.7.25 Volume Shadow Copy Service .................................................................................................................... 125
