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4.2.5 Access credentials for archive location ........................................................................................................ 40
4.2.6 Backup schemes ............................................................................................................................................ 40
4.2.7 Archive validation .......................................................................................................................................... 50
4.2.8 Backup plan's credentials ............................................................................................................................. 50
4.2.9 Label (Preserving machine properties in a backup) .................................................................................... 51
4.2.10 Sequence of operations in a backup plan ................................................................................................... 52
4.2.11 Why is the program asking for the password? ........................................................................................... 53
4.3 Simplified naming of backup files ............................................................................................53
4.3.1 The [DATE] variable ....................................................................................................................................... 54
4.3.2 Backup splitting and simplified file naming ................................................................................................. 55
4.3.3 Usage examples ............................................................................................................................................. 55
4.4 Scheduling ................................................................................................................................58
4.4.1 Daily schedule ................................................................................................................................................ 59
4.4.2 Weekly schedule ........................................................................................................................................... 61
4.4.3 Monthly schedule .......................................................................................................................................... 63
4.4.4 On Windows Event Log event ...................................................................................................................... 65
4.4.5 Conditions ...................................................................................................................................................... 67
4.5 Replication and retention of backups ......................................................................................70
4.5.1 Supported locations ...................................................................................................................................... 71
4.5.2 Setting up replication of backups ................................................................................................................. 72
4.5.3 Setting up retention of backups ................................................................................................................... 72
4.5.4 Retention rules for the Custom scheme ...................................................................................................... 73
4.5.5 Usage examples ............................................................................................................................................. 75
4.6 How to disable backup cataloging ...........................................................................................76
4.7 Default backup options ............................................................................................................77
4.7.1 Additional settings......................................................................................................................................... 79
4.7.2 Archive protection ......................................................................................................................................... 80
4.7.3 Backup cataloging ......................................................................................................................................... 80
4.7.4 Backup performance ..................................................................................................................................... 81
4.7.5 Backup splitting ............................................................................................................................................. 82
4.7.6 Compression level ......................................................................................................................................... 83
4.7.7 Disaster recovery plan (DRP) ........................................................................................................................ 84
4.7.8 E-mail notifications ........................................................................................................................................ 85
4.7.9 Error handling ................................................................................................................................................ 86
4.7.10 Event tracing .................................................................................................................................................. 87
4.7.11 Fast incremental/differential backup .......................................................................................................... 88
4.7.12 File-level backup snapshot ........................................................................................................................... 88
4.7.13 File-level security ........................................................................................................................................... 89
4.7.14 Media components ....................................................................................................................................... 89
4.7.15 Mount points ................................................................................................................................................. 90
4.7.16 Multi-volume snapshot ................................................................................................................................. 90
4.7.17 Pre/Post commands ...................................................................................................................................... 91
4.7.18 Pre/Post data capture commands ............................................................................................................... 92
4.7.19 Replication/cleanup inactivity time ............................................................................................................. 94
4.7.20 Sector-by-sector backup ............................................................................................................................... 95
4.7.21 Task failure handling ..................................................................................................................................... 95
4.7.22 Task start conditions ..................................................................................................................................... 96
4.7.23 Volume Shadow Copy Service ...................................................................................................................... 97
5 Recovery ....................................................................................................................... 99
5.1 Creating a recovery task ..........................................................................................................99
5.1.1 What to recover .......................................................................................................................................... 100
5.1.2 Access credentials for location ................................................................................................................... 103
5.1.3 Access credentials for destination ............................................................................................................. 104
