Create Backup Task Templates

Destination Folder

Select a destination storage for saving the backup image files. A network shared folder may be selected as the destination after registering it by selecting [Site Configuration] - [Storage Devices], or select [Add new] to select an unregistered shared folder.

Create sub-folder for each client

Enable this option to create the sub-folders in the specified folder as the destinations for the respective clients.

File Name Prefix

Specify the backup image file name to create.

Designate a separate image file set per disk

Enable this option to create backup image files by disk.

Comments

Define comments for backup image files.

Destination Isolation Option

Select an option that disconnects access to backup image storage drives after backups complete. Upon completion of the backup task, the specified destination storage becomes inaccessible.
* Multiple options for the destination Isolation feature cannot be selected.

Compression

Enabling the compression option reduces storage requirements by further compacting the backup image file. Select the desired type of compression.

·        Deduplication Compression:

o       Deduplication Compression level: Select one of the three levels of deduplication available.

[Level 1] － Deduplication is performed at the highest level and may increase the overall backup processing time but achieves the most tightly compressed image file.

[Level 2] － This preset level provides the best balance between process time and compression performance. (This is the default setting).

[Level 3] － The image file will be generated at a lower compression rate and deduplication requires less backup processing time.

o       Temporary File Folder: Set the location for deduplication to process temporary files.

* The maximum size of the temporary folder will be 2.5% of the used space of backup source.

* It is recommended to set it on an SSD that delivers fast read and write speeds.

·        Standard Compression: Two levels of standard compression are available.

[Fast] - Backup processing time and storage requirements are at an optimum.

[High] - The backup task will place a higher demand on system resource usage and an increase in processing time but the result is a smaller backup image.

Password Protection

Password protect the backup image file by assigning a unique password. This ensures that password input is required for operation with the image file. There are three levels of encryption to choose from.

[RC5] - An early encryption standard with a variable block size, key size and number of rounds. Selecting RC5 encryption provides a faster encryption processing speed.

[AES 128 bit] & [AES 256 bit] - A stronger encryption method than RC5. Uses a fixed block size and a key size of 128 or 256 bits.

Split image into xx MB files

The backup image is split into multiple files of  specified size (MB).

Ignore bad sectors

By enabling this option, the backup task will continue uninterrupted if encountering unreadable sectors.

Create an MD5 file for image

Creates an MD5 check-sum for the image file. This can be used as a security measure to check if internal tampering of the image file has occurred.

Use network write caching

When storing image files in network shared folder, cached data are used.

Make backup image file P2V ready

Performs the same process as required for  [Virtualizaion] by agent including installation of the driver required for virtualization (VMware ESXi/Microsoft Hyper-V), changing the registry settings, etc., during the backup process. If intending to use the created backup image for either of the following, please enable this option.

·        Directly connect the image mounted by using [iSCSI Target Server] on agent  to  a virtual machine and boot it up.

·        Instead of using [Virtualization] by agent, restore the backup image directly to a virtual machine.

Use network throttle

If the destination drive is on a network share, use network throttle to define the maximum throughput in KB/second to reduce backup traffic over the network.

Ignore inaccessible volume(s)

Enabling this function prevents backup task interruptions when an inaccessible volume is encountered.

Ex. When you select the system volume and cluster shared volumes on Windows 2008 R2 for backup source, even if the cluster shared volumes are moved to a different node, the execution of the backup task completes without an error.

* Desktop Edition does not provide this option.

Operation Mode

Select an option for VSS component mode for the VSS writer. When the VSS component mode is enabled, the data integrity check is performed before starting the backup process (only if supported.)

[Auto] - VSS component mode is automatically enabled for the known VSS writer.

[Component Mode] - VSS component mode is enabled for every VSS writer.

[Non-component Mode] - VSS component mode is disabled for every VSS writer.

Excluding Files

Specify items to exclude from the backup.

* If selecting the System Volume Information, the [Recovery Point] is excluded.

Auto-switch from default to an alternate folder.

The temporary folder used by deduplication will automatically switch over if insufficient disk space is detected.

Continue operation with [Standard] Compression

Will complete the backup task using the default Standard Compression.

Temporary File Folder

Specify the location for deduplication to process temporary files. The maximum size of the temporary folder will be 1% of the used space of backup source. The higher the deduplication level, the larger the temporary file size will be.

Script to execute before the snapshot is taken

Specify a script to run before the snapshot is taken.

Script to execute after the snapshot is taken

Specify a script to run after the snapshot is taken.

Script to execute after successful image creation

Specify a script to run after the backup image has been successfully created.

Script to execute when image creation failed

Specify a script to run when the backup image creation failed.

Force script execution

Checking this box ensures that all specified scripts will be executed even if an error occurs during the backup process.

Backup Type

Specify the backup type to run a script.

Enable Reconcile Image

Enabling this option provides a means to keep continuity in an incremental image set, should an incremental file become compromised, is deleted or corrupted. If this option is disabled and an incremental file in an image set is deleted or corrupted, the subsequent executed backup task creates a base backup file.

Enable Retention Policy

Check this box to enable a retention policy as to how many sets of incremental backup files to retain before deletion.
[Delete older image before new base backup] - Check this box to enable a retention policy as to how many sets of incremental backup files to retain before deletion.

·        Delete both full and incremental -

Select this radio button to delete both full and incremental files based on the retention policy settings.

·        Delete the only incremental -

Selecting this option retains full backup and deletes only the incremental files based on the retention policy.

Notifications

Select this option to send email informing you of task completion with a specified status. Predefine the email notification settings by selecting [Preferences] - [Notifications]. Enabling the [Send email using ActiveVisor] option sends email from ActiveVisor.

Execution Priority

Select a level of task execution priority.