Backup Options

Use this dialog box to schedule or immediately run a backup/archive job. Note that all the options described in this help may not be available and only the options displayed in the dialog box are applicable to the agent for which the information is being displayed.

Select Database Backup Type

Full

Specifies the job as a full backup. Full backup operations back up all data for the selected subclients.

Incremental

Specifies the job as an Incremental backup, which backs up only that portion of the data that is new or has changed since the last backup.

Differential

Specifies the job as a Differential backup, which backs up only that portion of the data that is new or has changed since the last full backup.

Synthetic Full

Specifies the job as a Synthetic Full backup, which creates a Full backup from existing backup data for the selected subclient or backup set (if applicable). The Synthetic Full backup consolidates the backup data; it does not actually back up data from the client computer.

Run Incremental Backup

Specifies the options for running an Incremental backup either immediately before a Synthetic Full backup or immediately after a successfully completed Synthetic Full backup when selected. When cleared, an Incremental backup is not automatically run either immediately before or after the Synthetic Full backup.

• Before Synthetic Full: Specifies the operation will back up any data that is new or changed since the previous backup in order to have it included as part of the Synthetic Full backup.

• After Synthetic Full: Specifies the operation will back up any data that is new or changed since the backup that occurred prior to the Synthetic Full backup.

Job Initiation

• Immediate

  Specifies that this job will run immediately.

• Schedule

Specifies that this job will be scheduled. Click Configure to specify the schedule details.Configure Alert

• Alert

  The currently configured Alert.

• Add/Modify Alert

  When clicked, opens the Alert Wizard to configure alerts for this operation.

• Delete Alert

  When clicked, deletes any existing alerts that are already configured.

Advanced

Click to select advanced backup options.

Save As Script

Click to open the Save As Script dialog, which allows you to save this operation and the selected options as a script file (in XML format). The script can later be executed from the Command Line Interface using qoperation execute command.

When you save an operation as a script, each option in the dialog will have a corresponding XML parameter in the script file. When executing the script, you can modify the value for any of these XML parameters.

For more information on backups performed from the command line, see Backing Up Data for a Windows File System Subclient from the Command Line Interface for Windows File System iDataAgent.

Directive File

Specify the Directive File to be used when running On-Demand Data Protection operations in the Directive File text box. For NDMP and File Archiver for Windows Agents, specify a Content file instead of a Directive File.

• Browse

  When clicked, opens a window in which you can browse to and select the Directive File (or Content File for NDMP and File Archiver for Windows Agents).