Backup
This system allows you to schedule and execute backup operations on your previously registered clients (where a "client" is your server, workstation, PC, notebook, and so on.) The backup system is designed to help a wide variety of users, from novices to experts, protect their environment.
For details about Unitrends backups, see Backups Overview.
With the System selected in the navigation tree:
- Schedule Backup: This feature enables the user to schedule backups for all clients, or selected clients.
- Calendars: This feature enables users to perform scheduled backups. The calendar feature allows control of both the various types of backup operations that may occur (e.g., master, incremental forever, differential, selective, BareMetal) and the date and time at which those backup operations occur.
- Selection Lists: Selection lists consist of volume, directory, and file specifications through the use of either operating system specific names or via operating system independent regular expression patterns and may be used to either specifically include or exclude data. Selection lists may be specified on a per-client basis.
- Options: Options consist of a series of specific backup options and are specified on a per-client basis.
- Schedules: This feature is used only for scheduled backups; schedules are the manifestation of a user creating a scheduled backup. Schedules allow the user to not only monitor but to manage schedules so that a scheduled backup may evolve as the customer environment itself changes.
With a client selected in the navigation tree:
- 1-Time Backup: The 1-time backup feature enables intermediate to advanced users to be able to perform quick manual backups (also sometimes referred to as an immediate backup.) While this feature is useful for creating a one-time backup, it is not recommended as the basis for the continuous protection of data for one or more clients (i.e., systems that constitute the customer's environment.)
- Schedule Backup: The schedule backup feature enables intermediate to advanced users to be able to perform scheduled backups. Scheduled backups form the foundation of the continuous protection of data. As the name implies, this feature allows the creation of a schedule of various types of backup operations for one or more clients as per an associated calendar. The default schedule type is incremental forever. This can be changed by selecting a different strategy from the dropdown box.
- For both 1-time and schedule backups, the user can protect all volumes, or exclude volumes and/or specific files. Selecting 'Advanced Settings' at the bottom of the pane allows the user to select a device, chose to verify the backup, and select mail options.