Item & options for backup | |
Items | Backup Shows a list with the item(s) specified for backup. Replication Shows the virtual machine(s) selected for replication. |
Max Gen | Backup Click in this field to change the maximum generations settings of the highlighted backup item (that will be stored online). Replication This value refers to the maximum number of snapshots of the replication target virtual machine that will be available for both failover and failback. For Microsoft Hyper-V, the allowed range is 4-47. For VMware, the allowed range is 1-30. |
Options | Letters that appear in this column correspond to the following options: • P = Backup permissions • S = Backup streams • E = Extended Attributes • D = Run DBCC before backup • S = Stop on DBCC errors • T = Truncate Transaction Log / Truncate Archived Logs / Backup Transaction Log • B = Backup Only Current Archived Logs • L = Logical Corruption Check To add or remove a backup item option, highlight the item’s row in the list and check or uncheck the option that appears beneath this list. See below for details about individual options. |
Backup permissions (Windows, NetWare) | Backs up the file permissions. (ex: ACL on NTFS volumes, or Trustees on NetWare volumes.) |
Backup streams (Windows) | NTFS volumes support multiple streams of data associated with a particular file. Select this option if you have files that contain alternate data streams. |
Backup EAttributes (NetWare) | These are the Extended File Attributes (ex: Transactional and Compressed) |
Run DBCC before backup (Microsoft SQL) | The Database Consistency Check (DBCC) verifies database integrity to ensure backup of a valid database dump. |
Truncate transaction log (Microsoft Exchange Server) | Truncates the transaction log. • Microsoft Exchange Server: Transaction Logs are truncated after the backup. |
Backup Transaction Log (Microsoft SQL Server) | The database must be configured with FULL or BULK_LOGGED recovery mode, otherwise this option will have no effect. • If selected, the DS-Client will dump the Transaction Log and send it to the DS-System in addition to the database(s). If selected, the Transaction Logs will also be truncated. The timing of the truncation depends on the Database Backup Policy (see "Set Properties - Options tab"). • Full - Transaction Logs are truncated before the database dump. • Differential - Transaction Logs are truncated before the database dump. • Incremental - Transaction Logs are first backed up, and then truncated. |
Stop on DBCC errors (Microsoft SQL) | If DBCC errors are detected, this option will skip backing up the dump file(s). |
Backup active database (VSS-aware backup set; Microsoft Exchange) | If you have selected Microsoft Information Store (that is, the entire Mailbox server) as the backup set item, DS-Client backs up both active and passive mailbox database copies by default. Select this option to back up copies of the active mailbox databases only. Do not select this option if you have selected one or multiple folders or individual mailbox databases as backup set items. This option applies only to an Exchange Mailbox server in a database availability group (DAG). |
Backup passive database (VSS-aware backup set; Microsoft Exchange) | If you have selected Microsoft Information Store (that is, the entire Mailbox server) as the backup set item, DS-Client backs up both active and passive mailbox database copies by default. Select this option to back up copies of the passive mailbox databases only. Do not select this option if you have selected one or multiple folders or individual mailbox databases as backup set items. This option applies only to an Exchange Mailbox server in a database availability group (DAG). |
Logical Corruption Check (Oracle Server) | Verifies the database for corruptions. |
Backup Only Current Archived Logs (Oracle Server) | Check to backup only those logs that are necessary for the Oracle database. This saves backup space, by avoiding backup of any older logs. Leave this box unchecked if you want to backup all log files. |
Truncate archived logs (Oracle Server) | Clear the Oracle Database logs associated with this item after backup. |
Filter (Email message backup sets: Microsoft Exchange Server using MAPI, Microsoft Outlook, IBM Notes or Domino, Novell GroupWise) | Click to add a filter to the email backup item. Opens the "Select Filter" screen. |
Edit | Click to add more backup items. Opens the Select items for backup set screen. |