Backup Manager

The Backup Manager lets you customize your backup jobs using filters, options, and scheduling.

You can use the Backup Manager to:

• Create groups of backup sources.
• Back up to various media or create a customized backup scheme.
• Use filters to selectively exclude or include directories and files from backup jobs.
• Create an automated backup scheme using the Grandfather-Father-Son (GFS) rotation scheme.
• Apply filters to local source objects (such as volumes and nodes) or globally to the entire backup job, or to both at the same time.

Arcserve Backup allows you to back up the Windows registry as well as the system state for Windows systems. Each backup job requires a source and a destination (media). The Backup Manager screen provides tabs to customize your backup job:

• Start--Lets you specify the type of backup: Normal, Deduplication, or UNIX/Linux Data Mover. You may also enable staging for each backup type. For Normal or Deduplication backups, you can enable synthetic full backups.
• Source--Lets you specify the data that you want to back up.
• Schedule--Lets you specify a schedule, repeat method, or rotation scheme for the job.
• Destination--Lets you specify the location where you want to store your backup data.

The topics that follow provide full details about the options available on each tab.

This section contains the following topics:

• Options on the Backup Manager Start Tab
• How to Specify Source Data Using the Classic View and the Group View
• Backup Manager Destination Options
• Backup Job Schedules and Rotations