Specify the Destination

The destination is a location where you store the backup data. You must at least specify the destination to save the plan.

Follow these steps:

1. Click the Destination tab.
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2. Select one of the following as Destination Type:

Local disk or shared folder

Specifies that the backup data is stored at a local disk or shared folder.

Arcserve UDP Recovery Point Server

Specifies that the backup destination is a recovery point server. If you select this option, then data is stored as recovery points. You cannot store data as recovery sets.

3. If you select the Local disk or shared folder as a Destination Type, then provide the following details:
• If you have selected NFS share, then type the Backup Destination detail in the following format:

IP address of the NFS Share:/full path of the storage location

• Click the arrow button to validate the Backup Destination information.
• If the backup destination is invalid, an error message is displayed.

Note: Some versions of Data Domain NAS do not support the file locking mechanism of NFS. As a result, such NFS share cannot be used as a backup destination. For more information about this issue, see Compatibility Issues with Arcserve UDP Agent (Linux).

• If you have selected CIFS share, then type the Backup Destination detail in the following format:

//hostname/share_folder

• Click the arrow button to validate the Backup Destination information.
• If the backup destination is invalid, an error message is displayed.

Note: Make sure the shared folder name does not have any spaces.

• If you have selected Source local, follow these steps:
1. Provide the path of the local destination.
2. For example: /root
2. Select a compression level from the Compression drop-down list to specify a type of compression that is used for backup.
3. The available options for Compression are:

Standard Compression

Specifies a compression level from the Compression drop-down list to specify a type of compression that is used for backup.

Maximum Compression

Specifies that this option provides the highest CPU usage (lowest speed), but also has the lowest disk space usage for your backup image.

3. Select an algorithm from the Encryption Algorithm drop-down list and type the encryption password, if necessary.
4. Select the type of encryption algorithm that you want to use for backups.
5. Data encryption is the translation of data into a form that is unintelligible without a deciphering mechanism. The Arcserve UDP Agent (Linux) data protection solution uses secure, AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) encryption algorithms to achieve the maximum security and privacy of your specified data.
6. For available format options of Encryption, see Encryption Settings.
• A full backup and all its related incremental backups must use the same encryption algorithm.
• If the encryption algorithm for an incremental backup has changed, you must perform a full backup.

For example, if you change the algorithm format and then you run an incremental backup, then the backup type automatically converts to a full backup.

5. When an encryption algorithm is selected, you must provide (and confirm) an encryption password.
• The encryption password is limited to a maximum of 23 characters.
• A full backup and all its related incremental backups use the same password to encrypt data.
• If you want to backup to Amazon S3, do the following:
1. Select CIFS share, and then type the Amazon S3 storage in the following format
2. s3://S3 Region/S3 bucket name
2. Click the arrow, and provide Amazon S3 access information.
4. If you select the Arcserve UDP Recovery Point Server as a Destination Type, do the following:
• Recovery Point Server: From the drop-down list, select the destination recovery point server.
• Data Store: From the drop-down list, select the destination data store.
• Password Protection: Select the Password Protection check box, provide the session password, and then retype the password to confirm.
• Note: The session password is optional when the backup destination is an unencrypted RPS data store.
• For Designated Backup Network, to select the network between Linux Backup Server (LBS) and Recovery Point Server (RPS), click the Use selected network for backup traffic check box, and then select the network from the drop-down list.
• Note: If the selected backup network is not accessible and to continue the job with the available network or with the default network, click the Continue to run job even when unable to connect to the selected backup network check box.
• When the backup destination is a dedupe data store, the traffic is directly between Linux Source and Recovery Point Server (RPS) even though the Specify Network is configured between Linux Source and Linux Backup Server (LBS). However, when the backup destination is a non-dedupe datastore, the traffic goes through the Linux Backup Server (LBS).

The destination is specified.