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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.
2. Select a backup destination and enter the complete path of the storage location.
   • 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
     

     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) in the Release Notes.

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

     //hostname/share_folder
     

     Note: The shared folder name cannot contain any spaces.

     • If you have selected Source local, then provide the path of the local destination.
3. Click the arrow button to validate the Backup Destination information.

   If the backup destination is invalid, an error message is displayed.

4. Specify the retention settings.

   Note: For more information about the recovery sets, see Understanding the Recovery Sets.

   Specify the number of recovery sets to retain

   Specifies the number of recovery sets retained.

   Start a new recovery set on every:

   Selected day of the week

   Specifies the day of the week selected to start a new recovery set.

   Selected day of the month

   Specifies the day of the month selected to start a new recovery set. Specify 1 through 30, or the last day of the month.

   Note: The Backup Server checks for the number of recovery sets in the configured backup storage every 15 minutes and deletes any extra recovery set from the backup storage location.

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

   The available options for Compression are:

   Standard Compression

   Specifies that this option provides a good balance between the CPU usage and the disk space usage. This compression is the default setting.

   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.

6. Select an algorithm from the Encryption Algorithm drop-down list and type the encryption password, if necessary.
   1. Select the type of encryption algorithm that you want to use for backups.

      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.

      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.

   2. 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.

The destination is specified.