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Create a Plan with a Backup Task

A plan includes different types of tasks that you want to perform. To create a file copy task, you must first have a valid recovery point. To get a valid recovery point, you have to create a backup task.

The backup task performs a backup of the source nodes and stores the data to the specified destination. File Copy is supported only for the Agent-based Windows backup. The following procedure explains the steps to create the agent-based Windows backup task.

Follow these steps:

1. Click the resources tab on the Console.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Plans, and click All Plans.

   If you have created plans earlier, those plans are displayed on the center pane.

3. On the center pane, click Add a Plan.

   Add a Plan opens.

4. Enter a plan name.
5. (Optional) Select Pause this plan check box.

   The plan will not run until you clear the check box to resume the plan.

   Note: After a plan is paused, all jobs are paused except the restore job and the copy job. The running jobs are not affected. If you pause a plan that has pending jobs, then those pending jobs will also pause. When you resume the plan, the pending jobs does not resume immediately. After you resume the plan, the pending jobs will run from the next scheduled time. You can find the schedule of the next job form the home page of Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows).

6. From the Task Type drop-down list, select Backup, Agent-Based Windows.

   

Now, specify the Source, Destination, Schedule, and Advanced settings.