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Specify the File Copy Source

Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) lets you specify the source settings for your information to be file copied.

Note: To view a video that is related to the File Copy Settings, see Manage File Copy Settings.

Follow these steps:

1. From the Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) home page (or Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) Monitor), select Settings from the taskbar and then select the File Copy Settings tab. When the File Copy Settings dialog opens, select Source.

   The File Copy Sources dialog opens.

   Note: If the Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) is being managed by Console, not all settings are available and will be displayed as read-only information.

2. Specify your file copy source settings.

   Enable File Copy

   Enables the scheduled copying of files after the specified number of backups. If this option is not selected (File Copy disabled), no scheduled file copying is performed and any changes to the File Copy settings are not validated and saved.

   Note: ReFS and deduplicated NTFS volumes will not be listed as selectable backup sources to be file copied. As a result, if all the volumes for a specified backup source are only ReFS or deduplicated NTFS volumes, the file copy option will be disabled.

   Recovery Points to Copy From

   Specifies the recovery point that you want to copy. You have two options to specify the recovery points. You can copy the recovery points from a specific backup number. For example, you can specify that the recovery points must be copied from every fifth backup. Another option is, you can specify to copy recovery points from a daily, weekly, or monthly backup.

   File Copy Sources

   Displays a selectable listing of all sources, with the corresponding policy (filters) and type of file copy (copy and retain or copy and move) to be performed after each successful Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) backup. These File Copy Sources can be added, removed, or modified.

   Note: Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) does not copy application files, files with system attributes, and files with temporary attributes.

   Note: File copy does not support mounted volumes as the source. If you attempt to select a mounted volume as the source, then no files will be copied.

   Note: If a symbolic link is selected when specifying the File Copy source folder, it is replaced with the actual path it points to when saving the settings. From the File Copy Restore user interface, the actual path will be displayed instead of the symbolic link.

   • Add

     When clicked, the Plan type dialog opens to let you initially select the type of file copy job to perform (copy and retain or copy and move). After you select the plan type, the corresponding File Copy Plan dialog opens to let you add a source to copy and specify the corresponding plans for that source. For more information, see Specify File Copy Plans.

     Note: The File Copy source can only be selected from a volume that is currently selected in Backup Settings. If the source contains ReFS or deduplicated NTFS volumes, these volumes will not be available for selection.

   • Remove

     When clicked removes the selected source from this displayed list.

   • Modify

     When clicked, the File Copy Plans dialog opens to let you change the plan settings for the selected source. For more information, see Specify File Copy Plans.

3. Click Save Settings.

   Your File Copy settings are saved.