Backup Options

Use this dialog box to schedule or immediately run a backup job.

Select Backup Type

• Full

  Specifies the job as a Full backup, which backs up all data for the selected subclient(s).

Job Initiation

• Immediate

  Specifies this job will run immediately.

• Schedule

  Specifies this job will be scheduled. Click Configure to specify the schedule pattern.

Advanced

Click to select advanced backup/archive options, such as create a new index, start new media, and mark media as full.

Click to open the Save As Script dialog, which allows you to save this operation and the selected options as a script file (in XML format). The script can later be executed from the Command Line Interface using qoperation execute command.

When you save an operation as a script, each option in the dialog will have a corresponding XML parameter in the script file. When executing the script, you can modify the value for any of these XML parameters as per need.

For more information on backups performed from the command line, see see Command Line Interface for SharePoint Server iDataAgent.