Allows you to start a backup using the scheduled daily backup settings or using the settings that you provide.
Selecting this option disables all other options and runs a backup job using the current daily backup settings. If no daily backup exists the action will fail.
Allows you to specify the storage location for the backup. This value can either be a drive letter, a volume GUID based path or a UNC path.
Specifies a list of items to be included in backup operation.
Windows Vista/Server 2008 - List can contain volume drive letters, volume mount points or GUID based volume names.
Windows 7/Server 2008 R2 - List can contain files, folders or volumes. Volumes can be specified via volume drive letters, volume mount points, GUID based volume names.
Specifies that all critical volumes are included in the backups.
Applies the access control list (ACL) permissions that correspond to the credentials provided by the user credentials (username and password) to the UNC store location. This means that you need to provide these credentials or be a member of the administrators group to access this backup.
No Verify - Backups saved to removable media are not verified for errors.
VSS Full - Performs a full backup using the Volume Shadow Copy Service. History of each file is updated to indicate that it was backed up.
Credentials - Only required when using a UNC path as the backup target. Specifies the credentials of a user who has write access to the share location.
The options on this page only apply to Windows Server 2008 R2
Non-Recurse Include - Specify a list of non-recursive items to be included in the backup.
Exclude - Specify a list of items to exclude from the backup.
Non-Recurse Exclude - Specify a list of non-recursive items to be excluded from the backup.
The options on this page only apply to Windows Server 2008 R2
Performs a copy backup using the Volume Shadow Copy Service. History of each file is not updated.
Includes System State in the backup operation.
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