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3. Select the name and location of the archive.

If you are going to create a full backup, type the file name in the File Name line, or use

the file name generator (a button to the right of the line). If you select an existing full

backup, it will be overwritten.

Including [date] in the backup file name will add to the name the time and date of the

backup creation formatted as <DD-Month-YYYY HH:MM:SS>. Example:

C:\MyBackup[date].tib.

If you are going to create an incremental backup (see

3.2 Full and incremental backups

select the latest full or incremental backup you have.

In fact, if all incremental backup files are stored together with the basic full backup, it

doesn't matter which one you select, as the program will recognize them as a single

archive. If you stored the files on several removable disks, you must provide the latest

archive file; otherwise, restoration problems might occur.

The “farther” you store the archive from the original partition, the safer it will be in case

of data damage. For example, saving the archive to another hard disk will protect your

data if your primary disk is damaged. Data saved to a network disk, ftp server or

removable media will survive even if all your local hard disks are down.

Dynamic volumes are fully supported as a backup destination place. SonicWALL Bare

Metal Recovery can access backup archives, created on dynamic volumes, in standalone

(rescue) mode as well as under Windows control.

See notes and recommendations for using the FTP server in

1.4.2 Supported storage

media

4. Select whether you want to create a full or incremental backup. If you have not backed

up the selected disks/partitions yet, or the full archive seems too old to append

incremental changes to it, choose full backup. Otherwise it is recommended that you

create an incremental backup (see

3.2 Full and incremental backups

5. Select the backup options (that is, backup file splitting, compression level, password

protection, pre/post backup commands etc.).