User guide

* To establish an active mode FTP connection, use the following notation: aftp://<server>/<folder>/

**Using this format, you can access a tape library or drive only if it is directly attached to the managed machine.

You can determine the GUID of this library or drive by using the list tape_libraries (p. 59) command.

For a tape library or drive attached to a storage node, a centralized vault should be created on that storage

node. To access such tape library or drive, use the bsp://<storage node>/<vault name> format.

3.4.2 arc

--arc=<archive name>

Name of the archive. Parameter values are case-sensitive.

The parameters that provide access to an archive must be specified in the following order: --loc (p.

78), --credentials (p. 115) (if required to access the location), --arc, --password (p. 119) (if

the archive is or will be password-protected).

Example:

--loc=\\bkpsrv\backups --credentials=bkpuser,pass --arc=disk_archive

--password=123

Restrictions on archive names

 When using the --plain_archive (p. 91) parameter or when backing up Microsoft Exchange

Server data (commands backup exchange_database (p. 32) and backup

exchange_mailbox (p. 33)), the archive name cannot end with a number.

 When using the --plain_archive (p. 91) parameter, the FAT16, FAT32, and NTFS file systems

do not allow the following characters in the file name: backslash (\), slash (/), colon (:),

asterisk (*), question mark (?), quotation mark ("), less than sign (<), greater than sign (>), and

pipe (|).

Using variables in archive names

When you back up more than one machine with a single backup command, data from all of the

machines is saved to the same location. Each machine backs up to a separate archive. Archive names

must be unique within the location. Otherwise, the backup operation will fail.

Add variables to the archive names to make them unique within the location. For the backup vm (p.

28) command, the archive name must contain the [Virtualization Server Type] and

[Virtual Machine Name] variables. For other backup commands, use the [MachineName]

variable.

You can also use these variables when backing up a single machine if this is practical or efficient for

you.

Examples:

--arc="[Virtualization Server Type]_[Virtual Machine Name]_archive1" – for the

backup vm command

--arc=[MachineName]_archive1 – for the backup disk and backup file commands

Specifying archives by backup file names

In this parameter, you can specify an archive by the file name of a backup that belongs to the

archive; for example: --arc=my_backup2.tib.