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To specify pre/post data capture commands
1. Enable pre/post data capture commands execution by checking the following options:
 Execute before the data capture
 Execute after the data capture
2. Do any of the following:
 Click Edit to specify a new command or a batch file
 Select the existing command or the batch file from the drop-down list
3. Click OK.
4.7.18.1 Pre-data capture command
To specify a command/batch file to be executed before data capture
1. In the Command field, type a command or browse to a batch file. The program does not support
interactive commands, i.e. commands that require user input (for example, "pause".)
2. In the Working directory field, specify a path to a directory where the command/batch file will
be executed.
3. In the Arguments field specify the command’s execution arguments, if required.
4. Depending on the result you want to obtain, select the appropriate options as described in the
table below.
5. Click Test command to check if the command is correct.
Check box
Selection
Fail the backup task if the
command execution fails*
Selected
Cleared
Selected
Cleared
Do not perform the data
capture until the command
execution is complete
Selected
Selected
Cleared
Cleared
Result
Preset
Perform the data
capture only after the
command is
successfully executed.
Fail the task if the
command execution
fails.
Perform the data
capture after the
command is
executed despite
execution failure
or success.
N/A
Perform the data
capture concurrently
with the command
and irrespective of
the command
execution result.
* A command is considered failed if its exit code is not equal to zero.
4.7.18.2 Post-data capture command
To specify a command/batch file to be executed after data capture
1. In the Command field, type a command or browse to a batch file. The program does not support
interactive commands, i.e. commands that require user input (for example, "pause".)
2. In the Working directory field, specify a path to a directory where the command/batch file will
be executed.
3. In the Arguments field specify the command’s execution arguments, if required.