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The software displays previously created backup plans.
3. Select a backup plan to apply.
4. Click Apply.
2.8.1 Backup plan cheat sheet
The following table summarizes the available backup plan parameters. Use the table to create a
backup plan that best fits your needs.
WHAT TO BACK UP
ITEMS TO BACK UP
Selection methods
WHERE TO
BACK UP
SCHEDULE
Backup schemes
(not for Cloud)
HOW LONG TO KEEP
Disks/volumes
(physical machines)
Direct selection (p. 26)
Policy rules (p. 26)
File filters (p. 30)
Cloud (p. 31)
Local folder (p.
31)
Network
folder (p. 31)
Always incremental
(Single-file) (p. 32)
Always full (p. 32)
Weekly full, daily
incremental (p. 32)
Custom (F-D-I) (p. 32)
By backup age (single
rule/per backup set)
(p. 33)
By number of
backups (p. 33)
Keep indefinitely (p.
33)
Disks/volumes (virtual
machines)
Policy rules (p. 26)
File filters (p. 30)
Files (physical
machines only)
Direct selection (p. 28)
Policy rules (p. 28)
File filters (p. 30)
Always full (p. 32)
Weekly full, daily
incremental (p. 32)
Custom (F-D-I) (p. 32)
System state
Direct selection (p. 29)
Always full (p. 32)
Weekly full, daily
incremental (p. 32)
Custom (F-I) (p. 32)
SQL databases
Direct selection (p. 29)
Exchange databases
Direct selection (p. 30)
2.8.2 Selecting data to back up
2.8.2.1 Selecting disks/volumes
A disk-level backup contains a copy of a disk or a volume in a packaged form. You can recover
individual disks, volumes, or files from a disk-level backup. A backup of an entire machine is a backup
of all its disks.
There are two ways of selecting disks/volumes: directly on each machine or by using policy rules. You
can exclude files from a disk backup by setting the file filters (p. 30).