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Apply the rules
(only if the retention rules
are set)
Cleanup schedule
(only if On schedule is
selected)
Examples
Weekly full backup
The following scheme yields a full backup performed every Friday night.
Full backup: Schedule: Weekly, every Friday, at 10:00 PM
Here, all parameters except Schedule in Full backup are left empty. All backups in the archive are
kept indefinitely (no archive cleanup is performed).
5.2.9
Archive validation
Set up the validation task to check if the backed up data is recoverable. If the backup could not pass
the validation successfully, the validation task fails and the backup plan gets the Error status.
To set up validation, specify the following parameters
1. When to validate – select when to perform the validation. As the validation is a resource-
intensive operation, it makes sense to schedule the validation to the managed machine's off-
peak period. On the other hand, if the validation is a major part of your data protection strategy
and you prefer to be immediately informed whether the backed up data is not corrupted and can
be successfully recovered, think of starting the validation right after backup creation.
2. What to validate – select either to validate the entire archive or the latest backup in the archive.
Validation of a file backup imitates recovery of all files from the backup to a dummy destination.
Validation of a volume backup calculates a checksum for every data block saved in the backup.
Validation of the archive will validate all the archive's backups and may take a long time and a lot
of system resources.
3. Validation schedule (appears only if you have selected the on schedule in step 1) - set the
schedule of validation. For more information see the Scheduling section.
Delete the oldest full backup
If there is only one full backup left and a full backup is in progress, then
delete the last full backup
This setting is recommended when backing up to a USB drive. This setting is not
applicable to managed vaults.
This setting enables deletion of the last backup in the archive, in case your
storage device cannot accommodate more than one backup. However, you
might end up with no backups if the program is not able to create the new
backup for some reason.
Specifies when to apply the retention rules.
For example, the cleanup procedure can be set up to run after each backup, and
also on schedule.
This option is available only if you have set at least one retention rule in
Retention rules.
Specifies a schedule for archive cleanup.
For example, the cleanup can be scheduled to start on the last day of each
month.
This option is available only if you selected On schedule in Apply the rules.
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