Scheduled backups

You can schedule full backups from the web UI.

Figure 1. Schedule Backup Archive generation settings

Schedule Backup Archive generation settings

Recurrence (server time)

You can set how often the backups are saved. You can choose from:
  • Daily
  • Weekly
  • Monthly
You can then set the hour and minutes for the time that you want the backup to occur.

Include traces

By default, traces are not included in backups. You can select the Include traces checkbox to include them. This option is also available for scheduled backups. Continuous traces are not included in the Include traces option.

Encryption password

If you enter a password in this field, users will be prompted to enter a password to do a backup or a restore.

Max number of stored backups

This field lets you enter a number to set the maximum number of backups that will be stored. When a new scheduled backup generates, the system confirms that the maximum number of backups will not be exceeded, and if needed, deletes the oldest backup.

Connection protocol

This dropdown lets you select a protocol to use for the connection. You can use a protocol to choose a remote location for storing backups, such as:
Note: SSH/simple file transfer protocol (SFTP) is not supported.
Figure 2. Connection protocols

Connection protocols

Important: The remote backup option that uses SMB is only supported for use with Microsoft operating system (OS)s. Compatibility with third-party devices is not guaranteed. These devices might require additional configuration changes, including, but not limited to:
  • Permission changes
  • The creation of new network shares
  • The creation of new users
Kerberos authentication is not supported.