Schedule Volumes

Backup > Schedule Volumes

The Schedule Volumes page schedules the backup of volumes for selected machine IDs. The list of machine IDs you can select depends on the machine ID / group ID filter and the scope you are using. To display on this page, machine IDs must have backup software installed on the managed machine using the Backup > Install/Remove page.

Note: If a network connection is dropped, the system retries for up to 10 seconds before giving up.

See Uninstalling Other Backup Products, Volume Backups vs Folder Backups, Full Backups, Incremental and Differential Backups, Verification of Backups, Synthetic Full Backups, Dynamic Disks, Backup Folder Structure and Backing Up the Kaseya Server for a general description of KBU.

Actions

• Schedule Full - Click to schedule a new full backup of selected machine IDs using the backup options previously selected. Backup options set using the four Apply buttons are applied to selected machine IDs when Schedule Full is clicked.

  Note: Backups can consume significant network bandwidth. To prevent congesting the network during normal business hours, schedule backups to run at off hours.

• Cancel - Click Cancel to clear pending backups for selected machine IDs, including backup options set using the four Apply buttons.
• Backup Now - Click to start a full backup on selected machines IDs if no backups exist. Otherwise, clicking Backup Now creates an incremental or differential backup.
• Apply - Click to apply a row of settings to selected machine IDs without changing the backup schedule.

Scheduling Options

• Date/Time - Enter the year, month, day, hour, and minute to schedule this task.
• Stagger by - You can distribute the load on your network by staggering this task. If you set this parameter to 5 minutes, then the task on each machine ID is staggered by 5 minutes. For example, machine 1 runs at 10:00, machine 2 runs at 10:05, machine 3 runs at 10:10, ...
• Skip if Machine Offline - Check to perform this task only at the scheduled time, within a 15 minute window. If the machine is offline, skip and run the next scheduled period and time. Uncheck to perform this task as soon as the machine connects after the scheduled time.
• (Backup Set Type) - Select the type of backup set to schedule. Click Apply to apply these settings to selected machine IDs without changing the backup schedule.
  • Incremental - Captures only the files that have changed since the previous full or incremental backup. Restoring from an incremental backup requires all previous incremental image files plus the original full backup. Do not remove files from the full backup set directory.

    Warning: Incremental backups detect changes at the sector level. If you defragment your hard disk, a large number of disk sectors will move and appear to change. This results in a large incremental backup file. This is perfectly normal for a sector level backup system.

  • Last Differential - Captures all changes to the target system since the last full backup. To save disk space, only the latest differential backup is saved with each full backup set. Select Last Differential to minimize backup storage requirements.
  • All Differentials - Captures all changes to the target system since the last full backup. Saves all differential backups in addition to the last differential backup.
• Every <N> Periods - Incremental and differential backups are always performed as a recurring task. Enter the number of times to run this task each time period. Click Apply to apply these settings to selected machine IDs. Enter 0 to disable the scheduling of incremental or differential backups.
• Full Every <N> Periods - Full backups are always performed as a recurring task. Enter the number of times to run this task each time period. Click Apply to apply these settings to selected machine IDs.
• Save last <N> backup sets - Specify the number of full backup sets to keep. A backup set is a full backup plus all incremental backups or differential backups referencing that full backup. Starting a new full backup creates a new full backup set. So, entering 3 here maintains the current full backup, plus that last two full backup sets. Click Apply to apply these settings to selected machine IDs without changing the backup schedule.
• Synthetic Full - If checked, creates a new full backup by consolidating existing incremental or differential backups with the previous base full backup image.

  Note: Alt+clicking the Synthetic Full backup icon in the header panel of Schedule Volumes or Schedule Folders displays four tabs of settings that can be applied individually to each machine. See Hidden Preferences for details.

• Verify Backup - If checked, verifies each backup image immediately after each full, incremental, or differential backup completes. Verify takes the same amount of time as the original backup to complete. Only verify in situations where you question the integrity of the network connection to the backup file location. You do not generally need to use this option. Use the Verify Images function to spot check backup files at any time.
• Delete before running backup - If checked, the system deletes any backup sets not being saved using Save last <N> backup sets before creating a new backup set. If blank, backup sets scheduled for deletion are deleted only after the new backup set is successfully created.
• Enable VSS Support - Enables Volume Shadow Service (VSS) on 2003 servers. VSS ensures completion of all transactions before the backup process starts. Click Apply to apply these settings to selected machine IDs without changing the backup schedule.

Tables Columns

• Select All/Unselect All - Click the Select All link to check all rows on the page. Click the Unselect All link to uncheck all rows on the page.
• (Check-in Status) - These icons indicate the agent check-in status of each managed machine. Hovering the cursor over a check-in icon displays the agent quick view window.

Online but waiting for first audit to complete

Agent online

Agent online and user currently logged on.

Agent online and user currently logged on, but user not active for 10 minutes

Agent is currently offline

Agent has never checked in

Agent is online but remote control has been disabled

The agent has been suspended

• Machine.Group ID - A unique machine ID / group ID / organization ID name for a machine in the VSA.
• Disks - The list of local hard drive disks available on a machine, by disk number. Disk numbers are assigned by a machine's BIOS. Check a disk number to include it in a volume backup. Backup an entire disk to ensure any hidden partitions that may have been installed by your PC vendor are also backed up. These hidden partitions may be required to boot your system in the event of a restore.
• Sets - The number of backup sets maintained at any one time.
• Inc / Diff - The type of backup set maintained:

- Incremental

- Differential

- All differential

- Synthetic full

• Delete Before Backup - If checked, the system deletes any backups sets not being saved before creating a new backup set.
• Last Backup - The last time a backup was performed.
• Partitions - The list of available drive letter partitions available on a machine. Check a driver letter to include it in a volume backup.
• Skip if Machine Offline - If a checkmark displays and the machine is offline, skip and run the next scheduled period and time. If no checkmark displays, perform this task as soon as the machine connects after the scheduled time.
• Next Backup - The next scheduled backup. Overdue date/time stamps display as red text with yellow highlight.
• Period (full) - The scheduled interval between full backups.
• Period (inc/diff) - The scheduled interval between incremental or differential backups.
• Verify VSS - If checked, Volume Shadow Service (VSS) is enabled when performing a backup.