The Backup Profiles page defines backup configuration profiles. Each backup profile represents a different set of enabled or disabled backup options, including file types and file locations to be backed up. Include and exclude rules can be defined by file type. Files and directories are included/excluded using a fixed order of precedence.
Changes to a profile affect all machine IDs assigned that profile. Typically different types of machines require different backup profiles. A sample profile is provided for you. You can't change a sample profile, but you can save it under a new name and make changes to the copy. Backup profile options include bandwidth throttling and CPU throttling performance options.
Backup profiles are optional but highly recommended. The other only method of scheduling an backup requires you to select individual files on a machine. Backup profiles are assigned to a machine ID account using the profile selector in the upper right hand corner of the Schedule page.
Retention Policy
30 days of backup data are retained in the online storage space.
Incremental backups are only stored if the file has changed.
If more than 30 incremental backups have been stored, the next backup after the last 30th incremental is a mirror backup (full).
If an incremental is 80% or more of the size of the file being backed up, a mirror backup (full) is created.
If a file has not changed for more than 30 days, only the latest version is retained.
If a file is deleted from the agent, the latest version will be kept offsite indefinitely unless deleted using the Manage function.
For both cloud and private storage, if Data Backup is uninstalled from an endpoint, then all backup data for that endpoint will be removed from the storage server.
For cloud storage, if the Kaseya agent is uninstalled before uninstalling Data Backup on an endpoint, the data will remain on the Amazon S3 server and you will continue to get billed.
Actions
New - Create a new profile.
Save - Save changes to selected profile.
Save As - Save a selected profile under a new name.
Rename - Rename a selected profile.
Delete - Delete a selected profile.
File Rules
Note: When specifying objects to include or exclude in a profile, enter a % character as the first character to display a list of profile variables. Not all profile variables apply to OSX operating systems.
Include Files and Folders
Specify the types of files to include.
Include File Type - Enter file type extensions separated by a space. Example. DOC TXT PDF HTML
Include Folder - Enter the path of a folder to include.
Include File - Enter the full path of a file to include.
Exclude files greater than <N> megabytes - Enter the number of megabytes.
Exclude File Type - Enter file type extensions separated by a space. Example. DOC TXT PDF HTML
Exclude Folder - Enter the full path of the folder to exclude.
Exclude File - Enter the full path of the file to exclude.
Performance
Enable Bandwidth Throttling - If checked, bandwidth throttling is enabled, using the options you specify below.
Limit the transfer to a percentage of the total network connection - Select or enter the percentage of network connection bandwidth allocated to backups.
Throttle all day long / Throttle between the following hours - Select when bandwidth throttling occurs during the day or night.
Enable CPU Throttling - If checked, CPU throttling is enabled using the options below.
Limit the amount of CPU as a percentage utilized by backup - Limit the percentage of CPU allocated to Data Backup.
Throttle all day long / Throttle between the following hours - Select when CPU throttling occurs during the day or night.
Share Profile
Choose to make the profile public or assigned only to your user role.
Public - All users can view, edit or share this profile.
Private - Access to this profile is limited to master role users and users belonging to your role.
Lifespan Policies
When Selective Lifespan is enabled, files older than a specified time period are deleted from storage during the next backup if they have been excluded from being backed up or deleted from the disk. This ensures a "grace period" is maintained for deleted files, while still reducing storage requirements overall. This applies to the backups of all agent machines managed by this profile.
Warning:Enabling this feature can result in the automatic deletion of backups in storage! If enabled, ensure recurring backup schedules run more frequently than the Storage Expiration time period specified.
Enable Selective lifespan policy - If checked, files older than the days specified by the Storage Expiration field are deleted from storage during the next backup if they have been excluded from being backed up or deleted from the disk.
Storage Expiration (5-60 days) - Defaults to 30 days.
Restore Horizon
This option is always enabled. Full and incremental backups older than the Restore Horizon are consolidated to create a single backup instance nearest the restore horizon. Multiple backup instances prior to the restore horizon are removed. Valid values for the restore horizon are between 15 and 120 days.
Restore Horizon (15-120 days) - Defaults to 30 days.
Incremental Backup Count
This option is always enabled. The Incremental Backup Count controls how many incremental backups are allowed between full backups of a file. This value is applied per file. Once a file has the maximum number of incremental backups, a full backup is performed.
Incremental Backup Count (0-30) - Defaults to 30 days. If 0, every backup results in a full file backup.
