Task List

In the Task List tab, you can see a list of all the backup tasks that have been created. You can also manage them with the buttons at the top of the tab.

To create a backup task:

  1. In File Server > Task List and click Create.
  2. Select the file server you wish to back up.
  3. Select your backup mode:
  4. Click Next to continue.
  5. Indicate what you wish to transfer using the following four states:
  6. Click Next to continue.
  7. Enter your Task name and Local path, and set a Schedule for your backup task.
  8. If you selected Multi-versioned as your backup mode, you will have the option to set up a Retention Policy to manage backup versions by automatically deleting unwanted versions and potentially freeing up storage space.
  9. Check your task settings and click Apply to finish creating your backup task.

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To edit backup tasks:

  1. Select the backup task you wish to edit and click Edit.
  2. Here you can modify remote server information, connection mode and authentication method, adjust backup folder and file filter settings, enable and disable backup schedule, and configure other settings.
  3. If you selected Multi-versioned as your backup mode, you can also edit backup rotation settings.

To manage file filters:

  1. Select the backup task and click Edit > File Filter.
  2. You can exclude specific files by specifying file types or creating custom filters:
  3. Note:

    1. File Filter only filters out files and not folders.
    2. The wildcard represents zero or more non-space characters. Please see the examples below:
      • a* can represent any word starting with a, such as account, apple.
      • *e can represent any word ending with e, such as apple, table.
      • *12* can represent any word that contains 12, such as 2012, 1220, 341256.

To run backup tasks:

You can set up a backup schedule during setup so your backup tasks will run regularly according to your schedule, or you can click Back up to run your task immediately.

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To delete backup tasks:

  1. Select the backup task you wish to delete.
  2. Click Delete.

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To check the detailed information of a backup task:

In Task List, select the backup task you wish to view more information about and click Details. The following information will be displayed:

To browse or delete backup versions of a backup task:

  1. In Task List, select the desired backup task.
  2. Click Version to browse the backup versions.
  3. If you wish to delete a backup version, please select the version and click the icon.