beautypg.com

Scheduled dates, Interval settings, Media to be used – HP Data Protector Express Basic-Software User Manual

Page 29: Auto format, Auto format mode

background image

WARNING!

Files protected with split file mode cannot be restored during Disaster Recovery. They must be restored

after the DR process has completed.

Scheduled Dates

This setting is only visible when the schedule type is set to run on selected days. It consists of a list of

selected days to run the job. To add days to or remove days from the schedule, click the Calendar...

button to open the schedule calendar. To schedule the job to run on a day, right-click on the day in the

calendar and select Daily. To unschedule a day, right-click on it and select None.

Interval Settings

This setting is only visible when the job is scheduled to be run repeatedly. It contains controls for

specifying which types of jobs (full, incremental, or differential) will be run on which intervals and the

number of media sets that will be used. You can use the Calendar... button to view of the schedule. The

calendar will show when daily, weekly, monthly and yearly backups will be run. Clicking a day will

display a message along the bottom of the dialog explaining the type of job that will be run, the name of

the media that will be created, and whether the media will be appended to or overwritten. To override

the schedule on a an individual day, right-click on the day and select the new backup type or deselect the

day to stop the backup on that day. For more information see

Chapter 7

.

TIP:

It’s a good idea to deselect holidays from you schedule if you don’t have a tape library or if nobody will

be available to put the correct media into the device.

Media to be used

Select the folder in which the job will look for existing media that it can reuse. Note that the default folder

is the current Job folder. If you wish to use media from another folder, specify which folder by clicking the

Add button to open a catalog browser and navigating to the desired folder.

Auto format

Auto format mode

Before data can be written to media, the media must be formatted. When media is formatted, any data

on it is lost and all record of the media is removed from the catalog.

No auto format

Instructs Data Protector Express to send an alert to the alert window if it encounters

media that needs to be formatted (either blank or unrecognized media). While waiting for a user reply,

Data Protector Express scans the network for devices with the media it was expecting.

Auto format blank media only

Instructs Data Protector Express to automatically format all new or blank

media. However, if Data Protector Express encounters unrecognized media, it sends an alert to the alert

window and then scans the network for the media it was expecting. This setting can help prevent data

from being accidentally destroyed by formatting, while not needlessly querying the user before formatting

a blank media.

Auto format all media

Instructs Data Protector Express to automatically format all of the media inserted

into the tape drive which require formatting. With this setting selected, Data Protector Express will

automatically format all new or blank media and all unrecognized media.

User’s Guide

29

This manual is related to the following products: