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Advanced Configuration Options

These guidelines are intended to provide you with suggested settings that will meet the needs of most users. You may need to change certain options to meet your specific needs. On-line help is available on all screens as a reference for the various settings.

1. Start the program.
2. From the top menu, click View - Options - Backup.
3. On the General tab:
   
   • If you have a tape backup system that is also backing up the selected data, then you do not want this software to clear the archive flags (otherwise the tape system may skip desired files). In this case, on the General tab under Miscellaneous, uncheck Clear the archive flag on files that are backed up.
     
     Note: The above configuration assumes that your internet data backup will complete before the tape backup starts. Depending on the size of your data, you should schedule your internet backup to run one or more hours before your tape backup starts. If you run full backups with your tape system, then you will have better performance by leaving the Clear the archive flag checkbox selected.
   • Check Send deleted file lists to the Backup Server if you want files that you subsequently remove from the backup set to be immediately deleted from the remote Backup Server. Otherwise, the files will be removed when your backup time window (e.g., one month) passes. Selecting this option can help to reduce the amount of file storage used on the remote Backup Server; however, it also means that you won't be able to recover files that were deleted by accident.
4. On the Backup Sets tab:
   
   • Check Never notify me of failed events if you do not want notification windows to pop up when you log in.
5. On the Advanced tab:
   
   • Check Save full backup to use in future FastBIT backups if you have plenty of free disk space to speed up the incremental data comparisons.
   • Make sure that the folder specified in Temporary files folder is on a drive with adequate available space. Specify a new location, if desired.
     
     Important: Virus scanning software can interfere with the operation of the software. You should exclude the above folder from scanning by your virus software.
6. On the Mail tab:
   
   • Check Send mail after a backup operation has completed to receive an e-mail of backup status. Enter your mail server address and e-mail address in the boxes provided.

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