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When performing any backup, you have the option to change the default settings for the backup set before the process begins. You can also set advanced options.
You can configure standard backup options in the Backup Job Information dialog box (Figure 13), which displays after you click Start Backup from the Backup tab in Exchange 2000. The table below provides explanations of the options in Backup Job Information.
You can configure advanced backup options in the Advanced Backup Options dialog box (Figure 1), which displays after you click Advanced in the Backup Job Information dialog box. Table 2 provides explanations of the options in Advanced Backup Options.
| Backup options | Explanation |
| Backup description | For each backup job, you can type a unique name to describe your backup. |
| Append this backup to the media | Appends the backup job to an existing backup file or tape. This does not affect the data on the existing backup file or tape. |
| Replace the data on the media with this backup | Erases the backup file, or all the backup jobs on the tape, before the new backup job is saved. Important If you choose this option, you will lose all existing backup data in the backup file or on the tape. |
| Allow only the owner and the Administrator access to the backup data | Specifies that only the owner or members of the Administrator's group can access the data that is saved on the tape or in the file. This option secures the online tape or file. If you are backing up data to an existing tape or file that you are overwriting, you can choose this option. If you are backing up data to an existing tape or file and you are appending the data to the tape or file, you cannot choose this option because ownership of the tape has already been defined. |
| Advanced Backup options | Explanation |
| Back up data that is in Remote Storage | Backs up data that has been designated for Remote Storage. If you select this option, Remote Storage placeholder files are backed up. If you do not select this option, Remote Storage placeholder files are not backed up. You can restore Remote Storage data only to an NTFS volume that is used in Windows 2000. |
| Verify data after backup | Verifies that the backed up data is exactly the same as the original data. Note Though this option helps verify data integrity in some types of data backups (for example, System State backups and full computer backups), do not use this option when backing up Exchange databases. Selecting this option will substantially increase the time it takes to perform an Exchange 2000 database backup. |
| Automatically backup System Protected Files with the System State | Backs up all of the system files that are in your systemroot directory in addition to the boot files that are included with the System State data. This option substantially increases the size of a Normal backup job, but it is important for Exchange 2000 Server backups because it backs up the Internet Information Services (IIS) metabase, which contains information such as your Exchange HTTP Virtual Server Information. |
| Backup Type | Determines how your data is backed up. For a description of the different types of backups, see ôSelecting the Default Settings for Backupö earlier in Part 1 of this document. For example, if this is the first backup you have made of the Windows 2000 System State, you want to perform a Normal backup. Then you can switch to Incremental or Differential backups that keep your System State backup current when changes are made to the operating system. |
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