Documentation of Exiland Backup

Other settings



Multi-threaded copying

These settings can increase the speed of copying files. All source files will be evenly distributed into several independent threads and each thread will copy its portion of data. If you are using FTP / SFTP protocols, note that your server can have the limitation by the number of simultaneous connections, so the maximum number of threads is recommended to be set up to 10.

Action after executing this job

You can set the shut down, log off, reboot, and sleep functions after executing a job.

NOTE! If there are any queued jobs during the execution of the log off, reboot or shutdown, these jobs will be removed from the queue.

Actions description:


Log off

from Windows, all of the programs you were using are closed, including Exiland Backup Standard, but the computer is not turned off. After you log off, another user can log on without needing to restart the computer.


Reboot

the Windows, all of the programs you were using are closed, and the computer is restarted.


Shutdown

When you shut down the PC, all of the programs you were using are closed, and the computer is turned off.


Sleep

is a power-saving state of your PC. OS Windows puts your open documents and running programs on your hard disk, and then turns off your computer.


Close program

- unloading the program from memory (only for the Standard edition)

Determine a source file was created or modified

This setting allows you to select method of determining that a source file was created or modified.  There are two methods:

- Using modified date

By default, Exiland Backup uses this method.

- Using archive bit ("Archive" attribute)

In some cases it is impossible to determine whether source file is changed. For example, there are big file (crypto container created by Truecrypt). When this file is modified, its date of modification and the size don't change. (contents change only), but the archive bit is set. In that case it is necessary to use archive bit.

The archive bit is a file attribute used by Microsoft operating systems, by OS/2 and by AmigaOS

In this OS, when a file is created or modified, the archive bit is set, and when the source file has been backed up, the archive bit is turned off.

You can use archive bit if your source files located on a local / network disk (not for FTP/SFTP source).

This method works faster than modified date method. It is especially actual for synchronization, and also for the differential and incremental backups.

IMPORTANT: First backup using Archive Bit will get all files.

Option "[x] Check for a previous backup on disk"

By default, the setting is enabled and the program controls that the previous backup is on the disk. If it turns out that the previous copy is not on the disk (for example, it was accidentally deleted by a user or a virus), then the program will create a new full backup, regardless of whether there were any changes to the source data. In some special cases this check needs to be disabled. For example, if backups are transferred to another location, which the program "does not know" about. In this case, disabling this setting is necessary so that a new full backup is not created each time.

Option "[x] Overwrite if backup already exists with the same name"

This setting is necessary in order to avoid the duplicate name of backup.