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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
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| style="padding:0px 40px 0px 10px; color: grey; font-size: 90%; text-align:left;" | See also: [[Special:MyLanguage/4_4_3_Beefalo:Tasks_by_Clients|Tasks by Clients]] – [[Special:MyLanguage/Creating_a_Schedule|Creating a Schedule]] – [[Special:MyLanguage/Creating_a_Backup_Event|Creating a Backup Event]] – [[Special:MyLanguage/Creating_Exclude_List|Creating Exclude List]] – [[Special:MyLanguage/Backup|Backup]] – [[Special:MyLanguage/Adding_a_Task_to_the_Task_Group|Adding a Task to the Task Group]] | | style="padding:0px 40px 0px 10px; color: grey; font-size: 90%; text-align:left;" | See also: [[Special:MyLanguage/4_4_3_Beefalo:Tasks_by_Clients|Tasks by Clients]] – [[Special:MyLanguage/Creating_a_Schedule|Creating a Schedule]] – [[Special:MyLanguage/Creating_a_Backup_Event|Creating a Backup Event]] – [[Special:MyLanguage/Creating_Exclude_List|Creating Exclude List]] – [[Special:MyLanguage/Backup|Backup]] – [[Special:MyLanguage/Adding_a_Task_to_the_Task_Group|Adding a Task to the Task Group]] – [[Special:MyLanguage/4_4_3_Grolar:Disabling_and_Enabling_Backup_Task|Disabling and Enabling Backup Task]] – [[Special:MyLanguage/4_4_3_Grolar:Disabling_and_Enabling_Task_Group|Disabling and Enabling Task Group]] | ||
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==Steps==</noinclude> | ==Steps==</noinclude> | ||
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From '''Main Selection''' -> '''Tasks''' -> '''By | From '''Main Selection''' -> '''Tasks''' -> '''By Clients''', select your client and click '''New Backup Task'''. The ''New Backup Task'' window opens.</li> | ||
<li>Use the browse button to specify the '''Source''' and select what you want to back up. If you want to back up individual files, you can either browse for directories and files that you want to include in the backup or enter their names followed by a comma (''C:/Program Files/SEPsesam/var/db,C:\Users\AA\Documents\references''). Typically, if you select the source by browsing, the ''[[Special:MyLanguage/SEP_sesam_Glossary#task_type|task type]]'' and ''task name'' are set automatically. A few special task types are rare exceptions and thus require a manual selection of the relevant type and specifying the task name. </li> | <li>Use the browse button to specify the '''Source''' and select what you want to back up. If you want to back up individual files, you can either browse for directories and files that you want to include in the backup or enter their names followed by a comma (''C:/Program Files/SEPsesam/var/db,C:\Users\AA\Documents\references''). Typically, if you select the source by browsing, the ''[[Special:MyLanguage/SEP_sesam_Glossary#task_type|task type]]'' and ''task name'' are set automatically. A few special task types are rare exceptions and thus require a manual selection of the relevant type and specifying the task name. </li> | ||
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where <tt><list_source></tt> is a separate file that contains a list of selected sources to be backed up. For details, see [[Special:MyLanguage/SBC_CLI#files|<tt>-f</tt> command usage]]. | where <tt><list_source></tt> is a separate file that contains a list of selected sources to be backed up. For details, see [[Special:MyLanguage/SBC_CLI#files|<tt>-f</tt> command usage]]. | ||
</ul> | </ul> | ||
<li>Switch to the '''Encryption & Compression''' tab if you want to set [[Special:MyLanguage/SEP_sesam_Glossary#encryption|encryption]] or [[Special:MyLanguage/SEP_sesam_Glossary#compression|compress]] data. Use other corresponding tabs to consolidate individual tasks under a specific task group or assign a task to the schedule. | <li>Switch to the '''Encryption & Compression''' tab if you want to set [[Special:MyLanguage/SEP_sesam_Glossary#encryption|encryption]] or [[Special:MyLanguage/SEP_sesam_Glossary#compression|compress]] data.</li> | ||
<li>In v. ≥ 4.4.3 ''Beefalo V2'', click the '''OS Access''' tab and specify the credentials to access the resources on the target client. If you have already specified the credentials when configuring the client or its location, select an existing credential set from the drop-down list. Otherwise, click '''New''' and enter the credentials for the target client.</li> | |||
Use other corresponding tabs to consolidate individual tasks under a specific task group or assign a task to the schedule. | |||
<li>Click '''OK''' to create the task.</li> | <li>Click '''OK''' to create the task.</li> | ||
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{{Tip|Optionally, you can assign individual tasks to a [[Special:MyLanguage/SEP_sesam_Glossary#task_group|task group]] and then trigger the start of all tasks belonging to that group with a single event. For details, see [[Special:MyLanguage/Adding_a_Task_to_the_Task_Group|Adding a Task to the Task Group]].}} | {{Tip|Optionally, you can assign individual tasks to a [[Special:MyLanguage/SEP_sesam_Glossary#task_group|task group]] and then trigger the start of all tasks belonging to that group with a single event. For details, see [[Special:MyLanguage/Adding_a_Task_to_the_Task_Group|Adding a Task to the Task Group]].}} | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
[[Special:MyLanguage/4_4_3_Beefalo:Tasks_by_Clients|Tasks by Clients]] – [[Special:MyLanguage/Creating_a_Schedule|Creating a Schedule]] – [[Special:MyLanguage/Creating_a_Backup_Event|Creating a Backup Event]] – [[Special:MyLanguage/Creating_Exclude_List|Creating Exclude List]] – [[Special:MyLanguage/Backup|Backup]] – [[Special:MyLanguage/Adding_a_Task_to_the_Task_Group|Adding a Task to the Task Group]]</noinclude></div> | [[Special:MyLanguage/4_4_3_Beefalo:Tasks_by_Clients|Tasks by Clients]] – [[Special:MyLanguage/Creating_a_Schedule|Creating a Schedule]] – [[Special:MyLanguage/Creating_a_Backup_Event|Creating a Backup Event]] – [[Special:MyLanguage/Creating_Exclude_List|Creating Exclude List]] – [[Special:MyLanguage/Backup|Backup]] – [[Special:MyLanguage/Adding_a_Task_to_the_Task_Group|Adding a Task to the Task Group]] – [[Special:MyLanguage/4_4_3_Grolar:Disabling_and_Enabling_Backup_Task|Disabling and Enabling Backup Task]] – [[Special:MyLanguage/4_4_3_Grolar:Disabling_and_Enabling_Task_Group|Disabling and Enabling Task Group]]</noinclude></div> |
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Overview
A backup task defines which files are backed up and which data should be excluded from backup. Creating a task is the first step of the standard backup procedure. Once you created a task, create a schedule to specify when you want to back up your data. In the third step you will create a backup event by selecting where to back up your data to and how.
Steps
- From Main Selection -> Tasks -> By Clients, select your client and click New Backup Task. The New Backup Task window opens.
- Use the browse button to specify the Source and select what you want to back up. If you want to back up individual files, you can either browse for directories and files that you want to include in the backup or enter their names followed by a comma (C:/Program Files/SEPsesam/var/db,C:\Users\AA\Documents\references). Typically, if you select the source by browsing, the task type and task name are set automatically. A few special task types are rare exceptions and thus require a manual selection of the relevant type and specifying the task name.
- Optionally, specify the filenames or patterns which you do not want to back up in the Exclude list. For details on various exclude options, see Creating Exclude List.
Tip If the number of files or directories you want to include for backup exceeds allowed length for task source (max. 1024 characters), you can create a separate file that contains a list of selected sources by using Additional call arguments (see step 5). - Optionally, edit the assigned Task name. You can give your task a meaningful or descriptive name (max. 15 letters) that clearly identifies it, for example diagnostix_all for a backup of your client named diagnostix.
- Optionally, click the Options tab if you want to specify additional backup or restore options.
- You can enable the pre/post backup or restore commands.
- Under the Additional call arguments, you can specify additional backup or restore options. For example, in the Backup options field (previously Save options), you can enter the list of items to be backed up by using the following command: -f <list_source> where <list_source> is a separate file that contains a list of selected sources to be backed up. For details, see -f command usage.
- Switch to the Encryption & Compression tab if you want to set encryption or compress data.
- In v. ≥ 4.4.3 Beefalo V2, click the OS Access tab and specify the credentials to access the resources on the target client. If you have already specified the credentials when configuring the client or its location, select an existing credential set from the drop-down list. Otherwise, click New and enter the credentials for the target client. Use other corresponding tabs to consolidate individual tasks under a specific task group or assign a task to the schedule.
- Click OK to create the task.
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To use a configurable pre/post interface, you have to activate it first and create your own commands. Interfaces can be activated in GUI: in the menu bar, click Configuration -> Interfaces -> select the interface you want to activate and the client. The interface script window opens, allowing you to configure the desired action. Once done, click Save to activate the interface. The interface is saved to the <SESAM_ROOT>/bin/sesam directory. For more details, see Configuration: Interfaces.
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Optionally, you can assign individual tasks to a task group and then trigger the start of all tasks belonging to that group with a single event. For details, see Adding a Task to the Task Group. |