Continuous Backup is a feature providing backup for selective data whenever change is made. Depending on the options selected, every version of a file is backed up close to real time.
Field | Description |
Backup set type | Type of the backup. |
Do not backup files defined as system files | All the files that are marked as system files will not be backup. |
Define how often backup run | It is the time interval that the continuous backup runs, the settings can be ranged from 1 minute to 12 hours. |
Only apply to files smaller than | This is the settings to apply the continuous backup on small regular update files. The settings ranges from 25 MB to 1000 MB or any values that you entered. For large files, it may not be able to backup with a short time interval, you may need to adjust the continuous backup time interval. |
Exclude Filter | Exclude the files/folders to be backup with the defined exclude filter to avoid backing up files that are continuous updating eg: log files in some applications. |
After the Continuous Backup feature is enabled, you are required to perform a FULL BACKUP of the backup set. This is to ensure all files from the backup source are uploaded to the backup destination(s), as Continuous backup will only backup updated files after a full backup is performed.