Choose Temporary location & Incremental Scheduling

Temporary location for backup dumps

Enter the location/directory path to which the dumps have to be stored locally before uploading them to the backup server. Please ensure that you have enough disk space in the configured temporary location (where the backup dump has to be saved).

Select the location to which the dump must take place from the window as displayed below. The location which you have configured for the backup dumps will be mentioned in the Folder tab. Click OK to finalize your dump location.

Add Mapped Drive

There may be situations in which you may not have enough space to allocate for the dump process. In such cases, you can add a mapped drive by providing the drive name, drive path, username, and password. From there on the dumping process will happen to the configured drive only.

• The drive path must be in the following format: \\<MACHINE_NAME OR IP_ADDRESS>\<SHARE_NAME> make sure you give the correct details else you will get the status “Mapping the drive letter to the UNC path failed with the error: The network path was not found.”
• Ensure you provide proper credentials, if not the message “Mapping the drive letter to the UNC path failed with the error: The specified network password is not correct” will appear. Click Save to complete the process.

Note: If the drive you have configured already exists or you have already mapped that drive to a UNC path, you will get the following message “C:/ drive already exists or mapped to a UNC path. Please choose a different drive letter

Incremental Backup Scheduling

You must configure how frequently your Incremental backup must be scheduled. Only the changes that take place post the full backup will be sent to the backup server. Click the ‘Edit’ option to begin configuring an Incremental Backup schedule.

• Run Daily- Choose a specified time. In this specified time period, the increments will be triggered.
• Run Weekly- Choose the time interval and the required days in the week in which the backup must be carried out. You can choose more than a day in a week if required. The increments will run in the configured time period alone.
• Run Every few Minutes- Specify a time interval in minutes/hours at which incremental schedules are to be carried out. In addition, you can choose the days you wish the backup to run on a weekly basis.

Click Save once you are done configuring an Incremental Backup schedule.

Note: If you have selected Run Hourly for full backup then the Run Weekly or Run Daily option will not be valid for incremental backup is not valid. Please select Run Every Few Minutes. The time selected Run Hourly for full backup should be greater than the time selected for incremental backup

Encryption Setting

Backups configured under BDRCloud Client can be encrypted with a user-defined password which can be provided during backup configuration.

Steps to add Encryption Password

• In order to encrypt your backup, select Enable Encryption check-box. You can either add your own password or encrypt the backup with a System Generated Password.

• To create a new password, click on Add Password. Provide the password of your choice along with a password hint and save it

• The newly created password will be available in the drop-down list. Choose the password and click Next. All the added passwords will be listed in the drop-down box. With the help of the encryption hint, you can easily identify the required password. Click Save once you have provided the required details.

Note: By default, BDRCloud Client uses the system-generated password to encrypt backups even if Encryption is disabled. You can opt for a custom password for extended data protection and you will be required to provide it during recovery. Opting to the custom password will disable integrity checks from being performed automatically

Note: Password and its hint should not be the same to avoid security issues. The password should contain at least a character, a number and a special character [! @ # $ % ^ & *]. Encryption hint should be at least 6 characters and not more than 25 characters. Encryption hints are unique and no two passwords can have the same encryption hint

Once you have configured Encryption Settings, Click Save .