Backing up using the Backup and Verify window

Use the Backup and Verify window to create a backup more quickly than using the Backup wizard.

You can choose to archive your database to a secondary storage system and when to verify the archived backup.

In the Actions pane, select Backup.
In the Backup and Verify window, select the Storage Groups or Databases that you want to back up.
Note: If you decide to back up a Storage Group with an invalid status, SnapManager does not allow you to proceed with the backup operation.
In the Backup Management Group list, select a management group for the backup you want to create.
If you have datasets configured in your system, select a backup archiving option under Backup archiving options to archive the database at the secondary storage system.
If you have datasets configured in your system, select a backup retention group under Backup archiving options to determine the retention time of the dataset on the archived secondary storage system.
If you want to delete older backups of this backup management group automatically, select one of the Delete Backups options.
Note: Ensure to select one of the Delete Backups options to manage your Snapshot copies.

To view or change the setting to retain up-to-the-minute restore, click Advanced.

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Avoid creating a break in the continuity of transaction logs (between the previous backup and the present time)	Select the Retain up-to-the-minute restore ability for older backups in other management groups option. Snapshot copies of LUNs that contain transaction logs related to any management group that is not selected are not deleted from the SnapInfo directory.
Reduce the space consumption of the storage system by transaction logs (by allowing more transaction logs to be deleted)	Clear the Retain up-to-the-minute restore ability for older backups in other management groups option.

To view or change backup transaction logs settings, do the following.

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Retain up-to-the-minute restore ability from a backup that is not the most recent	Select Back up transaction logs that will be truncated by Exchange at the end of the backup . This option is automatically selected each time you launch SnapManager.
Reduce the amount of disk space consumed by transaction log backups that Exchange truncates after the backup finishes	Clear the Back up transaction logs that will be truncated by Exchange at the end of the backup option. The option remains disabled only until you exit SnapManager. Note: Clearing this option causes SnapManager Backup to also remove the option to defer database verification.

To verify the backup immediately after the backup is complete, select Verify Backed Up Databases and Transaction Logs.
Do not select the option if you want to verify your backup later.

Note: Although it is possible to restore from an unverified backup, you should not do so.
If you want to run a command after the backup process is complete, select the Run Command After Operation check box.
Selecting the option Run Command After Operation archives backups after the SnapVault process completes.

Depending on your requirement of a SnapMirror update, do either of the following:

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Your volume is a SnapMirror source volume and you do not want the destination volume to be updated after this backup process is complete	Clear the Update SnapMirror After Operation check box.
Your volume is a SnapMirror destination volume and you want the destination volume to be updated after the backup is complete	Select the Update SnapMirror After Operation check box.

To run integrity verification on the Exchange databases and transaction logs that are stored on the destination volume, select Verify on available SnapMirror destination volumes.
The Verify on available SnapMirror destination volumes is available and checked by default, only when the selected Storage Group or database have at least one SnapMirror relationship.

The Verify on available SnapMirror destination volumes option is grayed out if the FlexClone license is not installed on the destination volume.

Depending on when you want to run the backup process, do either of the following:

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Run your backup process immediately	Click Backup Now, and then proceed to step to back up the selected Storage Groups or databases. The Backup Status window appears, showing the Task list.
Defer your backup process	Click Schedule to use the Windows Task Manager to schedule your backup process, and then proceed to the next step.

In the Schedule Jobs window, name your backup job, provide the user ID and password for the job, then click OK.
Note: If this name already exists as a Windows scheduled task and you want to replace it with a new job, select the Replace if it Exists check box, then click OK.

The Schedule jobs window appears.
In the Schedule Jobs window, use the Schedule tab to specify the following parameters of your job schedule—When the job is to run, and if you want the job to repeat, at what frequency
After you schedule your job, click OK.
You can use Control Panel to modify the schedule or cancel the scheduled job.

The backup job runs at the times you specified in the Schedule Task view.
In the Backup Status window, click Start Now to back up the selected Storage Groups or Databases.
Clicking Start Now completes the backup operation and the Snapshot copy is written to the volume. SnapManager Backup completes each task and checks it off on the list shown in the Backup Task List view.

You can alternate between the task check-off list and the progress report.

If the backup process is successful, the Task view shows the check off list with the tasks completed.

Note: If you enable Notification, an e-mail message is sent and the event is posted to the Windows Application event log.