Operation Manual

New ESXi Backup Task, When to back up

In the third step (Where to back up), select the location for storing your ESXi configuration backup

archive and archive name. Click Browse to open the pop-up, select the location among one of the

following and then click OK:

 Local folders.

 Network folders.

 FTP servers.

 SFTP servers.

ESXi backup is created only in the Multiple files backup scheme (legacy mode archive) (p. 9). The

Save all backups in one file (Recommended) option is disabled.

Select Automatically delete old backups check box to set up the clean up rules. The details for these

settings are explained in the "Where to back up" section (p. 33).

Select Copy the backup to a second location check box. The following settings allow you to configure

the backup copying options. Select the second location where you would also like to store your

backups and the archive name. Click Browse and select from the available list of locations.

From the When to copy drop-down list select if you would like to copy the backup to the second

location immediately after each backup is created. Or you can indicate the specific days for

performing your backup copy, other than the backup schedule days. In this case you can also choose

to copy all missed recovery points or copy last created recovery points only.