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Archive settings

This section explains the various settings and options for your on-demand archives and archive schedules. The settings you choose determine which backups are archived, the attributes of the archives created in the current job, and how any existing archives on the media are handled.

The following table provides details for the settings and options in the Archive Now and Schedule Archive tabs.

Setting	Description
Date Range	Dates of the backups to be archived in this set. By default, the last successful backups of the chosen types and clients are archived.
Clients to Archive	Clients whose backups will be archived in this job.
Backup Types to Archive	Backup types included in this archive job.
Target of Archive	Archive media to which this set will be written. Click to scan for connected media. Choose a target from the list. Note: If using a disk archiving unit with a single drive, it will show as eSATA when scanning for a target device.
Archive options	Select the desired options.
Overwrite	Check this box to permanently delete all existing archives from the media before creating the new archive set. Nothing is overwritten unless all sets on the media have exceeded their retention settings. For details, see Overwrite.
Purge	Check this box to purge archive sets to create space for the current job. Only sets that have exceeded their retention period are purged. Nothing is purged if there is already sufficient space for all the backups in the job. For details, see Purge. Purge is not supported for tape media.
Email Report	Check this box to select an email report of the archive operations. If this is a schedule, the archive is included in the daily schedule report.
Compress	Check this box to compress backups when written to the archive.
Encrypt	Check this box to encrypt the backups when written to the archive (if already encrypted, they are not encrypted again). This option is available only for systems that support encryption.
Seed	Check this box to run an archive to use for seeding a replication target or legacy vault. Seed archives are not equivalent to regular archives. Use only for seeding purposes. For details about seeding, see: RapidSeed for Replicating Systems or RapidSeed for Legacy Vaulting Systems.
Retention Period	The time period to retain this set (i.e., another archive job cannot write over or purge these archives).
Archive Local Directory Information	Check to archive files and/or folders on the local Unitrends system. Enter the desired directory by typing the full pathname or browsing, then click Add to move the directory to the Local Directory List. (You can also Remove or Remove All to move the directory or directories back.) The entire contents of selected directories are copied to the archive media.