Backup options

Some of the features described in this section are only available for on-premises deployments.

To modify the backup options, click the gear icon next to the protection plan name, and then click Backup options.

Availability of the backup options

The set of available backup options depends on:

The environment the agent operates in (Windows, Linux, macOS).
The type of the data being backed up (disks, files, virtual machines, application data).
The backup destination (the cloud storage, local or network folder).

The following table summarizes the availability of the backup options.

	Disk-level backup			File-level backup			Virtual machines			SQL and Exchange
	Windows	Linux	macOS	Windows	Linux	macOS	ESXi	Hyper-V	Scale Computing	Windows
Alerts	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Backup consolidation	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-
Backup file name	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Backup format	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Backup validation	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Changed block tracking (CBT)	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+
Cluster backup mode	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+
Compression level	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Email notifications	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Error handling
Re-attempt if an error occurs	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Do not show messages and dialogs while processing (silent mode)	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Ignore bad sectors	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	-
Re-attempt, if an error occurs during VM snapshot creation	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	-
Fast incremental/differential backup	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
File filters	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-
File-level backup snapshot	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-
Log truncation	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	SQL only
LVM snapshotting	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mount points	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-
Multi-volume snapshot	+	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-
Performance and backup window	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Physical Data Shipping	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-
Pre/Post commands	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Pre/Post data capture commands	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	+
SAN hardware snapshots	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-
Scheduling
Distribute start times within a time window	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Limit the number of simultaneously running backups	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	-
Sector-by-sector backup	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	-
Splitting	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Tape management	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Task failure handling	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Task start conditions	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	+	+
Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS)	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	+
Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) for virtual machines	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	-
Weekly backup	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Windows event log	+	-	-	+	-	-	+	+	+	+