Setting revision control for a DLO backup selection

For each backup selection, you can specify the following settings:

To set revision control for a backup selection

  1. Open the Backup Selection dialog box.

    See Adding a DLO backup selection to a profile.

  2. On the Revision Control tab, select the appropriate options for both the Desktop and network user data folders:

    desktop user data folder

    Type the number of revisions to keep in the desktop user data folder for each file in the backup selection.

    When Outlook PST files or Lotus Notes NSF files are backed up incrementally, only one revision is maintained regardless of the number of revisions that are set in the backup selection.

    Limit to

    Check this option to limit the number of revisions that are retained in a given amount of time, and specify the following:

    • Revisions. Select the number of versions to retain.

    • Within the last x hours. Select the time period during which you want to retain the versions.

    • At least x minutes apart. Select the minimum amount of time that must elapse between backups in this backup selection.

    The oldest revision is deleted when a new revision is created that exceeds one of these limits.

    network user data folder

    Select the number of revisions to keep in the network user data folder for each file in the backup selection.

    Limit to

    Check this option to limit the number of revisions that are retained in a given amount of time, and specify the following:

    • Revisions. Select the number of versions to retain.

    • Within the last x hours. Select the time period during which you want to retain the versions.

    • At least x minutes apart. Select the minimum amount of time that must elapse between backups in this backup selection.

    The oldest revision is deleted when a new revision is created that exceeds one of these limits.

    Discard all revisions in the desktop user data folder older than

    Enter the number of days after which all revisions in the desktop user data folder are deleted.

    The most recent revision is not discarded.

    Discard all revisions in the network user data folder older than

    Enter the number of days after which all revisions in the network user data folder are deleted.

    The most recent revision is not discarded.