Setting customized options on the Desktop Agent

You can change additional Desktop Agent settings if your profile allows it.

To set customized options

  1. In the Tasks bar, under Tools, click Options.

  2. On the Options tab, select Use custom options from the drop-down menu.

  3. Select the appropriate options as follows, and then click OK:

    Use Profile options

    Select Use Profile options from the drop-down menu to use the scheduling options that are specified in the profile.

    If this option is selected, additional settings on the Schedule tab cannot be modified.

    Use customized options

    Select Use customized options from the drop-down menu to specify a customized schedule that differs from the profile schedule.

    This option must be selected to enable access to additional settings on the Options tab.

    Limit disk space usage on my computer to:

    Select Limit disk space usage on my computer to limit the amount of space that is used on the computer to store backup files.

    %

    Select % to enter a percentage of the hard disk space that can be used to store backup files.

    MB

    Select MB to enter the maximum number of megabytes of disk space that can be used to store backup files.

    Keep log files for a minimum of (days)

    Specify the minimum number of days to keep log files. Log files are not deleted until they are at least as old as specified.

    Log grooming occurs each time a log is created. Log files are not deleted until the minimum age has been reached and, when the combined size of all log files, is also reached.

    After minimum number of days, delete oldest log files when combined size exceeds

    Enter the maximum combined size of all log files to be retained before the oldest log files are deleted.

    You may have more than the specified number of MB of log files stored if none of the log files are as old as specified in the Keep log files for a minimum of (days) setting.

    Log groom messages

    Select Log groom messages to create logs for grooming operations.

    Log information messages for backup

    Select Log information messages for backup to create logs for all backup operations.

    Log warning messages

    Select Log warning messages to create logs for all operations that generate warnings.

    Enable message level incremental backups of Outlook PST files

    Select Enable incremental backups of Outlook PST files to enable incremental backups of Microsoft Outlook Personal Folder (PST) files. Incremental backups must be enabled to allow PST files to be backed up while they are open.

    If this option is not checked, PST files that are configured in Outlook are fully backed up each time the PST file is saved. In general, PST files are saved when Outlook is closed.

    See About using DLO to back up Outlook PST files incrementally.

    Enable message level incremental backups of Lotus Notes email files

    Check Enable incremental backups of Lotus Notes email files to enable the configuration of DLO for incremental backup of certain Lotus Notes NSF files. Additional steps may be necessary to insure backup of these files.

    See Backing up Lotus Notes NSF files incrementally.

    Unchecking this box prevents the incremental backup of Lotus Notes files.