Retention range

Type or select how long you need your backup data available.

You can select a retention range between 1 and 12 weeks for short-term tape-based protection.

Frequency of backup

Select how often you want to back up your data. You can select a backup frequency of daily, weekly, or biweekly depending on your retention range.

Backup mode

Select your backup type.

For tape-based backup, instead of recovery points, you configure your type of backup as follows:

• Full and incremental backups (Available only when you select a daily backup frequency).
  
  

Important
If you select this backup type, the retention range will be longer than the one you specified (up to a maximum of 1 week) because of a dependency between full and incremental backups.

• Full backup only
  
  

For more information about full and incremental backups, in the DPM Planning Guide see Defining Recovery Goals (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=178446).

Full backup time

Select your daily backup schedule.

When you select daily full backups, you specify the time.

When you select weekly or every two weeks, only full backup is available.

Full backup days

Select your daily backup schedule.

When you select daily full backups, you specify the day.

When you select weekly or every two weeks, only full backup is available.

Incremental backup time

Available only when you select daily full and incremental backups.

Specify the time for the full backup and for the incremental backup.

Incremental back days

Available only when you select daily full and incremental backups.

Specify the days for the full backup and for the incremental backup. You can select the days that you want DPM to create your recovery points to accommodate your business needs and recovery requirements.

Note
You must select at least two days for daily backups. Incremental backup cannot be scheduled on days of full backups.