Device Backup - General settings reference
Who is this article for?
Instructor, no.
Incydr Professional, Enterprise, Gov F2, and Horizon, no.
Incydr Basic, Advanced, and Gov F1, no.
CrashPlan Cloud, no.
Retired product plans, yes.
CrashPlan for Small Business, no.
Overview
This reference guide describes the system-wide default backup settings for all your devices (the General tab under Settings > Device Backup).
Video
Watch the video below for an overview of device backup settings. For more videos, visit the Code42 University.
General
Specify general backup settings in the General section.
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| Item | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| a | User is away when not active for Windows and Mac only |
Number of minutes of inactivity after which the user is considered “away” |
| b | When user is away, use up to |
Percent of CPU time to use when user is “away” What does % CPU mean?
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| c | When user is present, use up to Windows and Mac only |
Percent of CPU time to use when user is not “away” |
| d | Stop when battery reaches Windows and Mac only |
Pause backup when remaining battery power is below this level |
| e | Lock | Locks this setting to prevent users from changing it in their personal settings. |
| f | Push | Indicates whether or not a change in this setting applies to existing users in addition to new users |
Video
Watch the video below to learn about the general device backup settings. For more videos, visit the Code42 University.
Alerts
Send Warning and Critical alerts based on number of days since last backup.
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| Item | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| a | Not backed up for (Warning) | The number of days since last backup after which the user will receive a Warning message. This is the last of the two messages the Code42 app sends. |
| b | Not backed up for (Critical) | The number of days since last backup after which the user will receive a Critical message. This is the first of two messages Code42 app sends. |
| c | Lock | Locks this setting to prevent users from changing it in their personal settings. |
| d | Push | Indicates whether or not a change in this setting applies to existing users in addition to new users. |
Video
Watch the video below to learn about the alerts settings. For more videos, visit the Code42 University.
Inbound backup
Inbound backup, also called computer-to-computer backup, could only be initiated in Code42 app version 4.x, which is no longer supported. In addition:
- Inbound backups continue when version 4.x Code42 apps are upgraded to version 5.x, but can only be managed via the Code42 console, not the Code42 app.
- Code42 app version 6.x and later completely removes support for inbound backups (backups do not continue, but you can disable existing computer-to-computer backups and remove the archives).
The Inbound Backup settings control whether or not backups from other computers are accepted, when they can be accepted, and how often archive maintenance takes place. The Accept Inbound Backups setting is disabled by default. The scheduling controls appear only when you enable the Between specified times option.
| Item | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| a | Accept inbound backups | Indicates whether or not devices can accept backups from other devices on the same accounts, i.e., act as destinations. |
| Checked - Computer devices can accept backups. | ||
| Unchecked - Computer devices cannot accept backups (default). | ||
| b | Allow backup and restores to run | Indicates when devices can accept backups / restores. Always - Accepts backups / restores at any time. Between specified times - Accepts backups / restores only during specified range. |
| c | – | Start and end times when backups / restores are accepted. |
| d | – | Days of week when backups / restores are accepted. |
| e | Perform shallow maintenance every | Specifies how often shallow archive maintenance runs for source archives stored on this computer. |
| f | Perform deep maintenance every | Specifies how often deep archive maintenance runs for source archives stored on this computer. |
| g | Lock | Locks this setting to prevent users from changing it in their personal settings. |
| h | Push | Indicates whether or not a change in this setting applies to existing users in addition to new users. |
Hidden filenames
Hidden filenames are files you want to hide in the Code42 app File Selection and Restore windows. Users can view hidden files by clicking the Show Hidden Files check box. You can add files to the Hidden Filenames list using filename patterns or using Regular Expressions. You can also remove items from list.
| Item | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| a | Platforms | Tabs display filename patterns to hide |
| b | – | Enter filename to hide from the user |
| c | + | Adds text in text box to list of filename patterns to hide |
| d | Regular Expression | Enter text in the form of a Regular Expression (regex). |
| e | – | List of files / folder to hide. Click X to remove an item from the list so that it will not be hidden |
| f | Import | Displays window in which you can paste the contents of a text file with filename patterns / regex items you wish to exclude. |
| g | Export | Displays window in which you can copy the contents of the hidden files list, which you can in turn paste into your favorite text editor for editing |
| h | Lock | Locks this setting to prevent users from changing it in their personal settings. |
| i | Push | Indicates whether or not a change in this setting applies to existing users in addition to new users |
Video
Watch the video below to learn about the hidden filenames settings. For more videos, visit the Code42 University.
Global exclusions
The Global Exclusions section identifies files to exclude from the backup. Adding Global Exclusions for files that are already backed up causes those files to be deleted from the backup archive.
| Item | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| a | Platforms | Tabs display filename patterns to exclude |
| b | – | Enter filename to exclude |
| c | + | Adds text in text box to list of filename patterns to hide |
| d | Regular Expression | Enter text in the form of a Regular Expression (regex). |
| e | – | List of files / folder to exclude. Click X to remove an item from the list so that it will not be excluded. |
| f | Import | Displays window in which you can paste the contents of a text file with filename patterns / regex items you wish to exclude. |
| g | Export | Displays window in which you can copy the contents of the excluded files list, which you can in turn paste into your favorite text editor for editing |
| h | Lock | Locks this setting to prevent users from changing it in their personal settings |
| i | Push | Indicates whether or not a change in this setting applies to existing users in addition to new users |
Video
Watch the video below to learn about global and cloud exclusions settings. For more videos, visit the Code42 University.
Cloud exclusions
The Cloud Exclusions section identifies files to exclude from backups to the Code42 cloud. Adding Cloud Exclusions for files that are already backed up to the Code42 cloud causes those files to be deleted from the backup archive.
These files are still backed up to any configured local destinations (for example, an external hard drive).
| Item | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| a | Platforms | Tabs display filename patterns to exclude |
| b | – | Enter filename to exclusions |
| c | + | Adds text in text box to list of filename patterns to hide |
| d | Regular Expression | Enter text in the form of a Regular Expression (regex). |
| e | – | List of files / folder to exclude. Click X to remove an item from the list so that it will not be excluded. |
| f | Import | Displays window in which you can paste the contents of a text file with filename patterns / regex items you wish to exclude. |
| g | Export | Displays window in which you can copy the contents of the excluded files list, which you can in turn paste into your favorite text editor for editing |
| h | Lock | Locks this setting to prevent users from changing it in their personal settings |
| i | Push | Indicates whether or not a change in this setting applies to existing users in addition to new users |