Selection/Settings of the destination drive |
Kinds of destination drives (Image,
Streamer, etc.) can be selected using the menu field "Destination".
A corresponding backup add-on for the destination drive must
exist in the folder "Backup/Backup_Server/destinations".
The default setting provided by SIEGFRIED BACKUP is the "Image"
add-on (file "SFImage" in the folder "Backup/Backup_Server/add-ons/destinations").
"Image" means that all data of a backup is written in a
single file (the image). The location of the image can be defined
by the user.
The "Settings" button of the
destination drive opens a window which enables the user to set or
modify the setting of the destination drive. The most important
setting for "Image" (shown by "target drive/folder")
is the destination folder where the image is to be placed. To
change the setting use the button "Location" which pops
up a standard BeOS file panel enabling the user to select a
different drive/folder for the image. SIEGFRIED BACKUP creates
the image in the selected folder when the backup is started.
In addition to the selection of the target drive/folder an
overwrite mode ("Overwrite existing data") can be
selected. All images in the target drive/folder are deleted if
the checkbox is activated when a backup starts. This is useful
when only the latest backup of certain data is needed or the same
backup is repeated in short time intervals.
Every new backup adds a new image to the folder if the overwrite
mode is inactive, which guarantees a maximum of security (and
inefficient utilization of target drive capacity).