Backup options

Type:

Zip-day:

Chose on which day the backup(s) should be read out from your harddisk(s) and zipped. On every other day, the backup files(s) are writen on CD.
If you chose 'any', the backups will be read out from the harddisk(s), regardless, what day it is. In contrast, if you chose 'no', already created temporary backup(s) will be burned on CD, when you start a backup/burn session.

Burn also at zip-days?

You can select here, if at the day, when the backups are read out of your harddisk and zipped, also a CD with the created files (or already stored from an earlier session) should be burned on CD.
Since my intern CD-recorder tends to decrease the quality of the burned CDs, when the machine is already a little hot, because it read out the harddisk and zipped it for hours, I select not to burn at zip-days. Other people may have no problems with burning on zip-days.

Zip-level:

Select the compression rate, where 1 is the lowest/fastest and 9 the highest/slowest rate.

README-file:

If you want to have an own 'README' file on your backup CD, write it's path and name in this field. Do not include the mountpoint in the path (eg. /backup/README and not /usr/backup/README) Remember, that the file must be on the
harddisk partition where the backup files are temporary stored. You can change the README-file after saving the backup configuration file, before creating and burning the backup.

Deeper subdirectory:

If you want to have a deeper subdirectory (as selected on your
boot-cd) as temprorary backup directory fill this filed (only with the additional path, but with leading slash). (I fill it only at non zip-days with '/client', when I write the backup(s) of the client on CD, which has its own subdirectory. -> See Concept of network backup )

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