Check device IP address

Prevents a backup (including a backup to a local disk) if any of the device IP addresses are within or outside of the specified IP address range. The following options are available:

• Start if outside IP range
• Start if within IP range

With either option, you can specify several ranges. Only IPv4 addresses are supported.

This condition is useful in the event of a user being overseas, to avoid large data transit charges. Also, it helps to prevent backups over a Virtual Private Network (VPN) connection.

Example

Data is backed up every workday at 21:00. If the device is connected to the corporate network by using a VPN tunnel (for instance, the user is working from home), you want to skip the backup and wait until the user brings the device to the office.

• Schedule: Daily, Run Monday to Friday. Start at: 21:00.
• Condition: Check device IP address, Start if outside IP range, From: <beginning of the VPN IP address range>, To: <end of the VPN IP address range>.
• Backup start conditions: Wait until the conditions are met.

As a result:

(1) If 21:00 comes and the machine IP address is not in the specified range, the backup will start immediately.

(2) If 21:00 comes and the machine IP address is in the specified range, the backup will start as soon as the device obtains a non-VPN IP address.

(3) If the machine IP address is always in the specified range on workdays at 21:00, the backup will never start.