Start conditions

These settings add more flexibility to the scheduler, enabling it to execute a backup with respect to certain conditions. With multiple conditions, all of them must be met simultaneously to enable a backup to start. Start conditions are not effective when a backup is started manually.

To access these settings, click Show more when setting up a schedule for a protection plan.

The scheduler behavior, in case the condition (or any of multiple conditions) is not met, is defined by the Backup start conditions backup option. To handle the situation when the conditions are not met for too long and further delaying the backup is becoming risky, you can set the time interval after which the backup will run irrespective of the condition.

The table below lists the start conditions available for various data under Windows, Linux, and macOS.

WHAT TO BACK UP Disks/volumes or files (physical machines) Disks/volumes (virtual machines) ESXi configuration Microsoft 365 mailboxes Exchange databases and mailboxes SQL databases

User is idle

Windows

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–

–

–

The backup location's host is available

Windows, Linux, macOS

Windows, Linux

Windows, Linux

Windows

Windows

Windows

Users logged off

Windows

–

–

–

–

–

Fits the time interval

Windows, Linux, macOS

Windows, Linux

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–

–

–

Save battery power

Windows

–

–

–

–

–

Do not start when on metered connection

Windows

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–

–

–

–

Do not start when connected to the following Wi-Fi networks

Windows

–

–

–

–

–

Check device IP address

Windows

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–

–

–

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