Select the e-mail applications and other files that you want to protect on a schedule. Select a schedule for protection.
Because e-mail files typically are very large, they are not backed up continuously, but only on the schedule that you select.
E-mail files are backed up only to remote storage. If the remote storage is not available at the scheduled backup time, Tivoli® Storage Manager FastBack for Workstations will back up the e-mail files when the remote storage area becomes available.
Select one of the popular e-mail applications in the list.
If your application is not listed, select Other.
If you choose your e-mail application from the E-mail Application list, the default file type for that application appears in this box, and you are not able to update the file specification. You can update this field only if you select Other in the E-mail Application list.
Identify additional files or folders to back up on the schedule. You can use a specification with wildcards to identify files. Enter each specification on a separate line.
Indicate how many backup versions to save. The value applies to e-mail files and additional files that are backed up on a schedule. For example, if you select 3, the most recent three backup versions are saved. When the next backup version is created, the oldest version is deleted. If you need to restore a file, you can choose which of the three most recent backup copies you want to restore.
You can schedule e-mail protection at one of several intervals: