Rsync options: setting Rsync specific options

 

The Rsync Options Window is where you can configure settings that are specific to the Rsync Method that the job was created with. Generally, the default values will work for most users but it may be necessary to alter these values, particularly when requested by the BackupAssist technical support team.
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To access the Rsync Options Window:

  1. Click Jobs in the navigation bar
  2. Select the job to be edited and click Edit at the bottom of the window.
  3. Click Rsync options on the left menu.

Use full path
Use this option to specify whether you want BackupAssist to maintain the same folder structure as the original source files when copying files to your Rsync server.

Keep deleted files
Retain files that have been deleted from the source location on the backup destination.

Extra rsync options
Add any additional commands you would like pass to the rsync command line. This feature should only be used by advanced users familiar with rsync commands.

Extra ssh options
Add any additional commands you would like pass to the ssh command line. This feature should only be used by advanced users familiar with ssh commands.

Retry options
Specify how many times BackupAssist should attempt to retry the connection to your Rsync server should the initial connection attempt fail.

Cygwin version
specify what version of Cygwin you installed on your Rsync server so that Rsync knows what libraries to use when backing up to your server.

Data transfer limits
Limit the transfer rate of the Rsync backup to ensure that other network intensive processes running at the same time as the backup have adequate network bandwidth. You can also limit the amount of actual data that is transferred for each Rsync backup.

Optimize for local network use
Optimize the transfer for CPU usage on the client and server for backups over a fast local network where minimizing CPU and disk usage is more important than minimizing network usage.

Set permissions on the backup
Specify the type permissions applied to Rsync backup files.

Media usage report
Specify whether the media usage report should be included in the overall backup report to indicate the size and number of backups stored on the Rsync backup destination.

Logging
Specify whether a log of every file backed up to the Rsync backup destination should be included in the BackupAssist backup report.

Encryption
Enable or disable AES-256 bit password encryption on the Rsync backup destination.

NTFS metadata
Specify whether NTFS metadata, such as alternate data streams and security data, is saved to the Rsync backup destination together with the backed up files.

Preserve hard links
Ensure that hard links are preserved on the backup destination.

Incremental incursion
With incremental incursion enabled the file list will be generated at the same time as the transfer of files.