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quantity, by time, by day/week/month, and by space. Combined with different backup ways, the
cleanup rules will be different.

 By quantity
1. Full Backup: Only keep the last few backups. When the number of backups
exceeds the set value, the old backups will be automatically deleted.
2. Incremental Backup: Only the most recent groups of backups are kept. A
backup group includes a full backup and multiple incremental backups. When
the number of groups exceeds the set value, the old backup group will be
automatically deleted.
3. Differential Backup: Only keep the last few backups. When the number of
backups exceeds the set value, the old backups will be automatically deleted.
The differential backup is deleted first, and the full backup is deleted at last.
 By time
1. Full Backup: Only keep backups of the last few days/weeks/months. When
the backup time exceeds the set value, the old backup will be deleted
automatically.
2. Incremental Backup: Only keep backups of the last few
days/weeks/months. When the backup time exceeds the set value, the old
backup group will be deleted automatically. A backup group includes a full
backup and multiple incremental backups. When the last backup in the group
exceeds the set value, the old backup group will be automatically deleted.
3. Differential Backup: Only keep backups of the last few
days/weeks/months. When the backup time exceeds the set value, the old
backup will be deleted automatically. The differential backup is deleted first, and
the full backup is deleted at last.
 By day/week/month
1. Full Backup: In the last few days, keep all backups; When the set number
of days is exceeded, the old backups will be automatically deleted according to
the weekly rule;
In the last few weeks, a full backup will be kept every week, and when the set
number of weeks is exceeded, the old backups will be automatically deleted
according to the monthly rule;
In the last few months, a full backup is kept every month. When the set number
of months is exceeded, the old backup will be automatically deleted.
2. Incremental Backup: In the last few days, all backups are kept every day.
When the set number of days is exceeded, the old backups will be automatically
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In the last few weeks, all full backups will be kept every week. When the set
number of weeks is exceeded, the old backups will be automatically deleted
according to the monthly rule;
In the last few recent months, keep a full backup every month. When the set
number of months is exceeded, the old backup will be automatically deleted.
3. Differential Backup: In the last few days, keep all backups. When the set
number of days is exceeded, the old backups will be automatically deleted
according to the weekly rule;
In the last few weeks, all full backups will be kept every week, and when the set
number of weeks is exceeded, the old ones will be automatically deleted
according to the monthly rule;
In the last few months, a full backup is kept every month. When the set number
of months is exceeded, the old backup will be automatically deleted.
Example:
If your settings are: full backup mode, 7 days + 4 weeks + 6 months.
The cleanup rules will be: Delete all backups made 6 months ago; keep one full
backup every month during the last 4 weeks to 6 months; keep one full backup
every week from the last 7 days to 4 weeks; keep all backups for the last 7 days.
 By space
1. When the backup exceeds one group and the space is insufficient, the old
backups are automatically deleted until enough space is available to store the
new backups. Only differential backup supports backup cleanup by space.
2. A backup group includes a full backup and several differential backups. The
program will first delete the differential backups one by one in a backup group,
and then delete the full backup of the group.

Note:
 When the option “Create one full backup and always retain it before performing
the scheme” is ticked, an additional full backup will be created as the original
version, and the original version will never be cleaned up.
 If you have performed several backups (full, incremental, differential) before
enabling the backup scheme through “Advanced” -> “Edit Backup” -> “Backup
Scheme” on the task, these backup files will not be deleted by the scheme.
 After the option “Enable Automatic Backup Cleanup” is enabled, the backup
scheme is activated, and the backup task can only be executed in accordance
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2.12 Edit Backup

“Edit Backup” allows backups to be edited by changing the task name and/or the
destination to save the image to another location.
To Edit the Backup
All the backups are listed in the Home Screen. Move the cursor to the backup task

to be modified then click the icon on the selected task, select “Edit Backup”.

1. On the top of the pop-up window, select the edit button behind the Task
Name, then type the new name into the editable box. Select “OK”.
2. If the selected backup task is a File or Folder backup, then select the Add
File/Add Folder or Edit the source. For other backups, the source cannot be
edited.
3. Select the destination path box to another path as the destination location to
store the backup image.
4. Select “OK” to save all the changes.
In the Edit Backup window, there is an option to enable Email notification in the
lower left corner. By selecting this option, an email will be sent containing the
backup result. To learn more about email notifications, see Chapter 3.5.
In the Edit Backup window, there is an option to enable Backup Scheme in the
lower left corner. By selecting this option, old backup files will be deleted
automatically for managing disk space. To learn more about backup scheme, see
Chapter 2.11.
In the Edit Backup window, there is an option to enable Command in the lower left
corner. By selecting this option, run the specified program or script before or after
backup or synchronization.
Note:
 Only File/Folder backup tasks offer the option to edit or add source files/folders.
The source cannot be edited for system, disk and partition backups.
 Backupper can’t directly change the target path from a NAS location to another
NAS path. You can first modify the target path to a local location, and then
change to new NAS path.
 When change target path, all backup images will also be migrated to new path.
 If there is no backup files in target path or backup task can’t detect backup files,
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3 Backup Options
The menu at the top of the Main screen and backup Options in the Backup page will
allows parameters to be changed with help assistance provided.

Click at the top of the Main screen to open menu, then select “Settings”, it is
possible to individually customize the global parameters when backing up data,
including the compression level, splitting image, notifications settings, intelligent
sector, VSS, etc.
In “Options” when creating a task, it is possible to set parameters for individual task,
including the compression level, backup encryption, notification enabling, splitting
image, intelligent sector, VSS, other.

3.1 Operation Priority

In “Options”-->”Advanced”, select “Operation Priority”. The Normal option is

selected by default. However High or Low priority can be selected if required, as
described below.
 High. The task operation process will have a higher priority than other
processes on your computer and will be executed at a faster speed.
 Normal. The task operation process will have the same priority as other
processes on your computer and will be executed at a normal speed.
 Low. The task operation process will have a lower priority than other
processes on your computer and will be executed at a slower speed.
After the operation priority is configured, the execution time of the task will be
affected. According to the needs of the task, the priority of the task execution can be
adjusted up or down.

3.2 Data Compression

In “Settings” or “Options”-->“Advanced”, select a compression level. The Normal

option is selected by default for data compression and is recommended. However
Higher or None data compression can be selected if required, as described below.
 None. Data will be imaged without any compression resulting in a backup
image file size equal to the original data.
 Normal. Data will be compressed to a moderate level and is the
recommended compression level.
 High. A much higher compression level is used during the backup. The image
file will be smaller than the other compression levels, but the backup will take
longer to create.
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Some computer files (such as .jpg, .pdf or .mp3) are already compressed. If the
backup contains many such files, then the generated backup file may not
significantly decrease in size even when the High compression level is used.

3.3 Encryption

Because an image file could normally be accessed and restored by anyone,

encryption can be used with a password for protection from unauthorized access.
Enter the password into the password field to encrypt the data. A maximum of 64
characters can be entered. Do the following to enable encryption.
1. Select “Enable encryption for backups” in “General” of “Options” in the
Backup page.
2. Type in the encryption password in the first field and then retype it into the
second field to confirm the password.
It is not possible to recover a backup if the password is lost.
Currently Backupper does not support changing the password of after the backup
has been created as the data is encrypted based on the password.

3.4 Splitting

Backup files can be split into several smaller files to fit into different smaller storage
media. Backupper can automatically create a backup file into multiple parts during
the backup process. In “Settings” or “Options”-->“Advanced” to set the way of
splitting.
The splitting options available are listed below.
 Automatic. The image split size depends on the file system of the destination
storage medium. For example, FAT32 partition only can save files less than
4gb.
 Customize size. Input the required file size value and future backup images
will be split into segments of this size. The minimum supported file size is
50MB.
 Choose a predetermined size. Choose the storage medium type in the
drop-down menu. Backupper will then split the image file to suit the selected
medium.

3.5 Email Notifications

In unattended operations, a notification can be emailed containing the result of each

backup.
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Click in the title bar-->select “Settings”-->select “Notifications”--> “Enable

email or SMS notification” to configure the email information.
The following SMTP Servers can be used to send notification emails.
1. When the AOMEI SMS is selected, a phone number needs to be entered.
2. When the Gmail or Outlook Server is selected, the email address must
be entered to which Backupper will send execution results, followed by
the Outlook or Gmail account information for SMTP authentication.
3. When the AOMEI Server is selected, only the email address needs to be
entered which Backupper will use to send the execution result to.
4. When the Custom Server is selected, the SMTP server information must
be entered.
If the free edition of Backupper is being used then only the Outlook or Gmail
servers can be selected.
Notification Settings
Specify when an email notification is sent, as follows.
1. The operation is completed successfully.
2. The operation fails.
3. User interaction is required.
Notification emails can be sent using HTML or text.
All conditions for sending email notifications are selected in the Notification Settings
by default. A report will be provided if the operation is completed successfully or not.
For verifying settings are correct, Backupper will send a test message to the
configured email address or phone number if “Send for test” is selected.
To Enable Email notifications for a Backup Task
1. When creating a backup task, select “Enable notification” in “General” of the
“Options” in the Backup page.
2. Enable email notification for an existing backup task in the Home screen by
selecting “Edit Backup” and then check “Enable notification”.
Note:
 When you set email notification with Custom server, Backupper requires SMTP
authentication, it does not support anonymous access.
 When you set up email notification with Gmail server, it may send the test
message failed, as far as we know, it is because Google enhanced Gmail’s
security level, you need to turn on access for less secure app in Google setting,
then retry.
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 Backupper doesn’t configure multiple email addresses to receive the email

notification. You can create an email group and add these email addresses, after
that, you can put the group email address as the receiver of notification, so
these email addressed under the group also will receive the email notifications.

3.6 Backup Mode

In “Settings” or “Options” to set backup mode when create system/partition/disk

backup.
Intelligent Sector:
Intelligent Sector Backup. Only backs up used file systems sector. This will reduce
the image file size and backup time.
Make an Exact Backup. Also called Sector-by-Sector Backup, this will back up all
disks or partition sectors whether used or not.
Backup Service:
VSS (Volume Shadow Copy Service) is a backup technique of Microsoft, which
allows the computer to continue to be used while a backup is in progress. If VSS is
not used, then Backupper will automatically use its own backup service instead of
performing a live backup. Choose one of the modes to begin the backup task.
It is highly recommended that the VSS service is used.

3.7 Command

Run the specified program or script before or after backup or synchronization

Enable Pre-command or Post-command:
Command: Browse to load a script file or executable program file.
Working directory: Type into a path to save the result of the Pre-command or Post-
command execution.
Arguments: Set some arguments for the command if necessary.
The “Terminate the operation if the command fails to execute” and “Do not
perform the operation until the command execution is complete ” are selected
by default.
Click “Test” button to verify the command.
Click “OK” button to save the command settings.
Note:
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 Generally, the source path of the script file or executable program file will be
filled into Working directory by default after you add the script file or
executable program file to Command. You can change to other path manually.

3.8 Comments

A comment containing up to 1,024 characters can be entered in “General” of the

“Options” in the Backup page to describe the backup task and distinguish it from
other backup tasks.

3.9 Other

In “Settings” or “Options”-->“Advanced” to set other options.

Automatically create a folder with the same name as the task in the target
location. It is ticked by default. So, it will create a folder with the task name under
target path to save backup files or synced content. For example, you create a
backup task named as Disk Backup, it will first create a Disk Backup folder under
the target drive you selected and save backup images to here.
Automatically check the backup on completion. Backupper will check each
backup upon completion automatically to verify the backup has been properly
created.
Enable Large Windows Mode. This should enable large windows mode
automatically when the monitor uses high resolution, such as 1920x1080,
2048x1536 or 2560x1440 pixels.
Don’t show tray icon next time. Generally, schedule task will show a tray on task
bar when performing. If you check the option, the tray icon will not appear when
schedule task is performing automatically.
Join the User Experience Improvement Program. It is beneficial to help us
improve the software.
Choose Language. Change the program language.

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4 Sync
In AOMEI Backupper, there are a variety of sync modes available. According to
personal needs, you can choose basic sync, real-time sync, and mirror sync to
better synchronize files or folders. You can also synchronize regularly by setting up
scheduled sync tasks.

4.1 Basic Sync

With basic sync, you can synchronize the changed files of the source directory to
the target directory. By default, only newly added and updated files are
synchronized. The option of sync deletion is available to you so that deleted files
and folders could be synchronized to the target directory.
Sync folders
1. Enter the name of the sync in the "Task Name" box to distinguish the new sync
from other sync tasks.
2. Click “Add Folder” button and then select the folders to be synced. In this
section, you can use the feature “Filter Settings” to filter files and folders as
your needs.
3. Select or type into the destination path that syncs to. You can choose to
synchronize to local, NAS, or cloud disk clients.
4. Select the “Start Sync” button to begin the sync process. And, click “Finish”
button once the process is completed.
Sync Settings
Click the “Option” button to enter into the “Sync Settings” interface so you can
customize the advanced configuration for the current sync task.
General
 Comments. Allow a comment to be entered for the current operation in the
comment box.
 Notifications. After enabling this option, email notification emails will be
sent containing sync results.
 Options.

a) Sync the deletions in source directory to destination.

When filed are deleted in the source directory, the same files in the destination
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b) Verify the integrity of files in the destination directory during

synchronization.
If a file in the source directory does not exist in the destination directory, the missing
files will be synced to the destination directory to ensure the integrity of files. (e.g.
files in the destination directory are deleted manually.)
Command
Run the specified program or script before or after synchronization. For more
details, please see the Command under Backup Options in Chapter 3.
Advanced
 Operation Priority
Please select the operation priority of the task. The higher the priority it is, the faster
the task execution speed will be.
 Others
“Automatically create a folder with the same name as the task in the target
location” option is available.
After checking this option, when the sync task is executed, a folder with the same
name as the task will be automatically created under the target location and the
synchronized files will be stored under this folder
Do not modify the source folder name otherwise the program will not be able to
synchronize. If a name change is required, then edit the sync task in Backupper
accordingly.

Schedule sync
Select the “Schedule” option upon which a dialog box will appear. Schedule the
required sync task to sync files Daily, Weekly, Monthly, etc. Also, Event triggers or
USB plug in can also be used as a sync method.
Note:

 After sync process starts, you can click the icon in the lower left corner to
set to Shut down/Restart/Hibernate/Sleep PC after sync is completed.
 Basic sync only supports one-way sync. That’s to say, it only can sync from
source to target
 File Sync supports VSS (Volume Shadow Copy Service), therefore, it can
normally synchronize files that are being used or occupied by other programs.
but, you need to make sure that the "Volume Shadow Copy" service in your
computer is enabled status. However, if some files are in use by other programs
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 If there are some special system files or folders with special security attributes in
source folders, they are not synchronized, and program will prompt to skip them.
 After synchronizing file, any changes on target files and folder such as delete,
add or rename one of them, will cause that target files or folder are inconsistent
with source ones. This situation will not benefit for file management.
 If the target path was located in FAT/FAT32 partition, files larger than 4GB will
not be synced to the target path. Because a single file larger than 4GB cannot
be stored on FAT/FAT32 partition.

4.2 Real-Time Sync

Synchronize the changed files of the source directory to the target directory in real
time, and synchronize the add, update and delete operations to the directory
directory. Monitor the source directory in real time. When the source directory
changes, it will synchronize the changes to the target directory in time.
Sync folders
1. Enter the name of the sync in the "Task Name" box to distinguish the new sync
from other sync tasks.
2. Click “Add Folder” button and then select the folders to be synced. In this
section, you can use the feature “Filter Settings” to filter files and folders as
your needs.
3. Select or type into the destination path that syncs to. You can choose to
synchronize to local, NAS, or cloud disk clients.
4. Select the “Start Sync” button to begin the sync process. And, click “Finish”
button once the process is completed.
Sync Settings
Click the “Option” button to enter into the “Sync Settings” interface so you can
customize the advanced configuration for the current sync task.
General
 Comments. Allow a comment to be entered for the current operation in the
comment box.
 Notifications. After enabling this option, email notification emails will be
sent containing sync results.
 Options.

a) Sync the deletions in source directory to destination.

When files are deleted from the source directory, the same files in the
destination directory will also be deleted.
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b) Verify the integrity of files in the destination directory during

synchronization.
If a file in the source directory does not exist in the destination directory, the
missing files will be synced to the destination directory to ensure the integrity of
files. (e.g. files in the destination directory are deleted manually.)
Advanced
“Automatically create a folder with the same name as the task in the target
location” option is available.
After checking this option, when the sync task is executed, a folder with the same
name as the task will be automatically created under the target location and the
synchronized files will be stored under this folder
Note:

 After sync process starts, you can click the icon in the lower left corner to
set to Shut down/Restart/Hibernate/Sleep PC after sync is completed.
 Backupper only supports one-way sync. That’s to say, it only can sync from
source to target
 File Sync supports VSS (Volume Shadow Copy Service), therefore, it can
normally synchronize files that are being used or occupied by other programs.
but, you need to make sure that the "Volume Shadow Copy" service in your
computer is enabled status. However, if some files are in use by other programs
exclusively, they are not synchronized.
 If there are some special system files or folders with special security attributes in
source folders, they are not synchronized, and program will prompt to skip them.
 After synchronizing file, any changes on target files and folder such as delete,
add or rename one of them, will cause that target files or folder are inconsistent
with source ones. This situation will not benefit for file management.
 If the target path was located in FAT/FAT32 partition, files larger than 4GB will
not be synced to the target path. Because a single file larger than 4GB cannot
be stored on FAT/FAT32 partition.
 Real-time sync temporarily has not yet used an executing interface or a tray
notification to show sync progress. You only can check the status of files in the
target path or the log.

4.3 Mirror Sync

When the mirror sync task is executed, the newly added and modified files in the
source directory will be synchronized to the target directory, and the files in the
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target directory will always be exactly the same as the files in the source directory.
Files in the target directory that are inconsistent with those in the source directory
will be deleted or overwritten.
Sync folders
1. Enter the name of the sync in the "Task Name" box to distinguish the new sync
from other sync tasks.
2. Click “Add Folder” button and then select the folders to be synced.
3. Select or type into the destination path that syncs to. You can choose to
synchronize to local, NAS, or cloud disk clients.
4. Select the “Start Sync” button to begin the sync process. And, click “Finish”
button once the process is completed.
Sync Settings
Click the “Option” button to enter into the “Sync Settings” interface so you can
customize the advanced configuration for the current sync task.
General
 Comments. Allow a comment to be entered for the current operation in the
comment box.
 Notifications. After enabling this option, email notification emails will be
sent containing sync results.
 Options.

Verify the integrity of files in the destination directory during

synchronization.
If a file in the source directory does not exist in the destination directory, the
missing files will be synced to the destination directory to ensure the integrity of
files. (e.g. files in the destination directory are deleted manually.)
Command
Run the specified program or script before or after synchronization. For more
details, please see the Command under Backup Options in Chapter 3.
Advanced
 Operation Priority
Please select the operation priority of the task. The higher the priority it is, the faster
the task execution speed will be.
 Others
“Automatically create a folder with the same name as the task in the target
location” option is available.

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After checking this option, when the sync task is executed, a folder with the same
name as the task will be automatically created under the target location and the
synchronized files will be stored under this folder
Schedule sync
Select the “Schedule” option upon which a dialog box will appear. Schedule the
required sync task to sync files Daily, Weekly, Monthly, etc. Also, Event triggers or
USB plug in can also be used as a sync method.
Note:

 After sync process starts, you can click the icon in the lower left corner to
set to Shut down/Restart/Hibernate/Sleep PC after sync is completed.
 Basic sync only supports one-way sync. That’s to say, it only can sync from
source to target
 File Sync supports VSS (Volume Shadow Copy Service), therefore, it can
normally synchronize files that are being used or occupied by other programs.
but, you need to make sure that the "Volume Shadow Copy" service in your
computer is enabled status. However, if some files are in use by other programs
exclusively, they are not synchronized.
 If there are some special system files or folders with special security attributes in
source folders, they are not synchronized, and program will prompt to skip them.
 After synchronizing file, any changes on target files and folder such as delete,
add or rename one of them, will cause that target files or folder are inconsistent
with source ones. This situation will not benefit for file management.
 If the target path was located in FAT/FAT32 partition, files larger than 4GB will
not be synced to the target path. Because a single file larger than 4GB cannot
be stored on FAT/FAT32 partition.

4.4 Two-Way Sync

After the two-way sync is successful, the files in the source directory and the target
directory will remain exactly the same, that is, the addition, modification and deletion
operations in the source directory will be synchronized to the target directory, and
the addition, modification and deletion operations in the target directory will also be
synchronized to the source directory.
Sync folders
1. Enter the name of the sync in the "Task Name" box to distinguish the new sync
from other sync tasks.Click “Add Folder” button and then select the folders to
be synced.

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