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Specify Pre/Post Backup Settings

CA ARCserve Central Protection Manager lets you specify the settings for your backups.

To specify pre/post backup settings

1. From the CA ARCserve Central Protection Manager home page, click Policies on the Navigation bar.

   The Policies screen opens.

2. Click New to create a new policy.

   The New Policy dialog opens.

3. Click the Pre/Post Backup Settings tab.

   The Pre/Post Backup Settings options dialog opens.

4. Specify your backup settings options.
   • Actions--Specifies to run script commands for actions taken before the start of the backup, after the snapshot image is captured, and/or upon the completion of the backup. You can also trigger the script command based upon specific exit codes and select the action taken (run job or fail job) when that exit code is returned.
     • A "run job" action directs CA ARCserve D2D to continue to run the job if the specified exit code is returned.
     • A "fail job" action directs CA ARCserve D2D to cancel the job if the specified exit code is returned.
5. Click Save.

The pre/post backup settings are saved.