Backup and Recovery Selected Size Check

To offer an enhanced solution, standalone Cove Data Protection (Cove) replaced Backup and Recovery. Where Backup and Recovery has been enabled and continues to be so for devices, the options presented here are still available.

If Backup and Recovery options are not present in your N-sight RMM, you need to use Cove.

To start a 30-day free trial of Cove, click the app switcher in the Product Bar, and select Cove Data Protection (Cove).

The Backup and Recovery Selected Size Check is available for Windows and Macs running Backup and Recovery. It is a Daily Safety Check that monitors the backup size of the selected plugins (data sources) based on completed sessions.

The Backup and Recovery Selected Size Check fails and generates an alert (depending on configuration) if the entered threshold value (GB or percent) is exceeded:

  • Selection for one or more plugins increases by % per day
  • Selection for one or more plugins exceeds specified GB per day

The Backup and Recovery Selected Size Check is a soft alert, rather than a hard quota. It highlights changes to the selections' size and does not affect the backups themselves.

Backups continue to run even if this check is in a failed state.

Add a Backup and Recovery Selected Size Check

    Remember to update the Selected Size Check when adding new plugins (data sources) to the devices backup set.

  1. Select the device in the North-pane of the All Devices view
  2. Go to the Checks tab in the South-pane
  3. Click Add Check > Add DSC Check > Backup & Recovery Selected Size Check
  4. Enter the threshold values against each of the required plugins (data sources)

    5. Only the Files and Folders plugin is available for Backup & Recovery Documents edition devices

  5. Include the Total Selected Size if required
  6. Choose the unit of measurement from the list: GB or %

    If Skip is selected, the plugin  (data source) is not monitored.

  7. Click OK to save

Edit a Backup and Recovery Selected Size Check

  1. Select the device in the North-pane of the All Devices view
  2. Go to the Checks tab in the South-pane
  3. Right-click the required Backup & Recovery Selected Size Check and select Edit Check
  4. Configure as required
  5. Click OK to save

Delete a Backup and Recovery Selected Size Check

  1. In the All Devices view North-pane, select the device
  2. Go to the Checks tab in the South-pane
  3. Right-click the required Backup & Recovery Selected Size Check and select Delete Check
  4. Enter the password you logged into the All Devices view with to confirm removal
  5. Click OK to save