Using Notification Features in Your System Backup Software

Jun 10

11:17

2011

Robert Schumann

System backup software programs today are absolutely packed with incredible features, and these features together provide you with the ability to really run your backups as frequently as you want to or need to without any hassle on your end. Such programs provide you with the ability to schedule events to run, and these may be full or incremental backup events.

You can specify where the files will be saved, such as in a virtual location, or in another location such as on tapes or disks. You can also customize your events to include compression, consolidation, encryption, and more.

As full and completely customized as your backup events can be through your system backup software, you no doubt will not fully rest with peace of mind about the security and safety that comes with a backup unless you also set up notifications with status updates on your backup events. You will absolutely want to select a software program that provides you with notifications to be sent at certain specified points in the backup process. This may include when the backup event first begins, when the backup event reaches certain milestones as it progresses, and when it completes. If the event hits any snags, you can set notifications to be sent to you with information on these snags as well.

It is important to consider for a moment what using system backup software without notifications may be like. Without notifications alerting you that events are running and have completed successfully or unsuccessfully, you will be forced to perform a check of the backup events on your own. Now, the key benefits of using such software are to enjoy peace of mind with your backup events and to take your time commitment out of these events. Without notifications, you will not enjoy that same level of peace of mind, and you will be forced to devote your own time to running the checks to ensure the backups ran as scheduled.

As you can see, using notification and status update features in your system backup software is a critical component to fully maximizing the benefit that these software programs provide to you. While many programs today do offer a notification feature as a benefit, there are some that do not. You will want to ensure that any solution you choose to move forward with offers this benefit to complete your hassle-free and stress-free backup experience.

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