Pre/Post commands

The option enables you to define the commands to be automatically executed before and after the backup procedure.

The following scheme illustrates when pre/post commands are executed.

Pre-backup command	Backup	Post-backup command

Examples of how you can use the pre/post commands:

• Delete some temporary files from the disk before starting backup.
• Configure a third-party antivirus product to be started each time before the backup starts.
• Selectively copy backups to another location. This option may be useful because the replication configured in a protection plan copies every backup to subsequent locations.

The agent performs the replication after executing the post-backup command.

The program does not support interactive commands, i.e. commands that require user input (for example, "pause").