Start conditions

To make a backup run only if specific conditions are met, configure one or more start conditions. If you configure multiple conditions, all of them must be met simultaneously for the backup to start. You can specify a period after which the backups will run, regardless of whether the conditions are met. For more information about this backup option, see Task start conditions.

Start conditions are not applicable when you start a backup manually.

The table below lists the start conditions available for various data under Windows, Linux, and macOS.

Start condition Backup source (What to back up)
Entire machine, Disks/volumes, or Files/folders (physical machines) Entire machines or Disk/volumes (virtual machines) ESXi configuration Microsoft 365 mailboxes Exchange databases and mailboxes SQL databases

User is idle

Windows

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

The backup location's host is available

Windows, Linux, macOS

Windows, Linux

Windows, Linux

Windows

Windows

Windows

Users logged off

Windows

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Fits the time interval

Windows, Linux, macOS

Windows, Linux

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Save battery power

Windows

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Do not start when on metered connection

Windows

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Do not start when connected to the following Wi-Fi networks

Windows

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Check device IP address

Windows

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A