Editing the System Page

To edit the System page, perform the following steps.

1. At the Computer page, click the System tab.
   The System page is displayed.
   
   
2. Click the Edit button.
   The fields are enabled.
   
   
3. At the Concurrent Workers section, specify how many VMs are backed up or restored at the same time.
   Note: Increasing this value may improve the performance of these operations but may consume more resources on this computer.
4. At the File Retries section, specify how many times a file should be retried if it fails to back up.
   Note: The default setting is 1.
5. At the Wildcard Exclusions section, set wildcard exclusions to exclude items from backup sets.
   Note: Separate each phrase with commas. Commit each phrase by pressing Enter.
   Example: The following is an example of committed wildcard exclusions.
   
   
6. At the Stray File Retention section, optionally select the following:
   Note: The last two options are enabled only when the first item is selected.
   • Automatically remove stray files after x days.
     Note: The default is 90 days.
   • Skip file removal if volume or share is not found.
   • Always keep the most recent copy of each file.
   Definition: Stray files are any backed-up files that have been removed from the local machine, the backup set or excluded above. See Stray Files for details.
7. When you have completed your selections, click the Save button.
   The confirmation pop-up is displayed.
   
   
8. Click Yes.
   The new settings are displayed.