Editing the System Preferences Page

There are two ways to edit the System Preferences page:

• From the System page tab
• From Manage Templates

Editing the System Preferences page from the System Page

To edit the System Preferences page from the System page, perform the following steps.

1. Navigate to the Computer Page. See Navigating to the Computer Page for instructions.
   
   
2. At the Computer page, click the System tab.
   The System Preferences page is displayed.
   
   
3. Click the Edit button.
   The fields are enabled.
   
   
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
   
   
7. At the Stray File Retention section, optionally select the following:
   
   
   • 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.
     Note: The last two options are enabled only when the first item is selected.
     Definition : Stray files are any backed-up files that have been removed from the local machine, the backup set or excluded above. See About Stray Files for details.
8. When you have completed your selections, click the Save button.
   The confirmation pop-up is displayed.
   
   
9. Click Yes.
   The new settings are displayed.

Editing the System Preferences Page from Manage Templates

To edit the System Preferences page from Manage Templates, perform the following steps.

1. At the ECHOplatform ribbon, click Preferences, Manage Templates as shown below.
   
   
   The Manage Templates page is displayed.
   
   
2. Click the Preferences tab.
   The Preferences page is displayed.
   
   
3. Click the edit icon  beside the template you want to modify.
   The template is displayed.
4. Select the System or Software tab, make edits, and then click Update.