Step 6. Advanced Options

By default, advanced options are skipped for the backup plan. You should enable them if necessary (not recommended).

The following options are available:

The Back up NTFS permissions, Mark objects deleted in a backup source, and File name encryption advanced options are no longer available.

Use fast NTFS scan. This box is selected by default. It is our proprietary file scanning and search mechanism. Our method — as opposed to the Windows NTFS file scanning method — generates a file tree. Navigating through this file tree is considerably faster, resulting in overall faster backups.

Note that the Force Using VSS (Volume Shadow Copy Service) check box must be selected to use fast NTFS scan.

Force using VSS. Select this check box if you want Backup for Windows to back up objects from a snapshot to avoid any access conflicts. This option is efficient for forced backups of files that are used by other processes at the time of backup. To learn more, refer to the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) article.

Note the following restrictions that apply to VSS:

VSS cannot be used to back up network files, such as network shares and mapped network drives.
VSS cannot make snapshots of data stored in FAT32-partitioned volumes.

Use system VSS provider. Select this check box if you experience issues with a third-party VSS provider. Once the backup plan is started, Backup Agent will use the system VSS provider forcibly.

Click Next.

Using Backup Operator

As of CloudBerry Backup 6.2.1, the Use Backup Operator option is unavailable and the service account is always in the Backup Operators group. To learn more, refer to the Backup Service Account chapter.

Advanced Options in Other Modes

If the Simple or Custom mode was selected on the Select Backup Mode wizard step, only the following options are available:

Use fast NTFS scan
Use system VSS provider