Backup Activity

The Backup Activity defines the what exactly should be backed-up, pre and post actions and the error policy.
There are two types of activities:

To add a new backup activity, Click "Add Activity" from the Backup Plan Details Page

The Add Backup Activity Page will show:

Secure Backup

Attribute	Is Mandatory?	Description
Device (or Pattern)	Yes	The Device(s) to backup, enter a specific device, pattern with asterisk or a list of devices or patterns See Using Patterns for Device and Domain Names in the Maintenance Concepts page
Pre-Action Script	No	A user defined script to run before the task is executed. The task will not be executed If the script failed (the return code was greater than 0) See user defined scripts for more information
Pre-Action Quiesce	No	Should the device be quiesced before the backup is executed The Quiesce timeout that is passed to the quiesce SOMA is controlled by a system parameter (see maintenance configurable parametersfor more information)
Action	Yes	Secure Backup
Certificate Name	Yes	Which certificate to use for the backup. Click on the ...