Data Protection

This option enables files and folders to be backed up that are to be deleted, moved or overwritten by a copy operation.

AllSync Profile Properties Data Protection

The following settings are available for your data protection:

Don't back up any files and folders
Move files and folders from local drives to the Windows Recycle Bin
Move files and folders to a backup folder

Which items are to be backed up?

Data to be deleted
Data to be overwritten
Data to be moved
Backup Generations created with the Backup copy mode

Don't back up any files and folders

No files and folders will be backed up during a copy operation.

Move files and folders from local drives to the Windows Recycle Bin

This option causes local folders and files to be backed up to the Windows Recycle Bin. Make sure that the Windows Recycle Bin hasn't been deactivated and that the Recycle Bin size is set to 100%. Only files and folders located on the machine on which AllSync is running can be moved to the Recycle Bin. Files and folders from non-local storage devices will be deleted and NOT moved to the Recycle Bin!

Move files and folders to a backup folder

This option causes folders and files including their entire folder structure to be backed up to a separate backup folder.

Backup folder
Subfolder
Data Compression
Backup Generations
Folder Structure
Placeholders
Examples

Backup Folder

Here you specify in which folder the data should be saved. When specifying the backup folder, you can use the placeholders %P%, %KW% and the Windows environment variables. The default format expression for the backup folder is %SystemDrive%\AllSyncBackup\%P%.

Subfolder

The option Create subfolders in the backup folder causes a new subfolder to be created in the backup folder every time the profile is run. This enables consecutive backups to be made of your data, in addition to enabling you to retrieve older versions as needed. The standard format expression for the name of the subfolder is yymmdd hhnnss, thus ensuring consecutive backup every time the profile is run. Various placeholders can be used in the name of the subfolder.

Data Compression

The option Compress files into a ZIP file causes all backed-up items to be compressed into a single ZIP file after the copy operation. The standard format expression for the name of the ZIP file is yymmdd hhnnss, thus ensuring consecutive backup every time the profile is run. Various placeholders can be used in the ZIP file name. The option is available from the AllSync Professional Edition.

Backup Generations

The option Create Backup Generations enables the number of backups to be limited. You have the option of specifying the maximum number of backups or a period in days. When starting a copy operation, old backups to be deleted are determined via their creation date. The option is available from the AllSync Professional Edition.
Note: Make sure that the specified destination folder is only used for data backed up using this profile otherwise other data may be deleted.

How are old backup generations determined?

When the option Create subfolders in backup folder is activated, the backups to be deleted are determined on the basis of the creation date of the subfolders when running the profile.
When the option Compress backed-up files into one ZIP file is activated and the option Create subfolders in backup folder is deactivated, the backups to be deleted are determined on the basis of the creation date of the ZIP files in the backup folder when a profile is run.
When the options Compress backed-up files into one ZIP file and Create subfolders in backup folder are both deactivated, the backups are created in the backup folder and appended with a sequentially numbered file extension, .0001, .0002, etc.

Folder Structure

You can use the following options to specify the folder structure with which the data to be backed up is to be saved in the backup folder:

Save the data with the complete path in the backup folder
Save data in the backup folder with the path starting from the last folder of the destination folder

Example for both settings:
Source folder: C:\Work\Data
Destination folder: D:\Backup\Work\Data
Backup folder: E:\AllSync-Backup
File to back up: D:\Backup\Work\Data\text\filter.txt
Storage path with 1. Option: E:\AllSync-Backup\D\Backup\Work\Data\text\filter.txt
Storage path with 2. Option: E:\AllSync-Backup\Data\text\filter.txt

Placeholders

The following placeholders can be used for the path of the backup folder and the names of subfolders or ZIP files:

Placeholder	Description
%P%	Profile name
%KW%	German calendar week according to DIN 1355
Format characters	Date and Time
Environment variables	Windows variables

If you want to use normal text, it has to be inserted in double quotes so that it isn't incorrectly interpreted as a placeholder. Formatting examples:

Format expression	Result
%p% (yy_mm_dd hh_nn_ss)	PROFILE NAME (01_12_24 16_10_08)
{yy-mm-dd hh-nn-ss} %P%	{01-12-24 16-10-08} profile name
%SystemDrive%\AllSyncBackup\%P%	C:\AllSyncBackup\Profile name

Examples:

Backup folder: %SystemDrive%\AllSync Backup\%P%
Profile name: Text Backup
File to be backed up: C:\Data\Doc\Info.txt
Date/Time: 31. May 2020, 16:41:00

Example 1
Subfolder: yy_mm_dd hh_nn_ss
ZIP file: -
After a copy operation the backed-up file is located in the following folder:
C:\AllSync Backup\Text Backup\20_05_31 16_41_00\C\Data\Doc\Info.txt
Example 2
Subfolder: yyyy_mm_dd hh_nn_ss
ZIP file: %p%
After a copy operation the backed-up file is located in the following ZIP file:
C:\AllSync Backup\Text Backup\2020_05_31 16_41_00\TextBackup.zip
Example 3
Subfolder: -
ZIP file: yy_mm_dd hh_nn
After a copy operation the backed-up file is located in the following ZIP file:
C:\AllSync Backup\Text Backup\20_05_31 16_41.zip
Example 4
Subfolder: -
ZIP file: -
After several copy operations the following files are to be found in the backup folder:
C:\AllSync Backup\Text Backup\C\Data\Doc\Info.txt.0001
C:\AllSync Backup\Text Backup\C\Data\Doc\Info.txt.0002
C:\AllSync Backup\Text Backup\C\Data\Doc\Info.txt.0003
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