
Scheduling functions
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Characteristics of an imaging job
Storage path
The target path to the storage location of the image will be applied by default. You may, however, select or enter a
new path manually.
Apply dynamically generated file names
For a file name, the terms “Image” and the dynamically mounted parameters “year”, “month”, and “day”, will be
used by default. In addition, you can select from a list of alternative parameters. If you’re making, for example, a
number of images on a single day, it’s advisable to include the “time” in the file name. Otherwise, files with the
same name would emerge and that could lead to the imaging process being aborted.
Note: If you’re using O&O DiskImage on a computer in a network, the data from the computer will be auto-
matically read and file names will be dynamically generated. You could, for example, add the “Computer Name”
to the image name for use in a network.
Create a job for incremental or differential imaging
In order to create a differential or incremental imaging job, you'll need a complete or base image that was pre-
viously created. This complete image will serve as a base for creating differential/ incremental imaging jobs. The
first image after the complete image is always a differential image. Successive incremental images can use dif-
ferential or other incremental images for the base image.
1. Select Image of the changes from the O&ODiskImage Start Page.
2. Enter the base image you want to use in the dialog window.
3. Then click Add as job in the ribbon bar.
4. Enter the name and the schedule for the imaging in the job dialog.
5. Under Imaging you can either use the standard path or manually enter another storage location for the
image.
The option Use created image as base image for the following execution is enabled by default.Incremental
images will always be created based on the last image of changes. As a result of this, the data volume of the incre-
mental image will end up being very small. All previous cumulative images and the last complete image will be
needed for restoration. We recommend saving the complete image as well as any successive image of the changes
in one folder.
If this is not possible, the default check has to be removed from Disable user inquires while task is running. The
process runs only partially automatic because every time an imaging takes place, any previous images will be
requested. If these are not entered, the job will be aborted as a result of error.
The selection check for Use created image as base for the following execution is enabled by default. If you dis-
able it, all further images will be created as differential ones that use the last complete image for their base. Res-
toration will then require the last differential image along with the complete. Incremental images that were created
in the meantime will no longer be needed. The data volume of these differential images is correspondingly larger
than a series of incremental images.
Run commands before and after a job
Carrying out commands before and/or after a job can allow you to stop certain Windows services and then restart
them again afterwards. If you’re using O&O DiskImage on a Microsoft Exchange or SQL-Server, you could stop
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