To backup your data in Arma, you must create a backup profile.

There are some differences between the Windows/Linux and M365 Profiles when it comes to setting them up, but it's still a simple process.

Please follow the steps below.

From your Windows or Linux Protected Item, select 'Profiles' as per the image below.

For your M365 Tenancy, it looks like this -

There are several options and selections to consider on this page

The Sync resource gives you the option to use more or fewer device resources when the backup sync runs. Choose from High > Medium > Low.

There are three quick selection options for the Windows Profiles as below (not available on M365 Profiles). Choose if you don't need to make a customized profile.

If you select one of these it will show in the profile window as below. Please note you will need to select it and enable it to run and customize the schedule. See the sections of the guide below.

From your device, select 'Profiles' and then click on 'New Profile'.

See also Device Management for a more detailed set up on M365 Tenancies.

Here you can create your customized profile

This is the name of the profile so it can be recognized in the profile list. You can have multiple profiles for one device.

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Tick this to Enable your Profile.
(If you need to disable the profile from running you can untick this as you need)

Selecting the plus and then the folder allows you to choose the files or folders you wish to backup. You can have a number of different selections as required. See the Below image for reference.

Here you can exclude files and folders from the backup and backup selections.

Wildcards can be used here and see the image below for example.

*For M365 tenancies there are no Exclusion filter available at this stage.

In Software, a wildcard character is a kind of placeholder represented by a single character, such as an asterisk (*) which can be interpreted as a number of literal characters or an empty string. It is often used in file searches, so the full name need not be typed.

Arma Wildcards are:

* = any character

*\= Any Folder (windows Only)

*/ = Any Folder (Mac & Linux only)

Please see Wildcards in "All Articles" for more info.

From the schedule tab, you can choose the type and frequency of your backups.

Here you can choose if the backup will run for a specific period of time.

We recommend turning this off for the initial data seed as may take longer.

Within the box you can enter the number of hours manually.

Enabling the Archive option will allow data to be archived at a specific time.

With Retention Period you have a choice of how long your data is stored before it is archived.

To run the backup sync, choose the profile from the list and click on the Run icon. This will change to a stop icon once running. Click stop to stop your backup from running.

You can check the status of your backup from the Sync tab on the device. See the image below for reference.