O&O DiskImage 7 User's Guide - O&O Software

Scheduling functions
Run after job is completed
Here you can choose between Restart and Shut Down. If you don't select anything, the computer will return to its condition
prior to imaging. It will usually just remain on.
Characteristics of an imaging job
Storage path
The target path to the storage location of the image will be applied from the program settings 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 automatically
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 previously
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. Incremental images can be based on a differential or other incremental
images.
1. Select Start drive imaging from the O&O DiskImage Start Page.
2. Click top right on Imaging Options and activate Image of the changes then select the base image. Now close
the options Window.
3. Now click on Add as job.
4. Enter the name and the schedule for the image in the job dialogue.
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 incremental
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 is only partially automatic because every time an imaging is performed, all earlier 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 disable
it, all further images will be created as differential ones using the last complete image for their base. Restoration 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.
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