Acronis Backup for Windows Server Essentials - User Guide - Manual (Page 326)

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14.1.4 Deploying backup plans as files
Assume that for some reason you cannot run Acronis Backup Management Server in your
environment, but you need to apply one and the same backup plan to multiple machines. A good
decision is to export the backup plan from one machine and deploy it to all the other machines.
How it works
A dedicated folder for storing deployed plans exists on every machine where an agent is installed.
The agent tracks changes in the dedicated folder. As soon as a new .xml file appears in the dedicated
folder, the agent imports the backup plan from that file. If you change (or delete) an .xml file in the
dedicated folder, the agent automatically changes (or deletes) the appropriate backup plan.
Editing the export file
A backup plan imported in such way cannot be edited through the graphical user interface. You can
edit the export file (p. 323) with a text editor either before or after the deployment.
If you edit the file before the deployment, the changes will take effect on all the machines where the
plan will be deployed. You may want to change the direct specification of the item to backup (such as
C: or C:\Users) with a template (such as [SYSTEM] or [All Profiles Folder]). For more information
about templates see Selection rules for volumes (p. 353) and Selection rules for files and folders (p.
352).
You may also want to change credentials used by the plan.
To deploy a backup plan as file
1. Create a backup plan on one of the machines.
2. Export it to an .xml file (p. 322).
3. [Optional] Edit the export file. See Editing the export file (p. 323) for more information.
4. Deploy this .xml file to the dedicated folder.
The dedicated folder path
In Windows
The default path to the dedicated folder
is %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\import (in Windows Vista and later versions
of Windows) or %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\import (in
versions of Windows earlier than Windows Vista).
The path is stored in the registry key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Acronis\MMS\Configuration\Import\FolderPath.
The absence of the key means that the agent does not monitor the dedicated folder.
To change the path, edit the key. The change will be applied after a restart of Acronis Managed
Machine Service.
In Linux
The default path to the dedicated folder is /usr/lib/Acronis/BackupAndRecovery/import.
The path is stored in the file /etc/Acronis/MMS.config.
To change the path, edit the /usr/lib/Acronis/BackupAndRecovery/import value in the
following tag: