Acronis Backup for Windows Server Essentials - User Guide - Manual (Page 357)

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Prior to backing up to the cloud storage, you need to buy a subscription (p. 422) to the cloud
backup service and activate (p. 423) the subscription on the machine(s) you want to back up.
Acronis Cloud Backup might be unavailable in your region. To find more information, click here:
http://www.acronis.com/my/cloud-backup/corporate
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To store archives in a centralized vault, expand the Vaults group and click the vault.
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To store archives on a network share, expand the Network folders group, then select the
required networked machine and then click the shared folder. If the network share requires
access credentials, the program will ask for them.
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To store archives on an FTP or SFTP server, expand the corresponding group and reach the
appropriate server, then select the folder that will be used for storing archives.
According to the original FTP specification, credentials required for access to FTP servers are
transferred through a network as plaintext. This means that the user name and password can be
intercepted by an eavesdropper using a packet sniffer.
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Store each machine's archive in the specified folder on the machine with agent
Enter the full path to the folder in the Path field. You need to create this folder in advance on
each machine the centralized plan is created for.
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Store each machine's archive in the machine's Acronis Secure Zone
You need to create Acronis Secure Zone in advance on each machine the centralized plan is
created for. For information on how to create Acronis Secure Zone, see the Creating Acronis
Secure Zone (p. 190) section.
2. Naming the archives
Data from each machine will be backed up to a separate archive.
The software generates a common name for the new archives and displays it in the Name field. The
name looks like [Machine Name]_Archive(N), where the [Machine Name] stands for the machine's
name (physical or virtual), and N is a sequence number. If you are not satisfied with the automatically
generated name, construct another name.
When selecting data to back up from multiple machines, the following variables can be used:
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[Machine Name] - substitution for the machine's name. Use of this variable is mandatory.
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[Plan name] - substitution for the centralized backup plan's name. Use this variable for additional
distinguishing of the archives by the backup plan names.
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[Virtual Host Name] - substitution for the name of the virtual machine host. Use this variable in
cases, when two or more virtual machines from different hosts have the same names.
Example: You create the centralized backup plan, named for example, SYSTEMBACKUP, that will be
deployed to three machines (say, FINDEPT1, FINDEPT2, FINDEPT3). In the Name field you specify
[Machine Name]_[Plan name]_Archive(N). Thus, the following three archives will be created in the
location:
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FINDEPT1_SYSTEMBACKUP_Archive(1)
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FINDEPT2_SYSTEMBACKUP_Archive(1)
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FINDEPT3_SYSTEMBACKUP_Archive(1)
15.3.5 Centralized backup plan's credentials
Provide the credentials under which the centralized tasks will run on the machines.