Acronis Backup for Windows Server Essentials - User Guide - Manual (Page 4)

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4 Backup .......................................................................................................................... 54
4.1 Back up now .............................................................................................................................54
4.2 Creating a backup plan ............................................................................................................54
4.2.1 Selecting data to back up .............................................................................................................................. 56
4.2.2 Access credentials for source ....................................................................................................................... 58
4.2.3 Source files exclusion .................................................................................................................................... 59
4.2.4 Backup location selection ............................................................................................................................. 60
4.2.5 Access credentials for archive location ........................................................................................................ 63
4.2.6 Backup schemes ............................................................................................................................................ 64
4.2.7 Archive validation .......................................................................................................................................... 73
4.2.8 Backup plan's credentials ............................................................................................................................. 74
4.2.9 Label (Preserving machine properties in a backup) .................................................................................... 74
4.2.10 Sequence of operations in a backup plan ................................................................................................... 76
4.2.11 Why is the program asking for the password? ........................................................................................... 76
4.3 Simplified naming of backup files ............................................................................................76
4.3.1 The [DATE] variable ....................................................................................................................................... 77
4.3.2 Backup splitting and simplified file naming ................................................................................................. 78
4.3.3 Usage examples ............................................................................................................................................. 78
4.4 Scheduling ................................................................................................................................81
4.4.1 Daily schedule ................................................................................................................................................ 83
4.4.2 Weekly schedule ........................................................................................................................................... 84
4.4.3 Monthly schedule .......................................................................................................................................... 87
4.4.4 On Windows Event Log event ...................................................................................................................... 89
4.4.5 Advanced scheduling settings ...................................................................................................................... 90
4.4.6 Conditions ...................................................................................................................................................... 92
4.5 Replication and retention of backups ......................................................................................95
4.5.1 Supported locations ...................................................................................................................................... 97
4.5.2 Setting up replication of backups ................................................................................................................. 98
4.5.3 Setting up retention of backups ................................................................................................................... 98
4.5.4 Retention rules for the Custom scheme ...................................................................................................... 99
4.5.5 Usage examples ........................................................................................................................................... 101
4.6 How to disable backup cataloging .........................................................................................103
4.7 Default backup options ..........................................................................................................104
4.7.1 Additional settings....................................................................................................................................... 106
4.7.2 Archive protection ....................................................................................................................................... 107
4.7.3 Backup cataloging ....................................................................................................................................... 108
4.7.4 Backup performance ................................................................................................................................... 109
4.7.5 Backup splitting ........................................................................................................................................... 110
4.7.6 Compression level ....................................................................................................................................... 111
4.7.7 Disaster recovery plan (DRP) ...................................................................................................................... 112
4.7.8 E-mail notifications ...................................................................................................................................... 113
4.7.9 Error handling .............................................................................................................................................. 114
4.7.10 Event tracing ................................................................................................................................................ 115
4.7.11 Fast incremental/differential backup ........................................................................................................ 116
4.7.12 File-level backup snapshot ......................................................................................................................... 116
4.7.13 File-level security ......................................................................................................................................... 117
4.7.14 LVM snapshotting ....................................................................................................................................... 117
4.7.15 Media components ..................................................................................................................................... 119
4.7.16 Mount points ............................................................................................................................................... 119
4.7.17 Multi-volume snapshot ............................................................................................................................... 120
4.7.18 Pre/Post commands .................................................................................................................................... 120
4.7.19 Pre/Post data capture commands ............................................................................................................. 122
4.7.20 Replication/cleanup inactivity time ........................................................................................................... 124