Acronis Backup for Windows Server Essentials - User Guide - Manual (Page 404)

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Description: Specifies whether to try to connect to a registered machine by using its
last-known IP address after an attempt to connect to it by using its host name has failed.
Possible values: Enabled or Disabled
Default value: Disabled
When connecting to a registered machine, Acronis Backup Management Server first uses the
machine's network name—provided that the machine was added to the management server
by name.
If Second Connection Attempt is set to Enabled and a connection to the machine by using its
network name has failed, the management server performs a second connection attempt,
this time using the latest IP address which was associated with that network name.
We recommend setting Second Connection Attempt to Enabled only in networks which
often experience problems with their DNS servers, and provided that the machines' IP
addresses change infrequently—as in cases of fixed IP addresses or long DHCP lease times.
This setting has no effect on machines that were added to the management server by IP
address.
Offline Period Threshold (in seconds)
Description: Specifies the maximum interval, in seconds, between attempts to connect to a
registered machine which appears to be offline.
Possible values: Any integer number between 1800 and 2147483647
Default value: 1800
Normally, the management server connects to each registered machine with a certain time
interval (see Period and Period-High Priority earlier in this section). When the management
server discovers that the machine is offline, it doubles this interval; it keeps doubling this
interval on each further attempt until reaching the value specified in
Offline Period Threshold. If the machine comes back online, the time interval becomes
normal again.
This approach aims at efficient use of the management server resources and reducing the
network load.
Snapshot Storage
Specifies the location and initial size of the snapshot storage—a temporary file that is used when
backing up data by taking a snapshot. This file is deleted as soon as the backup is complete.
With the default settings, the snapshot storage is created in the temporary files folder of the
corresponding agent and initially occupies 20 percent of the space available on the volume
containing that folder. This size may then grow if more space is needed for the snapshot.
You may want to increase the initial size of the snapshot storage—or to place it on a different
volume—when experiencing problems with backing up data that changes extensively during
backup.
This parameter is used when creating a centralized backup plan. Changes to this parameter do
not affect already existing centralized backup plans.
This parameter has the following settings:
Path to the snapshot folder
Description: Specifies the folder in which to place the snapshot storage.
Possible values: Any string 0 to 32765 characters long
Default value: Empty string
An empty string means the folder %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application
Data\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\MMS\Temp (in Windows XP and Server 2003)