Acronis Backup for Windows Server Essentials - User Guide - Manual (Page 97)

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4.5.1 Supported locations
You can copy or move a backup from any of these locations:
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A local folder on a fixed drive
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A network folder
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An FTP or SFTP server
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Acronis Backup Storage Node
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Acronis Secure Zone
You can copy or move a backup to any of these locations:
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A local folder on a fixed drive
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A network folder
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An FTP or SFTP server
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Acronis Backup Storage Node
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A tape device
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Acronis Cloud Storage
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A removable device (p. 193) used in the Fixed drive mode. (You select the removable device
mode when creating a backup plan.)
Backups that were copied or moved to the next location do not depend on the backups remaining in
the original location and vice versa. You can recover data from any backup without access to other
locations.
Restrictions
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Copying or moving backups to and from optical discs (CD, DVD, Blu-ray discs) is not supported.
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Copying or moving backups to and from removable devices used in the Removable media mode
is not supported.
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Copying or moving backups from Acronis Backup Storage Node to a local folder is not supported.
A local folder means a folder on the machine with the agent that created the backup.
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A tape device and Acronis Cloud Storage can only be the final locations. Further copying or
moving backups from them is not possible.
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You cannot specify the same location more than once. For example, you cannot move a backup
from one folder to another and then back to the original folder.
Which machine performs the operation?
Copying, moving or deleting a backup from any location is initiated by the agent that created the
backup, and is performed:
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By that agent, if the location is not a managed vault.
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By the corresponding storage node, if the location is a managed vault. However, copying or
moving the backup from the managed vault to the cloud storage is performed by the agent that
created the backup.
As follows from the above description, the operation will be performed only if the machine with the
agent is powered on. If the operation is scheduled, the schedule will use that machine's date and
time.