Acronis Backup for Linux Server - User Guide - Manual (Page 59)

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a) When creating the first backup plan, specify ServerFiles[DATE] as the archive name, select the
Name backup files using the archive name… check box, select Full as the backup type, and
schedule the backups to run every day at 01:00:00 AM.
b) When creating the second backup plan, specify the same settings as in the first backup plan, but
select Differential as the backup type and schedule the backups as follows:
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Run the task: Daily
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Every: 1 Hour(s)
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From: 08:00:00 AM
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Until: 05:01:00 PM
Result:
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The full backup of January 31, 2012, will be stored as ServerFiles[2012-01-31].tib.
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The 10 differential backups of January 31, 2012, will be stored as ServerFiles[2012-01-31]2.tib,
ServerFiles[2012-01-31]3.tib, and so on up to ServerFiles[2012-01-31]11.tib.
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The following day, February 1, the backups will start with the full backup
ServerFiles[2012-02-01].tib. The differential backups will start with ServerFiles[2012-02-01]2.tib.
See also “The [Date] variable” (p. 55).
4.4 Scheduling
Acronis scheduler helps the administrator adapt backup plans to the company’s daily routine and
each employee’s work style. The plans’ tasks will be launched systematically keeping the critical data
safely protected.
The scheduling is available when creating a backup plan (p. 34) with any of the following backup
schemes: Simple, Custom or Tower of Hanoi. The schedule also can be set for validation tasks (p.
136).
The scheduler uses local time of the machine the backup plan exists on. Before creating a schedule,
be sure the machine’s date and time settings are correct.
Schedule
To define when a task has to be executed, you need to specify an event or multiple events. The task
will be launched as soon as any of the events occurs. The table below lists the events available under
Linux operating system.
Events
Time: Daily, Weekly, Monthly
Time since completion of the last successful backup within the same backup plan
(specify the length of time)
System startup
Condition
For backup operations only, you can specify a condition or multiple conditions in addition to the
events. Once any of the events occurs, the scheduler checks the condition and runs the task if the
condition is met. With multiple conditions, all of them must be met simultaneously to enable task
execution. The table below lists the conditions available under Linux operating system.