Acronis Backup for Linux Server - User Guide - Manual (Page 68)

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What if...
What if a task is scheduled to be executed at a certain time and this time is outside the specified time
interval?
For example:
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Event: Daily, Every 1 day(s); Once at 03:00:00 PM.
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Condition: Fits the time interval, from 06:00:00 PM until 11:59:59 PM.
In this case, whether and when the task will run depends on the task start conditions:
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If the task start conditions are Skip the task execution, the task will never run.
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If the task start conditions are Wait until the conditions are met and the Run the task anyway
after check box is cleared, the task (scheduled to run at 3:00 PM) will start at 6:00 PM—the time
when the condition is met.
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If the task start conditions are Wait until the conditions are met and the Run the task anyway
after check box is selected with, say, the 1 Hour waiting time, the task (scheduled to run at
3:00 PM) will start at 4:00 PM—the time when the waiting period ends.
4.4.4.3 Time since last backup
Applies to: Windows, Linux
Postpones a backup until the specified time passes since the completion of the last successful backup
within the same backup plan.
Example:
Run the backup task at system startup, but only if more than 12 hours have passed since the last
successful backup.
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Event: At startup, Start the task on machine startup.
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Condition: Time since last backup, Time since the last backup: 12 hour(s).
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Task start conditions: Wait until the conditions are met.
As a result,
(1) if the machine is restarted before 12 hours pass since the completion of the latest successful
backup, the scheduler will wait until 12 hours pass, and then will start the task.
(2) if the machine is restarted after 12 hours have passed since the completion of the latest
successful backup, the backup task will start immediately.
(3) if the machine is never restarted, the task will never start. You can start the backup manually, if
need be, in the Backup plans and tasks view.
4.5 Replication and retention of backups
When creating a backup plan (p. 34), you specify the primary location for the backups. In addition,
you can do the following:
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Replicate (copy) each backup to a second location immediately after creation.
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Retain the backups according to the retention rules you specify, and then either move them to a
second location or delete them.