Acronis Backup for PC - User Guide - Manual (Page 195)

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A task changes to the Running state when the event specified by the schedule occurs AND all the
conditions set in the backup plan are met AND no other task that locks the necessary resources is
running. In this case, nothing prevents the task from running.
Waiting
A task changes to the Waiting state when the task is about to start, but another task using the
same resources is already running. In particular, more than one backup tasks cannot run
simultaneously on a machine. A backup task and a recovery task also cannot run simultaneously,
if they use the same resources. Once the other task unlocks the resource, the waiting task enters
the Running state.
A task may also change to the Waiting state when the event specified by the schedule occurs but
the condition set in the backup plan is not met. See Task start conditions (p. 96) for details.
Need interaction
Any running task can put itself into the Need interaction state when it needs human interaction
such as changing media or ignoring a read error. The next state may be Idle (if the user chooses
to stop the task) or Running (on selecting Ignore/Retry or another action, such as Reboot, that
can put the task to the Running state.)
11.1.2.4 Task statuses
A task can have one of the following statuses: Error; Warning; OK.
A task status is derived from the result of the last run of the task.
Status How it is determined How to handle
1 Error Last result is "Failed" Identify the failed task -> Check the task log to find out the
reason of the failure, then do one or more of the following:

Remove the reason of the failure -> [optionally] Start the
failed task manually

Edit the failed task to prevent its future failure
2 Warning Last result is "Succeeded
with warning" or the
task has been stopped View the log to read the warnings -> [optionally] Perform
actions to prevent the future warnings or failure.
3 OK Last result is
"Succeeded" or "Not run
yet" "Not run yet" means that the task has never been started or
has been started, but has not finished yet and, therefore its
result is not available. You may want to find out why the
task has not started so far.
11.1.3 Export and import of backup plans
The export operation creates a file with complete configuration of the backup plan. You can import
the file to reuse the exported backup plan on another machine.
You can edit plans in the Acronis Backup graphical user interface when importing them or after.
Backup plans are exported to .xml files, so you can edit the export files of backup plans (p. 196) with
text editors. Passwords are encrypted in the export files.
Usage examples

Agent reinstallation
Export the backup plans before reinstalling the agent and import them after reinstalling.