Acronis Backup for PC - User Guide - Manual (Page 233)

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the backup archive (p. 232) name and location
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the backup scheme (p. 233). This includes the backup schedule and [optionally] the retention
rules (p. 242)
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[optionally] additional operations to perform with the backups (replication (p. 242), validation (p.
243), conversion to a virtual machine)
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the backup options (p. 232).
For example, a backup plan can contain the following information:
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back up volume C: (this is the data the plan will protect)
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name the archive MySystemVolume and place it in \\server\backups\ (this is the backup
archive name and location)
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perform a full backup monthly on the last day of the month at 10:00AM and an incremental
backup on Sundays at 10:00PM. Delete backups that are older than 3 months (this is a backup
scheme)
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validate the last backup immediately after its creation (this is a validation rule)
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protect the archive with a password (this is an option).
Physically, a backup plan is a bundle of tasks (p. 242) executed on a managed machine (p. 240).
A backup plan can be created directly on the machine, imported from another machine (local plan)
or propagated to the machine from the management server (centralized plan (p. 234)).
Backup scheme
A part of the backup plan (p. 232) that includes the backup schedule and [optionally] the retention
rules and the cleanup (p. 235) schedule. For example, perform a full backup (p. 239) monthly on the
last day of the month at 10:00AM and an incremental backup (p. 239) on Sundays at 10:00PM.
Delete backups that are older than 3 months. Check for such backups every time the backup
operation is completed.
Acronis Backup provides the ability to use well-known optimized backup schemes such as GFS and
Tower of Hanoi, to create a custom backup scheme or to back up data once.
Bootable agent
A bootable rescue utility that includes most of the functionality of the Acronis Backup Agent (p. 232).
Bootable agent is based on Linux kernel. A machine (p. 240) can be booted into a bootable agent
using either bootable media (p. 233) or Acronis PXE Server. Operations can be configured and
controlled either locally through the GUI or remotely using the console (p. 235).
Bootable media
A physical media (CD, DVD, USB flash drive or other media supported by a machine (p. 240) as a boot
device) that contains the bootable agent (p. 233) or Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE) (p.
243) with the Acronis Plug-in for WinPE (p. 231). A machine can also be booted into the above
environments using the network boot from Acronis PXE Server or Windows Deployment Service
(WDS). These servers with uploaded bootable components can also be thought of as a kind of
bootable media.
Bootable media is most often used to:
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recover an operating system that cannot start