Acronis Backup for PC - User Guide - Manual (Page 77)

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4.7 Default backup options
Each Acronis agent has its own default backup options. Once an agent is installed, the default options
have pre-defined values, which are referred to as presets in the documentation. When creating a
backup plan, you can either use a default option, or override the default option with the custom
value that will be specific for this plan only.
You can also customize a default option itself by changing its value against the pre-defined one. The
new value will be used by default in all backup plans you will create later on this machine.
To view and change the default backup options, connect the console to the managed machine and
then select Options > Default backup and recovery options > Default backup options from the top
menu.
Availability of the backup options
The set of available backup options depends on:

The environment the agent operates in (Windows, bootable media)

The type of the data being backed up (disk, file)

The backup destination (networked location or local disk)

The backup scheme (manual start or using the scheduler)
The following table summarizes the availability of the backup options.
Agent for Windows Bootable media
(Linux-based or PE-based)
Disk backup File backup Disk backup File backup
Additional settings (p. 79):
Ask for the first media while
backing up to removable
media
Dest:
removable
media
Dest:
removable
media
Dest:
removable
media
Dest:
removable
media
Reset archive bit
- + - +
Restart the machine
automatically after backup is
finished
- - + +
Archive protection (p. 80)
(password + encryption)
+ + + +
Backup cataloging (p. 80)
+ + - -
Backup performance:
Backup priority (p. 81)
+ + - -
HDD writing speed (p. 81)
Dest: HDD Dest: HDD Dest: HDD Dest: HDD
Network connection speed
(p. 82)
Dest:
network
share
Dest:
network
share
Dest:
network
share
Dest:
network
share
Backup splitting (p. 82)
+ + + +