User`s guide

Exclusion examples

Criterion Example Description

By name File1.log Excludes all files named File1.log.

By path C:\Finance\test.log Excludes the file named test.log located in the folder

C:\Finance

Mask (*) *.log Excludes all files with the .log extension.

Mask (?) my???.log Excludes all .log files with names consisting of five symbols

and starting with “my”.

7.3.5. Archive

Specify where to store the archives and define names for the new backup archives.

1. Selecting the archives destination

Choose where to store machines' archives:

• Store all machines' archives in a single location

o To store archives in a centralized vault, expand the Centralized group and click the vault.

o To store archives on a network share, expand the Network folders group, then select the

required networked machine and then click the shared folder. If the network share requires

access credentials, the program will ask for them.

o To store archives on an FTP or SFTP server, expand the corresponding group and reach the

appropriate server, then select the folder that will be used for storing archives.

According to the original FTP specification, credentials required for access to FTP servers are

transferred through a network as plaintext. This means that the user name and password can be

intercepted by an eavesdropper using a packet sniffer.

• Store each machine's archive in the specified folder on the machine

Enter the full path to the folder in the Path field. This path will be created on each machine the

policy will be applied to.

• Store each machine's archive in the machine's Acronis Secure Zone

Acronis Secure Zone has to be created on each machine the policy will be applied to. For

information on how to create Acronis Secure Zone, see the Creating Acronis Secure Zone (p. 248)

section.

2. Naming the archives

Data from each machine will be backed up to a separate archive. Specify names for the archives.

The program generates a common name for the new archives and displays it in the Name field. The

name looks like [PolicyName]_[MachineName]_Archive1. If you are not satisfied with the

automatically generated name, construct another name.

If you selected Store all machines' archives in a single location, you have to use variables in order to

provide the unique archive names within the location.