User guide

71 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012.
 A network folder
 An FTP or SFTP server
 Acronis Secure Zone
You can copy or move a backup to any of these locations:
 A local folder on a fixed drive
 A network folder
 An FTP or SFTP server
 Acronis Online Backup Storage
 A removable device (p. 151) used in the Fixed drive mode. (You select the removable device
mode when creating a backup plan.)
Backups that were copied or moved to the next location do not depend on the backups remaining in
the original location and vice versa. You can recover data from any backup without access to other
locations.
Restrictions
 Copying or moving backups to and from optical discs (CD, DVD, Blu-ray discs) is not supported.
 Copying or moving backups to and from removable devices used in the Removable media mode
is not supported.
 Acronis Online Backup Storage can only be the final location. Further copying or moving backups
from it is not possible.
 You cannot specify the same location more than once. For example, you cannot move a backup
from one folder to another and then back to the original folder.
4.5.2 Setting up replication of backups
Setting up replication of backups is available when creating a backup plan (p. 32).
 To set up replication from the primary location, select the Replicate just created backup to
another location check box.
 To set up replication from the second or a further location, select the Replicate backups to
another location as soon as they appear in this location check box.
Next, select the location where to replicate the backups. A backup is replicated to the next location
as soon as it appears in the previous location.
If allowed by the backup scheme, you can also specify when to automatically delete the backups
from each of the locations.
4.5.3 Setting up retention of backups
You can set retention rules for backups when creating a backup plan (p. 32). The available retention
rules depend on the chosen backup scheme.
Applying retention rules can be restricted by the Replication/cleanup inactivity time (p. 74) option.
Simple scheme
Each backup is retained until its age exceeds a limit you specify. Then, it is either deleted or moved.