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In Backup options, go to Replication/cleanup inactivity time (p. 74), and specify the working hours

(for example, Monday through Friday from 8:00 until 17:00).

Result:

 After the backup plan starts, the data is backed up to the local folder.

 If the backup finishes outside the working hours, replication starts immediately. Otherwise,

replication is postponed until the end of the working hours.

Note: In the online storage, the second and further backups of an archive will always be incremental, no matter

what type they are in the original location. This leads to efficient use of storage space for your online backup

subscription.

Replicating large amounts of data to the online storage

If you are planning to back up 10 GB of data or more, especially over a slow Internet connection, you

may want to send the first backup to the online storage on a physical hard drive. This option is

provided by the Initial Seeding service (p. 220) which you can buy in addition to your online backup

subscription.

The Initial Seeding service might be unavailable in your region. To find more information, click here:

http://kb.acronis.com/content/15118.

During the subsequent backups, only changes to the original data will be sent to the online storage

and will not affect network traffic as much.

In this scenario, create a backup plan with the Initial seeding scheme. When creating the backup

plan, specify a local folder in the Path field. This can be a folder on the hard drive that you are going

to send. For more details, see “How to perform initial seeding?” (p. 221).

After you have sent the hard drive and the order status becomes The data upload has been

completed, edit the backup plan. Change the backup scheme, destination, and replication settings to

those previously described in this section.

The updated backup plan will produce backups that will be replicated to the online storage outside

working hours.

4.6 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)