User`s guide

Use well-known optimized backup schemes, such as Grandfather-Father-Son and Tower of

Hanoi, create a custom backup scheme or back up data once.

Archive validation

When to validate

[Optional] Define when and how often to perform validation and whether to validate the

entire archive or the latest backup in the archive.

Backup options

Settings

[Optional] Configure parameters of the backup operation, such as pre/post backup

commands, maximum network bandwidth allocated for the backup stream or the backup

archive compression level. If you do nothing in this section, the default values (p. 105) as set

in the management server, will be used.

After any of the settings is changed against the default value, a new line that displays the

newly set value appears. The setting status changes from Default to Custom. Should you

modify the setting again, the line will display the new value unless the new value is the

default one. When the default value is set, the line disappears and so you always see only the

settings that differ from the default values in this section of the Create Backup Policy page.

To reset all the settings to the default values, click Reset to default.

During the backup operation, the registered machines' default backup options are ignored.

Convert to VM

Applies to: Disk/volume backup

Not effective for machines running Linux

By setting up regular conversion, you obtain a copy of your server or workstation on a virtual machine

which can be readily powered on in case the original machine fails. The conversion can be performed

by any machine that is registered on the management server and has Acronis Backup & Recovery 10

Agent with the corresponding functionality. The archive has to be stored in a shared location, such as

a network folder or a managed vault, so that the selected machine can access the archive.

When to convert (p. 229)

[Optional] Specify whether to convert every full, every incremental or every differential

backup or convert the last created backup on schedule. Specify the conversion schedule if

required.

Host (p. 229)

Specify the machine that will perform the conversion. The machine has to have Acronis

Backup & Recovery 10 Agent for Windows, Agent for ESX/ESXi or Agent for Hyper-V installed.

Virtualization server (p. 229)

Here you select the resulting virtual machine type and location. Available options depend on

the host you selected in the previous step.