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  Custom – to create a custom scheme, where you are free to set up a backup strategy in the way 
your enterprise needs it most: specify multiple schedules for different backup types, add 
conditions and specify the retention rules. 
  Initial seeding - to save locally a full backup whose final destination is Acronis Online Backup 
Storage. 
7.3.7.1  Back up now scheme 
With the Back up now scheme, the backup will be performed immediately, right after you click the 
OK button at the bottom of the page. 
In the Backup type field, select whether you want to create a full, incremental or differential backup 
(p. 30). 
7.3.7.2  Back up later scheme 
With the Back up later scheme, the backup will be performed only once, at the date and time you 
specify. 
Specify the appropriate settings as follows 
Backup type 
Select the type of backup: full, incremental, or differential. If there is no full backup in 
the archive, a full backup will be created regardless of your selection. 
Date and time  Specify when to start the backup. 
The task will be 
started manually 
Select this check box, if you do not need to put the backup task on a schedule and 
wish to start it manually afterwards. 
7.3.7.3  Simple scheme 
With the simple backup scheme you just schedule when and how often to back up data and set the 
retention rule. At the first time a full backup will be created. The next backups will be incremental. 
To set up the simple backup scheme, specify the appropriate settings as follows. 
Backup  Set up the backup schedule - when and how often to back up the data. 
To learn more about setting up the schedule, see the Scheduling (p. 159) section. 
Retention rule  With the simple scheme, only one retention rule (p. 39) is available. Set the retention 
period for the backups. 
7.3.7.4  Grandfather-Father-Son scheme 
At a glance 
  Daily incremental, weekly differential, and monthly full backups 
  Custom day for weekly and monthly backups 
  Custom retention periods for backups of each type 










