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[Optional] Provide credentials for the location if the plan account does not have access
permissions to the location. To access this option, select the Advanced view check box.
Archive comments
[Optional] Enter comments on the archive. To access this option, select the Advanced view
check box.
How to back up
Backup scheme (p. 129)
Specify when and how often to back up your data; define for how long to keep the created
backup archives in the selected location; set up schedule for the archive cleanup procedure.
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 (p. 138)
[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. 50) 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 plan page.
To reset all the settings to the default values, click Reset to default.
Convert to VM
Applies to: Disk/volume backup, backup of Entire virtual machines or Volumes of a virtual machine
Not available on 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 the same agent that performs the backup or by an agent installed on another machine.
If the latter is the case, you need to store the archive in a shared location, such as a network folder or
a managed vault, so that the other machine can access the archive.
When to convert (p. 139)
[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. 139)
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. 139)