User`s guide

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The program will access the source data using the credentials of the backup plan account
specified in the General section.
 Use the following credentials
The program will access the source data using the credentials you specify. Use this option if
the plan account does not have access permissions to the location. You might need to
provide special credentials for a network share or a storage node vault.
Specify:
 User name. When entering the name of an Active Directory user account, be sure to also
specify the domain name (DOMAIN\Username or Username@domain)
 Password. The password for the account.
2. Click OK.
Warning: According to the original FTP specification, credentials required for access to FTP servers are
transferred through a network as plaintext. This means that the user name and password can be intercepted by
an eavesdropper using a packet sniffer.
6.2.10 Backup schemes
Choose one of the available backup schemes:
 Back up now – to create a backup task for manual start and run the task immediately after its
creation.
 Back up later – to create a backup task for manual start OR schedule one-time task execution in
the future.
 Simple – to schedule when and how often to backup data and specify retention rules.
 Grandfather-Father-Son – to use the Grandfather-Father-Son backup scheme. The scheme does
not allow data to be backed up more than once a day. You set the days of week when the daily
backup will be performed and select from these days the day of weekly/monthly backup. Then
you set the retention periods for the daily (referred to as "sons"), weekly (referred to as
"fathers") and monthly (referred to as "grandfathers") backups. The expired backups will be
deleted automatically.
 Tower of Hanoi – to use the Tower of Hanoi backup scheme, where you schedule when and how
often to back up (sessions) and select the number of backup levels (up to 16). In this scheme, the
data can be backed up more than once a day. By setting up the backup schedule and selecting
backup levels, you automatically obtain the rollback period – the guaranteed number of sessions
that you can go back at any time. The automatic cleanup mechanism maintains the required
rollback period by deleting the expired backups and keeping the most recent backups of each
level.
 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.
6.2.10.1 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.