User guide

To access these settings, click Show backup file naming, access credentials, archive comments.

File naming (p. 48)

[Optional] Select the Name backup files using the archive name, as in Acronis True Image

Echo, rather than auto-generated names check box if you want to use simplified file naming

for the archive’s backups.

Not available when backing up to a managed vault, tape, Acronis Secure Zone or Acronis

Online Backup Storage.

Access credentials (p. 34)

[Optional] Provide credentials for the location if the plan account does not have access

permissions to the location.

Archive comments

[Optional] Enter comments on the archive.

How to back up

Backup scheme (p. 34)

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

(see “Replication and retention settings” below). 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.

Replication and retention settings (p. 66)

Not available when choosing simplified naming of backup files (p. 48).

Define whether to copy (replicate) the backups to another location, and whether to move or

delete them according to retention rules. The available settings depend on the backup

scheme.

2nd location, validation, convert to virtual machine

To access these settings, click Show 2nd location, validation, convert to virtual machine.

2nd location

[Optional] To set up replication of backups, select the Replicate just created backup to

another location check box. For more information about backup replication, see Setting up

replication of backups (p. 68).

When to validate (p. 46)

[Optional] Depending on the selected backup scheme, define when and how often to

perform validation and whether to validate the entire archive or the latest backup in the

archive.

Convert to virtual machine (p. 72)

[Optional] Applies to: disk or volume backup, backup of entire virtual machines or volumes of

a virtual machine.

Set up a regular conversion of a disk or volume backup to a virtual machine.

Plan parameters

Plan name

[Optional] Enter a unique name for the backup plan. A conscious name lets you identify the

plan among others.

Backup options