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5. Specify the paths for the backup archives. To place every archive on its local computer,

specify Local path or select Acronis Secure Zone, if there is such a zone on every

remote computer. For more information about the Acronis Secure Zone see

3.3 Acronis

Secure Zone

. To place backups on the network, check Network path, select the target

folder and specify the username and password for access to the network drive. When

backing up to a backup server, choose Personal Backup Location or tape drive and

enter backup server administrator’s credentials. For more information about backup

servers see

3.5 Acronis Backup Server

You should also provide the archive name for each computer, unless the archives are

targeted to Acronis Secure Zones or a backup server. Pressing the button to the right of

the name input field will assign to each archive the respective computer’s name.

6. For the backup task only: Specify the usual backup settings: backup mode (full,

incremental or differential), a password for the backup archive (if necessary), default or

custom backup options and comment. For more information see

Chapter 6. Creating

backup archives

7. Provide a name for the group task. The name will be displayed in the Group Tasks

Management window (see below) to allow quick task identification.

8. Select when you would like the task to be started. The scheduling procedure is almost

the same for individual and group tasks, see

Chapter 8. Scheduling tasks

for details.

9. If, for any reason (traffic limitation, for example), you do not want the task to start on

all computers simultaneously, set the Start time shift parameter. The task will start on

all computers in turn, with the time shift you specify. As soon as you select time shift, the

resulting task start time for the first and the last computer will be displayed.

10. Now enter the username and password. It is assumed that accounts with the same

username and password exist on all computers of the group. In this case, the task will be

automatically distributed to the computers. Otherwise, you will be asked for the username

and password for every computer during the task distribution.

11. At the final step, the group task summary is displayed. Up to this point, you can click

Back to make changes in the created task.