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Result:
Before creating a Monday backup (by the first backup plan), all backups will be deleted from the
currently attached drive.
While one drive is attached to the machine, you can keep the other drive off-site for extra data
protection.
In Windows, if you choose to back up to locally attached RDX drives or USB flash drives, the Name
backup files using the archive name... check box does not appear. Instead, make sure that the
removable device mode (p. 197) is set to Removable media.
4.3.3.6 Example 6. Backups within working hours
Consider the following scenario:
You want to back up your server’s critical files every day.
You want the first backup of each day to be full and to run at 01:00 AM.
You want the backups during working hours to be differential and to run every hour from
8:00 AM through 5:00 PM.
You want to include a creation date in the name of each backup file.
In this scenario, you need to create two backup plans as follows:
a) When creating the first backup plan, specify ServerFiles[DATE] as the archive name, select the
Name backup files using the archive name… check box, select Full as the backup type, and
schedule the backups to run every day at 01:00:00 AM.
b) When creating the second backup plan, specify the same settings as in the first backup plan, but
select Differential as the backup type and schedule the backups as follows:
Run the task: Daily
Every: 1 Hour(s)
From: 08:00:00 AM
Until: 05:01:00 PM
Result:
The full backup of January 31, 2012, will be stored as ServerFiles[2012-01-31].tib.
The 10 differential backups of January 31, 2012, will be stored as ServerFiles[2012-01-31]2.tib,
ServerFiles[2012-01-31]3.tib, and so on up to ServerFiles[2012-01-31]11.tib.
The following day, February 1, the backups will start with the full backup
ServerFiles[2012-02-01].tib. The differential backups will start with ServerFiles[2012-02-01]2.tib.
See also “The [Date] variable” (p. 79).
4.4 Scheduling
Acronis scheduler helps the administrator adapt backup plans to the company’s daily routine and
each employee’s work style. The plans’ tasks will be launched systematically keeping the critical data
safely protected.
The scheduling is available when creating a backup plan (p. 55) with any of the following backup
schemes: Simple, Custom or Tower of Hanoi. The schedule also can be set for validation tasks (p.
240).
