To use simplified naming of backup files, do either of the following:
In the welcome screen, click Create backup plan, expand Show backup file naming, archive comments, and then select the Name backup files using the archive name… check box.
When you back up to a locally attached RDX drive or USB flash drive, the Name backup files using the archive name... check box does not appear. Instead, the removable device mode determines whether the standard or simplified naming scheme will be used. In Linux, the check box appears after you manually mount the device.
In the welcome screen, click Back up now. Simplified naming will be used whenever the backup destination supports it (see “Restrictions” below).
When you use simplified file naming
The file name of the first (full) backup in the archive will consist of the archive name; for example: MyData.tib. The file names of subsequent (incremental or differential) backups will have an index. For example: MyData2.tib, MyData3.tib, and so on.
This simple naming scheme enables you to create a portable image of a machine on a detachable media or move the backups to a different location by using a script.
Before creating a new full backup, the software will delete the entire archive and start a new one.
This behavior is useful when you rotate USB hard drives and want each drive to keep a single full backup or all backups created during a week. But you might end up with no backups if a full backup to your only drive fails.
This behavior can be suppressed by adding the [Date] variable to the archive name.
When you use standard file naming
Each backup will have a unique file name with the exact time stamp and the backup type. For example: MyData_2010_03_26_17_01_38_960D.tib. This standard file naming allows for a wider range of backup destinations and backup schemes.
Restrictions
When using simplified file naming, the following functionality is not available:
Setting up full, incremental and differential backups within a single backup plan. You need to create separate backup plans for each type of backup.
Backup to a managed vault, tape, Acronis Secure Zone or Acronis Online Backup Storage.
Setting up replication of backups.
Setting up retention rules.
Setting up regular conversion of backups to a virtual machine.
Converting an incremental or differential backup into a full one.
Restrictions on archive names
The archive name cannot end with a number.
The FAT16, FAT32, and NTFS file systems do not allow the following characters in the file name: backslash (\), slash (/), colon (:), asterisk (*), question mark (?), quotation mark ("), less than sign (<), greater than sign (>), and pipe (|).