Example 4. Moving older backups to tapes

Consider the following scenario:

• You want to perform a daily backup of your machine.
• You want to store the backups locally for one week.
• You want to move the backups that are older than one week to a tape device.

Such scenario is sometimes called disk staging, or D2D2T (disk-to-disk-to-tape).

In this scenario, create a backup plan with the Simple scheme and a daily schedule. (All backups will be full by default.) When creating the backup plan, specify a local folder or Acronis Secure Zone in the Path field. Under Retention rules, select Move backups older than 1 week. Then, specify the tape device in the 2nd location field.

Make sure that the tape device is ready to work. The preparation steps are described in the "Backing up a machine to a directly attached tape device" section.

Result:

• After a backup is completed, the agent checks for backups that need to be moved.
• The agent moves the backups that are older than one week, by copying them to the tape device and then deleting them from the original location.
• You can eject tapes with backups and securely store them off-site. Once you select data for recovery, Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 will prompt you which tapes to insert.