Simplified naming of backup files

When creating a backup plan, you can choose between standard and simplified naming of backup files.

If you select the Name backup files using the archive name... check box:

• 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.

If you do not select the Name backup files using the archive name... check box:

• 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 retention rules
• Setting up regular conversion of backups to a virtual machine

Tip. 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 (|).