Assume that for some reason you cannot run Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 Management Server in your environment, but you need to apply one and the same backup plan to multiple machines. A good decision is to export the backup plan from one machine and deploy it to all the other machines.
How it works
A dedicated folder for storing deployed plans exists on every machine where an agent is installed. The agent tracks changes in the dedicated folder. As soon as a new .xml file appears in the dedicated folder, the agent imports the backup plan from that file. If you change (or delete) an .xml file in the dedicated folder, the agent automatically changes (or deletes) the appropriate backup plan.
Editing the export file
A backup plan imported in such way cannot be edited through the graphical user interface. You can edit the export file with a text editor either before or after the deployment.
If you edit the file before the deployment, the changes will take effect on all the machines where the plan will be deployed. You may want to change the direct specification of the item to backup (such as C: or C:\Users) with a template (such as [SYSTEM] or [All Profiles Folder]). For more information about templates see Selection rules for volumes and Selection rules for files and folders.
You may also want to change credentials used by the plan.
To deploy a backup plan as file
The dedicated folder path