Default backup options

Each Acronis agent has its own default backup options. Once an agent is installed, the default options have pre-defined values, which are referred to as presets in the documentation. When creating a backup plan, you can either use a default option, or override the default option with the custom value that will be specific for this plan only.

You can also customize a default option itself by changing its value against the pre-defined one. The new value will be used by default in all backup plans you will create later on this machine.

To view and change the default backup options, connect the console to the managed machine and then select Options > Default backup and recovery options > Default backup options from the top menu.

Availability of the backup options

The set of available backup options depends on:

The environment the agent operates in (Windows, Linux, bootable media).
The type of the data being backed up (disk, file).
The backup destination (networked location or local disk).
The backup scheme (manual start or using the scheduler).

The following table summarizes the availability of the backup options.

	Agent for Windows		Agent for Linux		Bootable media (Linux-based or PE-based)

	Disk backup	File backup	Disk backup	File backup	Disk backup	File backup
Additional settings:
Ask for the first media while backing up to removable media	Dest: removable media	Dest: removable media	Dest: removable media	Dest: removable media	Dest: removable media	Dest: removable media
Use FTP in Active mode	Dest: FTP server	Dest: FTP server	Dest: FTP server	Dest: FTP server	Dest: FTP server	Dest: FTP server
Deduplicate backup only after transferring it to the vault	Dest: dedup. vault	Dest: dedup. vault	Dest: dedup. vault	Dest: dedup. vault	Dest: dedup. vault	Dest: dedup. vault
Reset archive bit	-	+	-	-	-	+
Restart the machine automatically after backup is finished	-	-	-	-	+	+
Archive protection (password + encryption)	+	+	+	+	+	+
Backup cataloging	+	+	+	+	-	-
Backup performance:
Backup priority	+	+	+	+	-	-
HDD writing speed	Dest: HDD	Dest: HDD	Dest: HDD	Dest: HDD	Dest: HDD	Dest: HDD
Network connection speed	Dest: network share	Dest: network share	Dest: network share	Dest: network share	Dest: network share	Dest: network share
Backup splitting	+	+	+	+	+	+
Compression level	+	+	+	+	+	+
Disaster recovery plan	+	+	+	+	-	-
Error handling:
Do not show messages and dialogs while processing (silent mode)	+	+	+	+	+	+
Re-attempt if an error occurs	+	+	+	+	+	+
Ignore bad sectors	+	+	+	+	+	+
Event tracing:
Windows events log	+	+	-	-	-	-
SNMP	+	+	+	+	-	-
Fast incremental/differential backup	+	-	+	-	+	-
File-level backup snapshot	-	+	-	+	-	-
File-level security:
Preserve files’ security settings in archives	-	+	-	-	-	-
In archives, store encrypted files in decrypted state	-	+	-	-	-	-
LVM snapshotting	-	-	+	-	-	-
Media components	Dest: removable media	Dest: removable media	Dest: removable media	Dest: removable media	-	-
Mount points	-	+	-	-	-	-
Multi-volume snapshot	+	+	-	-	-	-
Notifications:
E-mail	+	+	+	+	-	-
Win Pop-up	+	+	+	+	-	-
Pre/Post backup commands	+	+	+	+	PE only	PE only
Pre/Post data capture commands	+	+	+	+	-	-
Replication/cleanup inactivity time	+	+	+	+	-	-
Sector-by-sector backup	+	-	+	-	+	-
Tape management	Dest: tape	Dest: tape	Dest: tape	Dest: tape	Dest: tape	Dest: tape
Task failure handling	+	+	+	+	-	-
Task start conditions	+	+	+	+	-	-
Volume Shadow Copy Service	+	+	-	-	-	-