Backup location selection

Specify where to store the archives and define names for the new backup archives.

1. Selecting the archives destination

Choose where to store machines' archives:

• Store all machines' archives in a single location
  • To back up data to Acronis Online Backup Storage, click Log in and specify the credentials to log in to the online storage. Then, expand the Online backup storage group and select the account.

    Prior to backing up to the online storage, you need to buy a subscription to the online backup service and activate the subscription on the machine(s) you want to back up. Online backup is not available in Linux.

    Acronis Backup & Recovery Online might be unavailable in your region. To find more information, click here: http://www.acronis.com/my/backup-recovery-online/

  • To store archives in a centralized vault, expand the Vaults group and click the vault.
  • To store archives on a network share, expand the Network folders group, then select the required networked machine and then click the shared folder. If the network share requires access credentials, the program will ask for them.
  • To store archives on an FTP or SFTP server, expand the corresponding group and reach the appropriate server, then select the folder that will be used for storing archives.

    According to the original FTP specification, credentials required for access to FTP servers are transferred through a network as plaintext. This means that the user name and password can be intercepted by an eavesdropper using a packet sniffer.

• Store each machine's archive in the specified folder on the machine with agent

  Enter the full path to the folder in the Path field. You need to create this folder in advance on each machine the centralized plan is created for.

• Store each machine's archive in the machine's Acronis Secure Zone

  You need to create Acronis Secure Zone in advance on each machine the centralized plan is created for. For information on how to create Acronis Secure Zone, see the Creating Acronis Secure Zone section.

2. Naming the archives

Data from each machine will be backed up to a separate archive.

The software generates a common name for the new archives and displays it in the Name field. The name looks like [Machine Name]_Archive(N), where the [Machine Name] stands for the machine's name (physical or virtual), and N is a sequence number. If you are not satisfied with the automatically generated name, construct another name.

When selecting data to back up from multiple machines, the following variables can be used:

• [Machine Name] - substitution for the machine's name. Use of this variable is mandatory.
• [Plan name] - substitution for the centralized backup plan's name. Use this variable for additional distinguishing of the archives by the backup plan names.
• [Virtual Host Name] - substitution for the name of the virtual machine host. Use this variable in cases, when two or more virtual machines from different hosts have the same names.

Example: You create the centralized backup plan, named for example, SYSTEMBACKUP, that will be deployed to three machines (say, FINDEPT1, FINDEPT2, FINDEPT3). In the Name field you specify [Machine Name]_[Plan name]_Archive(N). Thus, the following three archives will be created in the location:

• FINDEPT1_SYSTEMBACKUP_Archive(1)
• FINDEPT2_SYSTEMBACKUP_Archive(1)
• FINDEPT3_SYSTEMBACKUP_Archive(1)