6.2 Creating a backup plan ..........................................................................................................181
6.2.1 Why is the program asking for the password? ......................................................................................... 183
6.2.2 Backup plan's credentials ........................................................................................................................... 183
6.2.3 Source type .................................................................................................................................................. 184
6.2.4 Items to back up .......................................................................................................................................... 184
6.2.5 Access credentials for source ..................................................................................................................... 186
6.2.6 Exclusions ..................................................................................................................................................... 186
6.2.7 Archive ......................................................................................................................................................... 187
6.2.8 Access credentials for archive location ...................................................................................................... 188
6.2.9 Backup schemes .......................................................................................................................................... 189
6.2.10 Archive validation ........................................................................................................................................ 198
6.2.11 Setting up regular conversion to a virtual machine .................................................................................. 198
6.3 Recovering data .....................................................................................................................199
6.3.1 Task credentials ........................................................................................................................................... 202
6.3.2 Archive selection ......................................................................................................................................... 202
6.3.3 Data type ...................................................................................................................................................... 203
6.3.4 Content selection ........................................................................................................................................ 203
6.3.5 Access credentials for location ................................................................................................................... 204
6.3.6 Destination selection .................................................................................................................................. 204
6.3.7 Access credentials for destination ............................................................................................................. 211
6.3.8 When to recover ......................................................................................................................................... 211
6.3.9 Universal Restore ........................................................................................................................................ 211
6.3.10 How to convert a disk backup to a virtual machine ................................................................................. 213
6.3.11 Bootability troubleshooting ........................................................................................................................ 214
6.3.12 Recovering a vast number of files from a file backup .............................................................................. 217
6.3.13 Recovering the storage node ..................................................................................................................... 218
6.4 Validating vaults, archives and backups ................................................................................218
6.4.1 Task credentials ........................................................................................................................................... 219
6.4.2 Archive selection ......................................................................................................................................... 220
6.4.3 Backup selection .......................................................................................................................................... 221
6.4.4 Location selection........................................................................................................................................ 221
6.4.5 Access credentials for source ..................................................................................................................... 221
6.4.6 When to validate ......................................................................................................................................... 222
6.5 Mounting an image ................................................................................................................222
6.5.1 Archive selection ......................................................................................................................................... 223
6.5.2 Backup selection .......................................................................................................................................... 224
6.5.3 Access credentials ....................................................................................................................................... 224
6.5.4 Volume selection ......................................................................................................................................... 225
6.6 Managing mounted images ...................................................................................................225
6.7 Exporting archives and backups ............................................................................................225
6.7.1 Task credentials ........................................................................................................................................... 228
6.7.2 Archive selection ......................................................................................................................................... 228
6.7.3 Backup selection .......................................................................................................................................... 229
6.7.4 Access credentials for source ..................................................................................................................... 229
6.7.5 Location selection........................................................................................................................................ 230
6.7.6 Access credentials for destination ............................................................................................................. 231
6.8 Acronis Secure Zone ..............................................................................................................232
6.8.1 Creating Acronis Secure Zone .................................................................................................................... 232
6.8.2 Managing Acronis Secure Zone .................................................................................................................. 234
6.9 Acronis Startup Recovery Manager .......................................................................................235
6.10 Bootable media ......................................................................................................................236
6.10.1 How to create bootable media .................................................................................................................. 237
6.10.2 Connecting to a machine booted from media .......................................................................................... 244