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4.2.8 Backup plan's credentials ............................................................................................................................. 51
4.2.9 Label (Preserving machine properties in a backup) .................................................................................... 52
4.2.10 Sequence of operations in a backup plan ................................................................................................... 53
4.2.11 Why is the program asking for the password? ........................................................................................... 54
4.3 Simplified naming of backup files ............................................................................................54
4.3.1 The [DATE] variable ....................................................................................................................................... 55
4.3.2 Backup splitting and simplified file naming ................................................................................................. 56
4.3.3 Usage examples ............................................................................................................................................. 56
4.4 Scheduling ................................................................................................................................59
4.4.1 Daily schedule ................................................................................................................................................ 60
4.4.2 Weekly schedule ........................................................................................................................................... 62
4.4.3 Monthly schedule .......................................................................................................................................... 64
4.4.4 Conditions ...................................................................................................................................................... 66
4.5 Replication and retention of backups ......................................................................................68
4.5.1 Supported locations ...................................................................................................................................... 69
4.5.2 Setting up replication of backups ................................................................................................................. 70
4.5.3 Setting up retention of backups ................................................................................................................... 70
4.5.4 Retention rules for the Custom scheme ...................................................................................................... 71
4.5.5 Replication/cleanup inactivity time ............................................................................................................. 73
4.5.6 Usage examples ............................................................................................................................................. 73
4.6 How to disable backup cataloging ...........................................................................................75
4.7 Default backup options ............................................................................................................75
4.7.1 Additional settings......................................................................................................................................... 77
4.7.2 Archive protection ......................................................................................................................................... 78
4.7.3 Backup cataloging ......................................................................................................................................... 79
4.7.4 Backup performance ..................................................................................................................................... 79
4.7.5 Backup splitting ............................................................................................................................................. 81
4.7.6 Compression level ......................................................................................................................................... 82
4.7.7 Disaster recovery plan (DRP) ........................................................................................................................ 82
4.7.8 E-mail notifications ........................................................................................................................................ 83
4.7.9 Error handling ................................................................................................................................................ 84
4.7.10 Event tracing .................................................................................................................................................. 85
4.7.11 Fast incremental/differential backup .......................................................................................................... 86
4.7.12 File-level backup snapshot ........................................................................................................................... 86
4.7.13 LVM snapshotting ......................................................................................................................................... 86
4.7.14 Media components ....................................................................................................................................... 88
4.7.15 Pre/Post commands ...................................................................................................................................... 88
4.7.16 Pre/Post data capture commands ............................................................................................................... 90
4.7.17 Replication/cleanup inactivity time ............................................................................................................. 92
4.7.18 Sector-by-sector backup ............................................................................................................................... 92
4.7.19 Task failure handling ..................................................................................................................................... 92
4.7.20 Task start conditions ..................................................................................................................................... 93
5 Recovery ............................................................................................................................. 95
5.1 Creating a recovery task ..........................................................................................................95
5.1.1 What to recover ............................................................................................................................................ 96
5.1.2 Access credentials for location ..................................................................................................................... 99
5.1.3 Access credentials for destination ............................................................................................................. 100
5.1.4 Where to recover ........................................................................................................................................ 100
5.1.5 When to recover ......................................................................................................................................... 106
5.1.6 Task credentials ........................................................................................................................................... 106
5.2 Acronis Universal Restore ......................................................................................................107
5.2.1 Getting Universal Restore ........................................................................................................................... 107
5.2.2 Using Universal Restore .............................................................................................................................. 107