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Set up a regular conversion of a disk or volume backup to a virtual machine.
Plan parameters
Plan name
[Optional] Enter a unique name for the backup plan. A conscious name lets you identify the
plan among others.
Backup options
[Optional] Configure parameters of the backup operation, such as pre/post backup
commands, maximum network bandwidth allocated for the backup stream or the backup
archive compression level. If you do nothing in this section, the default values (p. 105) will be
used.
After any of the settings is changed against the default value, a new line that displays the
newly set value appears. The setting status changes from Default to Reset to default. Should
you modify the setting again, the line will display the new value unless the new value is the
default one. When the default value is set, the line disappears. Therefore, in this section you
always see only the settings that differ from the default values.
To reset all the settings to the default values, click Reset to default.
Plan's credentials, comments, label
To access these settings, click Show plan's credentials, comments, label.
Plan's credentials (p. 75)
[Optional] Specify the credentials under which the plan will run.
Comments
[Optional] Type a description of the backup plan.
Label (p. 75)
[Optional] Type a text label for the machine you are going to back up. The label can be used
to identify the machine in various scenarios.
After you have performed all the required steps, click OK to create the backup plan.
After that, you might be prompted for the password (p. 77).
The plan you have created will be accessible for examination and managing in the Backup plans and
tasks (p. 325) view.
4.2.1 Selecting data to back up
To select the data to back up
1. In Data to back up section, select the type of data you want to be backed up. The list of available
data types depends on the agents running on the machine and the types of licenses:
Disks/volumes
To be able to back up this data, you must have Administrator or Backup operator privileges.
Select this option to back up:
Entire physical machines or their individual disks or volumes, if Acronis Backup Agent for
Windows or Acronis Backup Agent for Linux is installed.
A disk-level backup enables you to recover the entire system in case of severe data
damage or hardware failure. Also, you can individually recover files and folders. The
backup procedure is faster than copying files, and may significantly speed up the backup
process when backing up large volumes of data.
