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You can back up dynamic groups of the machines by selecting the upper level unit (e.g. ESX(i) host or
VMs folder) in the tree and moving it to the right list with the same > button. As a result, all the
machines running within this group will be automatically included in the backup list. Moreover, any
new machines created in this group will be backed up automatically by the current backup task.
You can also back up replica VMs (see the Replication section (p. 45)). For that click the show replicas
button above the VMs list and select the replica VM for backup. Note that it's not recommended to
perform replication to and backup from replica VM at the same time. Be careful while setting up the
schedules.
After you make the selection of VM(s) to back up, click Next to finish the first step and continue
further on.
7.2 When to back up
In the second step of Create backup task wizard, you should define the schedule of backing up your
virtual machines data. There are two options available – scheduling your backup, and creating a
single time backup task (“Do not schedule, run on demand”). By default the schedule is to create
backups daily at 12:00. Here you can change the default value or select “Do not schedule, run on
demand” which means that the backup task will not be executed on schedule. It will be started either
right after the backup task creation or can be run manually from the Tasks view.
Set your scheduling of how often to back up the data. Acronis vmProtect 9 allows for weekly
scheduling and functions in Windows and Linux operating systems.
In the Schedule area, select the appropriate parameter as follows: Every: <...> week(s) on: <...>.
Specify a certain number of weeks and the days of the week you want the task to be run. For
example, with the Every 2 week(s) on Mon setting, the task will be performed on Monday of every
other week.
In the During the day execute the task... area, select one of the following: Once at: <...> or Every:
<...> From: <...> Until: <...>.
For the Once at: <...> choice, set up the time at which the task will be run once.
For the Every: <...> From: <...> Until: <...> choice, set up how many times the task will be run during
the specified time interval. For example, setting the task schedule to Every 1 hour From 10:00:00 AM
until 10:00:00 PM allows the task to be run 12 times from 10 AM to 10 PM during one day.
Let’s see some of the scheduling examples.
“One day in the week” schedule
This is a widely used backup schedule. If we need to run the Backup task every Friday at 10 PM, the
parameters are set up as follows:
1. Every: 1 week(s) on: Fri.
2. Once at: 10:00:00 PM.
“Workdays” schedule
Run the task every week on workdays: from Monday to Friday. During a workday, the task starts only
once at 9 PM. The schedule's parameters are thus set up as follows:
