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Select the mode the removable device will be used in (p. 149)
If the specified location is an RDX drive or USB flash drive, select the device mode:
Removable media or Fixed drive.
Backup file naming, access credentials, archive comments
To access these settings, click Show backup file naming, access credentials, archive comments.
File naming (p. 53)
[Optional] Select the Name backup files using the archive name, as in Acronis True Image
Echo, rather than auto-generated names check box if you want to use simplified file naming
for the archive’s backups.
Not available when backing up to Acronis Secure Zone or Acronis Cloud Storage. When
backing up to an RDX drive or USB flash drive, the file naming scheme is determined by the
removable device mode (p. 149).
Access credentials (p. 40)
[Optional] Provide credentials for the location if the plan account does not have access
permissions to the location.
Archive comments
[Optional] Enter comments on the archive.
How to back up
Backup scheme (p. 40)
Specify when and how often to back up your data; define for how long to keep the created
backup archives in the selected location; set up schedule for the archive cleanup procedure
(see “Replication and retention settings” below).
Replication and retention settings (p. 70)
Not available for removable media or when simplified naming of backup files (p. 53) is
chosen.
Define whether to copy (replicate) the backups to another location, and whether to move or
delete them according to retention rules. The available settings depend on the backup
scheme.
2nd location
[Optional] To set up replication of backups, select the Replicate newly created backup to
another location check box. For more information about backup replication, see Setting up
replication of backups (p. 72).
Validation, convert to virtual machine
To access these settings, click Show validation, convert to virtual machine.
When to validate (p. 50)
[Optional] Depending on the selected backup scheme, define when and how often to
perform validation and whether to validate the entire archive or the latest backup in the
archive.
Convert to virtual machine (p. 134)
[Optional] Applies to: disk or volume backup.
Set up a regular conversion of a disk or volume backup to a virtual machine.
Plan parameters
Plan name
