ACRONIS BACKUP AND RECOVERY 10 ADVANCED SERVER SBS EDITION - UPDATE 3 User Manual page 94

2. Do any of the following:

Click Edit to specify a new command or a batch file

Select the existing command or the batch file from the drop-down list
3. Click OK.
Pre-backup command
To specify a command/batch file to be executed before the backup process starts
1. In the Command field, type a command or browse to a batch file. The program does not support
interactive commands, i.e. commands that require user input (for example, "pause".)
2. In the Working directory field, specify a path to a directory where the command/batch file will
be executed.
3. In the Arguments field specify the command's execution arguments, if required.
4. Depending on the result you want to obtain, select the appropriate options as described in the
table below.
5. Click Test command to check if the command is correct.
Check box
Fail the task if the command
execution fails
Do not back up until the
command execution is
complete
Post-backup command
To specify a command/executable file to be executed after the backup is completed
1. In the Command field, type a command or browse to a batch file.
2. In the Working directory field, specify a path to a directory where the command/batch file will
be executed.
3. In the Arguments field, specify the command execution arguments, if required.
4. If successful execution of the command is critical for your backup strategy, select the Fail the
task if the command execution fails check box. In case the command execution fails, the
program will remove the resulting TIB file and temporary files if possible, and the task will fail.
When the check box is not selected, the command execution result does not affect the task
execution failure or success. You can track the command execution result by exploring the log or
the errors and warnings displayed on the Dashboard.
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Selected
Selected
Result
Preset Perform the
backup after the
Perform the backup
command is
only after the
executed despite
command is
execution failure
successfully
or success.
executed. Fail the
task if the command
execution fails.
Selection
Cleared Selected
Selected Cleared
N/A
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Cleared
Cleared
Perform the backup
concurrently with
the command
execution and
irrespective of the
command execution
result.