Creating A Backup Plan - ACRONIS DNS-1250-04 User Manual

5.2 Creating a backup plan

Before creating your first backup plan, please familiarize yourself with the basic concepts used in
Acronis Backup & Recovery Server OEM.
To create a backup plan, perform the following steps.
General
Plan name
[Optional] Enter a unique name for the backup plan. A conscious name lets you identify the
plan among others.
Plan's credentials (p. 75)
[Optional] The backup plan will run on behalf of the user who is creating the plan. You can
change the plan account credentials if necessary. To access this option, select the Advanced
view check box .
Comments
[Optional] Type a description of the backup plan. To access this option, select the Advanced
view check box.
What to backup
Source type
Select the type of data to back up. The type of data depends on the agents installed on the
machine.
Items to backup (p. 76)
Specify the data items to back up. A list of items to backup depends on the data type,
specified previously.
Access credentials (p. 76)
[Optional] Provide credentials for the source data if the plan's account does not have access
permissions to the data. To access this option, select the Advanced view check box .
Where to back up
Archive
Specify path to the location, where the backup archive will be stored, and the archive name.
It is advisable that the archive name be unique within the location. The default archive name
is Archive(N) where N is the sequence number of the archive in the location you have
selected.
Access credentials
[Optional] Provide credentials for the location if the plan account does not have access
permissions to the location. To access this option, select the Advanced view check box.
Archive comments
[Optional] Enter comments on the archive. To access this option, select the Advanced view
check box.
How to back up
Backup scheme
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.
Create a custom backup scheme, or back up data once.