Conditions - ACRONIS Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server SBS Edition User Manual

WindowsUpdateClient and event number 18 into the System log; the type of this event is
Information.
When creating the plan, type or select the following in the Schedule area:
 Log name: System
 Event source: Microsoft-Windows-WindowsUpdateClient
 Event type: Information
 Event ID: 18
Tip: To set up a similar backup plan for machines running Microsoft Windows XP, replace the text in Event
source with Windows Update Agent and leave the remaining fields the same.
How to view events in Event viewer
To open a log in Event Viewer
1. On the Desktop or in the Start menu, right-click My Computer, and then click Manage.
2. In the Computer Management console, expand System Tools, and then expand Event Viewer.
3. In Event Viewer, click the name of a log that you want to view—for example, Application.
Note: To be able to open the security log (Security), you must be a member of the Administrators group.
To view properties of an event, including the event source and event number
1. In Event Viewer, click the name of a log that you want to view—for example, Application.
Note: To be able to open the security log (Security), you must be a member of the Administrators group.
2. In the list of events in the right pane, double-click the name of an event whose properties you
want to view.
3. In the Event Properties dialog box, view the event's properties such as the event source, shown
in the Source field; and the event number, shown in the Event ID field.
When you are finished, click OK to close the Event Properties dialog box.

5.6 Conditions

Conditions add more flexibility to the scheduler, enabling to execute backup tasks with respect to
certain conditions. Once a specified event occurs (see the Scheduling section for the list of available
events), the scheduler checks the specified condition and executes the task if the condition is met.
The scheduler behavior in case the event occurs but the condition (or any of multiple conditions) is
not met, is defined by the Task start conditions (p. 102) backup option. There, you can specify how
important the conditions are for the backup strategy:
 conditions are obligatory - put the backup task run on hold until all the conditions are met.
 conditions are preferable, but a backup task run has higher priority - put the task on hold for the
specified time interval. If the time interval lapses and the conditions are still not met, run the
task anyway. With this setting, the program will automatically handle the situation when the
conditions are not met for too long and further delaying the backup is undesirable.

backup task start time matters - skip the backup task if the conditions are not met at the time
when the task should be started. Skipping the task run makes sense when you need to back up
data strictly at the specified time, especially if the events are relatively often.
Adding multiple conditions
Multiple conditions must be met simultaneously to enable task execution.
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