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5. Specify the paths for the backup archives. To place every archive on its local computer,
specify Local path or select Acronis Secure Zone, if there is such a zone on every
3.3 Acronis
remote computer. For more information about the Acronis Secure Zone see
Secure Zone
. To place backups on the network, check Network path, select the target
folder and specify the username and password for access to the network drive. When
backing up to a backup server, choose Personal Backup Location or tape drive and
enter backup server administrator's credentials. For more information about backup
3.5 Acronis Backup Server
servers see .
You should also provide the archive name for each computer, unless the archives are
targeted to Acronis Secure Zones or a backup server. Pressing the button to the right of
the name input field will assign to each archive the respective computer's name.
6. For the backup task only: Specify the usual backup settings: backup mode (full,
incremental or differential), a password for the backup archive (if necessary), default or
Chapter 6. Creating
custom backup options and comment. For more information see
backup archives
.
7. Provide a name for the group task. The name will be displayed in the Group Tasks
Management window (see below) to allow quick task identification.
8. Select when you would like the task to be started. The scheduling procedure is almost
Chapter 8. Scheduling tasks
the same for individual and group tasks, see for details.
9. If, for any reason (traffic limitation, for example), you do not want the task to start on
all computers simultaneously, set the Start time shift parameter. The task will start on
all computers in turn, with the time shift you specify. As soon as you select time shift, the
resulting task start time for the first and the last computer will be displayed.
10. Now enter the username and password. It is assumed that accounts with the same
username and password exist on all computers of the group. In this case, the task will be
automatically distributed to the computers. Otherwise, you will be asked for the username
and password for every computer during the task distribution.
11. At the final step, the group task summary is displayed. Up to this point, you can click
Back to make changes in the created task.
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