Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Adv WS TIDLBPDES User Manual

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TIDLBPDES

Start backup at:

Specifies when to start a backup. The default value is 12:00 PM.

Back up on:

Specifies the days on which to perform a backup. The default value is
Workdays.

Weekly/Monthly:

Specifies which of the days selected in the Back up on field you want to
reserve for weekly and monthly backups. A monthly backup will be
performed every fourth such day. The default value is Friday.

Keep backups:

Specifies how long you want the backups to be stored in the archive. A
term can be set in hours, days, weeks, months, or years. For monthly
backups, you can also select Keep indefinitely if you want them to be
saved forever.

The default values for each backup type are as follows.

Daily: 1 week (recommended minimum)

Weekly: 1 month (1 month for keeping backups is equal to four weeks)

Monthly: indefinitely

The retention period for weekly backups must exceed that for daily
backups; the monthly backups' retention period must be greater than
the weekly backups' retention period.

We recommend setting a retention period of at least one week for daily
backups.

At all times, a backup is not deleted until all backups that directly depend on it become subject to deletion as
well. This is why you might see a weekly or a monthly backup remain in the archive for a few days past its
expected expiration date.

If the schedule starts with a daily or a weekly backup, a full backup is created instead.

Examples

Each day of the past week, each week of the past month

Let us consider a GFS backup scheme that many may find useful.

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Back up files every day, including weekends

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Be able to recover files as of any date over the past seven days

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Have access to weekly backups of the past month

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Keep monthly backups indefinitely.

Backup scheme parameters can then be set up as follows.

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Start backup at: 11:00 PM

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Back up on: All days

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