The following are the parameters of Acronis Backup Agent that can be set by using Acronis Administrative Template.
Licensing
Specifies how often the agent checks its license on the license server, and how long it can work without a license server.
License Check Interval (in days)
Description: Specifies how often, in days, to check for license availability on Acronis License Server.
Possible values: Any integer number between 0 and 5
Default value: 1
Acronis Backup Agent periodically checks whether its license key is present on the license server. The first check is performed every time that Acronis Backup Agent starts and subsequent checks are performed once in the number of days given by License Check Interval.
When the agent cannot connect to the license server, a warning is recorded into the agent's log. You can view this warning in the Dashboard.
If the value is 0, no license check will be performed; without a license, Acronis Backup's functionality will be disabled after the number of days given by Maximum Time without License Server (see the next parameter).
See also License Server Connection Retry Interval later in this topic.
Maximum Time without License Server (in days)
Description: Specifies how long, in days, Acronis Backup will work as normal until its functionality is disabled.
Possible values: Any integer number between 0 and 60
Default value: 30
If Acronis License Server is unavailable, Acronis Backup will continue working with full functionality for the number of days specified in Maximum Time without License Server, as counted from the moment of installation or from the last successful check.
License Server Connection Retry Interval (in hours)
Description: Specifies the interval, in hours, between connection attempts when Acronis License Server is unavailable.
Possible values: Any integer number between 0 and 24
Default value: 1
If, during a check for the license key (see License Check Interval earlier in this topic), Acronis Backup Agent could not connect to the license server, it will try to reconnect once in the number of hours given by License Server Connection Retry Interval.
If the value is 0, no reconnection attempts will be performed; the agent will only check for the license as determined by License Check Interval.
License Server Address
Description: Specifies the network name or IP address of Acronis License Server.
Possible values: Any string 0 to 32765 characters long
Default value: Empty string
Log Cleanup Rules
Specifies how to clean up the agent log.
This parameter has the following settings:
Max Size
Description: Specifies the maximum size of the agent log folder, in kilobytes.
Possible values: Any integer number between 0 and 2147483647
Default value: 1048576 (that is, 1 GB)
Percentage To Keep
Description: Specifies the percentage of the maximum log size to keep on cleanup.
Possible values: Any integer number between 0 and 100
Default value: 95
For details on how the agent log is cleaned up, see Log cleanup rules.
Windows Event Log
Specifies when to record Acronis Backup Agent's events into the Application Event Log in Windows.
This parameter has two settings:
Trace State
Description: Specifies whether to record the agent's events into the event log.
Possible values: Enabled or Disabled
Default value: Enabled
Trace Level
Description: Specifies the minimum level of severity of events to be recorded into the event log. Only events of levels greater than or equal to the value in Trace Level will be recorded.
Possible values: 0 (Internal event), 1 (Debugging information), 2 (Information), 3 (Warning), 4 (Error), or 5 (Critical error)
Default value: 4 (only errors and critical errors will be sent—if Trace State is set to Enabled)
SNMP
Specifies the types of the agent's events to send notifications about by means of Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).
This parameter has the following settings:
Trace State
Description: Specifies whether to send the SNMP notifications.
Possible values: Enabled or Disabled
Default value: Enabled
Trace Level
Description: Specifies the minimum level of severity of events for sending SNMP notifications about them. Only notifications about events of levels greater than or equal to Trace Level will be sent.
Possible values: 0 (Internal event), 1 (Debugging information), 2 (Information), 3 (Warning), 4 (Error), or 5 (Critical error)
Default value: 4 (only errors and critical errors will be sent—if Trace State is set to Enabled)
SNMP Address
Description: Specifies the network name or IP address of the SNMP server.
Possible values: Any string 0 to 32765 characters long
Default value: Empty string
SNMP Community
Description: Specifies the community name for the SNMP notifications.
Possible values: Any string 0 to 32765 characters long
Default value: public
Snapshot Storage
Specifies the location and initial size of the snapshot storage—a temporary file that is used when backing up data by taking a snapshot. This file is deleted as soon as the backup is complete.
With the default settings, the snapshot storage is created in the temporary files folder of the agent and initially occupies 20 percent of the space available on the volume containing that folder. This size may then grow if more space is needed for the snapshot.
You may want to increase the initial size of the snapshot storage—or to place it on a different volume—when experiencing problems with backing up data that changes extensively during backup.
This parameter is used when creating a local backup plan. Changes to this parameter do not affect already existing local backup plans.
This parameter has the following settings:
Path to the snapshot folder
Description: Specifies the folder in which to create the snapshot storage.
Possible values: Any string 0 to 32765 characters long
Default value: Empty string
An empty string means the folder %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\MMS\Temp (in Windows XP and Server 2003) or %PROGRAMDATA%\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\MMS\Temp (in Windows Vista and later versions of Windows).
You can specify a local folder on any volume, including a volume you are backing up.
Pre-allocated storage size (in Megabytes)
Description: Specifies the initial size of the snapshot storage, in megabytes.
Possible values: Any integer number between 0 and 2147483647
Default value: 0
If this setting is 0, the management server uses the Pre-allocated storage size (in percent) setting.
The initial size will not exceed the available space minus 50 MB.
Pre-allocated storage size (in percent)
This setting is effective only when the Pre-allocated storage size (in Megabytes) setting is 0.
Description: Specifies the initial size of the snapshot storage as a percentage of the disk space that is available at the time of starting the backup.
Possible values: Any integer number between 0 and 100
Default value: 50
If this setting is 0, the snapshot storage will not be created.
The initial size will not exceed the available space minus 50 MB.
Without the snapshot storage, taking snapshots is still possible.
The size of the snapshot storage does not affect the size of the backup.
Online Backup Proxy
Specifies proxy server settings for connection to Acronis Cloud Storage over the Internet.
This parameter has the following settings:
Proxy
Description: Specifies whether to use a proxy server
Possible values: Enabled or Disabled
Default value: Enabled
If the value of this parameter is Disabled, all of the following parameters are ignored.
Proxy server address
Description: Specifies the name or IP address of the proxy server
Possible values: Any string 0 to 32765 characters long
Default value: Empty string
Proxy server port
Description: Specifies the port number of the proxy server
Possible values: Any integer number between 0 and 65535
Default value: 0
Online Backup Proxy Credentials
Use the following two parameters if the proxy server for connection to Acronis Cloud Storage requires authentication.
User name
Description: Specifies the user name for authentication with the proxy server
Possible values: Any string 0 to 32765 characters long
Default value: Empty string
Password
Description: Specifies the password for authentication with the proxy server
Possible values: Any string 0 to 32765 characters long
Default value: Empty string
Important. The password can be viewed by any user who has access to the administrative template, such as to an administrator of the machine.
Cataloging
Description: Specifies whether Acronis Backup Agent will catalog backups in unmanaged vaults.
Possible values: Enabled (catalog) or Disabled (do not catalog)
Default value: Enabled
If the value of this parameter is Disabled, the Data view for a vault will not display any data when the management console is directly connected to the machine.
Suppress machine reboot on running task
Description: Specifies what to do if the machine needs to be turned off or restarted while a task is running.
Possible values: Enabled (wait until the task is finished) or Disabled (stop the task)
Default value: Disabled