Cloud storage

To back up data to Acronis Cloud Storage, click Log in and specify the credentials to log in to the cloud storage. Then, expand the Cloud storage group and select the account.

Prior to backing up to the cloud storage, you need to buy a subscription to the cloud backup service and activate the subscription on the machine(s) you want to back up.

Cloud backup is not available under bootable media.

Cloud backup of Microsoft Exchange Server data by using Agent for Exchange is not possible.

Note  Acronis Cloud Backup might be unavailable in your region. To find more information, click here: http://www.acronis.com/en-us/my/cloud-backup/corporate

Personal

To back up data to a personal vault, expand the Vaults group and click the vault.
Acronis Secure Zone is considered as a personal vault available to all users that can log on to the system.

Centralized

To back up data to a centralized vault, expand the Vaults group and click the vault.

Machine

Local machine

    Local folders

To back up data to a local folder of the machine, expand the <Machine name> group and select the required folder.

    CD, DVD, BD

To back up data to optical media such as CD, DVD, or Blu-ray Discs (BD), expand the <Machine name> group, then select the required drive.

    RDX, USB

To back up data to an RDX drive or USB flash drive, expand the <Machine name> group, then select the required drive. For information about using these drives, see the "Removable devices" section.

    Tape device

To back up data to a locally attached tape device, expand the <Machine name> group, then click the required device.

Note  Tape devices can only be used with Acronis Backup Advanced.

For information about using tapes, see the "Tape devices" section.

Network folders

To back up data to a network folder, expand the Network folders group, select the required networked machine, and then click the shared folder.

If the network share requires access credentials, the program will ask for them.

Note for Linux users: To specify a Common Internet File System (CIFS) network share which is mounted on a mount point such as /mnt/share, select this mount point instead of the network share itself.

FTP, SFTP

To back up data to FTP or SFTP, type the server name or address in the Path field as follows:

ftp://ftp_server:port _number or sftp://sftp_server:port number

To establish an active mode FTP connection, use the following notation:

aftp://ftp_server:port _number

If the port number is not specified, port 21 is used for FTP and port 22 is used for SFTP.

After entering access credentials, the folders on the server become available. Click the appropriate folder on the server.

You can access the server as an anonymous user if the server enables such access. To do so, click Use anonymous access instead of entering credentials.

Note: According to the original FTP specification, credentials required for access to FTP servers are transferred through a network as plaintext. This means that the user name and password can be intercepted by an eavesdropper using a packet sniffer.

Storage nodes

When you need to back up data to a storage node that is not registered on the management server, or when operating on a machine booted with bootable media:

• To access a managed vault, type the following string in the Path field:

  bsp://node_address/vault_name/

• To access an unmanaged centralized vault, type the full path to the vault's folder.

NFS folders

To back up data to an NFS share, expand the NFS folders group and click the folder.

Available only in Linux and under Linux-based bootable media.