Backup options

Important Some of the features described in this section were introduced in version 12.5, which affects only on-premise deployments. These features are not yet available in cloud deployments. For more information, refer to "What's new in Acronis Backup".

To modify the backup options, click the gear icon next to the backup plan name, and then click Backup options.

Availability of the backup options

The set of available backup options depends on:

The environment the agent operates in (Windows, Linux, macOS).
The type of the data being backed up (disks, files, virtual machines, application data).
The backup destination (the cloud storage, local or network folder).

The following table summarizes the availability of the backup options.

	Disk-level backup			File-level backup			Virtual machines		SQL and Exchange

	Windows	Linux	macOS	Windows	Linux	macOS	ESXi	Hyper-V	Windows
Alerts	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Backup consolidation	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-
Backup file name	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Backup format	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Backup validation	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Backup start conditions	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	+
Changed block tracking (CBT)	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+
Cluster backup mode	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+
Compression level	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Email notifications	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Error handling
Re-attempt, if an error occurs	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Do not show messages and dialogs while processing (silent mode)	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Ignore bad sectors	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-
Re-attempt, if an error occurs during VM snapshot creation	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-
Fast incremental/differential backup	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-
File filters	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-
File-level backup snapshot	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-
Log truncation	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	SQL only
LVM snapshotting	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mount points	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-
Multi-volume snapshot	+	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	-
Performance and backup window	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Physical Data Shipping	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-
Pre/Post commands	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Pre/Post data capture commands	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	+
SAN hardware snapshots	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-
Scheduling
Distribute start times within a time window	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Limit the number of simultaneously running backups	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-
Sector-by-sector backup	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	-
Splitting	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Tape management	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Task failure handling	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS)	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	+
Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) for virtual machines	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-
Weekly backup	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Windows event log	+	-	-	+	-	-	+	+	+