Replication

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".

This section describes backup replication as a part of the backup plan. For information about creating a separate replication plan, refer to "Off-host data processing".

If you enable backup replication, each backup will be copied to another location immediately after creation. If earlier backups were not replicated (for example, the network connection was lost), the software also replicates all of the backups that appeared after the last successful replication.

Replicated backups do not depend on the backups remaining in the original location and vice versa. You can recover data from any backup, without access to other locations.

Usage examples

• Reliable disaster recovery

  Store your backups both on-site (for immediate recovery) and off-site (to secure the backups from local storage failure or a natural disaster).

• Using the cloud storage to protect data from a natural disaster

  Replicate the backups to the cloud storage by transferring only the data changes.

• Keeping only the latest recovery points

  Delete older backups from a fast storage according to retention rules, in order to not overuse expensive storage space.

Supported locations

You can replicate a backup from any of these locations:

• A local folder
• A network folder
• Secure Zone
• An SFTP server
• Locations managed by a storage node

You can replicate a backup to any of these locations:

• A local folder
• A network folder
• The cloud storage
• An SFTP server
• Locations managed by a storage node
• A tape device

To enable replication of backups

1. On the backup plan panel, click Add location.

   The Add location control is shown only if replication is supported from the last selected location.

2. Specify the location where the backups will be replicated.
3. [Optional] In How long to keep, change the retention rules for the chosen location, as described in "Retention rules".
4. [Optional] In Convert to VM, specify the settings for conversion to a virtual machine, as described in "Conversion to a virtual machine".
5. [Optional] Click the gear icon > Performance and backup window, and then set the backup window for the chosen location, as described in "Performance and backup window". These settings will define the replication performance.
6. [Optional] Repeat steps 1-5 for all locations where you want to replicate the backups. Up to five consecutive locations are supported, including the primary one.