Actions on centralized backup plans and tasks

The following is a guideline for you to perform operations with tasks and centralized backup plans.

To	Do
Create a new backup plan, or a task on a registered machine	Click New, and select one of the following: Backup plan (centralized) Recovery task Validation task For the recovery or validation tasks creation, you have to specify the registered machine the selected task will run on.
View details of the selected plan/task	Click View details. In the Plan details/Task details window, examine all information related to the selected plan/task.
View a plan's/task's log	Click View log. The Log view will display a list of the log entries related to the selected plan/task.
Run a backup plan/task	Backup plan Click Run. In the drop-down list, select the plan's task you need run. Running the backup plan starts the selected task of that plan immediately in spite of its schedule and conditions on the machines the plan is deployed to. The centralized backup plan cannot be run manually, if at least one of the machines included in the plan runs Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 agent. Task The task will be executed immediately in spite of its schedule.
Stop the running backup plan/task	Click Stop. Centralized backup plan Stopping the running backup plan stops all its tasks on all the machines the plan is deployed to. Thus, all the task operations will be aborted. The centralized backup plan cannot be stopped manually, if at least one of the machines included in the plan runs Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 agent. Task Generally, stopping the task aborts its operation (backup, recovery, validation, exporting, conversion, etc.). The task enters the Idle state. The task schedule, if created, remains valid. To complete the operation you will have to run the task once again.
Edit a plan/task	Click Edit. Centralized backup plan The editing of centralized backup plans is performed in the same way as creating. Once the plan is edited, the management server updates the plan on all machines the plan was deployed to. Task The editing of tasks is performed in the same way as their creation.
Clone a backup plan	Click Clone. The clone of the original backup plan will be created with default name "Clone of <original_plan_name>". The cloned plan will be disabled immediately after cloning, so that it does not run concurrently with the original plan. You can edit the cloned plan settings before enabling it.
Enable a plan	Click Enable. The previously disabled backup plan will run again as scheduled.
Disable a plan	Click Disable. The backup plan will not run as scheduled. However, it can be started manually. After a manual run, the plan will stay disabled. The plan will run as usual if you enable it again.
Export a plan	Click Export. Specify the path and name of the resulting file. See Export and import of backup plans for more information.
Import a plan	Click Import. Specify the path and name of the file that contains a previously exported plan. See Export and import of backup plans for more information.
Delete a plan/task	Click Delete. Centralized backup plan As a result, the centralized backup plan will be removed from the machines it was deployed to and deleted from the management server. If the machine is currently offline, the plan will be removed when the machine comes online again. Task As a result, the task will be deleted from the management server. The built-in compacting tasks of storage nodes cannot be deleted.