118 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009Exclusions (p. 122)[Optional] Set up exclusions for the specific types of files you do not wish to back up. Toaccess this option, select the Advanced view check box.Where to back upArchive (p. 123)Specify path to the location, where the backup archive will be stored, and the archive name.It is advisable that the archive name be unique within the location. The default archive nameis Archive(N) where N is the sequence number of the archive in the location you haveselected.Access credentials (p. 124)[Optional] Provide credentials for the location if the plan account does not have accesspermissions to the location. To access this option, select the Advanced view check box.Archive comments[Optional] Enter comments on the archive. To access this option, select the Advanced viewcheck box.How to back upBackup scheme (p. 125)Specify when and how often to back up your data; define for how long to keep the createdbackup archives in the selected location; set up schedule for the archive cleanup procedure.Use well-known optimized backup schemes, such as Grandfather-Father-Son and Tower ofHanoi; create a custom backup scheme, or back up data once.Archive validationWhen to validate (p. 135)[Optional] Define when and how often to perform validation and whether to validate theentire archive or the latest backup in the archive.Backup optionsSettings[Optional] Configure parameters of the backup operation, such as pre/post backupcommands, maximum network bandwidth allocated for the backup stream or the backuparchive compression level. If you do nothing in this section, the default values (p. 49) will beused.After any of the settings is changed against the default value, a new line that displays thenewly set value appears. The setting status changes from Default to Custom. Should youmodify the setting again, the line will display the new value unless the new value is thedefault one. When the default value is set, the line disappears and so you always see only thesettings that differ from the default values in this section of the Create backup plan page.To reset all the settings to the default values, click Reset to default.Convert to VMApplies to: Disk/volume backup, backup of Entire virtual machines or Volumes of a virtual machine
