50 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-20099. If, for any reason (traffic limitation, for example), you do not want the task to start onall computers simultaneously, set the Start time shift parameter. The task will start onall computers in turn, with the time shift you specify. As soon as you select time shift, theresulting task start time for the first and the last computer will be displayed.10. Now enter the username and password. It is assumed that accounts with the sameusername and password exist on all computers of the group. In this case, the task will beautomatically distributed to the computers. Otherwise, you will be asked for the usernameand password for every computer during the task distribution.11. At the final step, the group task summary is displayed. Up to this point, you can clickBack to make changes in the created task.12. After you click Proceed, Acronis True Image Management Console connects to everycomputer of the group in turn to distribute the task. If a remote computer is inaccessible(shut down, for example), a dialog box appears. In this box, choose Ignore to excludethe computer from the group or Cancel to cancel the entire task.When distribution is complete, the group task appears in Group Tasks Managementwindow. If you connect to any computer included into the group, you will see itsindividual task, based on the group task you successfully created.4.4.3 Group tasks managementThe Group Tasks Management window displays the list of group tasks.To see details of a group task, mouse over the task name.To create new or delete existing backup task, use the New and Delete items on theGroup tasks toolbar.To edit a task, select it and click Edit. Editing is performed in the same way as creation,however, the earlier selected options will be set, so you have to enter only the changes.Deleting or editing a task does not affect the current task execution. A task, that has beenedited or deleted while running, will come to an end without any changes. The changesyou made will be applied when execution is completed.
