Acronis Backup Desktop

Yes. You can edit an existing backup plan any time. To edit a backup plan:

1. If you want to edit the backup plan for all machines to which it is applied, select one of these machines. Otherwise, select the machines for which you want to edit the backup plan.
2. Click Backup.
3. Select the backup plan that you want to edit.
4. Click the gear icon next to the backup plan name, and then click Edit.
5. To modify the plan parameters, click the corresponding section of the backup plan panel.
6. Click Save changes.
7. To change the backup plan for all machines to which it is applied, click Apply the changes to this backup plan. Otherwise, click Create a new backup plan only for the selected resources.

You can run manual backup of your machine anytime you wish. For that, please:

1. Select a machine that has at least one applied backup plan.
2. Click Backup.
3. If more than one backup plans are applied, select the backup plan.
4. Click Run now on the backup plan panel.

The backup progress is shown in the Status column for the machine.

It is recommended that you encrypt all backups that are stored in the cloud storage, especially if your company is subject to regulatory compliance.

IMPORTANT! There is no way to recover encrypted backups if you lose or forget the password.

Encryption in a backup plan

To enable encryption, specify the encryption settings when creating a backup plan. After a backup plan is applied, the encryption settings cannot be modified. To use different encryption settings, create a new backup plan.

To specify the encryption settings in a backup plan:

• On the backup plan panel, click Encryption.
• Click Yes.
• Specify and confirm the encryption password.
• Select one of the following encryption algorithms:

AES 128 – the backups will be encrypted by using the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) algorithm with a 128-bit key.

AES 192 – the backups will be encrypted by using the AES algorithm with a 192-bit key.

AES 256 – the backups will be encrypted by using the AES algorithm with a 256-bit key.

• Click Done.

For information on how to create bootable media, refer to the FAQ "How to create bootable media in Acronis Backup Cloud?"

To recover files by using bootable media

1. Boot the target machine, by using the bootable media.
2. Click Manage this machine locally or click Rescue Bootable Media twice, depending on the media type you are using.
3. On the welcome screen, click Recover.
4. Click Select data, and then click Browse.
5. Specify the backup location:
   • To recover from cloud storage, select Cloud storage. Enter the credentials of the account to which the backed up machine is assigned.
   • To recover from a local or a network folder, browse to the folder under Local folders or Network folders.

   Click OK to confirm your selection.

6. Select the backup from which you want to recover the data. If prompted, type the password for the backup.
7. In Backup contents, select Folders/files.
8. Select the data that you want to recover. Click OK to confirm your selection.
9. Under Where to recover, specify a folder. Optionally, you can prohibit overwriting of newer versions of files or exclude some files from recovery.
10. [Optional] Click Recovery options to specify additional settings.
11. Click OK to start the recovery.

Please note, that there is no way to recover encrypted backups if you lose or forget the password.

It is impossible to restore the password, or reset it.

Bootable media is a CD, DVD, USB flash drive, or other removable media that enables you to run the agent without the help of an operating system. The main purpose of bootable media is to recover an operating system that cannot start. We highly recommend that you create and test a bootable media as soon as you start using disk-level backup. Also, it is a good practice to re-create the media after each major update of the backup agent.

You can recover either Windows or Linux by using the same media. To recover OS X, create a separate media on a machine running OS X.

To create bootable media in Windows or Linux

1. Download the bootable media ISO file. To download the file, select a machine, and then click Recover > More ways to recover... > Download ISO image.
2. Do any of the following:
   • Burn a CD/DVD using the ISO file.
   • Create a bootable USB flash drive by using the ISO file and one of the free tools available online.

     NOTE: Use ISO to USB or RUFUS if you need to boot an UEFI machine, Win32DiskImager for a BIOS machine. In Linux, using the dd utility makes sense.

   • Connect the ISO file as a CD/DVD drive to the virtual machine that you want to recover.

To create bootable media in OS X

1. On a machine where Agent for Mac is installed, click Rescue Media Builder on the Applications menu.
2. The software displays the connected removable media. Select the one that you want to make bootable.

   WARNING! All data on the disk will be erased.

3. Click Create.
4. Wait while the software creates the bootable media.

In order to download files from cloud storage in Acronis, you need to:

• Select the machine that was backed up.
• Click Recover > More ways to recover... > Download files.
• Enter the credentials of the account to which the backed up machine is assigned.

When browsing disk-level backups: Under Versions, click the backup from which you want to recover the files.

When browsing file-level backups: You can select the backup date and time in the next step, under the gear icon located to the right of the selected file. By default, files are recovered from the latest backup.

• Browse to the required folder or use search to obtain the list of the required files and folders.
• Select the check boxes for the items you need to recover, and then click Download. If you select a single file, it will be downloaded as is. Otherwise, the selected data will be archived into a .zip file.
• Select the location to save the data to, and then click Save.

In order to recover your folders or files through Acronis web interface, you need to:

• Select the machine which originally contained the data that you want to recover.
• Click Recovery.
• Select the recovery point. Recovery points are filtered by location.
• Click Recover files.
• Select the files that you want to recover.
• Click Recover.
• Select the recovery destination. You can select the original location or any local or network folder.

Files from virtual machines are recovered to the machine where Agent for VMware or Agent for Hyper-V is installed. If you select Original location, the software will reproduce the original path on this machine. If you select a network folder, it must be accessible from that machine.

• Click Recover.
• If the files are recovered to the original location, select one of the file overwriting options:

1. Overwrite existing files
2. Overwrite an existing file if it is older
3. Do not overwrite existing files

The recovery progress is shown in the Status column for the machine.

NOTE: If the machine is offline, the recovery points are not displayed. In this case you can use other ways to recover:

• Download the files from the cloud storage
• Use bootable media

Acronis backup service web interface supports the following web browsers:

• Google Chrome 29 or later
• Mozilla Firefox 23 or later
• Opera 16 or later
• Windows Internet Explorer 10 or later
• Safari 5.1.7 or later running in the OS X and iOS operating systems

In other web browsers (including Safari browsers running in other operating systems), the user interface might be displayed incorrectly, or some functions may be unavailable.

In order to delete all your backups, you need to:

1. Select a machine whose backups you want to delete.
2. Click Recovery.
3. Select the location to delete the backups from.
4. Click Delete all.
5. Confirm your decision.

In order to revoke a backup plan from machines:

1. Select the machines that you want to revoke the backup plan from.
2. Click Backup.
3. If several backup plans are applied to the machines, select the backup plan that you want to revoke.
4. Click the gear icon next to the backup plan name, and then click Revoke.

In order to delete an existing backup plan:

1. Select any machine to which the backup plan that you want to delete is applied.
2. Click Backup.
3. If several backup plans are applied to the machine, select the backup plan that you want to delete.
4. Click the gear icon next to the backup plan name, and then click Delete.

As a result, the backup plan is revoked from all of the machines and completely removed from the web interface.