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 Selectively copy backups from an archive to another location. This option may be useful because

the replication configured in a backup plan copies every backup of an archive to subsequent

locations.

Acronis Backup performs the replication after executing the post-backup command. For more

information see "Sequence of operations in a backup plan" (p. 53).

The program does not support interactive commands, i.e. commands that require user input (for

example, "pause").

To specify pre/post commands

1. Enable pre/post commands execution by checking the following options:

 Execute before the backup

 Execute after the backup

2. Do any of the following:

 Click Edit to specify a new command or a batch file

 Select the existing command or the batch file from the drop-down list

3. Click OK.

4.7.17.1 Pre-backup command

To specify a command/batch file to be executed before the backup process starts

1. In the Command field, type a command or browse to a batch file. The program does not support

interactive commands, i.e. commands that require user input (for example, "pause".)

2. In the Working directory field, specify a path to a directory where the command/batch file will

be executed.

3. In the Arguments field specify the command’s execution arguments, if required.

4. Depending on the result you want to obtain, select the appropriate options as described in the

table below.

5. Click Test command to check if the command is correct.

Check box

Selection

Fail the task if the command

execution fails*

Selected

Cleared

Selected

Cleared

Do not back up until the

command execution is

complete

Selected

Cleared

Result

Preset

Perform the backup

only after the

command is

successfully

executed. Fail the

task if the command

execution fails.

Perform the

backup after the

command is

executed despite

execution failure

or success.

N/A

Perform the backup

concurrently with

the command

execution and

irrespective of the

command execution

result.

* A command is considered failed if its exit code is not equal to zero.