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Enter your archive name value in the corresponding Archive name field below. Note that it is not

recommended to have more than one backup task writing data to the same archive. The retention

rules applied to the archive by different backup tasks may cause an unpredictable outcome.

After you’ve selected “Where to back up”, click on Next to finish the second step and proceed to the

third one.

7.3 When to back up

In the third step of Create backup task wizard, you should define the schedule of backing up your

virtual machines data. There are two options available – scheduling your backup, and creating a

single time backup task (“Do not schedule, run on demand”). The default value is "Create backup

every 1 week(s) on Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat at 12:00:00." Here you can change the default

value or select “Do not schedule, run on demand” which means that the backup task will not be

executed on schedule. It will be started either right after the backup task creation or can be run

manually from the Tasks view.

Set your scheduling of how often to back up the data. Acronis vmProtect 7 allows for weekly

scheduling and functions in Windows and Linux operating systems.

In the Schedule area, select the appropriate parameter as follows: Every: <...> week(s) on: <...>.

Specify a certain number of weeks and the days of the week you want the task to be run. For

example, with the Every 2 week(s) on Mon setting, the task will be performed on Monday of every

other week.

In the During the day execute the task... area, select one of the following: Once at: <...> or Every:

<...> From: <...> Until: <...>.

For the Once at: <...> choice, set up the time at which the task will be run once.

For the Every: <...> From: <...> Until: <...> choice, set up how many times the task will be run during

the specified time interval. For example, setting the task schedule to Every 1 hour From 10:00:00 AM

until 10:00:00 PM allows the task to be run 12 times from 10 AM to 10 PM during one day.

Let’s see some of the scheduling examples.

"One day in the week" schedule

This is a widely used backup schedule. If we need to run the Backup task every Friday at 10 PM, the

parameters are set up as follows:

1. Every: 1 week(s) on: Fri.

2. Once at: 10:00:00 PM.

"Workdays" schedule

Run the task every week on workdays: from Monday to Friday. During a workday, the task starts only

once at 9 PM. The schedule's parameters are thus set up as follows:

1. Every: 1 week(s) on: <Workdays>. Selecting the Workdays check box automatically selects the

corresponding check boxes (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, and Fri), and leaves the remaining two unchanged.

2. Once at: 09:00:00 PM.

After setting up your backup schedule of “When to back up”, click Next to go to the last step of the

wizard.