Operation Manual

To exclude a folder specified by a path containing the drive letter, add a backslash (“\”) to the folder

name in the criterion, for example: C:\Finance\.

For example, you can set the Source files exclusion to Exclude files matching the following criteria:

*.tmp, *.~, *.bak

7.5.3 Compression Level

The Compression level option defines the level of compression applied to the data being backed up.

The default setting for this option is Normal.

The optimal data compression level depends on the type of data being backed up. For example, even

maximum compression will not significantly reduce the archive size if it already contains fairly

compressed files, such as .jpg, .pdf or .mp3. However, such formats as .doc or .xls could be

significantly further compressed.

Select one of the following compression levels:

 None. The data will be copied “as is”, without any compression. The resulting backup size will be

maximal.

 Normal. This compression level is recommended in most cases.

 High. The resulting backup size will typically be less than for the Normal level.

 Maximum. This is the highest degree of the data compression. But the time for performing

backup task will be maximal. You may want to select maximum compression when backing up to

removable media to reduce the number of required volumes.

7.5.4 Error Handling

These options enable you to specify how to handle errors that might occur during backup.

When a recoverable error occurs, the program re-attempts to perform the failed operation. You can

set the time interval and the number of attempts. The task finishes as soon as the operation

succeeds OR the specified number of attempts is reached.

If you select the Re-attempt if an error occurs check box, set up the Number of attempts and the

Interval between attempts. This option is enabled by default with the following settings: Number of

attempts – 5, and Interval between attempts – 30 seconds.

For example, with the default settings if the backup destination on the network becomes unavailable

or not accessible, the program will attempt to reach the destination every 30 seconds, but no more

than 5 times. The attempts will be stopped as soon as the connection is resumed or if the specified

number of attempts is reached.

7.5.5 Disaster Recovery Plan

The disaster recovery scenario implies that sometimes there are different technical persons

managing backup and recovery procedures. Thus the person who performs the recovery may not

know the details of where the images are located, which machines they belong to, etc. Acronis

vmProtect 8 allows you to create a Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) that contains simple step-by-step