Creating a Backup Plan in Acronis

With this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create a backup plan in Acronis. Installing a backup agent on your server will enable you to create a backup plan.

Let us follow the steps to create a backup plan in Acronis:

1. log in to Acronis Cyber Protect Portal.
   
2. Choose “Devices” and the sub-option “Machines with Agents” under it.
   
3. Select the tick box next to your server.
   
4. Click on the “Protect” option from the left-hand side of the screen.
   
5. Click Create plan > protection.
   
   
6. Fill in the following details:
   1. Give your plan a name by clicking on the edit icon.
   2. Your plan will be populated with default settings, you can change these now:
   3. What to backup:
      1. Entire machine: Backs up the whole server.
         1. NOTE: If you are using the Plesk or cPanel plugins you must use this option.
      2. Disk/Volumes: This lets you select individual disk partitions for backup.
      3. Files/Folders: This lets you select individual files and folders for backup.
   4. Where to back up: Select Cloud Storage.
   5. Schedule: Click the Current date to change.
   6. How long to keep: This option allows you to select how long backups are kept for, not the longer you retain the backup the more storage will be required.
   7. Encryption: Enables at rest encryption of your backup data,
      1. IMPORTANT: If you enable encryption, ensure you don’t lose your password, if you do your backup will not be able to be recoverable, use it with care.
   8. Application backup: This allows you to select application-aware backups.
      1. NOTE: Some application-aware backups require additional licensing, contact our support team for further details.
   9. Backup options: This option allows you to edit advanced settings, it is recommended you don’t change these.
7. Once you have entered your settings click “Create”.
   
   
8. If you want to take a backup immediately rather than waiting for your schedule you can click on “Run Now”.

This way, you can create a Backup Plan in Acronis. Irrespective of the client system, Acronis stores data in a consistent backup format to make it simple to recover from any platform. Contact our support team whenever you need to if you run into any problems.