{"id":1919,"date":"2020-06-08T11:34:23","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T03:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wesbytes.com\/guide\/?post_type=kb&#038;p=1919"},"modified":"2026-03-19T10:42:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T02:42:46","slug":"create-backup-policy-server-vm-pc","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/kb\/create-backup-policy-server-vm-pc","title":{"rendered":"9 Steps to Create Backup Policy for Server, VM, and PC"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Create Backup Policy To Backup Your Server \/ VM \/ PC<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/14013291644\/original\/o7BJTmEzUCbryxztkC-J5ReaNPP9RU8SgQ.png?1489644790\" alt=\"Create Backup Policy To Backup Your Server\" width=\"525\" height=\"317\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Backup policy is defined as backup plan in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acronis.com\/en\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Acronis<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Each backup plan is associated with a server\/vm\/mobile device.<\/li>\n<li>Each backup plan associated define a backup container\/disk safe of its own.<\/li>\n<li>By default, there is a default backup template which you may use to start a backup on the fly Or you can further define this backup plan to suit your needs.<\/li>\n<li>Backup plan can be deleted<\/li>\n<li>Backup plan can be revoked from a server\/vm\/device<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To backup an entire machine, disks, files Or system state.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>In Backup Management Console, click\u00a0<strong>Backup<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>A backup plan template is offered:<\/li>\n<li>Select the items you wish to backup:\n<ul>\n<li>Entire machine \u2013 include MBR, bootable partition and other partitions (whole server)<\/li>\n<li>Disks \u2013 you may select which disks attached to a machine to be backup<\/li>\n<li>Files \u2013 select to backup only certain files.<\/li>\n<li>System state \u2013 applicable only to Windows Vista or later. It comprise of below:\n<ul>\n<li>Task scheduler configuration<\/li>\n<li>VSS Metadata Store<\/li>\n<li>Performance counter configuration information<\/li>\n<li>MSSearch Service<\/li>\n<li>Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS)<\/li>\n<li>The registry<\/li>\n<li>Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)<\/li>\n<li>Component Services Class registration database<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Select destination for your backup:\u2013 Cloud (to Exabytes Backup cloud)\u2013 Local folder on each machine with backup agent installed.\u2013 Network folder. Specify the path to the share<\/li>\n<li>Schedule a backups:You can specify the schedule on monthly\/weekly\/daily and hourly basis. You may select the \u00a0schedule to run on specific time.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">How many retention points to keep. You may have multiple options. Either by age\/number of backups or specify a single rule for all backups depend on your need.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Click\u00a0<strong>Apply<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Give the plan a relevant name and save the plan.<\/li>\n<li>the plan is selected for your machine and will run on schedule.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>If you need a guide to safeguarding your server data, you may <a href=\"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/kb\/plesk-backup-manager-guide-to-safeguarding-your-server-data\">refer this article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Create Backup Policy To Backup Your Server \/ VM \/ PC Backup policy is defined as backup plan in Acronis. Each backup plan is associated with a server\/vm\/mobile device. Each backup plan associated define a backup container\/disk safe of its own. By default, there is a default backup template which you may use to start a backup on the fly&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"kbtopic":[49],"kbtag":[1344],"class_list":["post-1919","kb","type-kb","status-publish","hentry","kbtopic-acronis-backup-cloud","kbtag-backup-policy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/1919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1919"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/1919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6396,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/1919\/revisions\/6396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kbtopic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtopic?post=1919"},{"taxonomy":"kbtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtag?post=1919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}