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Exporting archives and backups
The export operation creates a copy of an archive or a self-sufficient part copy of an archive in the
location you specify. The original archive remains untouched.
The export operation can be applied to:
a single archive
- an exact archive copy will be created
a single backup
- an archive consisting of a single full backup will be created. The export of an
incremental or a differential backup is performed using consolidation of the preceding backups
up to the nearest full backup
your choice of backups
belonging to the same archive - the resulting archive will contain only the
specified backups. Consolidation is performed as required, so the resulting archive may contain
full, incremental and differential backups.
an entire vault
that can be exported by using the command line interface. For more information,
please refer to Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Command Line Reference.
Usage scenarios
Export enables you to separate a specific backup from a chain of incremental backups for fast
recovery, writing onto removable or detachable media or other purposes.
Example.
When backing up data to a remote location through an unstable or low-bandwidth network
connection (such as backing up through WAN using VPN access), you may want to save the initial full
backup to a detachable media. Then, send the media to the remote location. There the backup will
be exported from the media to the target storage. Subsequent incremental backups, which are
usually much smaller, can be transferred over the network.
By exporting a managed vault to a detachable media, you obtain a portable unmanaged vault that
can be used in the following scenarios:
keeping an off-site copy of your vault or of the most important archives
physical transportation of a vault to a distant branch office
recovery without access to the storage node in case of networking problems or failure of the
storage node
recovery of the storage node itself.
Export from an HDD-based vault to a tape device can be considered as simple on-demand archive
staging.
The resulting archive's name
By default, the exported archive inherits the name of the original archive. Because having multiple
archives of the same names in the same location is not advisable, the following actions are disabled
with the default archive name:
exporting part of an archive to the same location
exporting an archive or part of an archive to a location where an archive of the same name exists
exporting an archive or part of an archive to the same location twice
In any of the above cases, provide an archive name that is unique to the destination folder or vault. If
you need to redo the export using the same archive name, first delete the archive that resulted from
the previous export operation.
