210 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-20106.2.8.2 The [DATE] variableIf you specify the [DATE] variable in the archive name, the file name of each backup will include thatbackup’s creation date.When using this variable, the first backup of a new day will be a full backup. Before creating the nextfull backup, the software deletes all backups taken earlier that day. Backups taken before that dayare kept. This means you can store multiple full backups with or without incremental ones, but nomore than one full backup per day. You can sort the backups by date, copy, move, delete thebackups manually or by using a script.The date format is m.d.yyyy. For example, it is 1.31.2011 for January 31, 2011. (Note absence ofleading zeros.)You can place this variable anywhere in the archive name. You can use both lowercase anduppercase letters in this variable.ExamplesExample 1. Suppose that you perform incremental backups twice a day (at midnight and noon) fortwo days, starting on January 31, 2011. If the archive name is MyArchive-[DATE]-, here is the list ofbackup files after day two:MyArchive-1.31.2011-.tib (full, created on January 31 at midnight)MyArchive-1.31.2011-2.tib (incremental, created on January 31 at noon)MyArchive-2.1.2011-.tib (full, created on February 1 at midnight)MyArchive-2.1.2011-2.tib (incremental, created on February 1 at noon)Example 2. Suppose that you perform full backups, with the same schedule and archive name as inthe previous example. Then, the list of backup files after day two is the following:MyArchive-1.31.2011-.tib (full, created on January 31 at noon)MyArchive-2.1.2011-.tib (full, created on February 1 at noon)This is because the full backups created at midnight were replaced by new full backups of the sameday.6.2.8.3 Backup splitting and simplified file namingWhen a backup is split according to backup splitting (p. 113) settings, the same indexing is used toalso name parts of the backup. The file name for the next backup will have the next available index.For example, suppose that the first backup of the archive MyData has been split in two parts. Then,the file names for this backup are MyData1.tib and MyData2.tib. The second backup (supposing thatit is not split) will be named MyData3.tib.6.2.9 Access credentials for archive locationSpecify credentials required for access to the location where the backup archive will be stored. Theuser whose name is specified will be considered as the archive owner.To specify credentials1. Select one of the following: Use the plan's credentials
