ACRONIS Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server User Manual

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Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2010 345/dev/mda17.3.2.2 Files to back up selection rulesDefine file selection rules, according to which the files and (or) folders will be backed up on themachines the policy will be applied to.To define file selection rulesIn the first line, select the rule from the list, or type it manually. To add another rule, click the nextempty line, and select the rule from the list, or type it manually.The program remembers the rules typed manually, and the next time you open the window, theserules will be available for selection in the list along with the default ones.WindowsFull pathPoint to the folders and files to be backed up. If you specified a path to a file or folder explicitly, thepolicy will back up this item on each machine where this exact path will be found.To include In the Files and folderscolumn, type or select:File Text.doc in folderD:\WorkD:\Work\Text.docFolder C:\Windows C:\WindowsEnvironment variablesSome environment variables point to Windows folders. Using such variables instead of full folder andfile paths ensures that proper Windows folders are backed up regardless of where Windows islocated on a particular machine.To include In the Files and folderscolumn, type or selectCommentsProgram Files folder %PROGRAMFILES% Points to the Program Files folder (for example,C:\Program Files)Windows folder %WINDIR% Points to the folder where Windows is located (forexample, C:\Windows)Common data for all userprofiles%ALLUSERSPROFILE% Points to the folder where the common data of alluser profiles is located (typically, C:\Documents andSettings\All Users in Windows XP andC:\ProgramData in Windows Vista)You can use other environment variables or a combination of environment variables and text. Forexample, to refer to the Acronis folder in the machines' Program Files folder, type:%PROGRAMFILES%\Acronis