Scheduling with True Image 2011

Hi petraco,
First, there is an edit option at the top of your first post. Suggest you edit the title and change the 11 to 2011.
11 and 2011 is two different programs.

Where do you store your backups?

As your question, TI does not offer a solution. The easiest solution I know would be to use the TI helper program called Chain2Gen (C2G) written by forum MVP OracleDBA. This program supplements TI by offering more options--one of which is to create backups on a specified day such as Sunday. Some of the options you would be using is listed below. If interested, click on the top line of my signature below and check out links index item 5A and 5B.
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How this works,
TI run backup daily--if powered up.
If Sunday, C2G rotates contents of set0 into set1. Set0 is empty so TI create a new full.
All backups always directed to the folder named set0. C2G controls the number of chains retained. Each chain stored in its own individual set? folder.

1. Create the user specification as listed below inside this file.
!_USER_SPECIFIED_PARAMS_FOR_ACRONIS.bat

2. Add this C2G file to the Acronis Pre/post command option as a pre command.
Acronis_PreProcessing_task.bat

3. set up TrueImage scheduling to run a backup DAILY.
4. Configure a custom incremental to run unlimited incementals.
All instructions well documented within the C2G instructions.
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Your suggested setup for the C2G parameter file (extracts) is below.

:: ---Examples begin here-----------------------------------------------------
:: Option 3 set a trigger based on today being a specific day of week
:: such as start a new chain on every monday (useful for weekly generations)
set TRGR_ON_DAY1=Sun
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:: ---Examples begin here----------------------------------------------------
:: option 1 set a trigger based on total number of .tib files in folder. Your option would be "0" as yours will be variable-=-not a defined number.
:: 0 means unlimited incr
set TRGR_ON_MAX_TIB_CNT=0
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: MANDATORY VARIABLES
:: User must change these next 3 variable and supply their own pertinent information.
set TARGET_UNC_N_DEVICE="\\Maximus\E (1TB device)"
set TARGET_GENERATIONS_FOLDER=\backup\Sidney_linea\
set MAX_BACKUP_GENERATIONS=1 (your choice)

1st one is full path such as above or just drive letter x:
2nd one is user target folder name such as above or \MyBackup\
3rd one is number of backup chains to retain. (1 chain will be your 1 Full + an unspecified number of incrementals.

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Or, you could write a batch file to do the same thing that C2G is doing.

ATI11 is an old version (circa 2008-09) and the scheduler is not as sophisticated as the newer versions. You'll have to use the aftermarket add-on Grover mentions to get what you want. Although you could just create a a Backup Location and set the limit to 7 files and then make a task to backup incs to that Backup Location. You wouldn't be based on Sunday, but you'd have a seven day routine. It's been a long time since I fiddle d with incs at all much less on ati11, so maybe you will need to set the file limit one higher or lower than I said -- experiment with some small backups and see.

Otoh, C2G and the older version schedulers are more reliable than the ones in the newer versions -- so if you can get ati11 to work on a 7-backup routine or you get comfortable with C2G, I'd stick with ati11.

Thanks GroverH!!! I will definitely download Chain2Gen and configure it for my needs. This utility looks like it will give me exactly the functionality I'm looking for.

I changed the subject line as you suggested. My backup location is an external hard drive (e:\).