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Hi, I'm trying to set up a backup policy so I can backup drive C on some computers, but I want to have each backup in the folder named like %MachineName%. I can setup one policy and deploy it on these machines and put all backups in one place in one folder and name each backup as %MachineName%_disk_c.tib or so, but I can not use the the same task and put in the PATH field of backup something like \\Storage\BAckups\%MachineName% . Please advise. I'm using ABR 10 Adv server + UR , latest build. Thanks, Nico

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Hello Nico,

Thank you very much for your question and I would like to assist you with this question.

The current version of Acronis Backup and Recovery 10 unfortunately does not allow to create a separate folder for each machine backup. There are three options available at the moment, but I will submit an enhancement request so that our Development can implement this feature in a future release of our software.

Thank you once more for your feedback.

If there is anything else I can do, please let me know.

Thank you.

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Hi Anton,
thanks for quick reply,

the picture you sent me doesn't change anything for me I cannot put smth. like %MachineName% or other variable in the PATH field.

I can use variable in the file name but not in the PATH.

I think this is very obvious situation: IYou have 50 pcs and want to setup only one policy to backup all PC's and put each backup in a separate folder. Even if i create some folders (manualy create folders and name them as computers FQDN names), I can not use variable %MachineName% as a folder name.

thanks, Nico

We are looking for this same solution. We have 30 machines backing up to a centralized NAS currently. All machines are configured by the same backup policy to keep management overhead low. However, when we have 3 weeks of backups (full on Saturday, incremental daily) multiplied by 30 machines, the folder becomes unruly. Additionally, 'browsing' the folder when restoring is very slow.

As such, we think allowing the %MachineName% variable in the folder path when backing up to a centralized location is an ideal solution. We look forward to seeing this in a future release of Acronis Backup & Recovery.