How to set backup filename convention in Acronis 12.5?
Hello,
I am unable to find the convention name in Acronis. This version define only Machine Name, Plan ID, Plan Name, Unique ID...
I want to easy to recognize the backup and sort visually. Example:
"ComputerName" + "TypeBackup" + "Date" + A(End Of Letter)
Thanks,
Hoang

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Hello Hoang Nguyen!
I don't know what do you mean by TypeBackup. If you are thinking of "Full/diff/inc" then it's not possible for the same reason date isn't available: It doesn't make sense. The backup file contains many many backups from various dates being either diff/inc.
I'll also note here that if the computer is renamed the archive name will remain the same. So that itself only has value if you have a system to track past hostnames and can corelate them to the right archive.
If you want a complete, sortable list of all backups you'll have to drill down to the database and query there. There's some work involved, but it can be done. Although I'm not sure what value such a list provides.
-- Peter
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Hi Peter, Maria,
Thank you.
Acronis changed the backup file name convention. In the past Acronis 11.7, I can easy to know what kind of backup via filename (Eg: Full Backup; Differential via filename) but now only variable with a unique number.
So the recognization via file name is harder. I don't think it is a good idea for this. Hope that Acronis bring it back
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Unlikely to be changed as the newer tibx format stores an entire backup chain in a single file as opposed to tib, where you have multiple but related files.
What do you use this information for? Maybe there's another way to achieve what you want. You can select an archive, see the recovery points (backups) inside and see whether they are full/inc/diff.
If the backup is in a managed location you can't interact with the backup files directly anyway. If not, it's still best to let the command line utility (acrocmd) handle it whenever possible.
-- Peter
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