Backup Schemes in Acronis True Image Cloud
Where is the Backup Schemes option in Acronis True Image Cloud to do incremental backups? I do not want to have to do full backups everytime? The documentation talks about backup schemes in Acronis True Image 2016 which I thought was basically the same as Acronis True Image Cloud.


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I don't have a backup scheme tab. Is this new to build 6027?
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No, the backup scheme tab has been there in several versions.
See http://www.acronis.com/en-gb/download/docs/ati2016/userguide/ for the Acronis True Image 2016 User Guide and then look at Section 4 for Backups where it shows how to access the Backup Scheme options via the Options button once you have configured a Backup action.
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I thought we were talking about online backup options. Your screen shot is for disk backup options.
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Sorry but as far as I can see, Acronis True Image Cloud is the same as Acronis True Image 2016 and has the same requirements which include using software installed on a local computer (Windows or Mac) where a backup is initiated from and where the backup scheme options are offered.
http://www.acronis.com/en-us/personal/online-backup/ shows this and has links to the documentation for this product which is the same as the link I gave previously.
Section 7 of the User Guide has information about using the Online Dashboard to backup family devices and states the following:
If a device is not yet protected, you can back up it by using the default settings. Acronis True Image 2016 will back up the entire contents of the device (for example, an entire PC backup) to Acronis Cloud. These default settings cannot be changed with the web app. If you need to customize the settings, start Acronis True Image 2016 on this device and configure the backup manually.
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OK, I can see what you are saying - sorry it has taken a while to sink in!
The Backup Scheme option looks to be only available when backing up to non-Acronis Cloud targets, which is all that I have been using as I have no intention of paying for a subscription to the cloud as I run my own network storage device to backup to.
It looks as if you don't get a choice of backup scheme when going to the Acronis Cloud and the online dashboard doesn't seem to offer any further choices either.
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Hello Everyone!
The default (and actually the only) backup scheme available when backing up to Cloud is incremental:
First backup is a full one and all subsequent contain only changes.
Thank you,
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