how to append date to backup name in Acronis True Image 2018
Greetings
I used to have the option of appending the date to backup name when choosing the target and now I can't find it.
So I can I append the backup date to the backup name?
thank you


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will it work for acronis true image 2018?
I'm in windows 10 pro and the only script I found was in C:\ProgramData\Acronis\Scripts
and it doesn't mention my scheluded backup all I see is:
uri="G:\C_backup_full_b1_s1_v1-2.tib so instead of b1_s1_ I should have @date@_exec?
and run the backup again, right?
thank you
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It should work for ATI 2018 but you need to ensure that you are editing / changing the correct part of the C:\Program Data\Acronis\TrueImageHome\Scripts file (xxx.tib.tis). The section you should be looking at is:
<archive_options check_network_timeout="false" computer_id="E320DD14-B9EF-474F-899D-95207064FCEA" id="0" network_timeout="0" split_archive="false">
<volumes_locations>
<volume_location device_instance_id="STORAGE\VOLUME\{17B2DF79-1367-11E8-9166-001583E6C9D6}#0000000000007E00" uri="L:\@task@_@date@_@exec@.tib" volume_id="0" />
</volumes_locations>
</archive_options>
Note: with ATI 2018 you will need to Turn off Acronis Active Protection temporarily in order to edit the scripts file and then be able to save the changes again.
My log file when I tested this shows the following confirming that the change was actioned.
06/05/2018 17:03:40 :098 Backup reserve copy attributes: format tib; need_reserve_backup_copy false;
06/05/2018 17:03:40 :100 Operation TrueImageLogs started manually.
06/05/2018 17:03:43 :514 Backup reserve copy attributes: format tib; need_reserve_backup_copy false;
06/05/2018 17:03:43 :538 Operation: Backup
06/05/2018 17:03:43 :541 Priority changed to Low.
06/05/2018 17:04:20 :286 Create Backup Archive From: C:\Users\smiths\Documents\TrueImageLogs\
To file: TrueImageLogs_2018-05-06_1_full_b1_s1_v1.tib Compression: Normal
06/05/2018 17:04:20 :940 Writing full version to file: TrueImageLogs_2018-05-06_1_full_b1_s1_v1.tib
06/05/2018 17:04:21 :038 The following backups have been successfully created: L:\TrueImageLogs_2018-05-06_1_full_b1_s1_v1.tib
06/05/2018 17:04:25 :920 Operation has succeeded.
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I'm still worried about my scheduled backup not found in the script
changed both uri that appeared in the script like this
<volumes_locations>
<volume_location device_instance_id="STORAGE\VOLUME\{DD920D21-96EE-11E6-A92E-806E6F6E6963}#0000022559004400" uri="G:\C_backup_full_@date@_@exec@.tib" volume_id="2874460892" />
<volume_location device_instance_id="STORAGE\VOLUME\{DD920D21-96EE-11E6-A92E-806E6F6E6963}#0000022559004400" uri="G:\@task@_@date@_@exec@.tib" volume_id="0" />
</volumes_locations>
thank you
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You do not need to change anything other than the bottom line that has @task in the uri path. The other uri lines are more likely to be related to already existing files created previously by the task and being considered for automatic cleanup actions.
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In reply to You do not need to change… by truwrikodrorow…

about my other (scheduled) backup:
one of the annoying phenomena in ati 2018 that made me want to go back to 2016 or 2014 is that when I want to repeat existing backup it fails because external device is not connected.
but I always (when defining a backup) do it to another internal disk (I have 4) by browsing, so I deleted the scheduled, redefined it, saw that a second script was formed, edited to insert @date@_@exec@ and ran the backup.
Problem solved!
Many thanks from me for your knowledge and patience but I think Acronis should thank you since you made me stay in ati 2018...
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Glad to hear that the problem is solved, thanks for the feedback.
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