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Acronis true image 2010 build 6053 and computer sleep state

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Hi,

i just wanna know if a scheduled acronis true image backup can start even if my computer is already in a sleep state ?

ps : i have windows 7

thanks
Domenic

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Hello Dominic,

I understand your question and will do my best to solve the issue.

Acronis scheduler won't wake the computer from standby but the Windows embedded scheduler will. Therefore you can use the below instructions in order to execute tasks on schedule on a computer that you need to wake up from standby to run the task.

Please create a task with Windows Scheduler and call Acronis True Image Service using a command line like below where you fill in the path and filename of appropriate Acronis True Image Script file in place of the [bracketed portion]:

"C:\Program Files\Common Files\Acronis\TrueImage\TrueImageService.exe" /script:"[drive:path\scriptname.tis]"

Acronis True Image Script files for scheduled backups are stored in C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Applicaton Data\Acronis\TrueImage\Scripts and have the extension "tis". To make sure that the necessary script will be selected you can edit it with Acronis True Image  Home 2010 and then identify it by modification date and time stamp.

Let me know if you need further assistance.

Thank you.

I am confused by this. First, I set up the task in the scheduler in True Image, correct?

Then, to set up in windows, what settings do I use as far as time and whatnot? Will this just start the program (True Image) and then the task will take over from True Image because it is scheduled? Do I set it (windows task) to maybe run 5 minutes or so before the scheduled True Image task? Will the computer go back to sleep while the task is running? I have my settings for hard drive to shut off after 30minutes and system sleep at 45 minutes. I want to set this up right, please help.

Glenn,

I will tyake a stab at this as they havent replied to you.

You use the True Image scheduler to create the task you want to run. This tells trueimage what is being backed up, where to etc in the normal way.

Then go look in "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Applicaton Data\Acronis\TrueImage\Scripts" and find the tis file that was just created, note the name.

You then schedule the task in TrueImage as "do not start automatically" because TrueImage is NOT going to schedule the task, windows is.

Then in the windows scheduler, you create an entry that will run "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Acronis\TrueImage\TrueImageService.exe" /script:"[drive:path\scriptname.tis]" telling windows when you want it to run.

Dominic D'Apice wrote:
Hi,

i just wanna know if a scheduled acronis true image backup can start even if my computer is already in a sleep state ?

ps : i have windows 7

thanks
Domenic

Your in luck, Windows 7 can creat tasks to wake up you computer. Follow the basic instuctions others have provided. However, the location of your scripts should be in C:\ProgramData\Acronis\TrueImageHome\Scripts. You can open these scripts in any text editor to view the contents. You should be able to locate the script(s) to schedule.

  1. go to Administrative Tools, Task Scheduler
  2. click on Create Task (not Create Basic Task)
  3. Fill in 'General' tab being sure to check 'Run whether user is logged on or not'
  4. The trigger tabe is used to schedule the task
  5. Under the action tab, add a New action to run "C:\Program Files (x86)\Acronis\TrueImageHome\TrueImage.exe" and supply your  script as an argument
  6. On the Conditions tab, be sure to check 'wake the computer to run this task'

Stephen,
At least in the Windows 7 task scheduler, there is an option on the Settings tab:
If the task is already running, then the following rule applies:
this can be set to "Do not start a new instance".

I am just trying this now, having just stumbled across this thread, but it seems to me that means that one could safely enable the task in Acronis; and perhaps set the start time in Task Scheduler to be a few minutes later.