Actions on groups

Actions are available when you select the Acronis Backup & Recovery 1679 Actions on groups Physical machines view in the Navigation tree, and then click on a group.

The following is a guideline for you to perform actions on selected groups.

To

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Create a custom static or a dynamic group

Click Acronis Backup & Recovery 4974 Actions on groups Create group.

In the Create group window, specify the required parameters of the group.

Custom groups can be created in the root folder (Acronis Backup & Recovery 1679 Actions on groups Physical machines), or in other custom groups.

Apply a backup policy to a group

Click Acronis Backup & Recovery 1716 Actions on groups Apply backup policy.

In the Policy selection window, specify the backup policy you need to apply to the selected group. If there are child groups in the selected group, the backup policy will be applied to them as well.

View detailed information on a group

Click Acronis Backup & Recovery 2389 Actions on groups View details.

In the Group details window, examine information on the selected group.

Rename a custom group/subgroup

Click Acronis Backup & Recovery 1705 Actions on groups Rename.

In the Name column, type a new name for the selected group.

Built-in groups cannot be renamed.

Edit a custom group

Click Acronis Backup & Recovery 1704 Actions on groups Edit.

In the Edit group window, change the required parameters of the group.

Move one custom group to another

Click Acronis Backup & Recovery 1714 Actions on groups Move to.

In the Move to group window, specify a group that will be a new parent of the selected group.

Delete a custom group

Click Acronis Backup & Recovery 1720 Actions on groups Delete.

Deletion of a parent group will delete its child groups as well. Backup policies applied to the parent group and inherited by its child groups will be revoked from all members of the deleted groups. The the policies that are directly applied to the members will remain.

Refresh a list of groups

Click Acronis Backup & Recovery 2426 Actions on groups Refresh.

The management console will update the list of groups from the management server with the most recent information. Though the list of groups is refreshed automatically based on events, the data may not be retrieved immediately from the management server due to some latency. Manual Refresh guarantees that the most recent data is displayed.

Actions on groups