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Backups with data retention plan

Using Acronis True Image 9.5 / Console, I would like to back up a total of 7 windows 2003 servers.  Each server has a "drive B" (for Backup, get it?) which is either a physically connected USB drive, or a mapped drive leading to a USB drive shared on another system.  So far, I can remotely install the Agent and run backups just fine.  However, I have a specific goal for backing up these servers, all of which are part of our small hosting service.  What I would like to see on each server's B drive, after two weeks, is something like this:

server01_full_1
server01_incremental_1_1
server01_incremental_1_2
server01_incremental_1_3
server01_incremental_1_4
server01_incremental_1_5
server01_incremental_1_6
server01_full_2
server01_incremental_2_1
server01_incremental_2_2
server01_incremental_2_3
server01_incremental_2_4
server01_incremental_2_5
server01_incremental_2_6

Now, I don't really care what file names I end up with, but you get the idea -- the above represents two full weeks of backups with data retention, with each backup going into a separate file each evening so that if a single file becomes corrupted, it only affects that file.  At the start of the next week (i.e. after incremental_2_6), I'd like Acronis to remove all of the files from the very first week, but I don't think it can do that... I'll probably have to write a script for that.

After banging around with this software for a while, i get that you can create a full backup file, for example "server01", and then schedule nightly backups "based upon" that file, which Acronis will automatically name something like server011, server012, etc.  What I don't know how to do is get it to start over with a new full backup file the following week, and base the new incrementals off of that.  

I may be "to into" the way I'm used to doing this with NTBackup, so I would like to know... can someone give me a step by step instruction set for accomplishing this goal?
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How were you able to get this to work?  I am having the same issue with Acronis True Image Echo Enterprise Server with backup retentions.  I used the backup Mover software and in the Acronis pre command I cannot get the Backup Mover.exe executable to run from a share.  Any help would be great.
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The acronis version I'm using is squirrely with anything but the actual backup commands.  I scheduled the backup mover via the Windows Scheduled Tasks, about 15 minutes before the backup is scheduled to kick off.  I've determined that the less you ask Acronis to do, the better!
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The term "Backup" means the methods and processes involved to copy computer data (system data as well as application data) to media other than the ones where the data originally live (disk, tape, optical, cloud). "Restore" in turn means the methods and processes involved in data recovery, i. e., bringing back copied computer data to their original location. Backup/Restore primarily serves as a means of protection against data loss, be it due to disaster, corruption or sabotage. It can also be used for recovering data from an earlier point in time and even for cloning machines or applications. There is a wide variety of backup/restore software available, from expensive commercial products to free or open source tools.

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