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This is an issue in the product. As a workaround, run the backup manually

This article applies to:

• All Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Editions

Symptoms

1. In Acronis Backup & Recovery 10, you create a backup plan;
2. Under Where to back up -> Archive, you select a tape drive;
3. Under Archive validation -> When to validate, you select one or all of the following:
   • After a full backup is created
   • After an incremental backup is created
   • After a differential backup is created
4. After the backup is created, the automatic validation fails to start with an error message similar to the following one:

   Can't find the backup file specified

Solution

As a workaround, run the validation manually.

This has been fixed and the fix is available in the latest build of Acronis Backup & Recovery 10. See Downloading the Latest Build of Acronis Software.

More information

See also:

• Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Server Fails to Create Centralized Managed Vault on Tape
• Acronis Backup & Recovery 10: Validation Fails if the "Dismount media after backup has finished" Option is Enabled