Automatic Snapshot for Backup Porpouses

[clafas]

Hi everybody. I would like to know id there is an option to create an aoutomatic scheduled snapshot of the Virtual Disk.
That's for making backup. I am planning to create a snapshot everyday at 8 p.m.
Then Acronis will create the backup of my disk.

Thanks!

[mpack]

Snapshots are not useful as backups, so no, there is no facility to automate them for backup purposes. However you could always script it from your host ("VBoxManage snapshot"), though I don't recommend it.

[clafas]

thanks.
Is there a way to make a backup of a running machine?

[mpack]

Incremental live backup is quite easy from inside the guest - you would install standard "backup to network drive" tools. Harder to do (with certainty and reliability) from the host.