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Making telecommunication data transmission of the software. Acronis has the right to terminate this license if there is a violation of its terms or default by the original purchaser. Upon termination for any reason, all copies of the software must be immediately returned to Acronis, and the original purchaser shall be liable to Acronis for any and all damages suffered as a result of the violation or default.
3.8 B ........................19 ACKING UP TO TAPE DRIVE 3.9 V ..................... 20 IEWING DISK AND PARTITION INFORMATION CHAPTER 4. USING ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE SERVER FOR WINDOWS .......... 21 4.1 M ........................... 21 AIN PROGRAM WINDOW 4.2 M ......................... 23 ANAGING A LOCAL COMPUTER CHAPTER 5.
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7.1.2 Setting up weekly execution........................ 53 7.1.3 Setting up monthly execution......................54 7.1.4 Setting up one-time execution......................54 7.2 M ........................55 ANAGING SCHEDULED TASKS CHAPTER 8. MANAGING ACRONIS SECURE ZONE ................56 8.1 C ......................56 REATING CRONIS ECURE 8.2 R...
Ensures 24 X 7 Uptime With the Acronis Drive Snapshot systems can be imaged while they are in use, supporting 24 by 7 availability. This technology enables the product to backup and image critical operating system files, the master boot record and any partition-based boot records without requiring a reboot.
That image can then be duplicated onto multiple servers. If you need to upgrade the server hard disk drive, Acronis True Image Server for Windows simplifies the task to few mouse clicks creating the exact copy of your old disk to a new one and adjusting partitions size to fit a new hard disk.
Acronis True Image Server for Windows • Windows Event Log and SNMP support – Store event log messages, issued by Acronis True Image Server for Windows, to Windows Event Log or send them to SNMP clients • Manage System Restore tool (for Windows 2003 Server and higher) – Turn on/off the...
Linux SWAP • • If a file system is not supported or is corrupted, Acronis True Image Server for Windows can copy data using a sector-by-sector approach. For XFS and JFS file systems partition resizing feature is not supported. 1.4.4 Supported storage media •...
• run the Acronis True Image Server for Windows setup file • in the Install Menu, select the program to install: Acronis True Image Server for Windows • follow the Install Wizard instructions on the screen. Acronis True Image Server for Windows Install Window Typical, Custom and Complete installation is available.
To run the program, press F11 during server bootup, when you see a corresponding message that tells you to press that key. Acronis True Image Server for Windows will be run in the standalone mode, allowing you to recover the damaged partitions.
When you back up files and folders, only the data, along with the folder tree, are compressed and stored. Backing up disks and partitions is performed in a different way: Acronis True Image Server for Windows stores a sector-by-sector snapshot of the disk, which includes the operating system, registry, drivers, software applications and data files, as well as system areas hidden from the user.
Startup Recovery Manager and Acronis Snap Restore features (see below). Acronis Secure Zone is always available for archive creation as long as there is space for the backup file. If there is not enough space, older archives will be deleted to create space.
Windows without loading the operating system. With this feature, if the operating system won't load for some reason, you can run Acronis True Image Server for Windows by itself to restore damaged partitions. As opposed to booting from Acronis removable media or RIS server, you will not need a separate media or network connection to start Acronis True Image Server for Windows.
10 minutes. The larger the image size, the more time you save. 3.5.2 How to use To be able to use Acronis Snap Restore in case of system crash, prepare as follows: 1. Install Acronis True Image Server for Windows.
Acronis Universal Restore is an optional program feature. It should be purchased separately and installed from a separate .msi setup file. Acronis Universal Restore can only be installed on a computer where at least one of the following Acronis components is installed: Acronis True Image Server for Windows Acronis Bootable Media Builder.
3.7.4 Benefits 1. Acronis Universal Restore can be used “after the fact”: it is not necessary to create an image with the option, you can restore any image to different hardware. 2. Acronis Universal Restore allows the user to exactly specify drivers during restore, enabling their maximum compatibility with the hardware.
This means that you will not need to re-join your domain or re-map network user profiles after a restore. 4. Acronis Universal Restore supports a driver repository to centrally store all drivers so users don’t need to go looking for them.
Chapter 4. Using Acronis True Image Server for Windows Acronis True Image Server for Windows supports the command-line mode for data backup and restore, as well as the GUI mode, and can be used to execute XML scripts. Here we describe the operations available in GUI mode, which provides more functionality.
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• Options – opens a window for editing default backup/restore options, setting text appearance (fonts), configuring email/Winpopup notifications etc. The Help menu is used to invoke help and obtain information about Acronis True Image Server for Windows. Active Tasks pane The Active Tasks pane displays the scheduled and currently-being-executed tasks.
Click the very right button on a tasks pane toolbar at the bottom of the window. See details 10.3 Viewing logs • Manage Acronis Secure Zone Click Manage Acronis Secure Zone, then follow the Wizard’s instructions. See details in Chapter 8. Managing Acronis Secure Zone • Activate Acronis Startup Recovery Manager Click Activate Acronis Startup Recovery Manager, then follow the Wizard’s instructions.
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For example, saving the archive to another hard disk will protect your data if the primary disk is damaged. Data saved to a network disk, ftp-server or removable media will survive even if all your local hard disks are down. You can also use Acronis Secure Zone 3.3 Acronis Secure Zone (see details in ) for storing backups.
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For example, saving the archive to another hard disk will protect your data if your primary disk is damaged. Data saved to a network disk, ftp-server or removable media will survive even if all your local hard disks are down. You can also use Acronis Secure Zone 3.3 Acronis Secure Zone (see details in ) for storing backups.
If you try to restore data from a password-protected archive, or append an incremental/differential backup to such an archive, Acronis True Image Server for Windows will ask for the password in a special window, allowing access only to authorized users.
You can limit the hard disk usage by Acronis True Image Server for Windows to a desired level. To set the desired HDD writing speed for data being backed up, drag the slider or enter the writing speed in kilobytes per second.
If you frequently backup data to network drives, think of limiting the network usage used by Acronis True Image Server for Windows. To set the desired data transfer speed, drag the slider or enter the bandwidth limit for transferring backup data in kilobytes per second.
Choose the basic components, necessary for boot and restoring data, on the General tab. The Acronis One-Click Restore is a minimal addition to your rescue media, allowing one- click data recovery from an image archive, stored on this media. This means that at boot from the media and clicking “restore”...
Advanced as well. In case you check Do not place additional components if there is no free space box, the program will try to write at least Acronis True Image Server for Windows to media, short of space.
The boot CD from which you loaded the program does not keep you from using other CDs with backups. Acronis True Image Server for Windows is loaded entirely into RAM, so you can remove the bootable CD to insert the archive disk.
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2. Click Next. 3. Select the archive. If the archive is located in Acronis Secure Zone, select it to choose the archive on the next step. If the archive is located on removable media, e.g. CD, first insert the last CD and then insert disks in reverse order when Restore Data Wizard prompts.
6.3 Restoring disks/partitions or files from images To restore a partition (disk) from an image, Acronis True Image Server for Windows must obtain exclusive access to the target partition (disk). This means no other applications can...
2. Click Next. 6.3.2 Archive selection 1. Select the archive. If the archive is located in Acronis Secure Zone, select it to choose the archive at the next step. If the archive is located on removable media, e.g. CD, first insert the last CD and then insert disks in reverse order when Restore Data Wizard prompts.
Therefore, if your system disk consists of several partitions and you are planning to use Acronis Snap Restore, all partitions must be included into the image. Otherwise partitions, missing in the image, will be lost.
1. Though seldom required, you can change the partition file system during its restoration. Acronis True Image Server for Windows can make the following file system conversions: FAT 16 -> FAT 32, Ext2 -> Ext3. For partitions with other native file systems this option is not available.
6.3.9 Assigning a letter to the restored partition 1. Acronis True Image Server for Windows will assign an unused letter to a restored partition. You can select the desired letter from a drop-down list. If you set the switch to No, no letters will be assigned to the restored partition, hiding it from OS.
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Windows itself when it boots. Thus, Acronis Universal Restore uses three sources for drivers search: the driver repository, the list of user-specified (enforced) drivers, and the Windows default driver storage folders (in the image being restored).
To recover the “lost” partition, you will have to restore it from the image again. If Acronis Universal Restore finds no HAL or hard disk controller drivers compatible with the new hardware in all available sources, you will be prompted to browse network share drive, floppy disk or CD to select missing drivers.
1. You can choose whether to restore files’ date and time from the archive or assign the files the current date and time. 2. Before data is restored from the archive, Acronis True Image Server for Windows can check its integrity. If you suspect that the archive might have been corrupted, select Validate backup archive before restoration.
Chapter 7. Scheduling tasks Acronis True Image Server for Windows allows you to schedule periodic backup tasks. Doing so will give you peace of mind, knowing that your data are safe. You can create more than one independently scheduled task. For example, you can back up your current project daily and back up the application disk once a week.
1. Before creating the Acronis Secure Zone, you can estimate its size. To do this, start backup and select all data you are going to backup into the Acronis Secure Zone. At the Set Backup Options step choose Set the options manually, then set compression level. You will see the estimated full backup size.
The opposite situation might arise if either partition lacks free space. 3. Select partitions from which free space will be used to increase Acronis Secure Zone or that will receive free space after the zone is reduced.
Chapter 9. Creating bootable media You can run Acronis True Image Server for Windows on a bare metal or on a crashed computer that cannot boot. You can even back up disks on a non-Windows computer, copying all its data sector-by-sector into the backup archive. To do so, you will need bootable media with the standalone Acronis True Image Server for Windows version.
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When using 3.5” diskettes, you will be able to write on a diskette (or a set of the diskettes) only one component at a time (for example, Acronis True Image Server for Windows). To write another component, start Bootable Media Builder once again.
Tools group or click Validate Backup Archive on the toolbar. 2. Click Next. 3. Select the archive to validate. If the archive is located in Acronis Secure Zone, select it to choose the archive on the next step.
- during the operation when user interaction is required. 10.3 Viewing logs Acronis True Image Server for Windows allows users to view its working logs. They can provide information about scheduled backup tasks results, including reasons for failure, if any.
10.4 Event tracing 10.4.1 Windows event log You can choose whether to store event log messages, issued by Acronis True Image Server for Windows, to Windows Event Log (to see this log, run eventvwr.exe or select Control Panel -> Administrative tools -> Event Viewer -> Application).
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4. Click Next. 5. If you are to mount an incremental image, Acronis True Image Server for Windows will suggest that you select one of successive incremental archives by date/time of its creation. Thus, you can explore the partition state to a certain moment.
The first method is less secure, but is still suitable for most cases. 12.3.8 Selecting partition transfer method Acronis True Image Server for Windows will offer you the following data transfer methods: • As is •...
Further, you will be able to use the unallocated space to create new partitions or to enlarge the existing partitions with special tools, such as Acronis Disk Director Suite. As a rule, "as is" transfers are inexpedient, as they leave much unallocated space on the new disk.
Cloning a non-system disk or a disk containing an operating system, but not active one at the moment, will proceed without reboot. After you click Proceed, Acronis True Image Server for Windows will start cloning the old disk to the new disk, indicating the progress in the special window.
This feature is available in Acronis True Image Server for Windows local version only. Adding disks using Acronis True Image Management Console is impossible.
The disk add summary contains a list of operations to be performed on disks. After you click Proceed, Acronis True Image Server for Windows will start creating and formatting new partitions, indicating the progress in the special window. You can stop this procedure by clicking Cancel.
An administrator might need a console interface in some situations. Acronis True Image Server for Windows supports this mode with TrueImageCmd.exe utility. The file is located in a folder where Acronis True Image Server for Windows has been installed, by default it is C:\Program Files\Acronis\TrueImageServer.
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Specifies partitions from which free space will be taken for Acronis Secure Zone creation. /size:[ASZ size in sectors] Sets the Acronis Secure Zone size (in sectors). If this size is not specified, it will be set as average between maximal and minimal values, including unallocated spaces on the all listed partitions.
This will connect all images, stored in file mybackup.tib on the network drive, as virtual drives. 14.1.3 Command-line mode usage under DOS For use in the MS-DOS compatible environments Acronis True Image Server for Windows includes the TrueImageCmdDos.exe utility. It is located in a folder where Acronis True Image...
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