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5. Files cannot be recovered from disk-level backups created by Acronis Backup & Recovery 11
Update 0 (build 17318) and earlier.
Files can be recovered from a disk-level backup created by Acronis Backup & Recovery 11
Update 0.5 (build 17437) only after you rescan (p. 208) the tapes where the backup is located.
The Enable file recovery from disk backups stored on tapes (p. 121) option value determines
whether files and folders can be recovered from disk-level backups created by Acronis Backup.
6. You can validate (p. 236) any backup or archive stored on tapes, but you cannot select for
validation an entire tape-based vault or tape device.
7. You cannot attach (p. 184) or detach a tape-based vault.
8. A managed tape-based vault cannot be protected with encryption. Encrypt your archives instead.
9. You cannot create a managed tape-based vault (p. 179) with the backward compatibility
property. This means that Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 agents cannot back up to Acronis
Backup managed tape-based vaults.
10. The software cannot simultaneously write one backup to multiple tapes or multiple backups
through the same drive to the same tape.
11. Devices that use the Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP) are not supported.
12. Barcode printers are not supported.
7.4.2.8 Readability of tapes written by the older Acronis products
The following table summarizes the readability of tapes written by Acronis True Image Echo, Acronis
True Image 9.1, Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 and Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 product families in
Acronis Backup. The table also illustrates the compatibility of tapes written by various components of
Acronis Backup.
...is readable on a tape device attached to a machine
with...
Acronis
Backup
Bootable
Media
Acronis
Backup
Agent for
Windows
Acronis
Backup
Agent for
Linux
Acronis
Backup
Storage
Node
Tape written on a
locally attached tape
device (tape drive or
tape library) by...
Bootable Media
9.1
+
+
+
+
Echo
+
+
+
+
ABR10
+
+
+
+
ABR11/
Acronis
Backup
11.5/11.7
+
+
+
+
Agent for
Windows
9.1
+
+
+
+
Echo
+
+
+
+
ABR10
+
+
+
+
ABR11/
Acronis
Backup
11.5/11.7
+
+
+
+
Agent for Linux
9.1
+
+
+
+
Echo
+
+
+
+
ABR10
+
+
+
+