User Guide

2 Where do I start? ................................................................................................................. 16
3 Choosing a subscription ....................................................................................................... 16
4 Software installation ............................................................................................................ 17
4.1 What software do I need to install? ........................................................................................18
4.2 About Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 advanced edition ........................................................18
4.3 Supported operating systems ..................................................................................................18
4.3.1 Management Server and Management Console ....................................................................................... 18
4.3.2 Agent .............................................................................................................................................................. 19
4.4 Installing Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 .................................................................................19
5 Starting Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 ................................................................................ 21
6 Configuring proxy settings .................................................................................................... 22
7 Activating online backup subscriptions ................................................................................. 22
7.1 Activating subscriptions ...........................................................................................................23
7.2 Reassigning an activated subscription .....................................................................................23
8 Creating a centralized vault for online backups ..................................................................... 24
9 Accessing backups stored in the online vault ........................................................................ 25
10 Backup to the online storage ................................................................................................ 25
10.1 Backing up an individual machine ...........................................................................................25
10.2 Backing up multiple machines .................................................................................................26
10.3 Backing up using Initial Seeding...............................................................................................26
10.3.1 Preparation for initial seeding ...................................................................................................................... 27
10.3.2 Creating the full backup ................................................................................................................................ 27
10.3.3 Sending the full backup................................................................................................................................. 27
10.3.4 Creating subsequent backups ...................................................................................................................... 28
11 Operations with backups stored in the online storage ........................................................... 28
12 Recovery from the online storage ......................................................................................... 28
12.1 Recovering data online ............................................................................................................29
12.2 Recovering using Large Scale Recovery ...................................................................................29
13 Limitations of the online storage .......................................................................................... 30
14 Upgrading to Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 ......................................................................... 31
15 Technical Support ................................................................................................................ 31
16 Glossary .............................................................................................................................. 32