User guide

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Using the Grandfather-Father-Son (GFS), Tower of Hanoi, and Custom backup schemes
Simplified naming of backup files
Converting a backup to a virtual machine
Recovery operation:
Recovering a backup as a virtual machine
Operations with backups:
Exporting a backup
Mounting a backup
Copying or moving backups to the online storage
Operation with archives (an archive is a set of backups):
Exporting an archive
These limitations also apply to backing up data using Initial Seeding and to recovering data using
Large Scale Recovery.
Backup and recovery options
Some backup and recovery options are not supported by online backups. For example, Backup
splitting.
By using the Backup performance > Network connection speed option, you can vary the transferring
speed as kilobytes per second, but not as a percentage.
11 Upgrading to Acronis Backup & Recovery 11
If you want to use types of storage other than Online Backup Storage, upgrade to Acronis Backup &
Recovery 11.
Buy one Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 license for each machine on which you want to upgrade the
product. Select any of the following editions:
Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 Server for Windows - for any server operating system
Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 Workstation - for non-server operating systems
The upgrade procedure is the same as when upgrading from Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 trial
version. For detailed information about upgrading, please refer to the "Changing a license" section of
the Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 built-in help.
12 Technical Support
Maintenance and Support Program
If you need assistance with your Acronis product, please go to http://www.acronis.com/support/
Product Updates
You can download the latest updates for all your registered Acronis software products from our
website at any time after logging into your Account (https://www.acronis.com/my) and registering