User manual
Table Of Contents
- 1 Introduction to Acronis Cloud Backup
- 1.1 What is Acronis Cloud Backup?
- 1.2 What data can I back up and recover?
- 1.3 How long will my backups be kept in the cloud storage?
- 1.4 How do I secure my data?
- 1.5 Supported operating systems and virtualization products
- 1.6 Backup and recovery FAQ
- 1.6.1 What backup methods are available?
- 1.6.2 What recovery methods are available?
- 1.6.3 Is the cloud storage available under Acronis bootable media?
- 1.6.4 Can I use Acronis Universal Restore when recovering a system from the cloud storage?
- 1.6.5 What if a network connection is lost during cloud backup or recovery?
- 1.6.6 What happens if I run out of space?
- 1.6.7 What is the cleanup task for?
- 1.6.8 How do I make a recovered machine recognize its subscription?
- 1.7 Initial Seeding FAQ
- 1.7.1 What is Initial Seeding?
- 1.7.2 Why would I want to use Initial Seeding?
- 1.7.3 Is Initial Seeding a paid service?
- 1.7.4 What types of hard drive can I use for Initial Seeding?
- 1.7.5 Can I send more than one backup under a single Initial Seeding license?
- 1.7.6 Can I send backups taken from a number of machines on a single hard drive?
- 1.7.7 How to buy an Initial Seeding license?
- 1.7.8 How do I perform initial seeding?
- 1.7.9 How to package a hard drive for shipment?
- 1.7.10 How do I track an Initial Seeding order status?
- 1.8 Large Scale Recovery FAQ
- 1.8.1 What is Large Scale Recovery?
- 1.8.2 Why would I use Large Scale Recovery?
- 1.8.3 Do I need to perform initial seeding to be able to use Large Scale Recovery?
- 1.8.4 Is Large Scale Recovery a paid service?
- 1.8.5 Can I perform large scale recovery on a different machine?
- 1.8.6 Can I obtain backups taken from a number of machines on a single hard drive?
- 1.8.7 How to buy a Large Scale Recovery license?
- 1.8.8 How do I track a Large Scale Recovery order status?
- 1.8.9 How to perform large scale recovery?
- 1.9 Subscription lifecycle FAQ
- 1.9.1 How do I access my account management webpage?
- 1.9.2 Where do I find the subscriptions that I purchased?
- 1.9.3 When does my subscription begin?
- 1.9.4 What happens when my subscription expires?
- 1.9.5 How do I renew a subscription?
- 1.9.6 What is the “Group” column for?
- 1.9.7 Can I revoke a subscription from a machine?
- 1.9.8 Can I cancel my subscription?
- 2 Where do I start?
- 3 Choosing a subscription
- 4 Software installation
- 5 Activating cloud backup subscriptions
- 6 Backup to the cloud storage
- 7 Accessing backups stored in the cloud storage
- 8 Operations with backups stored in the cloud storage
- 9 Recovery from the cloud storage
- 10 Retrieving files from the cloud storage by using a web browser
- 11 Limitations of the cloud storage
- 12 Technical Support
- 13 Glossary
- Activate a subscription
- Activated subscription
- Assign a subscription to a machine
- Assigned subscription
- Available subscription
- Extra service
- Increase storage quota
- Initial Seeding
- Large Scale Recovery
- License
- Reassign a subscription
- Registration code
- Renew a subscription
- Storage quota
- Subscription
- Subscription period
- Unassign a subscription
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4. Select the subscription that you want to activate for the machine.
5. Click Activate now.
5.2 Reassigning an activated subscription
Sometimes you may want to use an already activated subscription instead of an available
subscription. In these cases, for example:
You no longer need to back up one of your machines and you want to reuse that machine’s
subscription for another machine.
You reinstalled Acronis Backup on a machine and want to resume its cloud backups.
You recovered a machine to bare metal (or to a state when it did not yet have an activated
subscription) and want to resume its cloud backups.
Reassigning a subscription does not restart its subscription period.
To assign an activated subscription to a machine
1. On the machine to which you want to assign an activated subscription, go to the subscription
activation window.
2. Click Reassign an already used subscription.
3. Select the machine whose subscription you want to reassign to the current machine.
4. Click Reassign now.
Example
The diagram below shows what happens if you reassign a subscription to a different machine. Let's
assume Machine 1 has four backups in Subscription 1. Machine 2 has two backups in Subscription 2.
At that point, you reassign Subscription 1 to Machine 2. Machine 2 does its third backup to
Subscription 1.