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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5. Click Schedule, and then specify the schedule according to which the incremental backups will
run, for example on the last Saturday of each month, as follows:
a. In Run the task:, click Monthly.
b. Under Schedule, click On:, and then leave only the Last and the Sat check boxes selected in
the respective lists.
c. Under During the day execute the task…, specify the time of day when you want the
backups to run.
6. Click OK to close the Schedule window.
7. In Retention rules, select Delete backups older than..., and then specify the value of six months.
8. Click Save to update the backup plan.
9. If prompted, specify the credentials which the plan's scheduled tasks will use to run.
7 Accessing backups stored in the cloud storage
After you create the first backup plan on a machine, the program creates a shortcut to all of your
backups in the cloud storage. This shortcut appears in the list of personal vaults.
To access the backups from a machine
1. In the Navigation tree, expand Vaults, and then click Personal.
2. Click the vault whose name is the e-mail address that you use to log in to the cloud storage, such
as: user@example.com
8 Operations with backups stored in the cloud
storage
You can perform the following operations with backups stored in the cloud storage:
View the content of any backup of any machine
Recover (p. 25) data from any backup of any machine
Delete any backup of the current machine
For detailed information about these operations, please refer to the "Operations with backups"
section of the Acronis Backup built-in help.
9 Recovery from the cloud storage
This section provides step-by-step instructions for recovering data from the cloud storage.
9.1 Recovering files
These steps show how to recover files from a backup stored in the cloud storage to a folder you
specify.
To recover files from the cloud storage
1. Start Acronis Backup.
2. Click Recover.