User Guide Manual

9 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2014
14.6.8 Cloud backup proxy ..................................................................................................................................... 338
15 Centralized management ....................................................................................... 340
15.1 Understanding centralized management ..............................................................................340
15.1.1 Basic concepts ............................................................................................................................................. 340
15.1.2 Privileges for centralized management ..................................................................................................... 341
15.1.3 Communication between Acronis Backup components .......................................................................... 345
15.2 Back up now ...........................................................................................................................349
15.3 Creating a centralized backup plan ........................................................................................350
15.3.1 Selecting data to back up ............................................................................................................................ 350
15.3.2 Selection rules for files and folders ............................................................................................................ 352
15.3.3 Selection rules for volumes ........................................................................................................................ 353
15.3.4 Backup location selection ........................................................................................................................... 356
15.3.5 Centralized backup plan's credentials ....................................................................................................... 357
15.3.6 What if a machine does not have data meeting the selection rules ....................................................... 358
15.4 Administering Acronis Backup Management Server .............................................................359
15.4.1 Dashboard .................................................................................................................................................... 359
15.4.2 Machines with agents ................................................................................................................................. 360
15.4.3 Virtual machines .......................................................................................................................................... 373
15.4.4 Backup plans and tasks ............................................................................................................................... 374
15.4.5 Storage nodes .............................................................................................................................................. 376
15.4.6 Licenses ........................................................................................................................................................ 376
15.4.7 Alerts ............................................................................................................................................................ 378
15.4.8 Reporting ..................................................................................................................................................... 380
15.4.9 Log ................................................................................................................................................................ 385
15.4.10 Management server options ...................................................................................................................... 386
15.5 Configuring Acronis Backup components ..............................................................................392
15.5.1 Parameters set through administrative template .................................................................................... 392
15.5.2 Parameters set through Windows registry ............................................................................................... 406
16 Cloud backup ......................................................................................................... 408
16.1 Introduction to Acronis Cloud Backup ...................................................................................408
16.1.1 What is Acronis Cloud Backup? .................................................................................................................. 408
16.1.2 What data can I back up and recover? ...................................................................................................... 408
16.1.3 How long will my backups be kept in the cloud storage? ........................................................................ 408
16.1.4 How do I secure my data? .......................................................................................................................... 409
16.1.5 How do I back up virtual machines to the cloud storage? ....................................................................... 409
16.1.6 Supported operating systems and virtualization products ...................................................................... 410
16.1.7 Backup and recovery FAQ .......................................................................................................................... 411
16.1.8 Initial Seeding FAQ ...................................................................................................................................... 412
16.1.9 Large Scale Recovery FAQ .......................................................................................................................... 418
16.1.10 Subscription lifecycle FAQ .......................................................................................................................... 419
16.2 Where do I start? ...................................................................................................................422
16.3 Choosing a subscription .........................................................................................................422
16.4 Activating cloud backup subscriptions ..................................................................................423
16.4.1 Activating subscriptions in Acronis Backup Advanced ............................................................................. 423
16.4.2 Reassigning an activated subscription ....................................................................................................... 423
16.5 Configuring proxy settings .....................................................................................................425
16.6 Retrieving files from the cloud storage by using a web browser ..........................................425
16.7 Limitations of the cloud storage ............................................................................................426
16.8 Terminology reference ..........................................................................................................427