User guide

To continue backing up the machine to the same subscription, reassign (p. 231) the subscription to

the machine. If you do this, the next machine's backup can be incremental. If you assign a new

subscription to the machine, the software will have to do a new full backup.

12.1.6 Initial Seeding FAQ

This section explains what Initial Seeding is, why you would want to use it and provides some usage

details.

12.1.6.1 What is Initial Seeding?

Initial Seeding is an extra service that lets you save an initial full backup locally and then send it to

Acronis on a hard disk drive.

Acronis uploads the backup to the online storage. After that, you can add incremental backups to this

full backup, either manually or on a schedule.

The hard disk drive is sent back to you but it is not possible to recover from it. However, recovery

from a locally attached device is possible with the Large scale recovery (p. 225) option.

12.1.6.2 Why would I want to use Initial Seeding?

This service helps you save time and network traffic during the initial full backup. It is useful when

backing up very large volumes of data or entire machines to the online storage.

12.1.6.3 Is Initial Seeding a paid service?

Yes, you need to buy one Initial Seeding license per machine.

12.1.6.4 What types of hard drive can I use for Initial Seeding?

Acronis accepts hard disk drives of the following interface types: IDE, ATA, SATA, USB connected

drives. SCSI drives are not accepted.

You can back up directly to the device or back up to a local or network folder and then copy the

backup to the device. Make sure that the device has only one volume and that the file system on that

volume is NTFS or FAT32.

12.1.6.5 Can I send more than one backup under a single Initial Seeding

license?

No. An Initial Seeding license allows you to create only one backup on the machine.

However, if you have made a mistake or have decided to create another backup for any reason, you

can cancel the initial seeding order. As a result, the license will become available again.

12.1.6.6 Can I send backups taken from a number of machines on a

single hard drive?

Yes. However, the number of required licenses is still one per machine.