Stand-alone
Table Of Contents
- Introduction to Acronis Backup & Recovery Online
- What is Acronis Backup & Recovery Online?
- What data can I back up and recover?
- How long will my backups be kept in the online storage?
- How to secure my data?
- Backup and recovery FAQ
- What backup methods are available?
- What recovery methods are available?
- Is the online storage available under Acronis bootable media?
- Can I use Acronis Universal Restore when recovering a system from the online storage?
- What if a network connection is lost during online backup or recovery?
- What happens if I run out of space?
- What is the cleanup task for?
- How to make a recovered machine recognize its subscription?
- Initial Seeding FAQ
- What is Initial Seeding?
- Why would I want to use Initial Seeding?
- Is Initial Seeding a paid service?
- What types of hard drive can I use for Initial Seeding?
- Can I send more than one backup under a single Initial Seeding license?
- Can I send backups taken from a number of machines on a single hard drive?
- How to buy an Initial Seeding license?
- How to perform initial seeding?
- How to package a hard drive for shipment?
- How do I track an Initial Seeding order status?
- Large Scale Recovery FAQ
- What is Large Scale Recovery?
- Why would I use Large Scale Recovery?
- Do I need to perform initial seeding to be able to use Large Scale Recovery?
- Is Large Scale Recovery a paid service?
- Can I perform large scale recovery on a different machine?
- Can I obtain backups taken from a number of machines on a single hard drive?
- How to buy a Large Scale Recovery license?
- How do I track a Large Scale Recovery order status?
- How to perform large scale recovery?
- Subscription lifecycle FAQ
- How to access my account management Web page?
- Where do I find the subscriptions that I purchased?
- When does my subscription begin?
- What happens when my subscription expires?
- How do I renew a subscription?
- How do I increase a storage quota for a machine?
- What is the “Group” column for?
- Can I revoke a subscription from a machine?
- Can I cancel my subscription?
- Where do I start?
- Choosing a subscription
- Software installation
- Activating online backup subscriptions
- Backup to the online storage
- Accessing backups stored in the online storage
- Operations with backups stored in the online storage
- Recovery from the online storage
- Retrieving files from the online storage by using a Web browser
- Limitations of the online storage
- Upgrading to Acronis Backup & Recovery 11
- Technical Support
- 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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1.7.6 Can I obtain backups taken from a number of machines on
a single hard drive?
No. A separate hard drive is required for each machine.
1.7.7 How to buy a Large Scale Recovery license?
You can buy a Large Scale Recovery license from an Acronis partner or in Acronis online store. Follow
the link www.acronis.com/my/backup-recovery-online/#buy to locate a partner or to buy online.
Having purchased a license from an Acronis partner, you receive a confirmation e-mail with a
registration code. Click Enter new registration code on the same web page and register the license.
The license becomes available on the Initial Seeding / Recovery tab.
A license purchased in Acronis online store becomes available immediately after the payment is
processed.
1.7.8 How do I track a Large Scale Recovery order status?
On the Acronis Web site, the Initial Seeding / Recovery tab shows you the status of all your orders.
In addition, you will receive e-mail notifications about most important events.
Available – The license can be used for any machine.
An order was created – This status is set upon completion of the Large Scale Recovery order
form. This means that the license cannot be used for any other machine. From this point on, you
can cancel the order if something goes wrong. This will return the license to the pool of available
licenses.
The order is being processed - Order processing in the datacenter started.
Writing data – Your backups are being written onto the media. From this point on, you cannot
cancel the order.
Writing data has been completed – Your backups have been successfully written to the media.
Ready to ship the media – Your order has been processed and the media will be shipped shortly.
The order has been completed. The media has been shipped – The media has been shipped to
you (the carrier and the tracking number are specified).
[Occasional] The order is on hold – Your order was placed on hold due to technical difficulties
processing the order. Acronis is working on resolving these issues.
[Occasional] The order has been cancelled – The order has been cancelled.
[Occasional] Address is undeliverable – Acronis cannot send the disk. On the same Web page,
click Change my delivery address and specify the correct address for the order.
[Occasional] Address has been updated – This status is set after you have updated the delivery
address on Acronis web site.
1.7.9 How to perform large scale recovery?
The recovery procedure (p. 27) is the same as when recovering from the online storage. Just specify
the path to the location where your backups are. For detailed information about recovery please
refer to the context-sensitive help.