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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3 Choosing a subscription
Normally, you choose a subscription based on the operating system your machine is running.
Server operating systems supported by Acronis Backup & Recovery Online:
Windows 2000 SP4 – all editions except for the Datacenter and Professional editions.
Windows Server 2003/2003 R2 – the Standard, Enterprise editions (x86, x64).
Windows Small Business Server 2003/2003 R2.
Windows Server 2008 – the Standard, Enterprise editions (x86, x64).
Windows Small Business Server 2008.
Windows Server 2008 R2 – the Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Foundation editions.
Windows MultiPoint Server 2010.
Windows Small Business Server 2011.
Workstation operating systems supported by Acronis Backup & Recovery Online:
Windows 2000 Professional SP4.
Windows XP Professional SP2+ (x86, x64).
Windows Vista - all editions except for Vista Home Basic and Vista Home Premium (x86, x64).
Windows 7 - all editions except for the Starter and Home editions (x86, x64).
If your backups are likely to exceed the storage quota for this type of subscription, you may want to
use a subscription with larger storage quota. For example, you can use a server subscription on a
workstation. The inverse usage is not possible. You cannot back up a server using a workstation
subscription.
Trial subscriptions
You can get one free workstation or server subscription per account. The storage quota of the trial
subscription is equal to that of the standard subscription. The subscription period is limited to 2
months.
Obtaining a trial subscription is possible until you buy a paid subscription. You can use a trial
subscription along with paid ones. The same expiration rules apply to trial and paid subscriptions.
To continue using the service after the trial subscription expires, buy the same type subscription and
renew the trial subscription specifying the paid subscription. Your backed up data will be kept online.
Regular backups of your machines will continue uninterrupted. The service will not need to perform a
new full backup.
To get a trial subscription, do either of the following:
Go to the account management Web page, click Try Now Free for 60 Days, and select the
necessary subscription type.
Install Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 (p. 19) on the machine you want to back up, start the
product, click Back up now or Create backup plan, click Location, and click Get trial subscription.
Log in to your account (create one if you are not registered yet). A trial subscription will be
automatically created and assigned to the machine.