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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This document explains how to do online backups using the Acronis Backup & Recovery Online
service and stand-alone editions of Acronis Backup & Recovery 11. The stand-alone editions enable
you to back up an individual server or workstation to Acronis Online Backup Storage.
This document contains an overview of Acronis Backup & Recovery Online and step-by-step
instructions for the typical software installation and usage scenarios. The instructions are intended to
help users who are not familiar with Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 with their first online backups.
For detailed information about the functionality provided by Acronis Backup & Recovery 11, please
refer to the product help system. Context-sensitive help is available in every program window by
pressing F1.
1 Introduction to Acronis Backup & Recovery
Online
This section contains a brief overview of Acronis Backup & Recovery Online and answers questions
that may arise during evaluation and usage of this product.
1.1 What is Acronis Backup & Recovery Online?
Acronis Backup & Recovery Online is a service that enables you to back up data to Acronis Online
Backup Storage. To use this service, you need to buy a subscription that determines the amount of
storage space reserved for your backups (storage quota) and how long the online service will be
available to you.
A separate subscription is required for each physical machine you are going to back up. The server or
workstation subscription that you buy will depend on the Windows operating system that the
machine is running. Other operating systems are not supported by Acronis Backup & Recovery
Online.
Example: A 250 GB/ 1 year workstation subscription means that you can back up data from a
machine running a non-server Windows operating system for a period of 1 year. The backups can
occupy no more than 250 GB.
1.2 What data can I back up and recover?
You can back up any files, volumes, or the entire physical machine as often as you wish. Unlike most
online backup solutions, Acronis Backup & Recovery Online enables bare metal recovery directly
from the online storage. Files can be recovered from disk-level backups as well as from file-level
backups.
1.3 How long will my backups be kept in the online
storage?
Your backups remain in the online storage until you delete them or until the subscription expires.
Recovering data from the online storage is possible for 30 days following the subscription expiration
date.