Datasheet
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- 1.1 Acronis® True Image Echo Enterprise Server – a complete solution for corporate users
- 1.2 Acronis True Image Echo Enterprise Server components
- 1.3 New in Acronis True Image Echo Enterprise Server
- 1.4 Supported file systems and storage media
- 1.5 License policy
- 1.6 Technical support
- Chapter 2. Acronis True Image Echo Enterprise Server installation and startup
- 2.1 System requirements
- 2.2 Security parameters
- 2.3 Installing Acronis True Image Echo Enterprise Server components
- 2.3.1 Installation of Acronis True Image Echo Enterprise Server local version and Acronis True Image Agent for Windows
- 2.3.2 Installation of Acronis True Image Agent for Linux
- 2.3.3 Installation of Acronis Group Server
- 2.3.4 Acronis Backup Server installation and setup
- 2.3.5 Acronis Universal Restore installation
- 2.4 Extracting Acronis True Image Echo Enterprise Server components
- 2.5 Running Acronis True Image Echo Enterprise Server components
- 2.6 Removing Acronis True Image Echo Enterprise Server components
- Chapter 3. General information and proprietary Acronis technologies
- 3.1 The difference between file archives and disk/partition images
- 3.2 Full, incremental and differential backups
- 3.3 Acronis Secure Zone®
- 3.4 Acronis Startup Recovery Manager
- 3.5 Acronis Backup Server
- 3.6 Acronis Snap Restore
- 3.7 Acronis Universal Restore
- 3.8 Backing up to tape libraries and tape drives
- 3.9 Viewing disk and partition information
- Chapter 4. Using Acronis True Image Management Console
- Chapter 5. Using Acronis True Image Echo Enterprise Server (local version)
- Chapter 6. Creating backup archives
- 6.1 Backing up files and folders (file backup)
- 6.2 Backing up disks and partitions (image backup)
- 6.3 Setting backup options
- 6.3.1 Archive protection
- 6.3.2 Source files exclusion
- 6.3.3 Pre/post commands
- 6.3.4 Database support
- 6.3.5 Compression level
- 6.3.6 Backup performance
- 6.3.7 Fast incremental/differential backup
- 6.3.8 Archive splitting
- 6.3.9 File-level security settings
- 6.3.10 Media components
- 6.3.11 Error handling
- 6.3.12 Dual destination backup
- 6.3.13 Wake On LAN
- 6.3.14 Additional settings
- Chapter 7. Restoring the backup data
- 7.1 Considerations before recovery
- 7.2 Restoring files and folders from file archives
- 7.3 Restoring disks/partitions or files from images
- 7.3.1 Starting the Restore Data Wizard
- 7.3.2 Archive selection
- 7.3.3 Restoration type selection
- 7.3.4 Selecting a disk/partition to restore
- 7.3.5 Selecting a target disk/partition
- 7.3.6 Changing the restored partition type
- 7.3.7 Changing the restored partition file system
- 7.3.8 Changing the restored partition size and location
- 7.3.9 Assigning a letter to the restored partition
- 7.3.10 Restoring several disks or partitions at once
- 7.3.11 Using Acronis Universal Restore
- 7.3.12 Setting restore options
- 7.3.13 Restoration summary and executing restoration
- 7.4 Setting restore options
- 7.5 Creating dynamic disks and volumes
- Chapter 8. Scheduling tasks
- Chapter 9. Managing the Acronis Secure Zone
- Chapter 10. Creating bootable media
- Chapter 11. Operations with archives
- Chapter 12. Notifications and event tracing
- Chapter 13. Working with a virtual environment
- Chapter 14. Transferring the system to a new disk
- 14.1 General information
- 14.2 Security
- 14.3 Executing transfers
- 14.3.1 Selecting Clone mode
- 14.3.2 Selecting source disk
- 14.3.3 Selecting destination disk
- 14.3.4 Partitioned destination disk
- 14.3.5 Old and new disk partition layout
- 14.3.6 Old disk data
- 14.3.7 Destroying the old disk data
- 14.3.8 Selecting partition transfer method
- 14.3.9 Partitioning the old disk
- 14.3.10 Old and new disk partition layouts
- 14.3.11 Cloning summary
- 14.4 Cloning with manual partitioning
- Chapter 15. Adding a new hard disk
- Chapter 16. Command-line mode and scripting
Using Microsoft System Preparation Tool (Sysprep) does not solve this problem, because
Sysprep permits replacing drivers only for Plug-and-Play devices (sound cards, network
adapters, video cards etc.). As for system Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) and mass
storage device drivers, they must be identical on the source and the target computers
(see Microsoft Knowledge Base, articles 302577 and 216915).
Acronis Universal Restore technology provides an efficient solution for hardware-
independent system restoration by replacing the crucial Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL)
and mass storage device drivers.
Acronis Universal Restore is applicable for:
1. Instant recovery of a failed system on different hardware
2. Hardware-independent cloning and deployment of operating systems
3. Real-to-virtual and virtual-to-real computer migration for system recovery, test and
other purposes.
3.7.2 Acronis Universal Restore general principles
1. Automatic HAL and mass storage drivers selection
Acronis Universal Restore searches the Windows default driver storage folders (in the
image being restored) for HAL and mass storage device drivers and installs drivers that
better fit the target hardware. You can specify a custom driver repository (a folder or
folders on a network drive or CD) which will also be used for drivers search.
The Windows default driver storage folder is determined in the registry key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current version\DevicePath. This
storage folder is usually WINDOWS/inf.
2. Manual selection of mass storage device driver
If the target hardware has a specific mass storage controller (such as a SCSI, RAID, or
Fibre Channel adapter) for the hard disk, you can install the appropriate driver manually,
bypassing the automatic driver search-and-install procedure.
3. Installing drivers for plug and play devices
Acronis Universal Restore relies on built-in plug and play discovery and configuration
process to handle hardware differences in devices that are not critical for the system
start, such as video, audio and USB. Windows takes control over this process during the
logon phase, and if some of the new hardware is not detected, you will have a chance to
install drivers for it later manually.
3.7.3 Acronis Universal Restore and Microsoft Sysprep
Acronis Universal Restore is
not
a system preparation tool. You can apply it to any system
image created by Acronis products, including images prepared with Microsoft System
Preparation Tool (Sysprep). The following is an example of using both tools on the same
system.
Acronis Universal Restore does not strip security identifier (SID) and user profile settings
in order to run the system immediately after recovery without re-joining the domain or re-
mapping network user profiles. If you are going to change the above settings on a
recovered system, you can prepare the system with Sysprep, image it and restore, if need
be, using Acronis Universal Restore.
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