User Guide
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Chapter 2. Acronis True Image Workstation installation and
- Chapter 3. General information and proprietary Acronis tech
- 3.1 The difference between file archives and disk/partition
- 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 drive
- 3.9 Viewing disk and partition information
- Chapter 4. Using Acronis True Image Management Console
- Chapter 5. Using Acronis True Image Workstation (local vers
- 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 Compression level
- 6.3.5 Backup performance
- 6.3.6 Fast incremental/differential backup
- 6.3.7 Archive splitting
- 6.3.8 File-level security settings
- 6.3.9 Media components
- 6.3.10 Additional settings
- 3.7.1 How to use
- 3.7.2 Using Acronis Universal Restore in virtual environmen
- 3.7.3 Hints on using Acronis Universal Restore
- 3.7.4 Benefits
- Chapter 7. Restoring the backup data
- 7.1 Restore under Windows or boot from CD?
- 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 partitions at once
- 7.3.11 Setting restore options
- 7.3.12 Using Acronis Universal Restore
- 7.3.13 Restoration summary and executing restoration
- 7.4 Setting restore options
- Chapter 8. Scheduling tasks
- Chapter 9. Managing Acronis Secure Zone
- Chapter 10. Creating bootable media
- Chapter 11. Other operations
- Chapter 12. Mounting an image as a virtual drive
- Chapter 13. Transferring the system to a new disk
- 13.1 General information
- 13.2 Security
- 13.3 Executing transfers
- 13.3.1 Selecting Clone mode
- 13.3.2 Selecting source disk
- 13.3.3 Selecting destination disk
- 13.3.4 Partitioned destination disk
- 13.3.5 Old and new disk partition layout
- 13.3.6 Old disk data
- 13.3.7 Destroying the old disk data
- 13.3.8 Selecting partition transfer method
- 13.3.9 Partitioning the old disk
- 13.3.10 Old and new disk partition layouts
- 13.3.11 Cloning summary
- 13.4 Cloning with manual partitioning
- Chapter 14. Adding a new hard disk
- Chapter 15. Command-line mode and scripting
Acronis Secure Zone manager lets you create, delete and resize a special hidden
partition for storing backup archives (see
3 3 Acronis Secure Zone
).
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When installing Acronis True Image Group Server, you will have to enter credentials, i.e.
user account that will be used for obtaining status of backup/restore tasks from networked
computers.
If a domain controller is present on the network, you can create for Acronis True Image
Group Server a domain user account with Guest rights and remote access right to every
computer. If the network does not use domain, you can create accounts with Guests rights
on all computers accessed by Acronis True Image Group Server.
When installed, Acronis True Image Workstation (local version) creates a new device in the
Device Manager list (Control Panel -> System -> Hardware -> Device Manager ->
Acronis Devices -> Acronis TrueImage Backup Archive Explorer). Do not disable or
uninstall this device, as it is necessary for connecting image archives as virtual disks (see
Chapter 12. Mounting an image as a virtual drive
).
2.2 Extracting Acronis True Image Workstation components
During Acronis True Image Management Console installation, all Acronis True Image
Workstation components’ setup (.msi) files will be placed to C:\Program Files\Common
Files\Acronis\RemoteInstall folder. Thus, you will be able to remotely install, modify or repair
the components using Acronis True Image Management Console or msiexec.exe utility.
When installing Acronis True Image Workstation components on a local computer, you can
save setup files for each Acronis True Image Workstation component separately on a local or
network drive. It will help you modify or recover the existing component installation on a
local computer.
To save a component’s setup file:
• run the Acronis True Image Workstation setup file;
• in the Install Menu, right-click on the component name and select Extract;
• select location for setup file and click Save.
2.3 Setting up security parameters for Acronis True Image Workstation
2.3.1 Usernames and passwords
Acronis True Image Workstation fully supports all security standards used in Windows. The
remote access to networked computers is allowed according to the security policy set up in
the local network.
To have remote access to Acronis True Image Agent, installed on a computer running
Windows NT/2000/XP, you must be a member of the Administrators or Backup
operators group on this computer.
To install Acronis components on a computer running Windows NT/2000/XP, you must be a
member of the Administrators group on this computer.
Windows 98/Me do not have their own security systems. When installing Acronis True Image
Agent on computers, running Windows 98/Me, enter a username and a password that will be
used by Acronis True Image Management Console for remote access to the Agent.
It is highly recommended that you create an administrator’s or backup operator’s accounts
with the same username and password on all networked computers for remote access to the
Acronis True Image Agent.
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