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
Administrator profiles are used for managing backups, created by backup tasks, remotely
controlled from Acronis True Image Management Console.
An administrator assigns a backup location and sets quotas and time limits for each
computer running Acronis True Image Agent. After that, when creating an individual or
group backup task, he will specify the backup server as the target storage place, and every
computer’s backup will be directed to the assigned location, which may differ from other
computers’ location or be the same.
So, Administrator profiles manage the backup server resources allocation by computers.
User profiles are used for managing backups, created by backup tasks, locally controlled
with Acronis True Image Workstation.
An administrator assigns a backup location and sets quotas and time limits for each user,
who back up their data running Acronis True Image Workstation (local version). Later on, if
the user specifies the backup server as the target storage place, his backup will be directed
to the assigned backup location. If the user moves to another computer, his backup location,
quotas and time limits remain the same.
So, User profiles manage the backup server resources allocation by users.
3.5.4 Operations with archives
Acronis Backup Server can display a list of backups, stored on the backup server, and sort
the list by Location or Owners (users and computers).
An administrator, if need be, can manually Consolidate any backup (except for the oldest
one in the archive) with the preceding backup file. The resulting file will preserve all data
changes, contained in both files and have the latest backup date. Thus, the archive integrity
will not be affected, in spite of the fact that one backup will disappear. Data recovery from
any of the remaining backups will be possible.
3.6 Acronis Snap Restore
With this feature you can boot the OS on the crashed computer before the system is
completely restored from an image, and start the work seconds after the restoration is
launched. The restoration will be continued in the background.
This feature is currently available for images, being restored from the Acronis Secure Zone
(see above). Naturally, Acronis Snap Restore cannot be used if the image contains no
operating system (a logical partition or disk image) or when restoring file archives. Also,
Snap Restore of Windows 98/Me systems is not supported.
3.6.1 How it works
When the restoration procedure is started, Acronis True Image Workstation:
1. Finds the sectors in the image, containing system files, and restores these sectors first.
Thus, the OS is restored and can be started in a very short timeframe. Having started the
OS, the user sees the folder tree with files, though file contents still is not recovered.
Nevertheless, the user can start working.
2. Writes on the hard disk its own drivers, capable to intercept the system queries to the
files. When the user opens files or launches applications, the drivers receive the system
queries and restore the sectors that are necessary for the current operation.
3. At the same time, ATIES proceeds with the complete sector-by-sector image restoration in
the background. However, the system requested sectors have the highest priority.
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