User Guide

Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................... 7
1.1 ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE WORKSTATION – A COMPLETE SOLUTION FOR CORPORATE USERS............................ 7
1.2 ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE WORKSTATION ARCHITECTURE................................................................................ 8
1.3 NEW IN ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE 9.1 WORKSTATION....................................................................................... 8
1.4 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS AND SUPPORTED MEDIA ....................................................................................... 10
1.4.1 Minimum system requirements........................................................................................................... 10
1.4.2 Supported operating systems.............................................................................................................. 10
1.4.3 Supported file systems ........................................................................................................................ 10
1.4.4 Supported storage media.................................................................................................................... 11
1.5 TECHNICAL SUPPORT .................................................................................................................................. 11
CHAPTER 2. ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE WORKSTATION INSTALLATION AND STARTING ......... 12
2.1 INSTALLING ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE WORKSTATION COMPONENTS............................................................. 12
2.2 EXTRACTING ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE WORKSTATION COMPONENTS ........................................................... 13
2.3 SETTING UP SECURITY PARAMETERS FOR ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE WORKSTATION....................................... 13
2.3.1 Usernames and passwords................................................................................................................. 13
2.3.2 Firewall setup..................................................................................................................................... 14
2.4 RUNNING ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE WORKSTATION COMPONENTS................................................................. 14
2.4.1. Running Acronis True Image Workstation (local version)................................................................ 14
2.4.2 Running Acronis True Image Management Console.......................................................................... 14
2.5 REMOVING ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE WORKSTATION COMPONENTS .............................................................. 14
CHAPTER 3. GENERAL INFORMATION AND PROPRIETARY ACRONIS TECHNOLOGIES ...... 15
3.1 THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FILE ARCHIVES AND DISK/PARTITION IMAGES .................................................. 15
3.2 FULL, INCREMENTAL AND DIFFERENTIAL BACKUPS .................................................................................... 15
3.3 ACRONIS SECURE ZONE.............................................................................................................................. 16
3.4 ACRONIS STARTUP RECOVERY MANAGER.................................................................................................. 17
3.4.1 How it works....................................................................................................................................... 17
3.4.2 How to use.......................................................................................................................................... 17
3.5 ACRONIS BACKUP SERVER ......................................................................................................................... 17
3.5.1 Backup locations, their quotas and time limits................................................................................... 18
3.5.2 Quotas and time limits for computers and users ................................................................................ 18
3.5.3 Administrator profiles and User profiles............................................................................................ 18
3.5.4 Operations with archives.................................................................................................................... 19
3.6 ACRONIS SNAP RESTORE ............................................................................................................................ 19
3.6.1 How it works....................................................................................................................................... 19
3.6.2 How to use.......................................................................................................................................... 20
3.7 ACRONIS UNIVERSAL RESTORE .................................................................................................................. 20
3.7.1 How to use.......................................................................................................................................... 21
3.7.2 Using Acronis Universal Restore in virtual environment...................................................................22
3.7.3 Hints on using Acronis Universal Restore ......................................................................................... 22
3.7.4 Benefits............................................................................................................................................... 22
3.8 BACKING UP TO TAPE DRIVE ....................................................................................................................... 23
3.9 VIEWING DISK AND PARTITION INFORMATION............................................................................................. 23
CHAPTER 4. USING ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE MANAGEMENT CONSOLE....................................... 24
4.1 GENERAL INFORMATION ............................................................................................................................. 24
4.2 INSTALLING/UPDATING ACRONIS COMPONENTS ON A REMOTE MACHINE ................................................... 24
4.3 MANAGING A SINGLE REMOTE COMPUTER .................................................................................................. 25
4.3.1 Connecting to a remote computer ...................................................................................................... 25
4.3.2 Backup and recovery tasks................................................................................................................. 26
4.4 MANAGING GROUPS OF COMPUTERS ........................................................................................................... 27
4.4.1 Group server management................................................................................................................. 27
4.4.2 Creating new group backup tasks ...................................................................................................... 29
4.4.3 Group tasks management ................................................................................................................... 31
4.5 MANAGING BACKUP SERVER ...................................................................................................................... 31
4.5.1 Default settings................................................................................................................................... 32
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