User’s Guide Acronis® True Image ® for Microsoft Windows Small Business Server
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Table of Contents Chapter 1. Introduction .......................................................................................... 7 1.1 Acronis® True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server – a complete solution for corporate users 7 1.2 Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server components .....................................9 1.3 New in Acronis for Microsoft Small Business Server...............................................................9 1.
3.7.5 Getting Acronis Universal Restore ............................................................................... 32 3.8 Backing up to tape libraries and tape drives ....................................................................... 33 3.8.1 3.8.2 3.8.3 3.8.4 Backing up to a locally attached tape device ................................................................ 34 Understanding backup to tape devices attached to the Backup Server ...........................
7.3 Restoring disks/partitions or files from images ................................................................... 86 7.3.1 Starting the Restore Data Wizard................................................................................ 87 7.3.2 Archive selection ....................................................................................................... 87 7.3.3 Restoration type selection .......................................................................................... 88 7.3.
12.4.1 Windows event log ................................................................................................ 125 12.4.2 SNMP notifications ................................................................................................. 126 12.5 Managing System Restore ............................................................................................ 126 Chapter 13. Working with a virtual environment ............................................... 128 13.
Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1 Acronis® True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server – a complete solution for corporate users Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server is a comprehensive backup and recovery solution for heterogeneous computer infrastructure that may include any combination of physical and virtual, networked and standalone, Windows- and Linuxbased servers.
you to limit the amount of CPU usage for the application to maximize the CPU’s availability for mission critical applications. Additionally, users can control hard disk drive writing speeds and control network bandwidth used during backups, allowing minimal disruption of business operations.
1.2 Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server components Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server includes the following components. 1. Acronis True Image Management Console is a tool for remote access to Acronis components. Administrator uses the console to install, configure and control the components from remote. 2. Acronis True Image Agent is an application that resides on client computers and performs Acronis operations such as data backup or restore. 3.
Backup server Import/export archives from external locations Limit number of connections Limit bandwidth used per connection Access to tape library for every user Backup Backup and restore of 2+TB volumes Encrypting backups with industry-standard AES cryptographic algorithm (key size 128, 192, 256 bit) Multi-volume snapshot for databases spread on several disks Control network bandwidth usage when backing up to FTP Error handling: ignore bad sectors, silent mode (no pop-ups, continue on all errors) Dual des
Create dynamic volumes CLI features MBR restore Backup to FTP server Allow logs on net share Merge unallocated space by moving partitions and create Acronis Secure Zone on the space Security Encrypted (SSL) communication between Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server components 1.4 Supported file systems and storage media 1.4.
* - an FTP-server must allow passive mode for file transfers. Data recovery directly from FTP-server requires the archive to consist of files no more than 2GB in size. It is recommended that you change the source computer firewall settings to open ports 20 and 21 for both TCP and UDP protocols and disable the Routing and Remote Access Windows service. ** - Burned rewritable discs cannot be read in Linux without kernel patch. 1.
Chapter 2. Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server installation and startup 2.1 System requirements 2.1.1 Minimum hardware requirements Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server requires the following hardware: Pentium processor or higher 512MB RAM FDD or CD-RW drive for bootable media creation Mouse (recommended). 2.1.
The Acronis Group Server uses administrator’s credentials to perform data backup tasks on the computers. You will be asked for the credentials during the Acronis Group Server installation. The credentials you provide will be used for running the Acronis Group Server service and also applied to all networked computers. Therefore, it is recommended that you have a uniform account for all computers where the Acronis True Image Agent is installed. Domain administrators can use the domain administrator account.
The earlier versions of Acronis True Image Management Console cannot communicate with Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server agents. The console must be upgraded to the Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server console. Encryption is provided with Secure Socket Layer mechanism. There are two stakeholders of the encryption operation: Client application – the application that tries to establish (initiates) connection.
Encryption Options Server Requires Encryption This option defines the server behavior in case the client does not support encryption. When enabled, connection to the client will be terminated. When disabled, the client will be allowed to establish non-encrypted connection. Client Requires Encryption When connecting to server applications, the Acronis client applications always attempt to establish an encrypted connection.
Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server Install Window It is recommended that you install Acronis True Image Management Console first. After that you will be able to install Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server (local version) and Acronis True Image Agent for Windows remotely to networked computers. 2.3.
connecting image backups as virtual disks (see 11.2.2 Mounting an image). 2.3.2 Installation of Acronis Group Server The Acronis Group Server only can be installed locally on a computer by running the setup program. When installing Acronis Group Server, you will be asked for credentials. The credentials you provide are used for running the Acronis Group Server service and also applied to all networked computers. Enter the uniform account information discussed in 2.2.1 Credentials.
4. Acronis Backup Server Management -> Specify Default Settings -> Set Backup Location -> specify path to the storage drive. You can create a folder for the backup location on the storage drive. To see the folder in the tree and add it to the path, collapse and expand the drive. 5. Click Back -> Configure Backup Locations -> make sure that the new default location is created and delete the location in \Documents and Settings. 6.
Select from the local backup server users or the domain users Choose Create user with administrator’s rights. Click Proceed. User or administrator? 9. Define which users will be allowed to back up data on the backup server. Add the users as follows: Add the person’s local or domain account to the AcronisBackupServerUsers group on the backup server. Click Set up User profiles -> Add. Choose the user name. Choose Use default settings. Click Proceed. 20 Copyright © Acronis, Inc.
10. Define the computers which administrators will back up using Acronis True Image Agents. Add the computers as follows. Click Set up Administrator profiles -> Add. Choose the computer or enter its name. Choose Use default settings. Click Proceed. Adding a computer to the administrator profile 11. Schedule a check for exceeding the quotas and time limits, if needed according to the selected policy.
2.3.4 Acronis Universal Restore installation Acronis Universal Restore is an option for Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server. It is included at no extra charge with Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server and installed from a separate setup file. Acronis Universal Restore has its own serial number that is required at installation.
If your operating system fails to load, you can run Acronis Startup Recovery Manager. However, this must be activated prior to use; see 3.4 Acronis Startup Recovery Manager to learn more about this procedure. To run the program, press F11 during the server bootup when you see a corresponding message that tells you to press that key. Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server will be run in the standalone mode, allowing you to recover the damaged partitions.
Chapter 3. General information and proprietary Acronis technologies 3.1 The difference between file archives and disk/partition images A backup archive is a file or a group of files (also called in this guide “backups”), that contains a copy of selected files/folders data or a copy of all information stored on selected disks/partitions. When you back up files and folders, only the data, along with the folder tree, is compressed and stored.
incremental backup, as it does not have to process through a long chain of previous backups. A standalone, full backup could be an optimal solution if you often roll back the system to the initial state (for example, systems in a gaming club or Internet café where you need to undo changes made by the guests). In this case, you need not re-create the initial full image, so the backup time is not crucial and the restore time will be minimal.
You can back up data automatically on a schedule (see Chapter 8. Scheduling tasks), and not worry about zone overflow issues. However, if you keep long chains of incremental backups, it is a good practice to check the zone free space periodically. To do so, start the Manage Acronis Secure Zone wizard and check the zone free space, or manually remove or consolidate unnecessary backups. For manual backup consolidation and removal, see 9.
When Acronis Startup Recovery Manager is activated, it overwrites the master boot record (MBR) with its own boot code. If you have any third-party boot managers installed, you will have to reactivate them after activating the Startup Recovery Manager. For Linux loaders (e.g. LiLo and GRUB), you might consider installing them to a Linux root (or boot) partition boot record instead of MBR before activating Acronis Startup Recovery Manager. Here’s an example of how you would use this feature.
You can create a separate location for each user or computer while adding them to the backup server, distribute the users/computers between several locations, or assign the same location to all users/computers. Maintaining multiple small backup locations on a single disk does not allow for tracking changes in total disk space usage. At the same time, manual management of thousands of archives in a location may be a serious problem. Practice is the best criterion for your choice.
3.5.3 Administrators and Users At installation, Acronis AcronisBackupServerUsers: Backup Server creates the user group called Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Computer Management -> Local Users and Groups -> AcronisBackupServerUsers. The person who installed the program becomes the administrator in this group. The administrator is automatically registered on the backup server. Generally, there are two types of profiles on the backup server: Administrators and Users.
3. Acronis Active restore does not work if the image contains dynamic disks and volumes. 4. Acronis Active restore cannot be used if the image contains no operating system (a logical partition or disk image) or when restoring file archives. 3.6.2 How it works When the restoration procedure is started, Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server: 1. Finds the sectors in the image which contain system files, and restores these sectors first.
reboot to the restored system. Log in and start work – no additional reboots or other actions are required. You can perform Active restore running Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server in Windows operating systems as well. However, it is mandatory to have bootable media in case Windows cannot boot. 3.7 Acronis Universal Restore 3.7.1 Acronis Universal Restore purpose A system disk image can be deployed easily on the hardware where it was created or to identical hardware.
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).
If you already have Acronis Universal Restore, the prompt will not come up and you will have an option to enable Acronis Universal Restore later in the Restore Data Wizard. 3.8 Backing up to tape libraries and tape drives A tape library is a high-capacity storage device consisting of one or more tape drives and a loader that automatically selects and loads multiple tape cartridges. Tape libraries with only one drive and loader are known as autoloaders.
All backups stored on one tape must be of the same backup type - either image backups, or file-level backups, performing an image backup on the tape containing a file-level backup also is not supported. Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server does not support tape devices when working in preinstallation environment such as Win PE or Bart PE. 3.8.
3.8.2 Understanding backup to tape devices attached to the Backup Server Archives cataloguing Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server creates a dedicated database for archives and tapes cataloguing (\Program files\Common Files\Acronis\Fomatik\tape_archives.fdb.) Each tape of an RSM-managed device has its own GUID stored in the Windows registry.
1. Select Control panel -> Administrative tools -> Computer management -> Removable storage -> Media pools -> Acronis. 2. Right click on the tape in the Acronis pool, dismount the tape if it is has a status Loaded and select Free from the context menu. The tape will be moved to the Free pool. After putting a tape in the Free pool RSM and then Acronis will rescan it and record it to the database with a new GUID.
Acronis Backup Server does not allow for creating manageable backup locations on tape devices. This means that you cannot limit the number of backups or the period while the archives are stored on tape devices. This functionality is supported only on the backup server internal hard drives. 3.8.4 Restoring data from archives located on tape devices Data recovery from archives located on tape devices is performed in the same way as with other storage devices.
choose "Properties". In the box that opens, click the "Advanced" tab. Next, click the button "Environment Variables". Create a system variable “ACRONIS_SNAPSHOT_TMP_DIR” and specify the location for Acronis temporary files. 38 Copyright © Acronis, Inc.
Chapter 4. Using Acronis True Image Management Console 4.1 General information Acronis True Image Management Console is the primary tool for managing data backup/restore on remote computers where Acronis True Image Agent is installed. The console allows for the managing of computer groups and corporate backup archives using Group and Backup Servers, as well as managing individual backup/restore tasks for every computer. Acronis True Image Management Console main window 4.
To install Acronis components: 1. Click Install Acronis components to a remote computer in the center of Acronis True Image Management Console main window, on the toolbar or the sidebar, or select the same item from the Tools menu. 2. Select the installer location from the list (Registered Components, Search removable media or Specify location). The default selection Registered Components will use setup files from the default C:\Program Files\Common Files\Acronis\RemoteInstall folder. 3.
5. Provide administrator username and password for each computer. If there is a universal administrator account on the network, enter the account credentials for one computer and set the option to apply it to all computers that you select. Domain administrator credentials and universal credentials for workgroups can be applied in this way.
7. Once the installation starts, the program displays the operation progress and the name of the computer on which the component is being installed. To update an Acronis component on a remote computer, perform the same procedure. 4.3 Managing a single remote computer To perform any operation on a single remote computer, you must first connect to it. 4.3.1 Connecting to a remote computer To establish a remote connection: 1.
The task list content depends on the programs installed on the connected computer. The most populated list will include managing Backup and Recovery Tasks (using the Acronis True Image Agent), Acronis Group Server Management and Acronis Backup Server Management. While you are operating on a remote computer, the computer could reboot or the connection to the computer could be broken for other reasons.
With the Console you can perform the following operations on the remote computer. Operation How to access Back up and Recover Back up and restore data, including system Click Backup or Recovery, then follow the disks/partitions Wizard’s instructions. See details in Chapter 6. Creating backup archives and Chapter 7. Restoring the backup data. Browse logs of Acronis True Image Agent Click Show Log. See details in 12.3 operation Viewing logs.
delete, resize, remove or change password) in Chapter 9. Managing the Acronis Secure Zone. Activate Acronis Startup Recovery Manager Click Activate Acronis Startup Recovery Manager, then follow the wizard’s instructions. See details in 3.4 Acronis Startup Recovery Manager. Other Tools Create bootable rescue media, its ISO or See Chapter 10. Creating bootable media. RIS package Update the remote agent Click Update the remote agent, then follow the Wizard’s instructions.
View Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange Click Show Console. Management Console from which you can manage tasks for database back up and recovery The tasks you have planned for the remote computer can be checked and edited at the Manage Computer Tasks screen. From this screen you can also proceed to managing Microsoft Exchange Tasks, if you follow the link, presented there.
Here you can monitor states of Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server tasks (backup, restore, validating backup archives) on all networked computers: Ready – the remote computer is available for the next task Prepare - preparations are being made on a remote machine for the task execution (analyzing partitions, preparing backup scripts, etc.
2. Import computers into the group server in case they are not discovered automatically due to network behavior. It makes sense to install Acronis components on these computers first so that you will be able to create tasks for these computers. To add a single computer: click Add on the toolbar type in the computer name or IP address.
1. In Group status or Group tasks management window, select New Group Task on the toolbar. The Create Group Task Wizard starts to guide you through the task creation procedure. 2. Select the type of the task: backup or validation. 3. Form a group for the current task: check computers in the list of remote computers. 4. For the backup task only: Select disks/partitions to backup.
9. If, for any reason (traffic limitation, for example), you do not want the task to start on all computers simultaneously, set the Start time shift parameter. The task will start on all computers in turn, with the time shift you specify. As soon as you select time shift, the resulting task start time for the first and the last computer will be displayed. 10. Now enter the username and password. It is assumed that accounts with the same username and password exist on all computers of the group.
In addition to editing tasks for groups, you can edit individual tasks produced by the group task on each computer involved. To do so, connect the console to the desired computer. For details, see 8.2 Managing scheduled tasks. To stop or restart the task execution, use the Stop or Restart toolbar items. The task schedule, if created, remains valid. For a group task that is not currently being executed on either computer, the following operations are also available: Run now - an instant task start command.
To adjust the status refresh rate, connect the console to the computer where Acronis Group Server is installed and select Tools -> Options -> Network -> Status check interval. 4.5 Managing backup server Before you start managing the backup server, be sure to read section 3.5 Acronis Backup Server stating the basic operating principles of this application. When connected to a computer where Acronis Backup Server is installed, click Acronis Backup Server management to display the following window.
Otherwise the name will be identified as a domain one. 4.5.1 Default settings Each user or computer, added to Acronis Backup Server database, is associated with the default backup location and the default user/computer quotas and time limits. When installed on a computer (which becomes a backup server from this point on), Acronis Backup Server creates the following folder: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Acronis\BackupServer. This folder is a default backup location.
To enable Acronis Backup Server to process archives, schedule quotas/time limits check task. Select Specify Default Settings -> Schedule Automatic Consolidation and Backup Management and schedule one-time, daily, weekly or monthly check of all user’s/computers archives on the backup server for meeting limitations. If the check reveals that some of quotas/time limits are exceeded, the archive processing described in 3.5.2 Quotas and time limits for computers and users will be executed.
You might need to change a computer profile already set. To do so, select the computer and click Edit. The Edit Computer Profile Wizard will guide you through the same selections, as the Add Computer Profile Wizard. Changing the computer backup location will move all existing and redirect future backups of this computer to another folder (device etc.).
To enable any other user to back up data from any networked computer where Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server local version is installed to backup server, an administrator should add this user to Acronis Backup Server database. To do so, first, add this person’s local or domain account to the AcronisBackupServerUsers group. Then click Set up User profiles -> Add User.
for the new user. If you specify a new path to backup location for the new user, a new backup location will be created. To add another administrator, first add this person’s local or domain account to the AcronisBackupServerUsers group. Then click Set up User profiles -> Add, select the user name and choose Create user with administrator’s rights on the next page.
If you select a user profile and click Delete, this will disable backup to the backup server for this user and his existing archives will be deleted. This operation might also be timeconsuming, so you can schedule it for the off-peak period. Deleting an administrator profile will not result in deleting any archives. The person whose profile is deleted just loses the right to back up to the backup server and to manage the backup server. There must be at least one administrator on a backup server.
To delete a backup location, select the location and click Delete. This will delete all archives stored in this location and redirect the associated computer/user’s backups to the default backup location. The default backup location cannot be deleted. If you try to do so, the program will clean the default backup location and issue an appropriate message. To delete the location completely, first reassign the default backup location by selecting Specify Default Settings -> Set backup location.
Editing images, mounted in R/W mode, results in creating incremental backups, that are a kind of offshoots of the incremental chain. Such backups are always excluded from the archive being imported. 4.5.7 Limiting access to Acronis Backup Server To access the Acronis Backup Server options, connect the console to the backup server and select Tools -> Options from the menu. 1.
Chapter 5. Using Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server (local version) Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server (local version) supports the GUI mode, the command-line mode, and can be used to execute XML scripts. Here we describe the operations available in the GUI mode, which provides the widest functionality. For console commands and scripting please see Chapter 16. Command-line mode and scripting. 5.
The Tools group contains the following items: Explore and Validate Backup Archives – explore file-level archives, mount disk/partition images as virtual drives, run the archive integrity checking procedure Manage Hard Disks – clone disk (i.e.
Most of the operations are represented two or even three times in different window areas, providing several ways to select them for more convenience. For example, you can start the necessary operation or tool by clicking its icon in the main area or by selecting the same item from the Operations or Tools menu. Status bar There is a status bar divided into two parts at the bottom of the main window.
Run, stop, edit, clone, rename, delete Click Tasks in the Manage Tasks group backup and archive validation tasks or select the Task Scheduling category on the sidebar to navigate to the Scheduled Tasks window. See details in 8.2 Managing scheduled tasks. Archives Management Explore any archive’s contents and restore Select Tools -> Explore Backup Archive individual files from any archive and follow the wizard’s instructions. See details in 11.2.
Other Tools Create bootable rescue media, its ISO or See Chapter 10. Creating bootable media. RIS package Turn on/off Windows System Restore tool See 12.5 Managing System Restore. Some of the above operations can be executed in command-line mode. For more information on Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server command-line mode see 16.1 Working in the command-line mode. Copyright © Acronis, Inc.
Chapter 6. Creating backup archives To be able to restore the lost data or roll back your system to a predetermined state, you should first create a data or entire system backup file. If you are not concerned about restoration of your operating system along with all settings and applications, but plan to keep safe only certain data (the current project, for example), choose file/folder backup. This will reduce the archive size, thus saving disk space and possibly reducing removable media costs.
You can also apply custom filters, using the common Windows masking rules. For example, to exclude all files with extension .exe, add *.exe. My???.exe will exclude all .exe files with names consisting of five symbols and starting with “my”. All of these settings will take effect for the current task. For information on how to set the default filters that will be called each time you create a file backup task, see 6.3.2 Source files exclusion. 5. Select the name and location of the archive.
The “farther” you store the archive from the original folders, the safer it will be in case of data damage. For example, saving the archive to another hard disk will protect your data if the primary disk is damaged, but won’t be useful if the computer is destroyed in a fire or flood. Data saved to a network disk, ftp server or removable media will survive even if all your local hard disks are down. You can also use Acronis Secure Zone (see details in 3.
7. Select the backup options (that is, backup file splitting, compression level, password protection, pre/post backup commands etc.). You may select Use default options or Set the options manually. If the latter is the case, the settings will be applied only to the current backup task. Alternatively, you can edit the default options from the current screen. Then your settings will be saved as the defaults. See 6.3 Setting backup options for more information. 8. Provide a comment for the archive.
You can adjust the backup process priority. To do so, click on the process icon in the System Tray and select Low, Normal, or High priority from the menu that appears. For information on how to set the default priority, see 6.3.6 Backup performance. 11. You may want to see the log when the task is completed. To view the log, click the Show Operation Logs button on the toolbar.
4. Select the name and location of the archive. If you are going to create a full backup, type the file name in the File Name line, or use the file name generator (a button to the right of the line). If you select an existing full backup, it will be overwritten. Including [date] in the backup file name will add to the name the time and date of the backup creation formatted as . Example: C:\MyBackup[date].tib. If you are going to create an incremental backup (see 3.
See notes and recommendations for using the FTP server in 1.4.2 Supported storage media. 5. If your choice was not Acronis Backup Server, select whether you want to create a full or incremental backup. If you have not backed up the selected disks/partitions yet, or the full archive seems too old to append incremental changes to it, choose full backup. Otherwise it is recommended that you create an incremental or differential backup (see 3.2 Full, incremental and differential backup). 6.
6.3.1 Archive protection Password The preset is no password. An archive can be protected with a password. To protect the archive data from being accessed by anybody except you, enter a password and its confirmation into the text fields. A password should consist of at least eight symbols and contain both letters (in the upper and lower cases preferably) and numbers to make it more difficult to guess.
You can also apply custom filters, using the common Windows masking rules. For example, to exclude all files with extension .exe, add *.exe. My???.exe will exclude all .exe files with names consisting of five symbols and starting with “my”. This option is effective for file/folders backup only. When creating a disk/partition image, you cannot filter out any files. 6.3.3 Pre/post commands You can specify commands or batch files to be automatically executed before and after the backup procedure.
net start “Microsoft Exchange Event” net start “Microsoft Exchange IMAP4” net start “Microsoft Exchange MTA Stacks” net start “Microsoft Exchange POP3” net start “Microsoft Exchange Routing Engine” Create batch files in any text editor (for example, name it pause_services.bat and resume_services.bat). Use Edit buttons to the right of Before data capture command and After data capture command fields, to open the Edit Command window where you can browse folders to find the respective batch files or scripts.
6.3.6 Backup performance The three options below might have a more or less noticeable effect on the backup process speed. This depends on overall system configuration and physical characteristics of devices. 1. Backup process priority The preset is Low. The priority of any process running in a system determines the amount of CPU usage and system resources allocated to that process. Decreasing the backup priority will free more resources for other CPU tasks.
6.3.7 Fast incremental/differential backup The preset is Use fast incremental/differential backup. Incremental/differential backup captures only changes in data occurred since the last backup. To speed up the backup process, Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server determines whether the file has changed by file size and the date/time when the file was last saved. Disabling this feature will make the program compare the entire file contents to that stored in the archive.
You can disable preserving the files’ security settings in archives to completely eliminate this kind of problem. Then the restored files/folders will always inherit the permissions from the folder to which they are restored (parent folder or disk, if restored to the root). Alternatively, you can disable files’ security settings during restoration, even if they are available in the archive (see 7.4.5 File-level security settings below).
6.3.11 Error handling 1. Ignore bad sectors The preset is disabled. With the default setting, the program will display a pop-up window each time it comes across a bad sector and ask for user decision whether to continue or stop the backup procedure. In order to back up the valid information on a rapidly dying disk, enable ignoring bad sectors. The rest of the data will be backed up and you will be able to mount the image and extract valid files to another disk. 2.
Even if a password is set for the Acronis Secure Zone, the copy archive will not be protected with the password. 6.3.13 Wake On LAN This option is available only for tasks created by the Acronis Group Server. The preset is Enable Wake On LAN. With this setting, Acronis Group Server will send a magic packet to the remote computer network interface card (NIC) before starting backup. (A magic packet is a packet that contains 16 contiguous copies of the receiving NIC's Ethernet address.
To check archive data integrity, you must have all incremental and differential backups belonging to the archive and the initial full backup. If any of successive backups is missing, validation is not possible. 2. Overwrite data on a tape without user confirmation The preset is enabled. A full backup, when created on a tape drive, overwrites all data stored on the tape (see Archives cataloguing for more information).
Chapter 7. Restoring the backup data 7.1 Considerations before recovery 7.1.1 Restore under Windows or boot from CD? As mentioned above (see 2.5.1 Running Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server (local version)), Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server can be run in several ways. We recommend that you first try to restore data running Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server under Windows because this method provides more functionality.
7.1.3 Recovering dynamic volumes Dynamic volumes are volumes located on dynamic disks, i.e. disks managed by Windows Logical Disk Manager (LDM). For more information on dynamic disks, please refer to your Windows documentation. Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server can back up and recover dynamic volumes. A dynamic volume can be recovered over the same volume or unallocated space of a dynamic group.
7.2 Restoring files and folders from file archives Here we describe how to restore files/folders from a file backup archive. You can restore the desired files/folders from a disk/partition image as well. To do so, mount the image (see 11.2.2 Mounting an image) or start the image restoration and select Restore specified files or folders (see 7.3 Restoring disks/partitions or files from images). 1. Start the Restore Data Wizard by clicking on the restore operation icon in the main program window. 2.
4. Select a folder on your computer where you want to restore selected folders/files (a target folder). You can restore data to their original location or choose another folder, if necessary. 5. Select files and folders to restore. You can choose to restore all data or browse the archive contents and select the desired folders or files. 6. Select the options for the restoration process (that is, pre/post restoration commands, restoration process priority, file-level security settings etc.).
7. Set filters for the specific types of files that are not to be restored. For example, you may want hidden and system files and folders, as well as files with .~, .tmp and .bak extensions, not to be restored from the archive. You can also apply custom filters, using the common Windows masking rules. For example, to exclude all files with extension .exe, add *.exe. My???.exe will reject all .exe files with names consisting of five symbols and starting with “my”.
start over. If you can not determine which applications use the partition (disk), close them all. 7.3.1 Starting the Restore Data Wizard Start the Restore Data Wizard by clicking on the restore operation icon in the main program window. 7.3.2 Archive selection 1. Select the archive. If the archive is located in Acronis Secure Zone, select it to choose the archive at the next step. If the archive is located on removable media, e.g.
7.3.3 Restoration type selection Select what you want to restore: Restore specified files or folders With this selection, you will be further offered to select where to restore selected folders/files (original or new location), choose files/folders to be restored and so on. These steps look like those in file archive restore. However, watch your selection; if you want to restore files instead of disk/partition, uncheck the unnecessary folders. Otherwise you will restore a lot of extra files.
Finally, if you are not going to recover the system, but only want to repair damaged files, select Restore specified files or folders. 7.3.4 Selecting a disk/partition to restore The selected backup can contain images of several partitions or even disks. Select which disk/partition to restore. Disks and partitions images contain a copy of track 0 along with the MBR (Master Boot Record). It appears in this window in a separate line.
Set this option when you are performing a disaster recovery restoration.
If there are partitions on the target disk, you will be prompted by the Nonempty Destination Hard Disk Drive window stating that the destination disk contains partitions, perhaps with data. You will have to select between: Yes, I want to delete all the partitions on the destination hard disk before restoring – all existing partitions will be deleted and all their data will be lost. No, I do not want to delete partitions – no existing partition will be deleted, discontinuing the recovery operation.
Selecting Active for a partition without an installed operating system could prevent your server from booting. 7.3.8 Changing the restored partition file system You can change the partition file system during its restoration, although it is seldom required. Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server can make the following file system conversions: FAT 16 -> FAT 32 and Ext2 -> Ext3. For partitions with other native file systems, this option is not available.
7.3.10 Assigning a letter to the restored partition Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server will assign an unused letter to a restored partition. You can select the desired letter from a drop-down list. If you set the switch to No, no letters will be assigned to the restored partition, hiding it from OS. You should not assign letters to partitions inaccessible to Windows, such as to those other than FAT and NTFS. 7.3.
Acronis Universal Restore uses three sources for drivers: - the driver repository - a folder or folders on a network drive or CD specified in restore options. If you have not specified the driver repository in advance, you can do it at next step. - the mass storage device driver specified by the user at the current step - the Windows default driver storage folders (in the image being restored).
You can edit the default (or set the temporary) restore options while creating a restore task as well. 7.4.1 Files to exclude from restoration The preset is Restore all files. You can set the default filters for the specific types of files that are not to be restored. Use the common Windows masking rules. For example, to exclude all files with extension .exe, add *.exe. My???.exe will exclude all .exe files with names, consisting of five symbols and starting with “my”.
The program does not support interactive commands, i.e. commands that require user input (for example, “pause”.) The backup process will run concurrently with your commands if you uncheck the Do not perform operations until the commands execution is complete box, which is checked by default. 7.4.4 Restoration priority The default setting – Low. The priority of any process running in a system determines the amount of CPU usage and system resources allocated to that process.
Here you can specify a path to the driver repository on a network drive or CD where Acronis Universal Restore will search for drivers at restoring a system disk on dissimilar hardware. If several paths are specified, the program will scan all locations and choose the most suitable driver. 7.4.7 Additional settings 1. Set current date and time for the restored files The preset is enabled. Choose whether to restore files’ date and time from the archive or assign the files the current date and time. 2.
The preset is disabled. Sometimes one or more reboots may be required during the restoration process. With this option enabled, the program will not ask you for permission to reboot now or later, but immediately reboots the machine. 8. Use FTP in active mode The preset is disabled. Previous versions of the software required usage of passive mode for the target FTP server and usage of TCP and UDP ports 20 and 21 on the source computer.
An MBR basic disk must have at least 1MB of free space at the end of the disk for the dynamic disk database. To create a dynamic volume: 1. Close all applications that use the disk(s) on which the volume is to be created. 2. Start the Dynamic Volume Creation Wizard by selecting Tools -> Create Dynamic Volume in the main program menu. 3. Select basic, dynamic or newly connected disks on which the dynamic volume will be created. Dynamic disks are selected by default.
6. Click Proceed in the summary window. On completion of operations, the dynamic volumes are unformatted and have no letters assigned. You will be able to assign the letters using Windows Disk Management tool after restoring Windows on the created volumes. 100 Copyright © Acronis, Inc.
Chapter 8. Scheduling tasks Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server allows you to schedule periodic backup and archive validation tasks. Doing so will give you peace of mind, knowing that your data are safe. You can create more than one independently scheduled task. For example, you can back up your current project daily and back up the application disk once a week. All the scheduled tasks appear in the Scheduled Tasks window, where you can start, stop, edit, delete and rename them.
Manually later – the task will be saved, but not launched automatically.
In the upper field, enter a user name. Enter a password twice in two fields below. 7. At the final step, the task configuration is displayed. Up to this point, you can click Back to make changes in the created task. If you click Cancel, all settings will be lost. Click Finish to save the task. 8. The task schedule and default name appear in the Scheduled Tasks window. You can rename the task, if need be. 8.1.
If the computer is off when the scheduled time comes, the task won’t be performed, but you can force the missed task to launch at the next system startup by checking a box under the Start time fields. 8.1.2 Setting up weekly execution If you select weekly execution, set the Start time, specify the task execution periodicity in the Every x weeks box (every week, every two weeks, etc.) and check the days on which to execute the task.
8.1.3 Setting up monthly execution If you select monthly execution, set the Start time and days on which to execute the task: Day – on the specified date The – on the specified day (e.g. on second Tuesday or fourth Friday); select this from the drop-down lists. If the computer is off when the scheduled time comes, the task won’t be performed, but you can force the missed task to launch at the next system startup by checking a box under the Start time fields. 8.1.
If the computer is off when the scheduled time comes, the task won’t be performed, but you can force the missed task to launch at the next system startup by checking a box under the Start time fields. 8.1.5 Setting up event-driven execution Execution on increasing or decreasing free space on a disk. The task will be started when the free space on the either disk selected for the backup changes by the specified value. The preset is 20MB. 8.
Chapter 9. Managing the Acronis Secure Zone The Acronis Secure Zone is a special partition for storing archives on the computer system itself. For more information, see 3.3 Acronis Secure Zone. When you click Manage Acronis Secure Zone in the menu, the program searches for the zone on all local drives. If a zone is found, the wizard will offer to manage it (consolidate or remove backups, resize or change the password) or delete. If there is no zone, you’ll be prompted to create it.
3. Select the partitions from which space will be used to create the zone. 4. In the next window, enter the Acronis Secure Zone size or drag the slider to select any size between the minimum and maximum ones. The minimum size is approximately 35MB, depending on the geometry of the hard disk. The maximum size is equal to the disk’s unallocated space plus the total free space on all partitions selected at the previous step. When creating the zone, the program will first use the unallocated space.
5. You can set a password to restrict access to the zone. The program will ask for the password at any operation relating to it, such as data backup and recovery, mounting images or validating archives on the zone, using the Acronis Startup Recovery Manager with the F11 key, resizing and deleting the zone. Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server repair or update will not affect the password.
9.3 Changing the password for Acronis Secure Zone 1. When prompted by the wizard, select Manage Acronis Secure Zone. 2. Select Change password. 3. Enter the new password and confirm it or select Do not use password protection. You can also select a secret question that will be asked in case you forget the password. 4. To perform the password change operation, click Proceed in the final wizard window. 9.
4. [Consolidation]: Select the backup. Backups created earlier will be consolidated into the selected backup. Backups created later will remain untouched. [Remove]: Select the backup you want to remove. Be careful: all dependent incremental and differential backups will be also removed. 5. After you click Proceed, Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server will start backup consolidation\deletion. 9.
Chapter 10. Creating bootable media 10.1 Creating Acronis rescue media You can run Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server on a bare metal or on a crashed computer that cannot boot. You can also back up disks on a non-Windows computer, copying all its data sector-by-sector into the backup archive. To do so, you will need bootable media with the standalone Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server version.
Acronis Bootable Agent full version The bootable version of Acronis True Image Agent. This component is designed to provide unattended restores from remote locations. аукциона на право поставки мусоровоза КО-440-8 To find more about components of other Acronis products, see the respective user guides. The Start automatically after parameter specifies the timeout interval for the boot menu.
10.2 Creating a Win PE ISO with Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server Windows Preinstallation Environment (Win PE) is a minimal Windows system based on the Windows XP Professional and the Windows Server 2003 kernels. Win PE is commonly used by OEMs and corporations for deployment, test, diagnostic and system repair purposes.
Chapter 11. Operations with archives 11.1 Validating backup archives You can check the integrity of an archive to be certain that the archive is not damaged. Here’s how to run a one-time validation task. For how to schedule regular archive validation, see 8.1 Creating scheduled tasks. 1. To start the Backup Archive Validation Wizard, select Validate Backup Archive in the main window or in the Tools group or click Validate Backup Archive on the toolbar. 2. Select the archive to validate.
Exploring images and file-level archives lets you view their contents and copy the selected files to the hard disk. Mounting images as virtual drives lets you access them as though they were physical drives.
If you added a comment to the archive, it will be displayed to the right of the drives tree. If the archive was protected with a password, Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server will ask for it. Further steps will not be enabled until you enter the correct password. 3. The program opens a Windows Explorer window displaying the archive contents.
If you added a comment to the archive, it will be displayed to the right of the drives tree. If the archive was protected with a password, Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server will ask for it. Neither the partitions layout, nor the Next button will be enabled until you enter the correct password. 3.
5. Select whether you want to mount image in Read-only or Read/Write mode. 6. If you select Read/Write mode, the program assumes that the connected image will be modified, and creates an incremental archive file to capture the changes. It is strongly recommended that you list the forthcoming changes in the comment to this file. 7. The program displays a summary containing a single operation. Click Proceed to connect the selected partition image as a virtual disk. 8.
security of the archive in case the consolidation fails because of power failure or lack of disk space. 2. On the backup server, you only can consolidate two backups in one. File name-based consolidation keeps whichever backups you choose and deletes any backups that are not selected. Consolidation can be performed both using the Acronis True Image Management Console connected to Acronis True Image Agent and with Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server local version.
Editing images, mounted in R/W mode, results in creating incremental backups, that are a kind of offshoots of the incremental chain. Therefore, they cannot be consolidated and always will be excluded from the archive copy. The clone archive will consist of MyBackup3 and MyBackup5, however, their numbers will be zero (no number) and 2. MyBackup3 will change into a full backup 4. Choose location and name for the archive copy.
MyBackup(1) is a full backup containing data as of Tuesday, July 17, 2007, 5:35:09 PM. MyBackup(1)2 is an incremental backup containing data as of Tuesday, July 17, 2007, 6:54:40 PM. You can make sure of this by starting the consolidation wizard again, selecting the archive MyBackup(1) and proceeding to the next window. The resulting archive contents 122 Copyright © Acronis, Inc.
Chapter 12. Notifications and event tracing Sometimes a backup or restore procedure can last for 30 minutes or more. Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server can notify you when it is finished through the WinPopup service or e-mail. The program can also duplicate messages issued during the operation or send you the full operation log after operation completion. By default all notifications are disabled. 12.
12.2 WinPopup notification To set up WinPopup notification: 1. Enable the Messenger service on both the computer executing the task and the computer that will receive messages. The Messenger service is disabled by default in Windows Server 2003 family. Change the service Startup mode to Automatic and start the service. 2. Select Tools -> Options -> Notifications -> Windows Messenger (WinPopup): Provide the name of the computer to which notifications will be sent.
The left panel can contain up to 50 logs. If there are more, you can browse the list using the More and Less buttons with the left and right arrows. To delete a log, select it and click Delete. If any step was terminated by an error, the corresponding log will be marked with a red circle with a white “X” inside. The right window features the list of steps contained in the selected log.
An additional choice is available - recording All events, Warnings and Errors, or Errors only. 12.4.2 SNMP notifications Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server can provide the following Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) objects to SNMP management applications: 1.3.6.1.4.1.24769.100.200.1.0 - string identifying a type of occurred event (Information, Warning, Error) 1.3.6.1.4.1.24769.100.200.2.
If you run Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server regularly, this feature in your operating system is redundant. You can turn it off, freeing up to 12% of your hard disk space, directly from Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server. This feature is available in Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server local version only. Managing System Restore using Acronis True Image Management Console is not possible. 1.
Chapter 13. Working with a virtual environment Virtual machine technologies provide a powerful tool to help accelerate the development, testing, deployment and support of PC applications. As with physical machines, virtual machine (VM) data needs to be backed up periodically to prevent its loss due to hardware failure or human errors.
If the virtual machine cannot start, boot it into Acronis rescue environment using physical bootable media or RIS server, or by adding the bootable media ISO to the virtual machine. Another option is to create a new virtual machine with same configuration and disk size as the imaged machine and recover data to this disk. The procedure is the same as with physical machines. See details in Chapter 7. Restoring the backup data. The alternative way of recovering a VM is by converting the image (.
4. Add the other converted disks to the VM. 5. Start the VM and complete the hardware drivers configuration, if Windows prompts. This allows: the fastest replacement of the physical machine with the previously created virtual copy moving multiple workloads from legacy physical servers to virtual machines to reduce hardware maintenance and power consumption costs. The alternative method of physical to virtual migration is by restoring a physical disk from an image to a virtual machine.
Connect the console to the computer where Acronis True Image Agent is installed. Select Backup and Recovery tasks and click Convert to Virtual disk. On a computer where Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server local version is installed, select Tools -> Convert to Virtual Disk in the main program menu. 2. Select the disk image to convert.
Chapter 14. Transferring the system to a new disk 14.1 General information Sooner or later computer users find that their hard disk is just too small. If you don’t have space for more data, you can add another disk specifically for data storage. For example, you might find that your hard disk does not have enough space for the operating system and installed applications, preventing you from updating your software. In this case, you have to transfer the system to a higher-capacity hard disk.
14.2 Security Please note the following: If the power goes out or you accidentally press RESET during the transfer, the procedure will be incomplete and you will have to partition and format or clone the hard disk again. No data will be lost because the original disk is only being read (no partitions are changed or resized) until data transfer is completed.
You can determine the source and destination using the information provided in this window (disk number, capacity, label, partition and file system information). 14.3.3 Selecting destination disk After you select the source disk, select the destination where the disk information will be copied. The previously selected source becomes grayed-out and disabled for selection. If either disk is unpartitioned, the program will automatically recognize it as the destination and bypass this step.
14.3.4 Partitioned destination disk At this point, the program checks to see if the destination disk is free. If not, you will be prompted by the Nonempty Destination Hard Disk window stating that the destination disk contains partitions, perhaps with data. You will have to select between: Delete partitions on the destination hard disk – all existing partitions will be deleted during cloning and all their data will be lost.
Keep data – leave the old disk partitions and data intact Destroy data – destroy all data on the old disk. If you are going to sell or give away your old disk, we recommend that you make sure you destroyed the data on it. If you are going to keep it for data storage, you can create a new partition layout on it. In this case, the disk will be ready right after cloning is complete.
The second method takes more time, but makes it impossible to recover data afterwards, even with special equipment. The first method is less secure, but is still suitable for most cases. 14.3.
If you elect to transfer information "as is," a new partition will be created for every old one with the same size and type, file system and label. The unused space will become unallocated. Further, you will be able to use the unallocated space to create new partitions or to enlarge the existing partitions with special tools, such as Acronis Disk Director Suite. As a rule, "as is" transfers are not recommended, as they leave much unallocated space on the new disk.
Along with the hard disk number, you will also see disk capacity, label, partition and file system information. Different partition types, including primary, logical and unallocated space are marked with different colors. If you selected manual partition creation earlier, the partition layout will look different. This partitioning method is described below. 14.3.11 Cloning summary In the next window, you will see a list of briefly described operations to be performed on the disks.
To resize either partition, check the Proceed relayout box. If you are satisfied with the partition layout shown, uncheck this box (if checked). Clicking Next, you will proceed to the cloning summary window. Be careful! Clicking Back in this window will reset all size and location changes that you've selected, so you will have to specify them again. First, select a partition to resize. It will be underlined in red. Resize and relocate it on the next step.
Chapter 15. Adding a new hard disk If you don't have enough space for your data, you can either replace the old disk with a new, higher-capacity one (data transfers to new disks are described in the previous chapter), or add a new disk to store data, leaving the system on the old disk. If the server has space for another disk, it would be easier to add a data disk drive than to clone a system one. This feature is available in Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server local version only.
If the cursor turns to two vertical lines with left and right arrows, it is pointed at the partition border and you can drag it to enlarge or reduce the partition size. If the cursor turns to four arrows, it is pointed at the partition, so you can move it to the left or right (if there is unallocated space near it). Having provided the new partition location and size, you can input a label for the new partition. If you make a mistake at partitioning, click Back to redo the process.
Chapter 16. Command-line mode and scripting Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server (local version) supports the command-line mode and enables backup automation by executing XML scripts. The command-line mode functionality is somewhat limited as compared to the GUI mode. You will not be able to perform operations that require the reboot of the system, such as restore a system partition or clone a system drive. These operations only can be done through the GUI.
filebackup Backs up specified files and folders deploy Restores disks and partitions, except for the MBR, from an image /filename:[file name] /password:[password] /asz /net_user:[username] /net_password:[password] /ftp_user /ftp_password /incremental /differential /compression:[0…9] /split:[size in MB] /reboot /log:[file name] /log_net_user:[remote user] /log_net_password:[password] /include:[names] /exclude_names:[names] /exclude_masks:[masks] /exclude_system /exclude_hidden /filename:[file name] /pass
consolidate Creates a consistent copy of the archive which will contain only the specified backups convert Converts an image to virtual disk format for using with a virtual machine list Lists available drives and partitions.
Secure Zone size, free space and contents using the generated file names asz_delete_fi les Deletes the most recent backup in the archive located in the Acronis Secure Zone /filename:[file name] /password:[password] /log:[file name] /log_net_user:[remote user] /log_net_password:[password] /partition:[partition number] Deletes the Acronis Secure Zone /password:[password] /oss_numbers /reboot /log:[file name] /log_net_user:[remote user] /log_net_password:[password] clone /reboot /harddisk:[disk number]
access /ftp_user:[username] Specify a user name for access to an FTP server FTP server /ftp_password:[password] Specify a password for access to an FTP server FTP server Set the backup type to incremental. If not specified or there is no basic full backup, a full backup will be created Any Set the backup type to differential. If not specified or there is no basic full backup, a full backup will be created Any Specify the data compression level.
may contain data of more than one hard disk. In that case, separate disk numbers by commas, e.g.: /harddisk:1,3 By specifying /harddisk:DYN you will back up all dynamic volumes present in the system. /partition:[partition number] Specifies the partitions to include into the image file. The list of available partitions is provided by /list. Partition numbers are specified as -, e.g.: /partition:1-1,1-2,3-1 Dynamic volumes are specified with prefix DYN, e.g.
folder. For example: /file_partition:D /filename:"\1.tib” Dynamic volumes are specified with prefix DYN, e.g.: /file_partition:DYN1 /filename:”\1.tib” /harddisk:[disk number] /partition:[partition number] Specifies the basic hard disks to restore. Specifies the partitions to restore. Dynamic volumes are specified with prefix DYN, e.g.: /partition:DYN1 /target_harddisk:[disk number] Specifies the hard disk number where the image will be restored.
Then, with the /preserve_mbr option, the restored partition’s entry will occupy the upper empty position in the target disk MBR. Thus, the target disk MBR is preserved. If not specified, the restored partition’s entry will occupy the same position as in the source disk MBR saved in the image. If the position is not empty, the existing entry will be moved to another position.
/net_user:[username] Specifies the username for logon to network share to save the resulting archive /net_user:[password] Specifies the password for logon to network share to save the resulting archive convert /target_filename:[file name] Specifies the path to and name of the virtual disk file to be created. The file extension corresponds to the type of the virtual machine to which the virtual disk will be added: VMware virtual machine - .vmdk MS virtual machine and Citrix XenServer - .
contents with the /list/filename command an use the number from the Idx column. /letter Assigns letters to the mounted drives. This option is used with /partition option only. unplug /letter:X Specifies the virtual drive to be disconnected by letter. /letter:all Disconnects all virtual drives. asz_create /password:[password] Sets a password for the Acronis Secure Zone. /harddisk:X Specifies the hard disk number where the Acronis Secure Zone will be created.
trueimagecmd /create /filename:"C:\Test\1.tib" /partition:21,1-3 This will create an image named 1.tib of the partitions 2-1 and 1-3. The image will be saved to the C:\Test\ folder. trueimagecmd /create /asz /partition:2-1,1-3 This will create an image of the partitions 2-1 and 1-3 in the Acronis Secure Zone. trueimagecmd /create /filename:"\Test\1.tib" /partition:21,1-3 /file_partition:3-1 This will create an image named 1.tib of the partitions 2-1 and 1-3.
trueimagecmd /deploy /filename:z:\Server30Cdrive.tib /partition:1-1 /target_partition:2-1 /type:active /password:123qwe This will restore partition 1-1, stored in image Server30Cdrive.tib, protected with password ‘123qwe’, to partition 2-1. The restored partition will be of active type. trueimagecmd /deploy_mbr /harddisk:1 /asz:2 /index:3 /password:pswd This will restore MBR from the image of hard disk 1 to the same hard disk 1.
This will create on the disk D: an archive consisting of three files Kons_new.tib, (pit 2 of the archive \\smbsrv\Archives\Kons.tib, former \\smbsrv\Archives\Kons2.tib) Kons_new2.tib (pit 4, former \\smbsrv\Archives\Kons4.tib) and Kons_new3.tib (pit 5, former \\smbsrv\Archives\Kons5.tib). 6. Convert an image to virtual disk trueimagecmd /convert /filename:C:\MyBackup.tib /target_filename:C:\MyHDD.
In our example, the Acronis Secure Zone contains three archives. The archive AAA2 (2 stands for number of backups in the archive) consists of: - full (base) image backup created on 2/16/2007 at 3:43 - incremental backup created on 4/25/2007 at 11:44. The archive FAAA (F means that this is a file-level archive) contains one base file-level backup.
This will connect all images, stored in file mybackup.tib on the network drive, as virtual drives. 16.1.5 ICompGS.exe tool: adding machines to the group server out of a *.txt file Syntax: ICompGS.
of Acronis True Image Echo (builds up to 8163) via Acronis Backup Server of the latest version. This may also happen if Acronis tape database is corrupted or missing (after Windows reinstallation, for example). The tool establishes connection with RSM and mounts the tape. Then it rescans tapes one by one and derives metadata from each tape.
/execute: [script file name] – executes a script. If there are several scripts to be executed, they are queued. An example for executing MyBackup.tis script: TrueImageTerminal.exe /execute:C:\MyBackup.tis /nowait – an optional script execution argument. TrueImageTerminal before backup is finished. Example: Enables to terminate TrueImageTerminal /execute:C:\MyBackup.tis /nowait By pressing Ctrl+C you can force backup progress output off and switch TrueImageTerminal to background operation.
16.2.3 Script usage examples The following example illustrates the usage of a script to backup two partitions (logical drives), C and F. mybackup2.tib is specified as an incremental image file. High compression level is selected and the image is to be split into 650MB parts for recording to CD-R/RW media. Password protection will also be added. The entire script must be located between the and tags.
