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Contents Table of Contents CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................ 6 1.1 WHAT IS ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE SERVER 8.0 FOR WINDOWS .................................................................... 6 1.2 WHAT'S NEW IN ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE SERVER 8.0 FOR WINDOWS ......................................................... 7 1.3 WHAT IS A DISK IMAGE ...................................................................
Contents Selecting partitions to connect and letter assignment.......................................................................... 41 6.1.2 6.2 UNPLUGGING A VIRTUAL DISK ................................................................................................................. 42 CHAPTER 7. TRANSFERRING THE SYSTEM TO A NEW DISK............................................................ 43 7.1 GENERAL INFORMATION ..................................................................................
Introduction Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1 What is Acronis True Image Server 8.0 for Windows Acronis True Image Server 8.0 for Windows creates the exact disk image of your live server for complete backup providing the comprehensive and cost effective server protection solution. The disk image file includes all the server disk data including system, programs, databases, configurations, preferences, updates, security patches, and the like.
Introduction 1.2 What's new in Acronis True Image Server 8.0 for Windows Acronis True Image Server 8.0 for Windows has the following new features: • • • • • • • • • 1.
Introduction An incremental image set enables you to restore a disk to any of the states stored in these images. Having created a complete image once and then creating an incremental image each day of a month, you will get the same result as if you created complete images every day. But the cost in time and disk space will be as little as one tenth as much. Acronis True Image Server 8.0 for Windows stores only those hard disk parts that contain data (for supported partition types).
Installation and running Chapter 2. Installation and running 2.1 System requirements Acronis True Image Server 8.0 for Windows requires the following hardware: • Pentium CPU or higher • 128 MB RAM • floppy disk drive or CD-RW drive for bootable media creating • mouse (recommended) 2.2 Supported operating systems • Windows Windows NT 4.0 Server SP6 • Windows 2000 Server • Windows 2000 Advanced server • Windows 2003 Server 2.3 Acronis True Image Server 8.
Installation and running When installed, Acronis True Image Server 8.0 for Windows 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 images as virtual disks (see Chapter 6 “Browsing and restoring particular files” of this manual). You can also install Acronis True Image Server 8.
General program information Chapter 3. General program information 3.1 Main program window The main program window contains the menu, the toolbar, the sidebar and the main area. The main area contains operation icons, the sidebar features Operations, Tools and Details panels. The main program window Most of the operations are represented two or even three times in different window areas, providing several ways of their selection for more convenience.
General program information The New Disk Deployment group includes operations required when a new disk drive is installed: • Disk Clone – transfer the operating system, applications and data from the old disk to the new one. • Add New Disk – add a disk for data storage, leaving the operating system and applications on the old one. The Tasks group initially contains only one operation: • Schedule Task – create a scheduled disk (partition) image creation task with specified time or periodicity.
General program information Status bar In the bottom of the main window there is a status bar divided into two parts. The left part briefly describes the selected operation; the right one indicates image operations progress and results. A double-click on the operation progress line opens the operation progress window. If you double-click on the operation results, you will see the logs window (see "Viewing logs").
General program information If you create an Acronis Secure Zone, it will be listed along with all partitions available for image creation and restoration. The Acronis Secure Zone is primarily meant to be used with Acronis Startup Recovery Manager (see below). It is always available for image creation as long as it has space for it. If there’s not enough space, older images will be deleted to provide enough space.
General program information Select the partitions to give space for Acronis Secure Zone In the next window, enter the size of the zone or drag the slider. After this, you will be prompted to activate Acronis Recovery Manager, to be able to start Acronis True Image at boot time by pressing F11 key. Alternatively, you can activate this feature later from main program window. After you click Proceed, Acronis True Image Server 8.0 for Windows will start creating the Acronis Secure Zone.
General program information Set the new size for Acronis Secure Zone. Then you will see an Acronis Secure Zone resize script containing a list of briefly described operations to be performed on partitions (disks). After you click Proceed, Acronis True Image Server 8.0 for Windows will start resizing the zone. Progress will be reflected in the special window. If necessary, you can stop zone creation by clicking Cancel. However, the script will be cancelled only after the current operation is finished.
General program information You can always check how much free space left in Acronis Secure Zone on the second page of the Manage Acronis Secure Zone wizard. 3.2.4 Deleting Acronis Secure Zone When you are prompted by the wizard, select Remove Acronis Secure Zone. Select partitions to which you want to add the space freed from Acronis Secure Zone.
General program information Acronis Secure Zone deletion will automatically disable Acronis Startup Recovery Manager if it is activated and destroy all images stored in the zone. Acronis Secure Zone can be located on basic disks only. (A basic disk is a physical disk without any dynamic disks.) If a server has only dynamic disks, you will not be able to create the Acronis Secure Zone. To run Acronis True Image Server 8.
General program information 3.4 Supported file systems Acronis True Image Server 8.0 for Windows supports the following file systems: • FAT16/32 • NTFS • Ext2/Ext3 • ReiserFS • Linux SWAP • XFS • JFS If a file system is not supported or is corrupted, Acronis True Image Server 8.0 for Windows can copy data using a sector-by-sector approach. For XFS and JFS file systems partition resizing feature is not supported. 3.5 Using dynamic disks and volumes Acronis True Image Server 8.
General program information 3.6 Backing up to tape drive The current version of Acronis True Image Server 8.0 for Windows supports SCSI tape drives. It can store images on and restore them from tape, store large images to multiple tapes, and append incremental images on to a tape with the existing images. If you have a SCSI tape drive connected to your server, the list of devices available for image storage and restoration will be extended with a name corresponding to the drive type.
Creating a partition (disk) image Chapter 4. Creating a partition (disk) image Disk (partition) image creation means backing up data stored on your server. Having these images you can restore your server after failures and protect yourself from hard disk data losses. 4.1 Selecting partitions In the Select partitions to image window, you will see the hard disk layout of your server. Flag a partition to select it. Flag a whole disk to select all its partitions.
Creating a partition (disk) image • Removable media drive, including tapes, CD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, DVD-RW, Iomega Zip, Iomega Jaz, magneto-optical drives and so on. To burn images to DVD, you should have DVD UDF recording software installed, for example: Roxio DirectCD, Ahead InCD and other the same. Image location selection In the drive tree, select a place to locate an image and enter its name in the File name field.
Creating a partition (disk) image Image mode selection A full image contains all hard disk data, so it takes a lot of space. Acronis True Image Server 8.0 for Windows does not include swap file information (win386.swp under Windows 98/Me and pagefile.sys under Windows NT/2000/XP), or hiberfil.sys (a file that keeps RAM contents when the computer goes into hibernation). This considerably reduces the image size and increases the speed of creating the image.
Creating a partition (disk) image If image archive is stored on the removable media, e.g. CD, insert the last CD and then follow instructions of the Create Image Wizard. (Having a policy for creating full and incremental images is recommended. For example, you might consider creating a full image monthly and incremental images weekly.) If all image files are stored together, if doesn't matter which one you select, as the program will recognize them as a single image.
Creating a partition (disk) image If You work with removable media, the size of a file of an image is set automatically only. FAT16 and FAT32 file systems have a limit for maximum file sizes. In particular, FAT16 limit is 2Gb, FAT32 limit – 4Gb. FAT32 is currently the most popular end user file system. At the same time, existing hard drives have capacities of 160Gb and above! Therefore, an image file might easily exceed this limit. In this case Acronis True Image Server 8.
Creating a partition (disk) image The optimal data compression level depends on disk (partition) files types and can only be understood empirically. Usually, it is recommended to leave the switch in the Normal position. If you need to burn image to removable media, you can select Maximum compression. 4.6 Protecting images with passwords An archive file with a partition (disk) image can be protected with a password.
Creating a partition (disk) image An image comment The more details you provide in the comments, the better. If you don’t provide comments, you might mistake images and restore the wrong system partition, for example. 4.8 Image creation script In the next window, you will see a disk(s) image creation script that will list all operations to be performed, along with their brief descriptions. Image creation script Copyright © Acronis, Inc.
Creating a partition (disk) image All operations of a partition (disk) image creation in an archive file are delayed in Acronis True Image Server 8.0 for Windows. A partition (disk) image creation script is created first, and then it’s executed. After you click Proceed, Acronis True Image Server 8.0 for Windows will start creating an image indicating the progress in the special window. You can stop this procedure by clicking Cancel. You can also close the progress window by clicking Close.
Creating a partition (disk) image At that point you will need to provide the email address to which you want the notification, as well as the outgoing SMTP server name. Your user name and password might also be needed if the SMTP server requires authentication. 4.10.
Restoring a disk (partition) from an image Chapter 5. Restoring a disk (partition) from an image As mentioned above (see "Running Acronis True Image Server 8.0 for Windows "), Acronis True Image Server 8.0 for Windows can be run in several ways. However, disk restoration is always performed just one way. We recommend that you restore disks using Windows, only using other methods if Windows doesn’t load. The boot disk (e.g.
Restoring a disk (partition) from an image If you are to restore an image from removable media, e.g. CD, first insert the last CD and then follow instructions of the Restore Image Wizard. If you provided a comment to the image, it will help you know if you selected the right image to restore. The comment is displayed in the right part of the window. Note that the comment can be seen without entering a password for a protected image. However, the contents of such an image will still require a password.
Restoring a disk (partition) from an image To do this, flag Yes, I want to verify the image archive on the Verify Archive Before the Restoring page of the image restoration wizard. Checking image integrity before restoration This is disabled by default in Acronis True Image Server 8.0 for Windows. 5.3 Selecting a partition to restore A single file might contain images of several partitions or even disks, as shown in the figure below. 32 Copyright © Acronis, Inc.
Restoring a disk (partition) from an image Select a partition to restore During a single session you can restore several partitions or disks, one by one by selecting one disk and setting its parameters first and then repeating these actions for every partition or disk to be restored. Select the necessary partition and click Next. 5.4 Selecting a location to restore to As a rule you should restore image to the same partition that the image was created from.
Restoring a disk (partition) from an image 5.5 Selecting partition type When restoring a partition you can change its type though it’s not required in most cases. To explain why you might need to do this, let’s imagine that both OS, and data were stored on the same primary partition on the damaged disk. You are forced to restore the partition from a backup to another hard disk with its own partitions and OS.
Restoring a disk (partition) from an image choose between Ext2 and Ext3. For partitions with other native file systems this option is not available. Select a file system Let’s imagine you are to restore a partition from an old, low-capacity FAT16 disk to a newer disk. FAT16 wouldn’t be effective and might even be impossible to set on the high-capacity hard disk.
Restoring a disk (partition) from an image Select partition size and location You might need to resize and relocate a partition to redistribute the disk space between existing partitions. In this case you will have to restore the partition to be reduced first. These changes might be useful if you are to copy your hard disk to a new high-capacity one by creating its image and restoring it to a new disk with larger partitions.
Restoring a disk (partition) from an image Assign any unused letter to a partition You should not assign letters to partitions inaccessible to Windows, i.e. to those other than FAT and NTFS. 5.9 Checking file system integrity Having restored a disk/partition from an image under Windows NT SP6/2000/XP, Acronis True Image Server 8.0 for Windows can check the integrity of its file system.
Restoring a disk (partition) from an image Checking file system integrity after restoration This is disabled by default in Acronis True Image Server 8.0 for Windows. Only FAT16/32 and NTFS file systems integrity can be checked. 5.10 Restoring several partitions at once You can restore several partitions during a single session. To do this select Yes, I want to restore another partition or hard disk drive in the Next Selection window and click Next.
Restoring a disk (partition) from an image Restoration script After you click Proceed, Acronis True Image Server 8.0 for Windows will start image restoration indicating the progress in the special window. If you click Cancel, no changes will be made to disk(s). You can also stop the procedure by clicking Cancel.
Browsing and restoring particular files Chapter 6. Browsing and restoring particular files To browse and restore individual files, Acronis True Image Server 8.0 for Windows can connect images as virtual drives thus letting you access them as though they were a physical drive.
Browsing and restoring particular files If the selected image file is not protected by a password, you will immediately see the image comment along with the list of stored partitions. If the file is protected by a password, you will see only the comment. If you are to connect an incremental image, Acronis True Image Server 8.0 for Windows will suggest you to select one of successive incremental files by date/time of its creation. Thus, you can explore the partition state to a certain moment.
Browsing and restoring particular files 6.2 Unplugging a virtual disk We recommend that you unplug a virtual disk after all necessary files and folders are copied. However, the virtual disk will disappear anyway after your server is turned off. To disconnect the virtual disk select Unplug. You can also unplug the disk by clicking Unplug Image in Acronis True Image Server 8.0 for Windows main window. 42 Copyright © Acronis, Inc.
Transferring the system to a new disk Chapter 7. Transferring the system to a new disk 7.1 General information Sooner or later any server user finds out that his hard disk is too small. If you just don’t have space for more data, you can add another disk just for data storage as described in the following chapter. However, 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.
Transferring the system to a new disk • Create new partitions on the old disk (and remove all the older information.) On program screens, damaged partitions are marked with a red circle and a white cross inside in the upper left corner. Before you start cloning, you should check such disks for errors using corresponding operating system tools. 7.
Transferring the system to a new disk 7.3.2 Selecting source disk If the program finds several partitioned disks, it will ask you what is the source (i.e. the older data disk). You can determine the source and destination using the information provided in this window (disk number, capacity, label, partition and file system information). 7.3.3 Selecting destination disk After you select the source disk, you have to select the destination where the disk information will be copied.
Transferring the system to a new disk The previously selected source becomes grayed-out and disabled for selection. If either disk is unpartitioned, the program will automatically recognize it as destination and bypass this step. 7.3.4 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.
Transferring the system to a new disk about the source disk (partitions and unallocated space), and the destination disk layout. Along with the disk number some additional information is provided: partition number, volume label (e.g. SYSTEM), file system (e.g. FAT16 or FAT32), partition size. Partition types – primary, logical – and unallocated space are marked with different colors. Next you will see the cloning script. 7.3.
Transferring the system to a new disk 7.3.7 Destroying the old disk data If you selected to destroy the old disk data on the previous step, you will have to select the destruction method now: • Quick – quick 1-pass destruction (takes several minutes). • Normal – guaranteed multipass destruction (takes more time). 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. 7.3.
Transferring the system to a new disk If you select 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 it to create new partitions or to enlarge the existing partitions with special tools (e.g. Acronis Partition Expert). As a rule, "as is" transfers are inexpedient, as they leave much unallocated space on the new disk.
Transferring the system to a new disk Having completed the required steps, you will add a new partition. To create another one simply repeat these steps. If you made a mistake, click Back to redo. After you created the necessary partitions, uncheck the Create new partition in unallocated space box and click Next. 7.3.
Transferring the system to a new disk Disk cloning script Cloning a disk, containing the currently active operating system, will require reboot. In that case, after clicking Proceed you will be asked to confirm the reboot. Canceling the reboot will cancel the entire procedure. Cloning a non-system disk or a disk, containing OS, not active at the moment, will proceed without reboot. After you click Proceed, Acronis True Image Server 8.
Transferring the system to a new disk 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 script 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 become underlined red. Resize and relocate it on the next step.
Adding a new hard disk Chapter 8. Adding a new hard disk If you don't have enough space with a new higher-capacity one previous chapter), or add a new old disk. If the server has space clone. for your data, you can either replace the old disk (data transfers to new disks are described in the disk only to store data, leaving the system on the for another disk, it would be easier to add it then To add a new disk you must first install it into your server. 8.
Adding a new hard disk To create a new partition in the unallocated space, select Create new partition in unallocated space and click Next to perform steps required by the partition creation wizard. If you made a mistake at partitioning, click Back to redo. After you create the necessary partition layout, uncheck the Create new partition in unallocated space box and click Next. 8.
Scheduling Chapter 9. Scheduling Acronis True Image Server 8.0 for Windows allows you to schedule tasks, so you won't have to remember the last time you imaged your disks. Acronis True Image Server 8.0 for Windows will do this for you to guarantee the safety of your data. You can create more than one independent scheduled tasks. For example, you can image your work documents daily, and backup the application disk only weekly.
Scheduling Having selected partitions and/or disks, click Next. Note that this button is disabled until at least one partition or disk is selected. Other parameters are set further in the same way as described in the Chapter 4 related to image creation. 9.1.2 Selecting task periodicity After you set image parameters, you must set task execution periodicity. • Do not start automatically - a task will not be executed. You can select this variant to leave it disabled. 56 Copyright © Acronis, Inc.
Scheduling • Daily – a task will be executed daily at the specified time (selected on the next step). • Weekly - a task will be executed weekly or in some weeks at the specified time and day (selected on the next step). • Monthly - a task will be executed monthly at the specified time and day (selected on the next step). • One time only - a task will be executed once at the specified time and day (selected on the next step). • When my computer starts - a task will be executed at OS startup.
Scheduling You can execute the task even if your server is turned off at the specified time. To do this select Perform this task when the computer restarts, only if the computer was turned off at the selected time. In this case the task will be executed at the nearest startup. 9.1.4 Setting up weekly execution If you select the weekly execution, you will have to specify some additional parameters. First, the Start time (hours and minutes).
Scheduling You can execute the task even if your server is turned off at the specified time. To do this select Perform this task when the computer restarts, only if the computer was turned off at the selected time. In this case the task will be executed at the nearest startup. 9.1.6 Setting up one time execution If you select the weekly execution, you will have to specify some additional parameters. First, the Start time (hours and minutes). Second, the Start date. Copyright © Acronis, Inc.
Scheduling You can execute the task even if your server is turned off at the specified time. To do this select Perform this task when the computer restarts, only if the computer was turned off at the selected time. In this case the task will be executed at the nearest startup. 9.1.7 Entering user name Under Windows NT SP6, 2000, XP, 2003 you will have to specify the name of the user that owns the executed task, otherwise no scheduled execution would be available. In the upper field enter user name.
Scheduling Edit is used to change any task parameters. This is performed in the same way as creation with two exceptions. First, there will be specified parameters instead of the default, so you won't have to enter them again. Second, after you make changes you will be asked about execution order. I.e. you will be able to change image creation parameters like location without touching its execution periodicity and time (though you can change it as well.
Command-line mode and scripting Chapter 10. Command-line mode and scripting Acronis True Image Server 8.0 for Windows supports the command-line mode, as well as the GUI mode, and can be used to execute XML scripts. 10.1 Working in the command-line mode An administrator might need a console interface in some situations. Acronis True Image Server 8.0 for Windows supports this mode with ti_cons.exe utility. The file is located in a folder where Acronis True Image Server 8.
Command-line mode and scripting Specifies the hard disks to include into the image file by numbers. The list of available hard disks is provided by the /list command. An image may contain data of more than one hard disk. In that case, separate disk numbers by commas, e.g.: /harddisk 1,3 /partition:[partition number] Specifies the partitions to include into the image file by numbers. The list of available partitions is provided by /list.
Command-line mode and scripting /filename:[filename] Specifies the name of the image file to restore. /net_user:[username] Specifies a user name when restoring an image from a network drive. /net_password:[password] Specifies a user password when restoring an image from a network drive. /file_partition:[partition letter] Specifies the partition where the image file is stored (by letter or number). This option is used with /filename:file_name.
Command-line mode and scripting Creates a log file of the current operation with the specified file name. 3. list Lists the available drives and partitions. Options /filename:[filename] Lists the image file contents. /password:[password] Specifies the password for the image file (if required). 4. clone Clones a hard disk. Options /harddisk:[disk number] Specifies a source hard disk which will be cloned to the new hard disk.
Command-line mode and scripting /log:[file name] Creates a log file of the current operation with the specified file name. 6. unplug Unplugs the image file connected as a virtual drive. Options /letter:X Specifies the virtual disk to be disconnected by letter. /letter:all Disconnects all virtual drives. 7. create_partition Creates a new partition. Options /harddisk:[disk number] Specifies the hard disk where to create a partition.
Command-line mode and scripting Specifies the number of partition to delete. /reboot Reboots the server after deleting the partition. /log:[file name] Creates a log file of the current operation with the specified file name. 9. resize_partition Resizes or/and moves the existing partition. Options /partition:[partition number] Specifies the partition number. /start:[start sector] Sets a new start sector for the partition. /size:[partition size in sectors] Sets the new partition size (in sectors).
Command-line mode and scripting /asz_activate option will not take effect, if the system partition is resized during Acronis Secure Zone creation. Use /asz_activate command to activate Acronis Secure Zone after it is created. /reboot Reboots the server after the Acronis Secure Zone is created. /log:[file name] Creates a log file of the current operation with the specified file name. 11. asz_delete Deletes Acronis Secure Zone from your hard disk.
Command-line mode and scripting 10.1.2 ti_cons.exe usage examples 1. Create image ti_cons /create /filename:"C:\Test\1.tib" /partition:2-1,1-3 • This will create an image named 1.tib of the partitions 2-1 and 1-3. Image will be saved to c:\Test\ folder. ti_cons /create /filename:"\Test\1.tib" /partition:2-1,1-3 /file_partition:3-1 • This will create an image named 1.tib of the partitions 2-1 and 1-3. Image will be saved to partition 3-1. ti_cons /create /filename:"C:\Test\1.
Command-line mode and scripting 4. Clone ti_cons /clone /harddisk:2 /target_harddisk:3 • Clone hard disk 2 to hard disk 3. 5. Delete partition ti_cons /delete_partition /partition:2-1,2-2 /reboot /log:deleting.txt • This will delete partitions 2-1 and 2-2, create log file ‘deleting.txt’ and reboot the server, when the operation is completed. 6. Explore image ti_cons /explore /filename:\\myserver\backup\mybackup.tib /net_user:john /net_password:qwerty • 10.1.
Command-line mode and scripting /nowait – an optional script execution argument. Enables to terminate TrueImageTerminal before backup is finished. Example: TrueImageTerminal /execute:C:\MyBackup.tis /nowait By pressing Ctrl+C you can force backup TrueImageTerminal to background operation. progress output off and switch You can terminate backup operation executed by TrueImageTerminal by pressing Ctrl+B. 10.2.
Command-line mode and scripting Description: adds a description to an image file. The comment must be a single string (though its length is not limited.) Split: splits a large image file into a number of smaller files of the specified size, which can be provided in bytes, kilobytes, megabytes, etc. Password: adds password protection to an image file. 10.2.3 Script usage examples The following example illustrates the usage of a script to backup two partitions (logical drives), C and F. mybackup2.
Other operations Chapter 11. Other operations 11.1 Checking images To be assured your images are not damaged, you can check their integrity. To do this, select Check Image in the Tools group (expand it if it's not) or click Check Image on the toolbar. You will see the first wizard window. Click Next to continue. 11.1.1 Selecting image for checking In this window you will see the complete list of connected storage devices, including hard disks and any other drives.
Other operations 11.2 Creating bootable media In some cases, Acronis True Image Server 8.0 for Windows can be run only from a special bootable diskette or CD. Such a case might be if your server does not boot up normally. You can create bootable media during or after the installation. For this, you will need a CD-R/RW blank, several formatted diskettes (the bootable media wizard will tell you the exact number), or any other media your server can boot from, such as a Zip drive.
Other operations The left panel can contain up to 50 logs. If there’s 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 cross inside. The right window features the list of steps contained in the selected log.
Troubleshooting Chapter 12. Troubleshooting 12.1 Recovering Acronis True Image Server 8.0 for Windows If Acronis True Image Server 8.0 for Windows ceased running or produces errors, its files might be corrupted. To fix it, you will have to recover the program. To do this, run Acronis True Image Server 8.0 for Windows installer again. It will detect Acronis True Image Server 8.0 for Windows on your server and will ask you if you want to recover (update) or remove it. Click Recover and click Proceed. 12.
Troubleshooting We recommend you to update your Easy CD Creator up to 5.1 or newer and/or completely remove Take Two®. For more information visit http://www.roxio.com/en/support/roxio_support/taketwo.html I created an image on CD-R/RW discs, but when I try to browse it Acronis True Image Server 8.0 for Windows tells me it can’t connect this image as a virtual disk. The current version of Acronis True Image Server 8.0 for Windows can connect images only if their files are located in the same place.
Troubleshooting How can I prepare Windows NT, 2000 or 2003 for cloning or transferring to a server with different hardware? Before you clone or transfer Windows to another server, you must prepare it with Microsoft System Preparation Tool (sysprep). The reasons to do this are described in the 298491 article of Microsoft Knowledge Base: “One problem from duplicating an installation of Windows 2000 is that each cloned computer has the same security identifier (SID) and computer name.
Troubleshooting • Veritas DLA and all its OEM versions (e.g. HP DLA); • Pinnacle InstantCD/DVD. In general, the program also supports all other DVD UDF burst recording software, but the aforementioned applications were tested by Acronis for compatibility with Acronis True Image Server 8.0 for Windows. To enable image recording to DVD in Acronis True Image Server 8.0 for Windows you should do the following: • Install DVD UDF recording software; • Format DVD disks.
