User Guide
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- 1.1 Acronis® True Image Server – a complete solution for corporate users
- 1.2 New in Acronis True Image 9.1 Server for Windows
- 1.3 System requirements and supported media
- 1.4 Technical support
- Chapter 2. Acronis True Image Server installation and starting
- Chapter 3. General information and proprietary Acronis technologies
- 3.1 The difference between file archives and disk/partition images
- 3.2 Full, incremental and differential backups
- 3.3 Acronis Secure Zone
- 3.4 Acronis Startup Recovery Manager
- 3.5 Acronis Snap Restore
- 3.6 Acronis Universal Restore
- 3.7 Using dynamic disks and volumes
- 3.8 Backing up to tape drive
- 3.9 Viewing disk and partition information
- Chapter 4. Using Acronis True Image Server
- Chapter 5. Creating backup archives
- Chapter 6. Restoring the backup data
- 6.1 Restore under Windows or boot from CD?
- 6.2 Restoring files and folders from file archives
- 6.3 Restoring disks/partitions or files from images
- 6.3.1 Starting the Restore Data Wizard
- 6.3.2 Archive selection
- 6.3.3 Restoration type selection
- 6.3.4 Selecting a disk/partition to restore
- 6.3.5 Selecting a target disk/partition
- 6.3.6 Changing the restored partition type
- 6.3.7 Changing the restored partition file system
- 6.3.8 Changing the restored partition size and location
- 6.3.9 Assigning a letter to the restored partition
- 6.3.10 Restoring several disks or partitions at once
- 6.3.11 Using Acronis Universal Restore
- 6.3.12 Setting restore options
- 6.3.13 Restoration summary and executing restoration
- 6.4 Setting restore options
- Chapter 7. Scheduling tasks
- Chapter 8. Managing Acronis Secure Zone
- Chapter 9. Creating bootable media
- Chapter 10. Other operations
- Chapter 11. Mounting an image as a virtual drive
- Chapter 12. Transferring the system to a new disk
- 12.1 General information
- 12.2 Security
- 12.3 Executing transfers
- 12.3.1 Selecting Clone mode
- 12.3.2 Selecting source disk
- 12.3.3 Selecting destination disk
- 12.3.4 Partitioned destination disk
- 12.3.5 Old and new disk partition layout
- 12.3.6 Old disk data
- 12.3.7 Destroying the old disk data
- 12.3.8 Selecting partition transfer method
- 12.3.9 Partitioning the old disk
- 12.3.10 Old and new disk partition layouts
- 12.3.11 Cloning summary
- 12.4 Cloning with manual partitioning
- Chapter 13. Adding a new hard disk
- Chapter 14. Command-line mode and scripting
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Chapter 1. Introduction
1.1 Acronis® True Image Server – a complete solution for corporate
users
You have come to rely on your servers to run your business and retain key enterprise data.
Acronis True Image Server provides comprehensive, reliable, and cost-effective system
backup and recovery for corporate servers. With Acronis True Image Server you have peace
of mind knowing you are protected and can recover from any situation.
Minimizes downtime
Acronis True Image Server enables you to restore systems in minutes, not hours or days. An
entire system can be restored from an image that includes everything the system needs to
run: the operating system, applications, databases, and configurations. No reinstallation or
reconfiguration is required. Moreover, complete system restoration can be performed to an
existing system or to a new system with different hardware or to virtual machines. With the
new Acronis Snap Restore feature, users can access a system during restore, further
decreasing downtime. File-based backups provide you with the flexibility to only backup
specific critical files.
Eases Administration
Wizards guide users through backup and recovery tasks, ensuring the product can be
implemented with minimal user training.
Automates Backup
With the scheduling capability in Acronis True Image Server, you simply create backup tasks,
tailored by group, at certain times or at certain events, automating backups.
To ensure that backups have occurred, or user intervention is required, you can request
notifications via email or pop-up. You can view Acronis events in Windows Application Events
Log or Acronis own log. Log messages can be automatically sent out to SNMP clients.
The product also supports the creation of custom commands before and after backups. For
example, users can automatically run anti-virus products before an image is created and
verify the validity of backups after they have been created.
Ensures 24 X 7 Uptime
With the Acronis Drive Snapshot, systems can be imaged while they are in use, supporting
24 by 7 availability. This technology enables the product to backup and image critical
operating system files, the master boot record and any partition-based boot records without
requiring a reboot. A CPU allocation feature allows you to limit the amount of CPU usage for
the application to maximize the CPU’s availability for mission critical applications. Moreover,
users can control hard disk drive writing speeds and control network bandwidth used during
backups, allowing minimal disruption of business operations.
A several-second database suspension is provided for correct backup of mission critical
applications such as Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle with
support VSS. If your database or operating system does not support VSS, Acronis True
Image Server will execute your custom commands to realize database suspension.
Supports Cutting Edge Technology