User`s guide

14 Other operations

14.1 Validating backup archives

The validation procedure checks whether you will be able to recover data from a particular backup,

so when you select for validation:

 a full backup, the program validates the full backup only.

 an incremental backup, the program validates the initial full backup, the selected incremental

backup, and the whole chain (if any) of backups to the selected incremental backup.

This information can be helpful, for example, when you find out that a backup archive comprising a

full backup and a chain of incremental ones is corrupted. To troubleshoot the archive, do as follows.

First of all validate the full backup. If it is damaged, all the archive will be useless. When it is not

damaged, proceed to validating incremental backups starting from the oldest, until you find the

culprit. All incremental backups made after the corrupted one will be unusable, but you will be able

to recover the data at least from the previous backups.

You can perform such validations using the Validate Wizard.

1. To validate an archive, click Recovery on the sidebar.

2. Select the archive to validate and click Validate on the toolbar.

3. Clicking Proceed will start the validation procedure. After the validation is complete, you will see

the results window. You can cancel validation by clicking Cancel.

14.2 Viewing Tasks and Logs

Acronis True Image OEM Quick Backup has a Tasks and Log screen that allows you to view its working

logs. The logs can provide information, for instance, about creating backup or validation results,

including reasons for any failures.

Most Acronis True Image OEM Quick Backup operations write their own entries in the logs, though

logs are not provided for image mounting/unmounting and bootable media creation.

The logs contain only partial information on operation of Acronis Online Backup. The remaining

information on operation of those features is written to their own log. That log is not available to

users as it is intended for Acronis Support personnel to help in troubleshooting the issues users have

with those features. It is included in Acronis System Report.

To open the Tasks & Log screen, click Tasks & Log on the sidebar. By default, the screen opens with

the Logs tab selected. The tab shows logs for the selected date. If there are no logs for that date, an

appropriate message appears.

The color marks in the calendar show information about the days with tasks completed with errors,

and successfully completed tasks. The current day is highlighted in bold font. Clicking a day marked

with a scheduled task shows the task(s) scheduled for this date.

The buttons with left and right arrows at the sides of the calendar allow you to browse the months

being shown in the calendar. If you have gone several months back or forward, clicking the Today

button will quickly return you to the current month and date.

Clicking any day in the past takes you to the Log tab and shows logs for the selected date. If there are

no logs for that date, an appropriate message appears.