Acronis TRUE IMAGE ECHO User Manual
User’s Guide
Acronis®
True Image Echo
Server for Windows
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction ...................................................................................... 7
1.1 Acronis® True Image Echo Server – a complete solution for corporate users ............................ 7
1.2 New in Acronis True Image Echo Server .............................................................................. 8
1.3 Supported file systems and storage media ........................................................................... 9
1.3.1 Supported file systems ................................................................................................ 9
1.3.2 Supported storage media ........................................................................................... 10
1.4 Technical support ............................................................................................................ 10
Chapter 2. Acronis True Image Echo Server installation and startup .............. 12
2.1 System requirements ....................................................................................................... 12
2.1.1 Minimum hardware requirements ............................................................................... 12
2.1.2 Supported operating systems ..................................................................................... 12
2.2 Installing Acronis True Image Echo Server ......................................................................... 12
2.2.1 Installation of Acronis True Image Echo Server ............................................................ 13
2.2.2 Acronis Universal Restore installation .......................................................................... 13
2.3 Extracting Acronis True Image Echo Server components ..................................................... 14
2.4 Running Acronis True Image Echo Server .......................................................................... 14
2.5 Removing Acronis True Image Echo Server ........................................................................ 14
Chapter 3. General information and proprietary Acronis technologies ............ 15
3.1 The difference between file archives and disk/partition images ............................................ 15
3.2 Full, incremental and differential backups .......................................................................... 15
3.3 Acronis Secure Zone® ...................................................................................................... 16
3.4 Acronis Startup Recovery Manager .................................................................................... 17
3.4.1 How it works ............................................................................................................ 17
3.4.2 How to use ............................................................................................................... 17
3.5 Acronis Active Restore ..................................................................................................... 18
3.5.1 Limitations in using Acronis Active Restore .................................................................. 18
3.5.2 How it works ............................................................................................................ 18
3.5.3 How to use ............................................................................................................... 18
3.6 Acronis Universal Restore ................................................................................................. 19
3.6.1 Acronis Universal Restore purpose .............................................................................. 19
3.6.2 Acronis Universal Restore general principles ................................................................ 20
3.6.3 Acronis Universal Restore and Microsoft Sysprep .......................................................... 20
3.6.4 Limitations in using Acronis Universal Restore .............................................................. 20
3.6.5 Getting Acronis Universal Restore ............................................................................... 21
3.7 Backing up to tape drives ................................................................................................. 21
3.7.1 Restoring data from archives located on tape devices ................................................... 22
3.8 Viewing disk and partition information ............................................................................... 22
3.9 Changing Acronis temporary folder path ............................................................................ 22
Chapter 4. Using Acronis True Image Echo Server ........................................... 23
4.1 Main program window ..................................................................................................... 23
4.2 Available operations ......................................................................................................... 25
Chapter 5. Creating backup archives ................................................................ 28
5.1 Backing up files and folders (file backup) ........................................................................... 28
5.2 Backing up disks and partitions (image backup) ................................................................. 32
5.3 Setting backup options ..................................................................................................... 34
5.3.1 Archive protection ..................................................................................................... 35
5.3.2 Source files exclusion ................................................................................................ 35
5.3.3 Pre/post commands .................................................................................................. 36
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5.3.4 Database support ...................................................................................................... 36
5.3.5 Compression level ..................................................................................................... 37
5.3.6 Backup performance ................................................................................................. 37
5.3.7 Fast incremental/differential backup ........................................................................... 38
5.3.8 Archive splitting ........................................................................................................ 39
5.3.9 File-level security settings .......................................................................................... 39
5.3.10 Media components .................................................................................................. 40
5.3.11 Error handling ......................................................................................................... 40
5.3.12 Dual destination backup ........................................................................................... 41
5.3.13 Additional settings ................................................................................................... 41
Chapter 6. Restoring the backup data .............................................................. 43
6.1 Considerations before recovery ......................................................................................... 43
6.1.1 Restore under Windows or boot from CD? ................................................................... 43
6.1.2 Network settings in rescue mode ................................................................................ 43
6.1.3 Recovering dynamic volumes ..................................................................................... 44
6.2 Restoring files and folders from file archives ...................................................................... 44
6.3 Restoring disks/partitions or files from images ................................................................... 47
6.3.1 Starting the Restore Data Wizard ................................................................................ 48
6.3.2 Archive selection ....................................................................................................... 48
6.3.3 Restoration type selection .......................................................................................... 48
6.3.4 Selecting a disk/partition to restore ............................................................................ 50
6.3.5 Restoring NT disk signature ....................................................................................... 50
6.3.6 Selecting a target disk/partition .................................................................................. 51
6.3.7 Changing the restored partition type ........................................................................... 52
6.3.8 Changing the restored partition file system .................................................................. 52
6.3.9 Changing the restored partition size and location ......................................................... 53
6.3.10 Assigning a letter to the restored partition ................................................................. 53
6.3.11 Restoring several disks or partitions at once .............................................................. 53
6.3.12 Using Acronis Universal Restore ................................................................................ 54
6.3.13 Setting restore options ............................................................................................. 55
6.3.14 Restoration summary and executing restoration ......................................................... 55
6.4 Setting restore options ..................................................................................................... 55
6.4.1 Files to exclude from restoration ................................................................................. 56
6.4.2 Files overwriting mode ............................................................................................... 56
6.4.3 Pre/post commands .................................................................................................. 56
6.4.4 Restoration priority .................................................................................................... 56
6.4.5 File-level security settings .......................................................................................... 56
6.4.6 Specifying mass storage drivers .................................................................................. 57
6.4.7 Additional settings ..................................................................................................... 57
6.4.8 Error handling ........................................................................................................... 58
6.5 Creating dynamic disks and volumes ................................................................................. 58
6.5.1 Creating dynamic volumes ......................................................................................... 59
Chapter 7. Scheduling tasks .............................................................................. 61
7.1 Creating scheduled tasks .................................................................................................. 61
7.1.1 Setting up daily execution .......................................................................................... 63
7.1.2 Setting up weekly execution ....................................................................................... 64
7.1.3 Setting up monthly execution ..................................................................................... 65
7.1.4 Setting up one-time execution .................................................................................... 65
7.1.5 Setting up event-driven execution .............................................................................. 66
7.2 Managing scheduled tasks ................................................................................................ 66
Chapter 8. Managing the Acronis Secure Zone ................................................. 68
8.1 Creating Acronis Secure Zone ........................................................................................... 68
8.2 Resizing the Acronis Secure Zone ...................................................................................... 70
8.3 Changing the password for Acronis Secure Zone ................................................................ 71
8.4 Managing backups in the Acronis Secure Zone ................................................................... 71
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