Acronis Backup for Windows Server Essentials - User Guide User Manual
Acronis backup advanced version 11.5 update 5, User guide
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Table of contents
Document Outline
- 1 Introducing Acronis Backup
- 1.1 What's new in Update 5
- 1.2 What's new in Update 4
- 1.3 What's new in Update 3
- 1.4 What's new in Update 2
- 1.5 What's new in Update 1
- 1.6 What's new in Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5
- 1.7 Acronis Backup components
- 1.8 About using the product in the trial mode
- 1.9 Supported file systems
- 1.10 Technical Support
- 2 Getting started
- 3 Understanding Acronis Backup
- 3.1 Owners
- 3.2 Credentials used in backup plans and tasks
- 3.3 User privileges on a managed machine
- 3.4 List of Acronis services
- 3.5 Full, incremental and differential backups
- 3.6 What does a disk or volume backup store?
- 3.7 About dynamic and logical volumes
- 3.8 Support for Advanced Format (4K-sector) hard disks
- 3.9 Support for UEFI-based machines
- 3.10 Support for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012
- 3.11 Compatibility with encryption software
- 3.12 Support for SNMP
- 4 Backup
- 4.1 Back up now
- 4.2 Creating a backup plan
- 4.2.1 Selecting data to back up
- 4.2.2 Access credentials for source
- 4.2.3 Source files exclusion
- 4.2.4 Backup location selection
- 4.2.5 Access credentials for archive location
- 4.2.6 Backup schemes
- 4.2.7 Archive validation
- 4.2.8 Backup plan's credentials
- 4.2.9 Label (Preserving machine properties in a backup)
- 4.2.10 Sequence of operations in a backup plan
- 4.2.11 Why is the program asking for the password?
- 4.3 Simplified naming of backup files
- 4.3.1 The [DATE] variable
- 4.3.2 Backup splitting and simplified file naming
- 4.3.3 Usage examples
- 4.3.3.1 Example 1. Daily backup replacing the old one
- 4.3.3.2 Example 2. Daily full backups with a date stamp
- 4.3.3.3 Example 3. Hourly backups within a day
- 4.3.3.4 Example 4. Daily full backups with daily drive swaps
- 4.3.3.5 Example 5. Daily backups with weekly drive swaps
- 4.3.3.6 Example 6. Backups within working hours
- 4.4 Scheduling
- 4.5 Replication and retention of backups
- 4.5.1 Supported locations
- 4.5.2 Setting up replication of backups
- 4.5.3 Setting up retention of backups
- 4.5.4 Retention rules for the Custom scheme
- 4.5.5 Usage examples
- 4.5.5.1 Example 1. Replicating backups to a network folder
- 4.5.5.2 Example 2. Limiting the age and total size of stored backups
- 4.5.5.3 Example 3. Replicating backups to the cloud storage
- 4.5.5.4 Example 4. Moving older backups to tapes
- 4.5.5.5 Example 5. Backing up to tapes within a narrow backup window
- 4.6 How to disable backup cataloging
- 4.7 Default backup options
- 4.7.1 Additional settings
- 4.7.2 Archive protection
- 4.7.3 Backup cataloging
- 4.7.4 Backup performance
- 4.7.5 Backup splitting
- 4.7.6 Compression level
- 4.7.7 Disaster recovery plan (DRP)
- 4.7.8 E-mail notifications
- 4.7.9 Error handling
- 4.7.10 Event tracing
- 4.7.11 Fast incremental/differential backup
- 4.7.12 File-level backup snapshot
- 4.7.13 File-level security
- 4.7.14 LVM snapshotting
- 4.7.15 Media components
- 4.7.16 Mount points
- 4.7.17 Multi-volume snapshot
- 4.7.18 Pre/Post commands
- 4.7.19 Pre/Post data capture commands
- 4.7.20 Replication/cleanup inactivity time
- 4.7.21 Sector-by-sector backup
- 4.7.22 Tape management
- 4.7.23 Task failure handling
- 4.7.24 Task start conditions
- 4.7.25 Volume Shadow Copy Service
- 5 Recovery
- 5.1 Creating a recovery task
- 5.2 Recovering BIOS-based systems to UEFI-based and vice versa
- 5.3 Acronis Active Restore
- 5.4 Bootability troubleshooting
- 5.5 Reverting a Windows system to its factory settings
- 5.6 Default recovery options
- 6 Conversion to a virtual machine
- 7 Storing the backed up data
- 7.1 Vaults
- 7.2 Acronis Secure Zone
- 7.3 Removable devices
- 7.4 Tape devices
- 7.4.1 What is a tape device?
- 7.4.2 Overview of tape support
- 7.4.3 Getting started with a tape device
- 7.4.3.1 Backing up a machine to a directly attached tape device
- 7.4.3.2 Backing up to a tape device attached to a storage node
- 7.4.3.3 Recovering under an operating system from a tape device
- 7.4.3.4 Recovering under bootable media from a locally attached tape device
- 7.4.3.5 Recovering under bootable media from a tape device attached to a storage node
- 7.4.4 Tape management
- 7.4.5 Vaults on tapes
- 7.4.6 Usage examples
- 7.5 Storage nodes
- 8 Operations with archives and backups
- 9 Bootable media
- 10 Disk management
- 10.1 Supported file systems
- 10.2 Basic precautions
- 10.3 Running Acronis Disk Director Lite
- 10.4 Choosing the operating system for disk management
- 10.5 "Disk management" view
- 10.6 Disk operations
- 10.7 Volume operations
- 10.8 Pending operations
- 11 Protecting applications with disk-level backup
- 12 Protecting Microsoft SQL Server with single-pass backup
- 13 Protecting Microsoft Active Directory with single-pass backup
- 14 Administering a managed machine
- 14.1 Backup plans and tasks
- 14.2 Log
- 14.3 Alerts
- 14.4 Changing a license
- 14.5 Collecting system information
- 14.6 Adjusting machine options
- 15 Centralized management
- 15.1 Understanding centralized management
- 15.1.1 Basic concepts
- 15.1.2 Privileges for centralized management
- 15.1.2.1 Types of connection to a managed machine
- 15.1.2.2 Privileges for local connection
- 15.1.2.3 Privileges for remote connection in Windows
- 15.1.2.4 Requirements on User Account Control (UAC)
- 15.1.2.5 Privileges for remote connection in Linux
- 15.1.2.6 Acronis security groups
- 15.1.2.7 Management server administrator rights
- 15.1.3 Communication between Acronis Backup components
- 15.2 Back up now
- 15.3 Creating a centralized backup plan
- 15.4 Administering Acronis Backup Management Server
- 15.5 Configuring Acronis Backup components
- 15.1 Understanding centralized management
- 16 Cloud backup
- 16.1 Introduction to Acronis Cloud Backup
- 16.1.1 What is Acronis Cloud Backup?
- 16.1.2 What data can I back up and recover?
- 16.1.3 How long will my backups be kept in the cloud storage?
- 16.1.4 How do I secure my data?
- 16.1.5 How do I back up virtual machines to the cloud storage?
- 16.1.6 Supported operating systems and virtualization products
- 16.1.7 Backup and recovery FAQ
- 16.1.7.1 What backup methods are available?
- 16.1.7.2 What recovery methods are available?
- 16.1.7.3 Is the cloud storage available under Acronis bootable media?
- 16.1.7.4 What if a network connection is lost during cloud backup or recovery?
- 16.1.7.5 What happens if I run out of space?
- 16.1.7.6 What is the cleanup task for?
- 16.1.7.7 How do I make a recovered machine recognize its subscription?
- 16.1.8 Initial Seeding FAQ
- 16.1.8.1 What is Initial Seeding?
- 16.1.8.2 Why would I want to use Initial Seeding?
- 16.1.8.3 Is Initial Seeding a paid service?
- 16.1.8.4 What types of hard drive can I use for Initial Seeding?
- 16.1.8.5 Can I send more than one backup under a single Initial Seeding license?
- 16.1.8.6 Can I send backups taken from a number of machines on a single hard drive?
- 16.1.8.7 How to buy an Initial Seeding license?
- 16.1.8.8 How do I perform initial seeding?
- 16.1.8.9 How to package a hard drive for shipment?
- 16.1.8.10 How do I track an Initial Seeding order status?
- 16.1.9 Large Scale Recovery FAQ
- 16.1.9.1 What is Large Scale Recovery?
- 16.1.9.2 Why would I use Large Scale Recovery?
- 16.1.9.3 Do I need to perform initial seeding to be able to use Large Scale Recovery?
- 16.1.9.4 Is Large Scale Recovery a paid service?
- 16.1.9.5 Can I perform large scale recovery on a different machine?
- 16.1.9.6 Can I obtain backups taken from a number of machines on a single hard drive?
- 16.1.9.7 How to buy a Large Scale Recovery license?
- 16.1.9.8 How do I track a Large Scale Recovery order status?
- 16.1.9.9 How to perform large scale recovery?
- 16.1.10 Subscription lifecycle FAQ
- 16.1.10.1 How do I access my account management webpage?
- 16.1.10.2 Where do I find the subscriptions that I purchased?
- 16.1.10.3 When does my subscription begin?
- 16.1.10.4 What happens when my subscription expires?
- 16.1.10.5 How do I renew a subscription?
- 16.1.10.6 What is the “Group” column for?
- 16.1.10.7 Can I revoke a subscription from a machine?
- 16.1.10.8 Can I cancel my subscription?
- 16.2 Where do I start?
- 16.3 Choosing a subscription
- 16.4 Activating cloud backup subscriptions
- 16.5 Configuring proxy settings
- 16.6 Retrieving files from the cloud storage by using a web browser
- 16.7 Limitations of the cloud storage
- 16.8 Terminology reference
- 16.1 Introduction to Acronis Cloud Backup
- 17 Glossary
- Acronis Active Restore
- Acronis Plug-in for WinPE
- Acronis Secure Zone
- Acronis Startup Recovery Manager (ASRM)
- Activity
- Agent (Acronis Backup Agent)
- Archive
- Backup
- Backup archive (Archive)
- Backup operation
- Backup options
- Backup plan (Plan)
- Backup scheme
- Bootable agent
- Bootable media
- Built-in group
- Cataloging
- Centralized backup plan
- Centralized management
- Centralized task
- Centralized vault
- Cleanup
- Console (Acronis Backup Management Console)
- Consolidation
- Data catalog
- Deduplicating vault
- Deduplication
- Differential backup
- Direct management
- Disaster recovery plan (DRP)
- Disk backup (Image)
- Disk group
- Dynamic disk
- Dynamic group
- Dynamic volume
- Encrypted archive
- Encrypted vault
- Export
- Full backup
- GFS (Grandfather-Father-Son)
- Image
- Incremental backup
- Indexing
- Local backup plan
- Local task
- Logical volume
- Machine
- Managed machine
- Managed vault
- Management server (Acronis Backup Management Server)
- Media builder
- Personal vault
- Plan
- Recovery point
- Registered machine
- Registration
- Replenishable pool
- Replication
- Retention rules
- Single-pass backup
- Static group
- Storage node (Acronis Backup Storage Node)
- Task
- Tower of Hanoi
- Unmanaged vault
- Validation
- Vault
- Virtual machine
- WinPE (Windows Preinstallation Environment)