Acronis Backup for Linux Server - User Guide - Manual (Page 208)

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Management server (Acronis Backup Management Server)
A central server that drives data protection within the enterprise network. Acronis Backup
Management Server provides the administrator with:
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a single entry point to the Acronis Backup infrastructure
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an easy way to protect data on numerous machines (p. 207) using centralized backup plans (p.
201) and grouping
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enterprise-wide monitoring and reporting functionality
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the ability to create centralized vaults (p. 201) for storing enterprise backup archives (p. 199)
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the ability to manage storage nodes (p. 209)
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the centralized catalog (p. 202) of all data stored on the storage nodes.
If there are multiple management servers on the network, they operate independently, manage
different machines and use different centralized vaults for storing archives.
Media builder
A dedicated tool for creating bootable media (p. 200).
P
Personal vault
A local or networked vault (p. 210) created using direct management (p. 203). Once a personal vault
is created, a shortcut to it appears on the managed machine in the Vaults list. Multiple machines can
use the same physical location; for example, a network share; as a personal vault.
Plan
See Backup plan (p. 199).
R
Recovery point
Date and time to which the backed-up data can be reverted.
Registered machine
A machine (p. 207) managed by a management server (p. 207). A machine can be registered on only
one management server at a time. A machine becomes registered as a result of the registration (p.
208) procedure.
Registration
A procedure that adds a managed machine (p. 207) to a management server (p. 207).
Registration sets up a trust relationship between the agent (p. 199) residing on the machine and the
server. During registration, the console retrieves the management server's client certificate and
passes it to the agent which uses it later to authenticate clients attempting to connect. This helps
prevent any attempts by network attackers from establishing a fake connection on behalf of a
trusted principal (the management server).