Acronis Backup Advanced (Cloud) - User Guide - Manual (Page 4)

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This document explains how to use Acronis Backup Advanced for cloud backups by taking advantage
of the Acronis Cloud Backup service.
Acronis Backup Advanced enables you to manage backups of multiple machines using a single server
called Management Server. This server provides a single entry point to the backup infrastructure, as
well as the monitoring and reporting functionality. Setting up a backup of each individual server or
workstation is also possible.
This document contains an overview of Acronis Cloud Backup and step-by-step instructions for the
typical software installation and usage scenarios. The instructions are intended to help users who are
not familiar with Acronis Backup Advanced with their first cloud backups. For detailed information
about the functionality provided by Acronis Backup Advanced, please refer to the product help
system. Context-sensitive help is available in every program window by pressing F1.
1 Introduction to Acronis Cloud Backup
This section contains a brief overview of Acronis Cloud Backup and answers questions that may arise
during evaluation and usage of this product.
1.1 What is Acronis Cloud Backup?
Acronis Cloud Backup is a service that enables you to back up data to Acronis Cloud Storage. To use
this service, you need to buy a subscription that determines the amount of storage space reserved
for your backups (storage quota) and how long the cloud backup service will be available to you.
Examples of subscriptions:
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A 1 TB volume subscription means that you can back up data from an unlimited number of
physical and/or virtual machines, for a period of one year. The backups can occupy no more than
one terabyte.
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A subscription for PC means that you can back up data from a machine running a non-server
Windows operating system, for a period of one year. The storage quota is unlimited.
1.2 What data can I back up and recover?
You can back up files, volumes, disks, or the entire physical machine as often as you wish. Unlike
most cloud backup solutions, Acronis Cloud Backup enables bare metal recovery directly from the
cloud storage. Files can be recovered from disk-level backups as well as from file-level backups.
For information about backing up virtual machines see "How do I back up virtual machines to the
cloud storage?" (p. 5)
1.3 How long will my backups be kept in the cloud
storage?
Your backups remain in the cloud storage until you delete them or until the subscription expires.
Recovering data from the cloud storage is possible for 30 days following the subscription expiration
date.
For effective use of the storage space, you have the option to set up the "Delete backups older than"
retention rule.