Acronis Backup for PC - User Guide - Manual (Page 9)

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Basic support for Windows 8 (p. 30)
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Install Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 in Windows 8.
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Boot a machine from bootable media that is based on WinPE 4.
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Use bootable media on a machine where UEFI Secure Boot is enabled.
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Back up and recover storage spaces.
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Back up and recover (at a disk level) volumes where the Data Deduplication feature is enabled.
Other
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Completely disable backup cataloging (p. 76).
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Save a Disaster Recovery Plan (p. 84) to a local or network folder, in addition to sending it via
e-mail.
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Enable VSS Full backup (p. 97) to truncate logs of VSS-aware applications after a disk-level
backup.
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Boot a UEFI machine from bootable media that is based on 64-bit WinPE (p. 168).
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Add the %description% variable (the description shown in system properties of a Windows
machine) to the e-mail notification subject (p. 85).
1.6 What's new in Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5
The following is a summary of the product's new features and enhancements.
Support for various types of storage
Acronis Online Backup Storage
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Replicating or moving backups to Acronis Online Backup Storage (p. 75).
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The Grandfather-Father-Son and Tower of Hanoi backup schemes are now available when
backing up to Acronis Online Backup Storage.
Bootable media
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New Linux kernel version (3.4.5) in Linux-based bootable media. The new kernel makes for better
hardware support.
Usability
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Support for 800x600 screen resolution.
1.7 Acronis Backup components
This section contains a list of Acronis Backup components with a brief description of their
functionality.
Components for a managed machine (agents)
These are applications that perform data backup, recovery and other operations on the machines
managed with Acronis Backup. Agents require a license to perform operations on each managed
machine.
Console
The console provides Graphical User Interface to the agents. Usage of the console is not licensed. The
console is installed together with the agent and cannot be disconnected from it.