Acronis True Image Echo Server for Windows - User Guide - Manual (Page 74)

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Chapter 10. Operations with archives
10.1 Validating backup archives
You can check the integrity of an archive to be certain that the archive is not damaged.
Here’s how to run a one-time validation task. For how to schedule regular archive
validation, see
7.1 Creating scheduled tasks.
1. To start the Backup Archive Validation Wizard, select Validate Backup Archive
in the main window or in the Tools group or click Validate Backup Archive on the
toolbar.
2. Select the archive to validate. If the archive is located in Acronis Secure Zone, select it
to choose the archive at the next step.
3. Click Proceed to launch the validation procedure. After the validation is complete, you
will see the results window. You can cancel checking by clicking Cancel.
You must have all incremental and differential backups belonging to the archive and the
initial full backup to check archive data integrity. If any successive backups are missing,
validation is not possible.
10.2 Exploring archives and mounting images
Acronis True Image Echo Server offers two kinds of archive contents management:
mounting for images and exploring for both images and file-level archives.
Archives located on an FTP server cannot be explored or mounted.
Both operations are performed through the Backup Archives category.
Exploring images and file-level archives lets you view their contents and copy the
selected files to the hard disk.
Mounting images as virtual drives lets you access them as though they were physical
drives. This means that: