Acronis True Image 9.1 Server for Linux - User Guide User Manual

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Creating backup archives under X Window System

The “farther” you store the archive from the original partition, the safer it will be in case of

data damage. For example, saving the archive to another hard disk will protect your data if
the primary disk is damaged. Data saved to a network disk, ftp-server or removable media

will survive even if all your local hard disks are down. In addition to NFS, Acronis True

Image Server for Linux supports the SMBFS network file system.

Please check, that the network backup node is accessible for Acronis True Image Server for Linux Rescue
CD Network Browser, otherwise you cannot restore images stored on this node.

An FTP server must allow passive mode for file transfers. To enable data recovery directly from FTP
server split the archive to files no more than 2 Gb in size.

You can also use Acronis Secure Zone (see details in

3.3 Acronis Secure Zone) for storing

backups. In that case, you need not provide the file name.

7. Click Next.

8. Select whether you want to create a full, incremental or differential backup. If you have

not backed up the selected disks/partitions yet, or the full archive seems too old to append

incremental changes to it, choose full backup. Otherwise it is recommended that you create

an incremental or differential backup (see

3.2 Full, inc emental and differential backups).

9. Click Next.

10. Select the backup options (that is, backup file splitting, compression level, password
protection, pre/post backup commands etc.). You may Use default options or Set the

options manually. If the latter is the case, the settings will be applied only to the current

backup task. Alternatively, you can edit the default options from the current screen. Then

your settings will be saved as default. See

5.3 Setting backup options for more information.

11. Click Next.

12. Provide a comment for the archive. This can help prevent you from restoring the wrong
disk/partition. However, you can choose not to make any notes. The backup file size and