Acronis True Image 9.1 Server for Linux - User Guide - Manual (Page 65)

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Sets image type to incremental. If there is no a basic image file to append an incremental
one, a complete image will be created.
--split:size in MB
With --create, states that the image must be split into multiple files of the specified size
(in Mb).
--raw
Use this option to create an image of a disk (partition) with unrecognized or unsupported file
system. This will copy disk/partition contents sector-by-sector.
--type:active|primary|logical
Specifies the type of the partition to be restored.
--password:password
Protects an image with a password, while created, and specifies the image password, while
restored.
--serial-key:serial key
Specifies the Acronis True Image Server for Linux serial key. Note that you must enter any
command, --list, for example, along with the --serial-key (see example in 2.2).
11.1.2 Trueimagecmd usage examples
• This will list available partitions:
trueimagecmd --list
• This will create an image named backup.tib of partition 1-1:
trueimagecmd --partition:1-1 --filename:backup.tib \
--create
• This will create an incremental image of the partition above:
trueimagecmd --partition:1-1 --filename:backup.tib \
--create --incremental
• This will restore a partition from backup.tib:
trueimagecmd --partition:1-1 --filename:backup.tib \
--restore
11.2 Automatic image creation using cron service
As a rule, disk/partition images are created regularly, often daily. To automate this
operation, you can use the cron service familiar to many UNIX users.
As an example, let’s consider a situation where you (the system administrator) need to back
up one or more disk partitions regularly.
Use --list to obtain the necessary partition number: