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2. Chapter 8 Scheduling tasks Acronis True Image Enterprise Server allows you to schedule periodic backup tasks Doing so will give you peace of mind knowing that your data are safe You can create more than one independently scheduled task For example you can back up your current project daily and back up the application disk once a week All the scheduled tasks appear in the Active Tasks area of the main window You can start stop edit delete and rename the scheduled tasks 8 1 Creating scheduled tasks 1 To invoke the Schedule Task Wizard click on its icon on the Active Tasks toolbar or select Operations gt Schedule Task from the main menu 2 Click Next 3 Configure a backup task in the usual way see Chapter 6 Creating backup archives f you choose to create the backup archive on a network drive you will have to enter a user name and a password for network access 4 Set the task execution periodicity Schedule Task Wizard Start Parameters Select when you would like this task to be started Perform this task O When my computer starts O Daily when I log on Weekly When my computer shuts down C Monthly when I log off One time only Fi Description Do not start the task automatically Note that you will be able to start this task manually e Do not start automatically the task will be saved but not launched automatically You will be able to launch it later by clicking the start b
3. Click Show tasks gt Manage then follow the Wizard s instructions See details in Chapter 8 Scheduling tasks e Set up backup restore options such as _ system network resources usage before after backup commands etc Click Remote Computer Options select Default backup options or Default restoration options and make settings See details in 6 3 Setting backup options and 7 4 Setting restore options e Validate backup archives wherever they reside be it local network or removable media Click Validate Backup Archive then follow the Wizard s instructions See details in 1 1 Validating backup archives e Set up sending notifications about Acronis True Image Agent operation and tracing this operation in Windows Application Event Log Click Remote Computer Options select Notifications or Event tracing and make settings See details in 21 2 Operation results notification and 11 4 Event tracing e Browse logs of Acronis True Image Agent operation Click Show log See details in 11 3 Viewing logs e Manage Acronis Secure Zone Click Manage Acronis Secure Zone then follow the Wizard s instructions See details in Chapter 9 Managing Acronis Secure Zone e Activate Acronis Startup Recovery Manager Click Activate Acronis Startup Recovery Manager then follow the Wizard s instructions See details in 3 4 Acronis Startup Recovery Manager e Update the remote agent Click Update the remote agent then follow the Wizard s in
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5. 108 19 2 SCRIPTING EE 108 15 2 1 Script execution parameters eos iare ertis e iaeoe eera a ie obea rne Ee eaae SE S 108 EIERE ceine eee i a a Seats a apes tee Eaa Eet i Ea esea EE 109 13 23 EE 109 6 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 Acronis True Image Enterprise Server a complete solution for corporate users You have come to rely on your servers to run your business and retain key enterprise data Acronis True Image Enterprise Server provides comprehensive reliable and cost effective system protection and recovery for systems and entire networks With Acronis True Image Enterprise Server you have peace of mind knowing you are protected and can recover from any situation Minimizes downtime Acronis True Image Enterprise Server enables you to restore systems in minutes not hours or days An entire system can be restored from an image that includes everything the system needs to run the operating system applications databases and configurations No reinstallation or reconfiguration is required Moreover complete system restoration can be performed to an existing system or to a new system with different hardware or to virtual machines With the new Acronis Snap Restore feature users can access a system during restore further decreasing downtime File based backups provide you with the flexibility to only backup specific critical files Eases Administration Wizards guide users throug
6. Disk Clone Wizard Nonempty Destination Hard Disk You have chosen a destination hard disk that already contains some partitions The destination drive you have chosen contains some partitions that might have useful data Hard disk cloning is possible only if the destination hard disk is empty In order to proceed with the cloning you should either allow Acronis True Image to delete all the partitions on the destination hard disk or press Back and choose another destination hard disk O Delete partitions on the destination hard disk Description Keep the destination hard disk partitions and data You should choose another destination hard disk Cem Je Coe You will have to select between e Delete partitions on the destination hard disk all existing partitions will be deleted during cloning and all their data will be lost e No I do not want to delete partitions no existing partition will be deleted discontinuing the cloning operation You will only be able to cancel this operation and return to select another disk To continue select the first choice and click Next Note that no real changes or data destruction will be performed at this time For now the program will just map out cloning All changes will be implemented only when you click Proceed 13 3 5 Old and new disk partition layout If you selected the automatic mode before the program will ask you for nothing further You will see the window grap
7. it is not necessary to create an image with the option you can restore any image to different hardware 2 Acronis Universal Restore allows the user to exactly specify drivers during restore enabling their maximum compatibility with the hardware 3 Acronis Universal Restore does not strip security identifier SID and user profile settings This means that you will not need to re join your domain or re map network user profiles after a restore 4 Acronis Universal Restore supports a driver repository to centrally store all drivers so users don t need to go looking for them Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 23 3 8 Using dynamic disks and volumes Acronis True Image Enterprise Server supports Windows LDM also called Dynamic Disks However as dynamic disks are organized differently than basic physical disk drives their backup has some peculiar features You can create an image of the entire dynamic disk or one or more dynamic volumes This is because a dynamic volume is located on several dynamic disks so a partial backup would not create a usable image The current version of the software is not capable of changing the volume size and file system when an image is being restored to a dynamic volume However this is possible when you restore a dynamic volume to a basic disk partition When you create a dynamic volume image its type information simple mirror and the like is lost so the restoration is performed i
8. If you are going to keep it for data storage you can create a new partition layout on it In this case the disk will be ready right after cloning is complete To protect yourself from unforeseen consequences it would be better to leave the old disk data intact as you will be able to delete it later 13 3 7 Destroying the old disk data If you elected to destroy the old disk data in the previous step you will have to select the destruction method now e Quick quick one pass destruction e Normal multipass destruction Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 95 Disk Clone Wizard Destroying Parameters Choose data destroying parameters The more passes you choose the more secure the data destroying procedure is Please note that increasing the number of passes results in slower destruction processing Acronis True Image does not offer the most secure methods for data wiping available from Acronis You should use the Acronis DriveCleanser for advanced data wiping There are two methods available in Acronis True Image Select the appropriate method Quick Normal Description Choose this method For quick data wiping The sectors will be zeroed in one pass The second method takes more time but makes it impossible to recover data afterwards even with special equipment The first method is less secure but is still suitable for most cases 13 3 8 Selecting partition transfer method Acronis True Image Ent
9. User s Guide Acronis True Image 9 1 Enterprise Server 4 Acronis Compute with confidence Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 All rights reserved Acronis Acronis Compute with Confidence Acronis Snap Restore Acronis Recovery Manager Acronis Secure Zone and the Acronis logo are trademarks of Acronis Inc Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds Windows and MS DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation All other trademarks and copyrights referred to are the property of their respective owners Distribution of substantively modified versions of this document is prohibited without the explicit permission of the copyright holder Distribution of this work or derivative work in any standard paper book form for commercial purposes is prohibited unless prior permission is obtained from the copyright holder DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED AS IS AND ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED CONDITIONS REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON INFRINGEMENT ARE DISCLAIMED EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH DISCLAIMERS ARE HELD TO BE LEGALLY INVALID 2 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT BY ACCEPTING YOU ORIGINAL PURCHASER INDICATE YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO ACCEPT THE PRODUCT UNDER THESE TERMS YOU CAN CHOOSE NOT TO ACCEPT BY SELECTING I decline AN
10. You can specify commands or batch files to be automatically executed before and after the backup procedure For example you may want to remove some tmp files from the disk before starting backup or configure a third party antivirus product to be started each time before the backup starts Click Edit to open the Edit Command window where you can easily input the command its arguments and working directory or browse folders to find a batch file 52 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 Unchecking the Do not perform operations until the commands execution is complete box checked by default will permit the backup process to run concurrently with your commands execution 6 3 4 Database support Database servers such as MS SQL Server and MS Exchange prove to be troublesome to backup partially due to open files and indexes and partially due to rapid data changes Therefore many system administrators prefer to suspend the database at the backup capturing the Snapshot moment 1 Volume Shadow Copy Service Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service VSS provides the infrastructure for backup on running systems by keeping up coordination between user applications that update data on disk and backup applications VSS is available in Microsoft Windows XP and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 operating systems If your database is compatible with Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service VSS then checking the Enable VSS support box in Database suppo
11. FireWire IEEE 1394 and PC card storage devices e ZIP Jaz and other removable media an FTP server must allow passive mode for file transfers Data recovery directly from FTP server requires the archive to consist of files no more than 2 Gb in size requires third party DVD recording software to be installed 1 5 Technical support Users of legally purchased copies of Acronis True Image Enterprise Server are entitled to free technical support from Acronis If you experience problems installing or using Acronis Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 11 products that you can t solve yourself by using this guide then please contact Acronis Technical Support More information about contacting Acronis Technical Support is available at the following link http www acronis com enterprise support 12 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 Chapter 2 Acronis True Image Enterprise Server installation and starting 2 1 Installing Acronis True Image Enterprise Server components To install Acronis True Image Enterprise Server components e run the Acronis True Image Enterprise Server setup file e in the Install Menu select the program to install Acronis True Image Management Console Acronis True Image Agent for Windows Acronis Backup Server Acronis True Image Group Server or Acronis True Image Enterprise Server local version e follow the Install Wizard instructions on the screen RK Install Acronis
12. Using Acronis Universal Restore you are able to restore image of a system volume on any computer regardless of hardware configuration it has Also you can use specified system drivers during restoration CH Do not use Acronis Universal Restore Description ee Use this option if you want to restore your system partition from a backup image that was created using dissimilar hardware For example a different CPU motherboard and so on Acronis Universal Restore technology will manage all issues involving hardware compatibility and drivers 2 Click Next 3 You can specify a path to the driver repository a folder or folders on a network drive or CD where the program will search for drivers Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 67 Restore Data Wizard Driver Search Location You can specify additional driver storage place Drivers for devices which are found during data recovery using Acronis Universal Restore will be searched in the Folders and subfolders specified in the field below If no place is specified then drivers for found devices will be searched in a Windows driver Folder WACROSRVielenaliVarious R S B Add F Edt B Remove All 4 Click Next 5 If you know which drivers will fit for the new hardware add them to the drivers list in the next window You can add HAL and hard disk controller drivers Drivers for devices sound cards network adapters video cards etc will be found by Windows it
13. until data transfer is completed Nevertheless we do not recommend that you delete data from the old disk until you are sure it is correctly transferred to the new disk the server boots up from it and all applications work 13 3 Executing transfers 13 3 1 Selecting Clone mode You will see the Clone mode window just after the welcome window Disk Clone Wizard CH Clone Mode You can choose between either fully automated or manual clone modes Kom Select the hard disk clone mode You can find the description of your selection below Press Next when ready to proceed O Manual Description Automatic mode is used For hard disk cloning All your partitions from the old hard disk will be copied to the new one in few simple steps and make your new hard disk bootable All your partitions will be automatically resized to fit the new hard disk Note that you have to remove the old hard disk when data moving is completed Suitable for most users We recommend using automatic mode in most cases The manual mode can be useful if you need to change the disk partition layout If the program finds two disks one partitioned and another unpartitioned it will automatically recognize the source disk as the partitioned disk and the destination disk as the unpartitioned disk so the next two steps will be bypassed 13 3 2 Selecting source disk If the program finds several partitioned disks it will ask you which is the source i e the
14. 6 Creating backup archives and Chapter 7 Restoring the backup data e Schedule backup operations Click the very left button on a tasks pane toolbar then follow the Wizard s instructions See details in Chapter 8 Scheduling tasks e Set up backup restore options such as _ system network resources usage before after backup commands etc Select Tools gt Options gt Default backup options or Default restoration options and make settings See details in 6 3 Setting backup options and 7 4 Setting restore options e Validate backup archives wherever they reside be it local network or removable media Click Validate Backup Archive then follow the Wizard s instructions See details in 71 1 Validating backup archives e Set up sending notifications about Acronis True Image Enterprise Server operation and tracing this operation in Windows Application Event Log Select Tools gt Options gt Notifications or Event tracing and make settings See details in 21 2 Operation results notification and 11 4 Event tracing e Browse logs of Acronis True Image Enterprise Server operation Click the very right button on a tasks pane toolbar at the bottom of the window See details in 11 3 Viewing logs e Manage Acronis Secure Zone Click Manage Acronis Secure Zone then follow the Wizard s instructions See details in Chapter 9 Managing Acronis Secure Zone e Activate Acronis Startup Recovery Manager Click Activate Acronis Sta
15. A single command can be specified in the same window along with its arguments and working directory It is critical to note that these commands as opposed to Pre post commands above will be executed before and after data capture process which takes seconds while the entire backup procedure may take quite long time Therefore the database idle time will be minimal Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 53 Before after data capture commands can also be used for purposes different from suspending the database especially if VSS support is enabled You may want to suspend an application other than database for example The commands execution and the VSS actions will be sequenced as follows before commands gt VSS Suspend gt data capture gt VSS Resume gt after commands Unchecking the Do not perform operations until the commands execution is complete box checked by default will permit the backup process to run concurrently with your commands execution 6 3 5 Compression level The default setting Normal If you select None the data will be copied without any compression which may significantly increase the backup file size However if you select Maximum compression the backup will take longer to create The optimal data compression level depends on the type of files stored in the archive For example even maximum compression will not significantly reduce the archive size if the archive contains e
16. AND VOLUMES ssossseseosesseseseesesresereretsesseresstsessesereesesssssreoetsssseneotessssesereeeesesserenee 24 3 9 BACKING UP TO TAPE DRIVE 24 3 10 VIEWING DISK AND PARTITION INFORMATION 25 CHAPTER 4 USING ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE MANAGEMENT CONSOLE scssscssssssssscesssscsssees 26 4 1 GENERAL INFORMATION NENNEN EES dE Eed 26 4 2 INSTALLING UPDATING ACRONIS COMPONENTS ON A REMOTE MACHINE ssssssenssseesssereesessssereeresseserersese 26 4 3 MANAGING A SINGLE REMOTE COMPUTER 27 4 3 1 Connecting to a remote compute ussiisa ea AE aE AROA EEN EA ENEE e aKa 27 4 3 2 Backup and recovery tasksirian sacs ses in aa EE S E E AEE EREA E A AE EE 28 4 4 MANAGING GROUPS OF COMPUTERS 29 4 4 1 Group server management s arana a AA EEE a R A O O EE EA OE OORTE 29 4 4 2 Creating new group backup tasks ososeesssesseeseeeseeeeseeereesersesersrrseeressereeeseseesreseeressereesseseeereseerenserresees 31 4 4 3 Group tasks management Vv ievieciscesssedecoiats se ceines secestee deed n EAE EEEE ENEE NENNEN 33 4 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 4 5 MANAGING BACKUP SERVER sssesesssssesesesesesessssssstseetetetst eretet seste e eE eee EEEE E EESE S EEEE EE EREEREER EEE EE EEEE E EEE EEEE EEEE esee 33 ENEE 34 4 5 2 Set up Administrator PFOPUES c ssisesdeeriesceossssesseicsicsenpsisaasogsisnsseesaneaseseden steodaseudensise seen iasusdessbeecbesbasessen 35 4 5 3 Adding Users and Administrators to Acronis Backup Server database
17. Acronis product including Rescue Media Builder installed on the same computer gt gt If you have chosen not to install the Bootable Media Builder during Acronis True Image Enterprise Server installation you will not be able to use this feature 1 Click Create Bootable Rescue Media on the toolbar or the sidebar or select Create Bootable Rescue Media from the Tools menu You can also run the Bootable Rescue Media Builder without loading Acronis True Image Enterprise Server by selecting Programs gt Acronis gt True Image gt Bootable Rescue Media Builder from the Start menu 2 Select which components of Acronis programs you want to place on the bootable media 80 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 s Acronis Media Builder E E Rescue Media Contents Selection dia After the media created you willbe the media e ER Acronis Bootable Agent Full version EI ol EI Acronis True Image Enterprise Server EI 2 Acronis True Image Enterprise Server Full version rake Acronis True Image Enterprise Server Safe version Version 9 1 3337 Language english This version includes drivers For USB PC Card SCSI hard disks and is strongly recommended Booting your PC From the Acronis Bootable Agent media will enable access to a remote computer From the management console The component requires space 16 67 MB ell lt Back JI vc Il Gand Acronis True Image Enterprise
18. Server components 2 4 1 Running Acronis True Image Enterprise Server local version You can run Acronis True Image Enterprise Server in Windows by selecting Start gt Programs gt Acronis gt Acronis True Image Enterprise Server gt Acronis True Image Enterprise Server or clicking on the appropriate shortcut on the desktop If your operating system does not load for some reason you can run Acronis Startup Recovery Manager However this must be activated prior to use see 3 4 Acronis Startup Recovery Manager to learn more about this procedure To run the program press F11 during server bootup when you see a corresponding message that tells you to press that key Acronis True Image Enterprise Server will be run in the standalone mode allowing you to recover the damaged partitions If your disk data is totally corrupted and you cannot boot or if you have not activated Acronis Startup Recovery Manager load the standalone Acronis True Image Enterprise Server version from the bootable media supplied with the retail box or created by you using Rescue Media Builder or RIS server Then you will be able to restore the disk from its previously created image 2 4 2 Running Acronis True Image Management Console To run Acronis True mage Management Console select Start gt Programs gt Acronis gt Acronis True Image Management Console gt Acronis True Image Management Console 2 5 Removing Acronis True Image Enterprise Serve
19. Server offers the following components e Acronis True Image Enterprise Server full version Includes support of USB PC Card and SCSI interfaces along with the storage devices connected via them therefore is highly recommended e Acronis True Image Enterprise Server safe version Does not include USB PC Card or SCSI drivers Recommended for use in case of problems with running Full version e Acronis Bootable Agent full version The bootable version of Acronis True Image Agent This component is designed to provide unattended restores from remote locations To find more about components of other Acronis products see the respective user guides 3 Select the type of bootable media CD R RW or 3 5 diskettes to create If your BIOS has this feature you can create other bootable media such as removable USB flash drives You can also choose to create a bootable disk ISO image or save bootable data on the RIS server Having created an ISO disk image you will be able to burn it onto any kind of DVD recordable using DVD recording software Creating a bootable DVD directly from Bootable Media Builder is impossible When using 3 5 diskettes you will be able to write on a diskette or a set of the diskettes only one component at a time for example Acronis True Image Enterprise Server To write another component start Bootable Media Builder once again Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 81 s Acronis Media Builde
20. This utility is also used to monitor backup progress TruelmageTerminal execution parameters TrueImageTerminal exe arguments Arguments include the following help outputs help information about TruelmageTerminal exe parameters progress outputs progress of backup operations run either from Acronis True Image Enterprise Server graphics user interface or from the script execute script file name executes a script If there are several scripts to be executed they are queued An example for executing MyBackup tis script TrueImageTerminal exe execute C MyBackup tis nowait an optional script execution argument Enables to terminate Truel mageTerminal before backup is finished Example TrueImageTerminal execute C MyBackup tis nowait By pressing Ctrl C you can force backup progress output off and switch TruelmageTerminal to background operation You can terminate backup operation executed by TruelmageTerminal by pressing Ctrl B 108 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 15 2 2 Script structure Scripts are written in the XML language and you can use the following tags Source Specifies the partitions or disks to be imaged Letters assigned to partitions must be used without colon Disk numbers correspond to their system numbers To create images of several partitions or disks use the SOURCE tag for each of them e g lt source letter C gt lt source letter
21. Time Last Result Gy Current backup operation 12 00 00 A 12 00 00 A Sunday February 26 2006 7 16 48 PM FR Operation in progress 23 In Acronis True Image Enterprise Server local version you can adjust the backup process priority To do so click on the process icon in the System Tray and select Low Normal or High priority from the appearing menu How to set the default priority see in 6 3 6 Backup performance 18 You may want to see the log when the task is completed To view the log click the Show Operation Logs button on the toolbar SS If you burn an archive to several removable media be sure to number them since you will Se have to insert them in order during the restoration 6 2 Backing up disks and partitions image backup 1 Invoke the Create Backup Wizard by clicking on the backup operation icon in the main program window 2 Click Next 3 Select The entire disk contents or individual partition and click Next 4 Select disks or partitions to back up You can select a random set of disks and partitions Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 49 Create Backup Wizard Partitions Selection You can create an image of selected partitions or an entire hard disk drive Please select the partitions or entire hard disk drives Partition Flags Capacity Used Space Type Disk 1 P ef NTFS J Pri Act 7 002 GB 5 163 GB NTFS C S NTFS E 38 88 GB 276 3 MB NTFS S Acronis Secure Zone
22. Tuesday September 20 2005 6 54 53 PM d MyDocs3 tib No description is available For this backup archive Tuesday September 20 2005 6 56 21 PM 6 Click Next 7 Select a folder on your computer where you want to restore selected folders files a target folder You can restore data to their original location or choose another folder if necessary 8 Click Next 9 Select files and folders to restore You can choose to restore all data or browse the archive contents and select the desired folders or files Restore Data Wizard Contents Selection Select files and folders to be restored EI ui SMG c SMJ Documents and Settings SMC test aMe IO My Project File Folder MLA tet ML 2 txt MIL History txt 10 Click Next 11 Select the options for restoration process that is pre post restoration commands restoration process priority file level security settings etc You may Use default options or Set the options manually f the latter is the case the settings will be applied only to the current restore task Alternatively you can edit the default options from the current screen Then your settings will be saved as default See 7 4 Setting restore options for more information 60 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 12 Click Next 13 Set filters for not to restore files of specific types For example you may want hidden and system files and folders as well as files wi
23. by editing the respective profile Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 19 Administrator profiles are used for managing backups created by backup tasks remotely controlled from Acronis True mage Management Console An administrator assigns a backup location and sets quotas and time limits for each computer running Acronis True Image Agent After that when creating an individual or group backup task he will specify the backup server as the target storage place and every computer s backup will be directed to the assigned location which may differ from other computers location or be the same So Administrator profiles manage the backup server resources allocation by computers User profiles are used for managing backups created by backup tasks locally controlled with Acronis True Image Enterprise Server An administrator assigns a backup location and sets quotas and time limits for each user who back up their data running Acronis True Image Enterprise Server local version Later on if the user specifies the backup server as the target storage place his backup will be directed to the assigned backup location If the user moves to another computer his backup location quotas and time limits remain the same So User profiles manage the backup server resources allocation by users 3 5 4 Operations with archives Acronis Backup Server can display a list of backups stored on the backup server and sort the list by Lo
24. careful Clicking Back in this window will reset all size and location changes that you ve selected so you will have to specify them again First select a partition to resize It will be underlined in red Resize and relocate it on the next step You can do this by entering values to Unallocated space before Partition size Unallocated space after fields by dragging partition borders or the partition itself If the cursor turns to two vertical lines with left and right arrows it is pointed at the partition border and you can drag it to enlarge or reduce the partition s size If the cursor turns to four arrows it is pointed at the partition so you can move it to the left or right if there s unallocated space near it Having provided the new location and size click Next You will be taken two steps back to the partition layout You might have to perform some more resizing and relocation before you get the layout you need Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 99 Chapter 14 Adding a new hard disk If you don t have enough space for your data you can either replace the old disk with a new higher capacity one data transfers to new disks are described in the previous chapter or add a new disk only to store data leaving the system on the old disk If the server has space for another disk it would be easier to add a data disk drive than to clone a system one This feature is available in Acronis True Image Enterprise Serv
25. if the system partition is resized during Acronis Secure Zone creation Use asz_activate command to activate Acronis Secure Zone after it is created reboot Reboots the server after the Acronis Secure Zone is created log file name Creates a log file of the current operation with the specified file name 8 asz_delete Deletes the Acronis Secure Zone from your hard disk Options partition partitions list Specifies partitions to which free space will be added after the Acronis Secure Zone is deleted If you specify several partitions the space will be distributed proportionally to each partition s size log file name Creates a log file of the current operation with the specified file name 9 asz_activate Activates the Acronis Secure Zone or rather activates Acronis Startup Recovery Manager This command may also be used as an option with asz_create command 10 verify Verifies the image archive data integrity Options filename filename Specifies the name of the image file to verify password image password Specifies the password for image file if required net_user username Specifies a user name when verifying an image from a network drive 106 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 net_password password Specifies a user password when verifying an image from a network drive 11 help Shows help for commands 15 1 2 trueimagecmd exe usage example
26. impossible To check data from a differential backup you must have the initial full backup as well However if you created several differential or both incremental and differential backups based on the same full backup and therefore in the same folder you will need ALL of these successive backups to validate the archive 2 Overwrite data on a tape without user confirmation The default setting disabled A full backup when created on a tape drive overwrites all data stored on the tape see 3 9 Backing up to tape drive for more information In this situation Acronis True Image Enterprise Server will warn that you are about to lose data on the tape To disable this warning check the middle box 3 Ask for first media while creating backup archives on removable media The default setting enabled You can choose whether to display the Insert First Media prompt when backing up to removable media With the default setting backing up to removable media may be impossible if the user is away because the program will wait for pressing OK in the prompt box Therefore you should disable the prompt when scheduling a backup to removable media Then if the removable media is available for example CD R RW inserted the task can run unattended Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 57 Chapter 7 Restoring the backup data 7 1 Restore under Windows or boot from CD As mentioned above see 2 4 1 Running Acronis True Image Ente
27. in the archive or on the disk Do not overwrite existing file this will give the file on the hard disk unconditional priority over the archived file This option is effective only when restoring files from file folders archives 7 4 3 Pre post commands You can specify commands or batch files to be automatically executed before and after the restore procedure Click Edit to open the Edit Command window where you can easily input the command its arguments and working directory or browse folders to find a batch file Unchecking the Do not perform operations until the commands execution is complete box checked by default will permit the restore procedure to run concurrently with your commands execution 7 4 4 Restoration priority The default setting Low The priority of any process running in a system determines the amount of CPU usage and system resources allocated to that process Decreasing the restoration priority will free more resources for other CPU tasks Increasing of restoration priority may speed up the restore process due to taking resources from the other currently running processes The effect will depend on total CPU usage and other factors 7 4 5 File level security settings The default setting Restore files with their security settings If the files security settings were preserved during backup see 6 3 9 File level security settings you can choose whether to restore files security settings or let t
28. incremental one a complete image will be created split size in MB Splits image file into parts of the specified size reboot Reboots the server after the operation is completed log file name Creates a log file of the current operation with the specified file name 2 deploy Restores a disk or partition from an image Options filename filename Specifies the name of the image file to restore net_user username Specifies a user name when restoring an image from a network drive net_password password Specifies a user password when restoring an image from a network drive file_partition partition letter Specifies the partition where the image file is stored by letter or number This option is used with filename file_name In this case the file name must be specified without drive letter or root folder For example file_partition D filename 1 tib Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 103 password password Specifies the password for the image file if required harddisk disk number Specifies the hard disks to restore by numbers partition partition number Specifies the partitions to restore by numbers target_harddisk disk number Specifies the hard disk number where the image will be restored start start sector Sets the start sector for restoring a partition to the hard disk unallocated space size partition siz
29. is applied to every computer in the group so having a standard similar disks partitions layout on remote computers would be a plus Create Group Task Wizard Select disks partitions ect disks or partitions For backup Please zeleC Ee a E A ELEL Select what you want to back up O Hard disk number 1 Partition letter C O ev C e Select disk partitions to backup 4 Specify a path to backup archive To place every archive on its local computer input Local path or select Acronis Secure Zone if there is such zone on every remote computer For more information about Acronis Secure Zone see 3 3 Acronis Secure Zone To place backups on the network check Network path select the target folder and specify the username and password for access to the network drive When backing up to a backup server choose Personal Backup Location or tape drive and enter backup server administrator s credentials For more information about backup servers see 3 5 Acronis Backup Server Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 31 You should also provide the archive name for each computer unless the archives are targeted to Acronis Secure Zones or a backup server Pressing the button to the right of name input field will assign to each archive the respective computer s name 5 Specify usual backup settings backup mode full incremental or differential a password to backup archive if necessary default or custom backup options and
30. notifications when the operation is completed successfully check Add full log to the notification to add the full operation log to the message when the operation failed check Add full log to the notification to add the full operation log to the message during the operation when user interaction is required 11 2 2 WinPopup notification To set up WinPopup notification select Tools gt Options gt Notifications gt WinPopup Options You can view and set the options for the selected items EJ E Appearance Notifications a Windows Messenger WinPopup a E mail T Windows Messenger WinPopu Specify WinPopup settings that will be used by backup and restore wizards for notification L Windows event log EE Default backup options WinPopup settings E B Default restoration options Computer Name Comp d Send test WinPopup message E Send notification upon operation completion __ Send notification upon operation failure __ Send notification with operation messages 84 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 Provide the name of the computer to which notifications will be sent Below in this window you can choose whether you want to get notifications when the operation is completed successfully when the operation failed during the operation when user interaction is required 11 3 Viewing logs Acronis True Image Enterprise Server allows users to view its working l
31. of Acronis True Image Management Console when connected to a remote computer The task list content depends on the programs installed on the connected computer The most populated list will include managing Backup and Recovery Tasks via Acronis True Image Agent Group Server Management via Acronis True Image Group Server and Backup Server Management via Acronis Backup Server 4 3 2 Backup and recovery tasks After clicking on Backup and Recovery Tasks the program window turns to the following appearance Acronis True Image Management Console komputer H Connect View Tools Help REII oe for the Remote Computer BB New Connection M rchi duled tasks on W Disconnect Tools a Pick a Category AN Create Bootable Rescue Media S Backup Install Acronis Components Roy Back ers or the entire hard disk Help a De Web Support ts or restore or Pick a Management Tool H or Pick a Tool T Update the remote agent Validate Backup Archive lt Activate Acronis Startup wi Recovery Manager Manage Acronis Secure Zone Remote Computer Options You can perform the following operations on the remote computer e Backup and restore data including system disks partitions Click Backup or Recovery then follow the Wizard s instructions See details in Chapter 6 Creating backup archives and Chapter 7 Restoring the backup data e Schedule backup operations 28 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006
32. older data disk 92 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 Disk Clone Wizard Source Hard Disk Select your old hard disk From the list below Select the source old hard disk From the list of available drives then press Next C ity Model B Map 040 d ID aster S Disk2 38 35 GB IDE 0 Secondary Master 38 29 GB E Primary P Logical unallocated You can determine the source and destination using the information provided in this window disk number capacity label partition and file system information 13 3 3 Selecting destination disk After you select the source disk you have to select the destination where the disk information will be copied Disk Clone Wizard Destination Hard Disk Select your new hard disk From the list below Select the destination new hard disk From the list of available drives then press Next Drive Capacity Model Interface ap Dis Maxtor AMI I F Primary P Logical P Unallocated The previously selected source becomes grayed out and disabled for selection If either disk is unpartitioned the program will automatically recognize it as the destination and bypass this step Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 93 13 3 4 Partitioned destination disk At this point the program checks to see if the destination disk is free If not you will be prompted by the Nonempty Destination Hard Disk window stating that the destination disk contains partitions perhaps with data
33. selected partition or disk properties window This window contains two panels The left panel contains the properties tree and the right describes the selected property in detail The disk information includes its physical parameters connection type device type size etc partition information includes both physical sectors location etc and logical file system free space assigned letter etc parameters You can change the width of columns by dragging their borders with the mouse Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 25 Chapter 4 Using Acronis True Image Management Console 4 1 General information Acronis True Image Management Console is the primary tool for managing data backup restore on remote computers where Acronis True Image Agent is installed The Console allows managing computer groups and corporate backup archives via Group and Backup Servers as well as managing individual backup restore tasks for every computer SS Acronis True Image Management Console gy Network rx Connect View Tools Help a gien e gt pe D zu BW OO A 0 OG a Drey amp Pekosso Sologubov W Taiozk A New Connection SE Test Merge W Disconnect Valeri Acronis Iga Tools E Acronis Time S E Acrotest 10x i AN Create Bootable Rescue Media W acrotesti1 Install Acronis Components E Acrotest5 w Pick a Task Alexp Help x F e Connect to a remote computer E Alyosha_ 9 Help Connect to a remote computer where Acron
34. task execution 17 For Acronis True Image Enterprise Server local version and Acronis True Image Management Console connected to the computer being backed up The task will appear on the Active tasks pane of the main window The task progress will be shown in the special window You can stop the procedure by clicking Cancel You can also close the progress window by clicking Hide The backup creation will continue but you will be able to start another operation or close the main program window In the latter case the program will continue working in the background and will automatically close once the backup archive is ready If you prepare some more backup operations they will be queued after the current one 48 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 Acronis True Image Enterprise Server 7 Operations View Tools Help ja 8 e 82a oe Tools Dirk a Tack ca Manage Acronis ze ECHT TT S Activate Acronis Star Recovery Manager e Validate Backup Archi H Manage system Rest Create Bootable Resd E Show Log Acronis Greate Incremental Backup Archive From True Image LenatMy Documents le C Documents and Settings Enterprise To fil Compression Server Se Match criterion E Backups MyDoc tib Normal Files matching mask bak tmp Operation 1 of 1 Backup files and folders C Documents and Settings Lena My Documents Recovery x Status Schedule Last Run
35. the archive If the archive is located in Acronis Secure Zone select it to choose the archive at the next step Restore Data Wizard Archive Selection Please select an archive in the tree below and click Next to restore data that this archive contains Je Desktop MyBackup tib Acronis Secure Zone This is image archive EI Ai Acronis Backup Servers V No description is available for this backup archive FTP Connections e B My Documents Date Wednesday February 22 2006 5 18 09 PM amp d My Computer E a 314 Floppy A Size 5 747 GB Es Local Disk CH S4 CD Drive D BS Local Disk E DCH Backups zi MyDoc3 tib vi MyDoc tib _ _ Se 2716 DCH Divx a a 5 76 34 Gp 14 6568 NTFS Eile name E Backups MyBackup tib v Files of type Backup Archives tib D i O v If the archive is located on removable media e g CD first insert the last CD and then insert disks in reverse order when Restore Data Wizard prompts Data recovery directly from ftp server requires the archive to be split into files no more than 2 Gb in size If you suppose that some of the files may be larger first copy the entire archive along with the initial full backup to a local hard disk or network share disk If you added a comment to the archive it will be displayed to the right of the drives tree If the archive was protected with a password Acronis True Image Enterprise Server will ask for it Th
36. w O If the computer was turned off at the time when the task was scheduled to run the system will perform the task the next time it is restarted Perform this task Tee The First If the computer is off when the scheduled time comes the task won t be performed but you can force the missed task to launch at the next system startup by checking a box under the Start time fields 8 1 4 Setting up one time execution If you select the one time execution set the Start time and date on which to execute the task Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 75 Schedule Task Wizard One Time Parameters Select parameters For one time only scheduled task Select the time and date you want this task to start Start time BS hours 32 minutes Pm zc CT If the computer was turned off at the time when the task was scheduled to run the system will perform the task the next time it is restarted Start date 12 asi 20058 If the computer is off when the scheduled time comes the task won t be performed but you can force the missed task to launch at the next system startup by checking a box under the Start time fields 8 2 Managing scheduled tasks The task Status Schedule Last Run Time and Last Result are shown on the Active tasks pane of the main window To view the other task details right click on its name There are two ways of changing the task parameters Editing allows you to
37. 005 4 Monday December 26 2005 4 i Monday December 26 2005 4 l Friday January 06 2006 2 22 il Friday January 06 2006 2 22 2 Wednesday February 22 200 O Operation has succeeded The left panel can contain up to 50 logs If there are more you can browse the list using the More and Less buttons with the left and right arrows To delete a log select it and click Delete If any step was terminated by an error the corresponding log will be marked with a red circle with a white cross inside The right window features the list of steps contained in the selected log The three buttons to the right control message filters the white cross in the red circle filters error messages the exclamation sign in a yellow triangle filters warnings and the i in the blue circle filters information messages To select columns step parameters to display right click the headers line or left click the Choose Details button Then check the desired parameters To sort messages by a particular parameter click its header click again to reverse order or the Arrange Icons by button the second from the right and select the desired parameter Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 85 You can also change column width by dragging the borders with a mouse 11 4 Event tracing 11 4 1 Windows event log You can choose whether to store event log messages issued by Acronis True Image Enterpr
38. 1 2 Setting up weekly execution If you select the weekly execution set the Start time specify the task execution periodicity in the Every x weeks box every week every two weeks etc and check days on which to execute the task Schedule Task Wizard Weekly Parameters Select parameters for weekly scheduled tasks Select the time and day you want this task to start Start time 3 hours 47 minutes PM v go If the computer was turned off at the time when the task was scheduled to run the system will perform the task the next time it is restarted Every 1 ej weeks Select the day s of the week below IT Monday F Tuesday Fi Wednesday Fi Thursday F Friday Fi Saturday Fi Sunday ETE EEE E If the computer is off when the scheduled time comes the task won t be performed but you can force the missed task to launch at the next system startup by checking a box under the Start time fields 74 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 8 1 3 Setting up monthly execution If you select the monthly execution set the Start time and days on which to execute the task e Day on the specified date e The lt specify a day gt on the specified day e g on second Tuesday or fourth Friday select this from the drop down lists Schedule Task Wizard Monthly Parameters Select parameters for monthly scheduled tasks Select the time and day you want this task to start Start time 3g hours 78 minutes Pm
39. 2 Appearance E Notifications Default restoration options 18 a Event tracing 7 k SE J Defaut backup options e E Default restoration options wizard freeing you From configuring the corresponding wizard s steps Ay Files to restore exclusion each time you restore data a Files overwriting mode EI Pre Post commands B Restoration Priority a File level security settings amp Additional settings OK Cancel 7 4 1 Files to restore exclusion The default setting Restore all files You can set the default filters for not to restore files of specific types Use the common Windows masking rules For example to exclude all files with extension exe add exe mask My exe mask will reject all exe files with names consisting of five symbols and starting with my This option is effective only when restoring files from file folders archives When restoring files from a disk partition image you cannot filter out any files 7 4 2 Files overwriting mode This option allows you to keep useful data changes made since the backup being restored was done Choose what to do if the program finds in the target folder a file with the same name as in the archive Overwrite existing file this will give the archived file unconditional priority over the file on the hard disk Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 69 Overwrite existing file if it is older this will give the priority to the most recent file modification whether it is
40. 3 Server e Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions Acronis True Image Agent for Linux 10 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 e SuSE 8 0 8 1 8 2 9 0 9 1 9 2 9 3 RedHat 7 3 8 0 9 0 Advanced Server 2 1 Advanced Server 3 0 Advanced Server 4 0 Fedora Core 1 Fedora Core 2 Fedora Core 3 Fedora Core 4 Enterprise Server 3 0 Mandrake 8 0 9 2 10 0 10 1 Slackware 10 Debian stable and unstable sarge ASPLinux 9 2 ASPLinux 10 ASPLinux 11 ASPLinux Server Il ASPLinux Server IV Virtuozzo 2 6 x Gentoo UnitedLinux 1 0 Ubuntu 4 10 TurboLinux 8 0 TurboLinux 10 0 and some others Linux distributions are supported Acronis True Image Enterprise Server bootable standalone version enables backing up and recovery a disk partition on a computer running any PC based operating system 1 4 3 Supported file systems e FAT16 32 e NTFS e Ext2 Ext3 e ReiserFS e Reiser4 e Linux SWAP e XFS e JFS If a file system is not supported or is corrupted Acronis True Image Enterprise Server can copy data using a sector by sector approach a For XFS and JFS file systems partition resizing feature is not supported 1 4 4 Supported storage media e Hard disk drives e Networked storage devices such as Storage Area Networks SANs and Network Attached Storage NAS e SCSI tape drives e DE and SCSI RAID controllers of any level e FTP servers e CD R RW DVD R RW DVD R RW e USB 1 0 2 0
41. 30 44 GB 5 296 GB FAT32 Disk 2 VW NTFS c PriAct 14 65 GB 8 021 GB NTFS NTFS E 33 99 GB 22 9 GB NTFS S NTFS F 9 958 GB 53 83 MB NTFS _ ssData_Sample G 4 88 GB 83 28 MB NTFS v Total size 8 021 GB tx 5 Click Next 6 Select the name and location of the archive file If you are going to create a full archive type the file name in the File Name line or use the file name generator a button to the right of the line If you select an existing archive it will be overwritten If you are going to create an incremental backup see 3 2 Full incremental and differential backup select the latest full or incremental backup you have In fact if all incremental backup files are stored together it doesn t matter which one you select as the program will recognize them as a single archive If you stored the files on several removable disks you must provide the latest archive file otherwise restoration problems might occur If you are going to create a differential backup select the full backup which will be a base or any of existing differential archives Either way the program will create a new differential archive file 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 your primary disk is damaged Data saved to a network disk ft
42. B size limit Depending on the selected combination you will proceed to either the old disk partitioning window or the disk partition layout window see below 13 3 9 Partitioning the old disk If you selected Create a new partition layout earlier in the process it is now time to repartition your old disk During this step you will see the current disk partition layout Initially the disk has unallocated space only This will change when you create new partitions Having completed the required steps you will add a new partition To create another one simply repeat those steps If you make a mistake click Back to redo After you create the necessary partitions uncheck the Create new partition in unallocated space box and click Next 13 3 10 Old and new disk partition layouts In the next window you will see rectangles indicating the source hard disk including its partitions and unallocated space as well as the new disk layout Disk Clone Wizard Hard Disk Drives Structure Kom urce hard disk layout before cloning and the destination hard Please review the source hard disk layout before cloning and the destination hard disk layout that will be created during the cloning procedure Before cloning Quantum CC 3 991 GB NTFS After cloning en cll Quantum CH 4 GB 13 999 GB NTFS Primary P Logical P Unallocated To continue with the hard disk cloning press the Next button Along with the hard disk nu
43. D gt lt source disk 1 gt lt source disk 2 gt Target Specifies the name and the location of an image file e g lt target file E Mybackup2 tib username username password password gt username and password parameters are optional They are used to access networked resources As a target for the image files you can indicate CD R RW or tape drive Options This tag can be used with a number of additional parameters Compression specifies the backup compression level Can be None Low Normal High Incremental specifies if you need to create an incremental image file If equal to false or 0 a complete image file will be created If there is already a file with the name specified it will be replaced without warnings If equal to true or 1 and there is already a file with the name specified an incremental image will be created Otherwise the program will create a complete image file The default value for this parameter is true Description adds a description to an image file The comment must be a single string though its length is not limited Split splits a large image file into a number of smaller files of the specified size which can be provided in bytes kilobytes megabytes etc Password adds password protection to an image file 15 2 3 Script usage examples The following example illustrates the usage of a script to backup two partitions
44. D NOT INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE Acronis True Image Enterprise Server the Software is Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 All rights are reserved The ORIGINAL PURCHASER is granted a LICENSE to use the software only subject to the following restrictions and limitations 1 The license is to the original purchaser only and is not transferable without prior written permission from Acronis 2 The original purchaser can use the software on a single computer You cannot use the software on more than a single machine even if you own or lease all of them without the written consent of Acronis 3 The original purchaser cannot engage in nor permit third parties to engage in any of the following A Providing or permitting use of by or transferring the software to third parties B Providing use of the software in a computer service business network timesharing or multiple user arrangement to users who are not individually licensed by Acronis a Making alterations or copies of any kind in the software except as specifically permitted above D Attempting to unassemble decompile or reverse engineer the software in any way E Granting sublicenses leases or other rights in the software to others F Making copies or verbal or media translations of the users guide G Making telecommunication data transmission of the software Acronis has the right to terminate this license if there is a violation of its terms or default by the o
45. Help lt Back Next gt Cancel If the archive is located on removable media e g CD first insert the last CD and then insert disks in reverse order when Restore Data Wizard prompts Data recovery directly from ftp server requires the archive to consist of files no more than 2 Gb in size If you suppose that some of the files may be larger first copy the entire archive along with the initial full backup to a local hard disk or network share disk If you added a comment to the archive it will be displayed to the right of the drives tree If the archive was protected with a password Acronis True Image Enterprise Server will ask for it The comment and the Next button will be unavailable until you enter the correct password 4 Click Next 5 If you are to restore files from an archive containing incremental backups Acronis True Image Enterprise Server will suggest that you select one of successive incremental backups by date time of its creation Thus you can return the files folders to a certain moment To restore data from an incremental backup you must have all previous incremental backup files and the initial full backup If any of successive backups is missing restoration is impossible To restore data from a differential backup you must have the initial full backup as well Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 59 Restore Data Wizard Archive Date Selection Tuesday September 20 2005 1 41 43 PM
46. IMAGE ENTERPRISE SERVER ARCHTTEBCTURE 8 1 3 NEW IN ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE 9 1 ENTERPRISE SERVER csssssccsccecessssececececsessaececececseneaeaecececeesenssaeeeeeens 9 1 4 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS AND SUPPORTED MEIDLA 10 1 4 1 Minimum system Fegifremtente 10 1 4 2 Supported Operating Systems sscescesscesecsseensecneecncscnesonssonsesscossessessecsseenaecsaesoasenceseesonsenesceseonsenees 10 1 4 3 Supported file systems vecis cocscvescsecssscssiesscassacissesisesysens sasseabiewdsastsansoetes iessasesseasdecienssassacessdeeseesecesisestens ll 1 4 4 Supported Storage Medias cocc vsccsecssscasissssessocsssessoesseessqvasseadseshsessosasoecessedssasscavdachandaseasesedvasceabessisesdens ll 1 5 A E INEN EAN EEN 11 CHAPTER 2 ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE ENTERPRISE SERVER INSTALLATION AND STARTING GE 13 2 1 INSTALLING ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE ENTERPRISE SERVER COMPONENTS ssneesessssesseressereseeeeseeserereeressee 13 2 2 EXTRACTING ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE ENTERPRISE SERVER COMPONENTS ssss nessosssseseosesseroreeeeseeserereesrssee 14 2 3 SETTING UP SECURITY PARAMETERS FOR ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE ENTERPRISE SERVER ssssssensssesseseeeeressee 14 213 1 Usernames and PASSWOTAS sis cccicsti eege EES EE 14 23 2 FILE wall setup EE 15 2 4 RUNNING ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE ENTERPRISE SERVER COMPONENTS s scsccecessessecececececsesseaeeeeceeesenseaeees 15 2 4 1 Running Acronis True Image Enterprise Server local version 15 2 4 2 Running Acronis True Image Management Con
47. If you purchased the boxed product you already have such a bootable CD because the installation CD contains besides the program installation files the Acronis True Image Enterprise Server standalone bootable version If you purchased Acronis True Image Enterprise Server on the Web you can create bootable media using the Bootable Media Builder For this you will need a CD R RW blank several formatted diskettes the wizard will tell you the exact number or any other media your server can boot from such as a Zip drive Acronis True Image Enterprise Server also provides the ability to create an ISO image of a bootable disk on the hard disk If there is a Microsoft RIS server in your local network an IT administrator can save the bootable data on this server as well Then any networked computer will be able to boot any program from the RIS package If you have other Acronis products such as Acronis Disk Director Server installed on your computer you can include standalone versions of these programs on the same bootable disk as well This feature is available both in Acronis True Image Enterprise Server local version and Acronis True Image Management Console However Acronis True Image Management Console does not contain Rescue Media Builder in its own installation Therefore to be able to create bootable media RIS package from Acronis True Image Management Console you must have Acronis True Image Enterprise Server local version or another
48. Managing backup server Before you start managing the backup server be sure to read section 3 5 Acronis Backup Server stating the basic operating principles of this component When connected to a remote computer where Acronis Backup Server is installed click Acronis Backup Server management to display the following window Acronis True Image Management Console komputer d Connect View Tools Help 280098906 Remote Management Backup Server M R New Connection The t or managing W Disconnect Tools E AN Create Bootable Rescue Media Install Acronis Components Pick a task Help a iy Set up Adn e Help Add an E Web Support i Specify Default Settings iS and time limits that will be applied to a newly added OI Help 7 komputer Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 33 4 5 1 Default settings Each user or computer added to Acronis Backup Server database is associated with the default backup location and the default user computer quotas and time limits When installed on a computer which becomes a backup server from this point on Acronis Backup Server creates the following folder C Documents and Settings All Users Application Data Acronis BackupServer This folder is a default backup location You can change the default backup location and its quotas time limits by selecting Specify Default Settings gt Set backup location and entering the desired location and values Changing the default backup lo
49. Next 7 3 11 Setting restore options 1 Select the options for restoration process that is pre post restoration commands restoration process priority 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 restore task Alternatively you can edit the default options from the current screen Then your settings will be saved as default See 7 4 Setting restore options for more information 2 Click Next 66 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 7 3 12 Using Acronis Universal Restore Acronis Universal Restore is an optional Acronis True Image Enterprise Server feature It should be purchased separately and installed from a separate msi setup file The following is true for Acronis True Image Enterprise Server installations including Acronis Universal Restore Acronis Universal Restore option is not available when restoring dynamic disks and volumes 1 Using Acronis Universal Restore will help you create a bootable system clone on a different hardware for more information see 3 7 Acronis Universal Restore Choose this when restoring a system disk partition to a computer with other processor motherboard or hard disk controller than in the imaged system Restore Data Wizard Acronis Universal Restore You can specify whether to use Acronis Universal Restore technology On this page you can select whether to use Acronis Universal Restore
50. PCl based ane Hardware address 00 00 29 03 54 20 Status 0 Mbps Full Duplex Cable connected Media type Use Auto Negotiation J Auto configuration DHCP Used IP address 192 168 5 130 Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 DNS suffix localdomain Default gateways lt e Vv 7 2 Restoring files and folders from file archives Here we describe how to restore file folders from a file backup archive You can restore the desired files folders from a disk partition image as well To do so mount the image see Chapter 12 Mounting an image as a virtual drive or start the image restoration and select Restore specified files or folders see 7 3 Restoring disks partitions or files from images 58 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 1 Invoke the Restore Data Wizard by clicking on the restore operation icon in the main program window 2 Click Next 3 Select the archive If the archive is located in Acronis Secure Zone select it to choose the archive on the next step Restore Data Wizard KiC Archive Selection s Wea n archive in the tree below and click Next to restore data that this gah A LJ 113 tib CH B My Documents amp d My Computer EN Li 314 Floppy 4 BS Local Disk C 30 Backups 111 tib a 112 tib s 3 Documents and Setting HO Program Files CH RECYCLER FIFA Svetem Vohime Infrrm lt File name C Backups 1 13 tib Files of type Backup Archives tib
51. Scheduled At 18 40 00 every week on Friday www acronis com Please press Proceed to start Group task script 11 After you click Proceed Acronis True Image Management Console connects to every computer of the group in turn to distribute the task If a remote computer is inaccessible shut down for example a dialog box appears In this box choose Ignore to exclude the computer from the group or Cancel to cancel the entire task When distribution is completed the group task appears in Group Tasks Management window If you connect to any computer included into the group you will see its individual task based on the group task you successfully created 32 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 4 4 3 Group tasks management The Group Tasks Management window displays the list of group tasks To see details of a group task click the button to the left of the task name To create new or delete existing backup task use the New Group Task and Delete Group Task items When deleting a group task enter the same username and password you entered when created the task Acronis True Image Management Console komputer BEE Connect Ven Tools Help 2200449 0G AN New Connection W Disconnect Tools a A Create Bootable Rescue Media Task Name Computers 4 Install Acronis Components E Taski komputer Ltest 1 Group Tasks Management New Group Task Delete Group Task Help Help Web Support 4 5
52. The farther you store the archive from the original folders 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 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 You will need DVD UDF recording software installed for burning images on DVD disks Examples of this software are Roxio DirectCD or Ahead InCD 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 9 Click Next 10 Select whether you want to create a full incremental or differential backup If you have not backed up the selected files folders 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 incremental and differential backup Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 47 Create Backup Wizard Select Backup Mode You can choose either full incremental or differential backup mode Select either to create a new backup archive file or to just append changes to an existing archive file Create new
53. To do so select the user and click Edit The Edit User Profile Wizard will guide you through the same selections as the Add User Profile Wizard except administrator s or user s rights To change the rights you will have to delete the user profile and then add the user again with the new rights Changing the user s backup location will move all existing and redirect future backups performed by the user to another folder device etc As moving files may take a lot of time and system resources it is recommended that you schedule this operation for the time when the backup server computing load will be minimal You can do it in the Start Parameters window To complete configuring the profile click Finish in the final summary window gt To change user s backup location within the same device you must have at least as much free space on the device as the user s archives occupy because the archives will first be copied to the new location and then deleted from the old place If you select a user and click Clear all archives created by this user will be deleted The same operation for administrator profiles is impossible Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 37 Deleting a user profile will disable backup to backup server for this user and his existing archives will be deleted This operation might also be time consuming so you can schedule it for the off peak period Deleting an administrator profile will not result
54. True Image ae a A RE e Management Console j pe Install Acronis True Image Agent KI for Windows Install Acronis True Image Backup Server Acronis Z Ze Install Acronis True Image Group jm Server True Image Enterprise Extract Acronis True Image Agent for Linux Server J Install Acronis True Image drt ing tad Enterprise Server Acronis True Image Enterprise Server Install Menu Window To install Acronis True Image Agent for Linux extract its files to a shared network drive or removable media assign to these files attribute Executable then perform installation procedure on a Linux based system It is recommended that you install Acronis True Image Management Console first After that you will be able to install other components remotely to any networked computer For Acronis True Image Enterprise Server and Acronis True Image Agent for Windows Typical Custom and Complete installation is available Having pressed Custom you can choose to install besides the main component Rescue Media Builder and Bart PE plug in for Acronis True Image Enterprise Server or Acronis Secure Zone manager for Acronis True Image Agent With Rescue Media Builder you can create bootable rescue disks or RIS packages see details in Chapter 10 Creating bootable media You might not need this tool if you purchased a boxed product that contains a bootable CD Installing the Bootable Rescue Media Builder will allow you to create boot
55. able media its ISO image or a bootable RIS package at any time from the main program window or running Bootable Rescue Media Builder on its own Well known Bart PE utility is used to boot Windows like environment from CD Applications are installed into Bart PE in the form of plug ins Choosing Bart PE plug in installation Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 13 disabled by default provides the ability to include Acronis True Image Enterprise Server into Bart PE plug in tab The plug in files will be placed into the component installation folder along with other program files Acronis Secure Zone manager lets you create delete and resize a special hidden partition for storing backup archives see 3 3 Acronis Secure Zone When installing Acronis True Image Group Server you will have to enter credentials i e user account that will be used for obtaining status of backup restore tasks from networked computers If a domain controller is present on the network you can create for Acronis True Image Group Server a domain user account with Guest rights and remote access right to every computer If the network does not use domain you can create accounts with Guests rights on all computers accessed by Acronis True Image Group Server When installed Acronis True Image Enterprise Server local version creates a new device in the Device Manager list Control Panel gt System gt Hardware gt Device Manager gt Acronis Devices
56. age the local Computers system disk to Acronis Secure Zone see 6 2 Backing up disks and partitions image backup You can back up other disks partitions as well but the system image is mandatory AN When performing Snap Restore the current Acronis True Image Enterprise Server version always restores the entire system disk Therefore if your system disk consists of several partitions all of them must be included into the image Otherwise partitions missing in the image will be lost If failure occurs boot the local computer from the bootable media or RIS server or using F11 Start the recovery procedure see 73 Restoring disks partitions or files from images select the system disk image from Acronis Secure Zone choose Use Snap Restore and in the next window click Proceed In a few seconds the computer will reboot to the restored system Log in and work no more reboots or other actions required You can perform Snap Restore running Acronis True Image Enterprise Server in supported Windows Server operating systems as well However it is mandatory to have a bootable media in case of Windows cannot boot 3 7 Acronis Universal Restore One of the fastest ways of cloning a Windows system is to deploy its image to a different computer However the deployment will not be a success if the target hardware is incompatible with the most critical drivers included in the image The restored system may be unbootable because startup drivers
57. age archive only if all its volumes reside in the same directory If your archive spans several CD R RW discs and you wish to mount the image you should copy all volumes to a hard disk drive or network drive 12 1 Mounting an image 1 Invoke the Mount Image Wizard by clicking on the Mount Image operation icon in the main program window 2 Click Next 3 Select the archive from the drives tree If the archive is located in Acronis Secure Zone select it to choose the archive at the next step 88 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 Mount Image Wizard Image Selection t an image file you would mount in the tree n temporary drive artition backup From H MyBackup tib gt Acronis Secure Zone D B My Documents o d My Computer EA 3 Floppy A Date Wednesday February 22 2006 5 18 09 PM Size 5 747 GB This is image archive No description is available for this backup archive Ip Se Local Disk C HY CD Drive D Bs Local Disk E Backups S3 Gsecur tib S MyBackup tib z MyDoc3 tib 3 MyDoc tib S 206 Le DEn Nivy 76 34 GB 14 65 GB NTFS File name E Backups MyBackup tit v Files of type Backup Archives tib v O If you added a comment to the archive it will be displayed to the right of the drives tree If the archive was protected with a password Acronis True Image Enterprise Server will ask for it Neither the partitions layout nor the Next butto
58. ain a full backup and so on For this reason this parameter is also called maximum number of backups in an archive Archive here means a set of subsequent incrementals and the base full backup When number of backups or storage space exceeds the preset value Acronis Backup Server will combine the first full backup with the next incremental one into one full backup Then if necessary this backup will be combined with the next until the occupied storage space or number of backups decreases to the limitation Thus the archive integrity will not be affected in spite of the fact that one backup will disappear This procedure is called automatic consolidation When storage period expires Acronis Backup Server will delete the outdated archives without notification An administrator can run a check of meeting the limitations on a schedule once daily weekly or monthly All user s computers archives on the backup server will be checked and if some quotas and time limits are exceeded the above processing will be executed 3 5 3 Administrator profiles and User profiles Profile is a set of parameters assigned to each computer and user that backs up on the backup server Profile includes the backup location and the above limitations When an administrator adds a new computer or user to Acronis Backup Server database they are assigned the default backup location quotas and time limits An administrator then can change these settings
59. ame and specify backup location quotas and time limits for this user in Add User Profile Wizard windows Use the default backup location quotas and time limits or make particular settings for the new user If you specify a new path to backup location for the new user a new backup location will be created Acronis True Image Management Console komputer Connect Ven Tools Help zg AN OeOio A o ee Remote Management E s Se Se New Connection Disconnect Tools az e Name Backup Location Quota Period Maximum of backups Maximu Create Bootable Rescue Media Q Administrators EI Install Acronis Components Sach Help a A peter Helo Qusers Web Support ena D Documents and Settings 20GB 365 100 telp Ready 27 komputer To add another administrator first add this person to AcronisBackupServerUsers group Then click Set up User profiles gt Add select the user name and choose Create user with administrator s rights on the next page An administrator can manage all archives on the backup server regardless of their owner while a common user can only backup or restore his data from the backup server An administrator has no user profile in other words he is not assigned a backup location quotas and time limits like common users are He uses administrator profile for both remotely and locally controlled backups 4 5 4 Changing User profiles You might need to change a user profile already set
60. and components used by the source system cannot operate on a different motherboard processor etc s Using Microsoft System Preparation Tool sysprep does not solve this problem because Sysprep allows replacing drivers only for Plug and Play devices sound cards network adapters video cards etc As for system HAL and boot device driver they must be identical in the source and target computers see Microsoft Knowledge Base articles 302577 and 216915 Acronis Universal Restore technology provides an efficient solution for hardware independent system restoration by replacing the crucial HAL and hard disk controller drivers Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 21 Acronis Universal Restore does not conflict with Microsoft System Preparation Tool sysprep If you got accustomed to using Sysprep you can use both tools on the same system Acronis Universal Restore is an optional program feature It should be purchased separately and installed from a separate msi setup file Acronis Universal Restore can only be installed on a computer where at least one of the following Acronis components is installed Acronis True Image Agent for Windows Acronis True Image Enterprise Server local version Bootable Media Builder 3 7 1 How to use You can perform the following procedure either locally or remotely using Acronis True Image Management Console 1 Boot the target computer into Acronis recovery environment from the
61. ar or select the same item from the Tools menu Then follow the Wizard s instructions See details in Chapter 10 Creating bootable media Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 39 Acronis True Image Management Console does not contain Rescue Media Builder in its own installation Therefore to be able to create bootable media RIS package from Acronis True Image Management Console you must have Acronis True Image Enterprise Server or another Acronis product including Rescue Media Builder installed on the same computer 40 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 Chapter 5 Using Acronis True Image Enterprise Server local version Acronis True Image Enterprise Server supports the command line mode for data backup and restore as well as the GUI mode and can be used to execute XML scripts Here we describe the operations available in GUI mode which provides more functionality For console commands and scripting see Chapter 15 Command line mode and scripting 5 1 Main program window The main program window contains the menu the toolbar the sidebar the Active Tasks pane and the main area The main area contains operation icons while the sidebar features Tools and Help panels F Acronis True Image Enterprise Server Operations View Tools Help a PSeMHa TOG Tools bb Manage Acronis Secure Zone S Activate Acronis Startup Recovery Manager e Validate Backup Archive I Backup jack rour files fole he entire har
62. bases Exchange Oracle SQL Server without taking databases offline and ensuring data consistency Pre post backup restore commands Users can specify their own commands which will be executed before and after the backup or restore process For example one might want to remove some temporary files from the disk before starting backup or configure a third party antivirus product to be started each time before the backup starts User editable default backup options Users can configure and save backup parameters such as backup performance hard disk writing speed network bandwidth during backups validate backup archive after backup completion file level security settings preserving files security settings in the archive storing encrypted files in encrypted or decrypted state User editable default restore options Users can configure and save restore parameters such as files overwriting mode the original or current date and time for restored files etc Read write mode of mounting images Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 9 e Bootable backup media When backing up to removable media users can make this media bootable in the same manner as rescue CD so separate recover media is not required e Bootable disks ISOs and RIS packages In addition to burning a bootable rescue disk users can save its ISO image for burning later or create a RIS package for remote boot of Acronis True Image Enterprise Server e Acronis B
63. bootable media or RIS server or using F11 2 Start the recovery procedure see 7 3 Restoring disks partitions or files from images and select the image of the source computer for restoration 3 You can specify Hardware Abstraction Layer HAL and hard disk controller drivers to be used by the restored system and or provide a path to a driver repository on the network Hence Acronis Universal Restore uses three sources for drivers search the list of user specified enforced drivers driver repository and the Windows default driver storage folders in the image being restored The program will find the most suitable drivers of all available and install them into the restored system However the user defined drivers will have the priority They will be installed with appropriate warning even if the program finds the better driver The Windows default driver storage folders are determined in the registry key SOFTWARE gt Microsoft gt Windows gt Current version gt DevicePath Generally it is WINDOWS inf folder 4 When the restore process runs Acronis True Image Enterprise Server will detect the machine type and install appropriate driver for HAL detect IDE and SCSI controllers and install appropriate drivers If no appropriate drivers are found in all three above sources the user will be prompted to browse the following locations for the drivers Network share drive Floppy disk CD drive 5 The machine reboot
64. cation or Owners users and computers An administrator if need be can manually Consolidate any backup except for the oldest one in the archive with the preceding backup file The resulting file will preserve all data changes contained in both files and have the latest backup date Thus the archive integrity will not be affected in spite of the fact that one backup will disappear Data recovery from any of the remaining backups will be possible 3 6 Acronis Snap Restore With this feature you can boot the OS on the crashed computer before the system is completely restored from an image and start the work seconds after the restoration is launched The restoration will be continued in the background This feature is currently available for images being restored from the Acronis Secure Zone see above Naturally Acronis Snap Restore cannot be used if the image contains no operating system a logical partition or disk image or when restoring file archives 3 6 1 How it works When the restoration procedure is started Acronis True Image Enterprise Server 1 Finds the sectors in the image containing system files and restores these sectors first Thus the OS is restored and can be started in a very short timeframe Having started the OS the user sees the folder tree with files though file contents still is not recovered Nevertheless the user can start working 2 Writes on the hard disk its own drivers capable to intercept the sy
65. cation will direct backups of newly added users computers to another folder while users computers associated with old default backup location will continue back up to the old place Thus a new backup location is created Acronis True Image Management Console komputer DEAR Connect view Tools Help 2eOeOo IO a Remote Management Pa Default Settings C J Ven Connection Set the backup location quotas and time limits ty S Disconnect ll be applied to a newly added user or Tools ES AN Create Bootable Rescue Media Install Acronis Components Plek a task A Help ES Par Set backup location LS Set backup location for y added computers and users Help E web Support uters and users agement id computers will be checked fi OI Help Z komputer The default quotas time limits are preset to Unlimited except for Maximum number of backups in an archive which is set to 5 the largest value of this parameter is not limited but it is recommended that you do not set unreasonably large values SS Maximum number of backups in an archive means maximum number of incremental CS backups plus one initial full backup For example if this parameter is set to 5 Acronis Backup Server will create one full backup then four incremental backups then again a full backup and so on Archive here means a set of subsequent incrementals and the base full backup You can change the default user computer quotas time limits by selecti
66. cesecaecaecesasensenaees 67 7 3 13 Restoration summary and executing restoration 00 0 cccceeceeeceecesecesecusecuseesecusecsecsecsaecaseeseeeasenaees 68 TA SETTING RESTORE OPTIONS Ken ree euri seier EE views enee EES 69 LAD tee 10 TOStOTE EXCLUSION ies ssevacsisauencvs EENS ENGER tea Wand AE uses enna ENS 69 LAD Files overwriting ROESER 69 74 3 EE 70 LAA ResStorati On Priory si in vase enne aa C da eas Ue wa ea OU aa EEE haan aay eda ea pubs ead yaad auton Late eu eaCE ET E 70 LAD File level EE 70 1 4 6 Additional setting Saree a swig ts es Ee E Ee AE es 70 CHAPTER 8 SCHEDULING TASKS ou ccscssccsesscssccscsscescsssnscsssnessssnssesscssnscsssnessssnessessessscessessesssessesooss 72 S I CREATING SCHEDULED TASKS eege 72 8 Lol Setting unge EES Ee EEN 73 8 1 2 Sting Up Week y CXCCULION enden hd deet odessa eeh REENEN 74 8 13 AE 75 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 5 8 1 4 Setting Up one time CXCCULION s 35sisdsscisnssisesscoasceabesssssastouhsevicosdsessescdeeshesdasegsupebenssaseasdg absabsesoesdisesvegs 75 8 2 MANAGING SCHPDULEDTASkS estese eses ts eses es eses es Eees Ee ESES EEEE ES EEEE EE EEEE EE EEEE E ESEESE EEEE E EEEE Eeee esenee 76 CHAPTER 9 MANAGING ACRONIS SECURE ZONE eeeessesecssecssssccssoceessececssecssccsecssocecsseceessecssoseesseseese 77 9 1 CREATING ACRONIS SECURE ZONE 71 9 2 RESIZING ACRONIS SECURE ZONE 78 9 3 DELETING ACRONIS SECURE ZONE 78 CHAPTER 10 CREATING BOOTABLE MEDIA 2
67. change any task parameters This is performed in the same way as creation however the earlier selected options will be set so you have to enter only the changes To edit a task select it and click Edit the Selected Task on the Active tasks toolbar If you want to change only periodicity and or start time click Schedule the Selected Task on the Active tasks toolbar Then you will have to perform only scheduling steps leaving the backup settings the same To delete a task with confirmation select it and click Delete the Selected Task on the Active tasks toolbar To rename a task select it click Rename the Selected Task on the Active tasks toolbar enter the new task name and press Enter 76 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 Chapter 9 Managing Acronis Secure Zone 9 1 Creating Acronis Secure Zone Acronis Secure Zone can be located on any local disk It is created using unallocated space if available or at the expense of free space on a partition A computer can have only one secure zone To create a zone on another disk you must first delete an existing zone When you click Manage Acronis Secure Zone in the menu the program searches for the zone on all local drives If a zone is found the wizard will offer to delete or resize it If there is no zone you ll be prompted to create it 1 Before creating the Acronis Secure Zone you can estimate its size To do this start backup and select all data you are going to bac
68. chives New Connection W Disconnect Tools e Se Backup Archive Size Path Description A Create Bootable Rescue Media Qkomputer W Install Acronis Components S Friday March 10 2006 3 10 35 PM 539MB D Documents and Settings Help O Yltest 1 Helo SS Friday March 10 2006 3 16 32 PM 1 396 GB D Documents and Settings Web Support SG Friday March 10 2006 5 27 09 PM 6MB D Documents and Settings Help 27 komputer You can 1 Sort the list by Location or Owners users and computers by clicking on the respective item above the list 2 Filter out from the list all user s or all computer s backups use buttons in the Filter group 3 Consolidate any backup except for the oldest one in the archive with the preceding backup file The resulting file will preserve all data changes contained in both files and have the latest backup date Thus the archive integrity will not be affected in spite of the fact that one backup will disappear Data recovery from any of the remaining backups will be possible 4 6 Creating bootable media Bootable removable media or RIS package provides the ability to boot the standalone version of Acronis True Image Enterprise Server or Acronis True Image Bootable Agent on a crashed computer computer running other than Windows operating system or bare metal To create bootable removable media click Create bootable rescue media on the toolbar or the sideb
69. comment For more information see Chapter 6 Creating backup archives 6 Provide a name for the group task The name will be displayed in the Group Tasks Management window see below to allow quick task identification 7 Select when you would like the task to be started The scheduling procedure is almost the same for individual and group tasks see Chapter 8 Scheduling tasks for details 8 If for any reason traffic limitation for example you do not want the task to start on all computers simultaneously set Start time shift parameter The task will start on all computers in turn with time shift you specify As soon as you select time shift the resulting task start time for the first and the last computer will be displayed 9 Now enter the username and password It is supposed that accounts with same username and password exist on all computers of the group In this case the task will be automatically distributed to computers Otherwise you will be asked for username password to every computer in process of distribution 10 At the final step group task script is displayed Up to this point you can click Back to make changes in the created task Create Group Task Wizard Acronis Acronis True Image is ready to proceed with creating group task Here is a list of complete operations to be performed True Image a Management Create Full Image From Disk 2 C Di Console To Acronis Secure Zone Compression Normal
70. ctinesource diskri aa a eeh Eeer deer hd 92 133 3 Selecting destination disk vesiessecsvocs soi Eege Eech Zeeche Eed Eed Zeeche 93 13 3 4 Partitioned destination dek 94 13 3 5 Old and new disk partition layout ccecceeccesc ces cesecesecese cuss caeeeseesseesscesseeeeeesecesecsecaecsaecaeceseeeseeeaees 94 33 6 Old disk AQUA EE 94 L 323 7 Destroying the Old disk tee Sok e EAR ENEE AEN 95 13 3 8 Selecting partition transfer method sissies iieii iesi ipni EEE E e ee 96 GE 97 13 3 10 Old and new disk partition Jovonute cess cnsecnseesseeseessceseceseeeeessecaecaecsaecsaeesseeseenaees 97 T3311 Cloning E 98 13 4 CLONING WITH MANUAL BARTTTIONING 98 13 4 1 Old and new disk partition Jveoute ene cesecuseeaeeeaceessesaceseeeseeeecsecaecuaecsaecssecseeeaeensees 98 CHAPTER 14 ADDING A NEW HARD DISK u 0 sccssssecccsscccssssccccssseccccssccccessscccesscsccessccccsseccccssseecs 100 14 1 SELECTING A HARD DISK 100 14 2 CREATING NEW BARTITTIONS seee ee eeaeee eseese Eeee eE EEEE EEEE EE EEEE EEEE EEEE EEEE Eeee eeens ennenen 100 14 3 DISK ADD SUMMARY cccccccceeeeseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseeeseeens 101 CHAPTER 15 COMMAND LINE MODE AND SCRIPTING uu sccssssscccssssccesssscccssssccccsssecsesssccsessnees 102 15 1 WORKING IN THE COMMAND LINPMODE 102 LIAL Supported EE 102 15 1 2 trueimagecmad exe usage erogmtpleg 107 15 1 3 Command line mode usage Under DCS
71. d disk 7 Manage System Restore Back up your files folde r the entire hard dis AN Create Bootable Rescue Media Wu Recove Z Show Log ZS Recover entire hard disk contents e individual files Help er Clone Disk Clone your hard disk drive by copying partitions to another hard disk ee EN Web Support Add Ne e E addan or Pick a Tool S Mount Image Unmount Image Validate Backup Archive By show Leg a gt Manage Acronis Secure Zone H Activate Acronis Startup Recovery ager No items to display Dy No Operation started Most of the operations are represented two or even three times in different window areas providing several ways to select them for more convenience For example you can start the necessary operation or tool by clicking its icon in the main area or by selecting the same item from the Operations or Tools menu The main window contains operation icons divided into two groups The Task group contains the following operations e Backup create a backup archive e Recovery restore data from a previously created archive e Clone Disk transfer the OS applications and data from the old disk to the new one e Add New Disk add a new disk for data storage leaving the OS and applications on the old one The Tools group contains the following items e Mount Image connect a disk partition image as a virtual drive e Unmount Image disconnect the connected virtual drive e Valida
72. d time limits for this computer in Add Computer Profile Wizard windows Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 35 S Acronis True Image Management Console komputer R Connect Yiew Tools Help CR O 49 90G6 Remote Management AN New Connection W Disconnect Tools Name Backup Location Quota Period Maximum of backups Maximut Create Bootable Rescue Media d komputer D Documents and Settings 20GB 365 100 5 Install Acronis Components W keet D Documents and Settings 20GB 365 100 5 Help Si Help En web Support oE Ready E komputer You can use the default backup location quotas and time limits or make particular settings for the new computer If you specify a new path to backup location for the new computer a new backup location will be created You might need to change a computer profile already set To do so select the computer and click Edit The Edit Computer Profile Wizard will guide you through the same selections as the Add Computer Profile Wizard Changing the computer backup location will move all existing and redirect future backups of this computer to another folder device etc As moving files may take a lot of time and system resources it is recommended that you schedule this operation for the time when the backup server computing load will be minimal You can do it in the Start Parameters window To complete configuring the profile click Finish in the final summary window To change a compu
73. e repair modify or remove an Acronis component on a remote computer start the same procedure and select the desired action in appearing windows 4 3 Managing a single remote computer To perform any operation on a single remote computer you must first connect to it 4 3 1 Connecting to a remote computer To establish a remote connection 1 Click Connect to a remote computer in the center of Acronis True Image Management Console main window or on the toolbar or select New connection from the sidebar or the Connect menu 2 Enter the computer network name or select it using Browse button Browse will open a list including all computers controllable with Acronis True Image Management Console 3 Enter administrator or backup operator username and password After connection is established in the central part of Acronis True Image Management Console main window you will see a list of operations available Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 27 Acronis True Image Management Console komputer H Connect View Tools Help ERT KEE Remote Management a Pick a Task for th ote Computer J New Connection Pick a task you wal on the remote cc W Disconnect Tools P Pick a Category E A Create Bootable Rescue Media wet Backup and Recov H Ge Install Acronis Components Help a Help Z 5 nage group tasks Web Support Wi o PROF LA Backup Server Management The tool for managing backup server Main window
74. e in sectors Sets the new partition size in sectors type active primary logical Sets the new partition type By default if this option is not defined an active partition is created on the first hard disk and logic partitions on other disks target_partition partition number Specifies the target partition number for restoring a partition over the existing one If the option is not specified the program assumes that the target partition number is the same as the partition number specified with the partition option reboot Reboots the server after the operation is completed log file name Creates a log file of the current operation with the specified file name 3 list Lists the available drives and partitions Options filename filename Lists the image file contents password password Specifies the password for the image file if required 4 clone Clones a hard disk Options narddisk disk number Specifies a source hard disk which will be cloned to the new hard disk 104 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 target_harddisk disk number Specifies the target hard disk number where the source hard disk will be cloned 5 explore Connects an image file as a virtual drive Options filename image file name The image file name password image password The password for the image file if required partition partitions list Specifies a l
75. e partitions layout the comment and the Next button will be unavailable until you enter the correct password 2 Click Next 3 If you are to restore data from an archive containing incremental backups Acronis True Image Enterprise Server will suggest that you select one of successive incremental backups by date time of its creation Thus you can return the disk partition to a certain moment 62 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 To restore data from an incremental backup you must have all previous incremental backup files and the initial full backup If any of successive backups is missing restoration is impossible To restore data from a differential backup you must have the initial full backup as well 4 Click Next 7 3 3 Restoration type selection 1 Select what you want to restore Restore Data Wizard Restoration Type Selection You can select type of backup archive restoration Select one of the following restoration types Restore disks or partitions Restore specified files or folders Description Select this item if you want to restore your computer s system partition using a previously created bootable image and want to start using your computer without waiting the restoration process completion with Acronis Snap Restore you can restore your computer From the image and can start working in seconds while your system is still being restored Restore specified files or folders With th
76. e wait until the whole procedure is finished 9 3 Deleting Acronis Secure Zone 1 When prompted by the wizard select Remove Acronis Secure Zone 2 Select the partitions to which you want to add the space freed from the secure zone If you select several partitions the space will be distributed proportionally to each partition s size 3 Next you will see a list of briefly described operations to be performed on partitions disks After you click Proceed Acronis True Image Enterprise Server will start deleting the zone Progress will be reflected in the opened window If necessary you can stop the procedure by clicking Cancel However the procedure will be canceled only after the current operation is finished 78 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 Zone deletion might take several minutes or more Please wait until the whole procedure is finished Acronis Secure Zone deletion will automatically disable Acronis Startup Recovery Manager if f it is activated and destroy all backups stored in the zone Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 79 Chapter 10 Creating bootable media You can run Acronis True Image Enterprise Server on a bare metal or on a crashed computer that cannot boot You can also back up disks on a non Windows computer copying all its data sector by sector into the backup archive To do so you will need bootable media with the standalone Acronis True Image Enterprise Server version
77. ed operating systems data disk labels settings software and everything else on the disk will remain the same This is the only result available in the automatic mode The program can only duplicate the original disk layout to the new one To obtain a different result you will have to answer additional questions about cloning parameters The manual mode will provide more data transfer flexibility 1 You will be able to select the method of partition and data transfer e as is new disk space is proportionally distributed between the old disk partitions e new disk space is distributed manually 2 You will also be able to select operations to perform on the old disk e leave partitions and data on the old disk e remove all information from the old disk e create new partitions on the old disk and remove all the older information On program screens damaged partitions are marked with a red circle and a white cross inside in the upper left corner Before you start cloning you should check such disks for errors using corresponding operating system tools Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 91 13 2 Security Please note the following if the power goes out or you accidentally press RESET during the transfer the procedure will be incomplete and you will have to partition and format or clone the hard disk again No data will be lost because the original disk is only being read no partitions are changed or resized
78. ent 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 creation date are automatically appended to the description so you do not need to enter this information 13 Click Next 14 At the final step the backup task summary is displayed Up to this point you can click Back to make changes in the created task Clicking Proceed will launch the task execution 15 For Acronis True Image Enterprise Server local version or Acronis True Image Management Console connected to the computer being backed up The task will appear on the Active tasks pane of the main window The task progress will be shown in the special window You can stop the procedure by clicking Cancel You can also close the progress window by clicking Hide The backup creation will continue but you will be able to start another operation or close the main program window In the latter case the program will continue working in the background and will automatically close once the backup archive is ready If you prepare some more backup operations they will be queued after the current In Acronis True Image Enterprise Server local version you can adjust the backup process priority To do so click on the process icon in the System Tray and select Low Normal or High priority from the appearing menu How to set the default priority see in 6 3 6 Backup performance 16 You
79. er local version only Adding disks using Acronis True Image Management Console is impossible To add a new disk you must first install it in your server 14 1 Selecting a hard disk Select the disk that you ve added to the server Add New Disk Wizard Destination Hard Disk Select your new hard disk From the list below Select the destination new hard disk From the list of available drives then press Next Drive Capacity Model Interface s Disk 1 38 29 GB Maxtor 2FO40L0 YAMS IDE 0 Primary Master gt Disk 2 GB IC3SLO404VER07 0 ER40 H Work I 27 3 GB NTFS Primary E Logical E Unallocated This window might be bypassed if the program detects the new disk itself In this case you will immediately proceed to the new partition creation If there are any partitions on the new disk they must be deleted first Select Delete partitions on the destination hard disk and click Next to continue 14 2 Creating new partitions Next you will see the current partition layout Initially all disk space will be unallocated This will change after you add new partitions To create a partition select Create new partition in unallocated space and click Next to perform steps required by the partition creation wizard You will be prompted to set the new partition location and size You can do this by both entering values to Unallocated space before Partition size Unallocated space after fields by dragging partition borders or
80. erprise Server will offer you the following data transfer methods e Asis e Proportional the new disk space will be proportionally distributed among cloned partitions e Manual you will specify the new size and other parameters yourself Disk Clone Wizard Moving Method Choose the method of data moving from your old drive to the new one Select data moving method QO Manual Description The original partition sizes will be scaled according to the new drive size IF the new drive is smaller in size the partitions will shrink accordingly if the new drive is larger the partitions will be enlarged proportionally If you elect to transfer information as is a new partition will be created for every old one with the same size and type file system and label The unused space will become 96 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 unallocated Further you will be able to use the unallocated space to create new partitions or to enlarge the existing partitions with special tools such as Acronis Disk Director Suite As a rule as is transfers are inexpedient as they leave much unallocated space on the new disk Using the as is method Acronis True Image Enterprise Server transfers unsupported and damaged file systems If you transfer data proportionally each partition will be enlarged according to the proportion of the old and new disk capacities FAT16 partitions are enlarged less than others as they have the 4 G
81. esult will be the same In archives store encrypted files in decrypted state The default setting disabled If you do not use encryption feature available in Windows 2003 Server and Windows XP operating systems simply ignore this option Files folders encryption is set in Properties gt General gt Advanced Attributes gt Encrypt contents to secure data Check the option if there are encrypted files in the backup and you want them to be accessed by any user after restore Otherwise only the user who encrypted the files folders will be able to read them Decryption may also be useful if you are going to restore encrypted files on another computer These options relate only to file folders backup 6 3 10 Media components The default setting disabled When backing up to removable media you can make this media bootable by writing to it additional components Thus you will not need a separate rescue disk The current program version does not support creating bootable DVDs Choose the basic components necessary for boot and restoring data on the General tab The Acronis One Click Restore is a minimal addition to your rescue media allowing one click data recovery from an image archive stored on this media This means that at boot from the media and clicking restore all data will be silently restored to the original place No options or selections like resizing partitions will be possible 56 Copyright Ac
82. et partition should be at least the same size as the uncompressed image data All the data stored on the restored partition will be replaced by the image data so be careful and watch for non backed up data that you might need 2 Click Next 7 3 6 Changing the restored partition type 1 When restoring a partition you can change its type though it is not required in most cases To illustrate why you might need to do this let s imagine that both the operating system and data were stored on the same primary partition on a damaged disk 64 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 If you are restoring a system partition to the new or the same disk and want to load an operating system from it you will select Active If you restore a system partition to another hard disk with its own partitions and OS most probably you will need only the data In this case you can restore the partition as Logical to access the data only By default the original partition type is selected Selecting Active for a partition without an installed operating system could prevent your server from booting 2 Click Next 7 3 7 Changing the restored partition file system 1 Though seldom required you can change the partition file system during its restoration Acronis True Image Enterprise Server can make the following file system conversions FAT 16 gt FAT 32 Ext2 gt Ext3 For partitions with other native file systems this option i
83. filter out online computers to see those that cannot be managed use buttons in the Filter group 2 Input and test credentials for access to each computer To do so click on the key icon enter username and password and click Test connection The program will issue a message displaying the test result Key icons for successfully tested connections are colored gold 30 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 3 Create a disk partition backup task for several remote computers at once see 4 4 2 Creating new group backup tasks 4 Connect to a remote computer to see the operation log start or edit tasks for this computer etc see 4 3 Managing a single remote computer To do so select a computer and click Connect 5 Invoke Group tasks management window for viewing deleting or rescheduling group tasks 4 4 2 Creating new group backup tasks You can create a disk partition backup task for several remote computers at once File level backup for groups of computers is unavailable 1 In Group status or Group tasks management window select New Group Task on the toolbar Create Group Task Wizard window appears to guide you through the task creation procedure 2 Form a group for the current task check computers in the list of remote computers 3 Select disks partitions to backup You can select any combination of hard disks by number according to Windows numeration and partitions by letter or All hard disks This setting
84. full backup archive OS O Create differential backup archive Description Backs up only changes that occurred since the last backup When starting for the first time the incremental backup requires a full backup archive All subsequent archives are based on the most recent incremental backup 4n incremental archive file requires less storage space but For restoration from the archive you will be prompted to provide the base full archive and all subsequent backups All archive files must be in the same Folder 11 Click Next 12 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 f 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 6 3 Setting backup options for more information 13 Click Next 14 Provide a comment for the archive This can help prevent you from restoring the wrong files However you can choose not to make any notes The backup file size and creation date are automatically appended to the description so you do not need to enter this information 15 Click Next 16 At the final step the backup task summary is displayed Up to this point you can click Back to make changes in the created task Clicking Proceed will launch the
85. ght Acronis Inc 2000 2006 Chapter 13 Transferring the system to a new disk 13 1 General information Sooner or later any server user finds out that his hard disk is too small If you just don t have space for more data you can add another disk just for data storage as described in the following chapter However you might find that your hard disk does not have enough space for the operating system and installed applications preventing you from updating your software In this case you have to transfer the system to a higher capacity hard disk This feature is available in Acronis True Image Enterprise Server local version only Transferring systems using Acronis True mage Management Console is impossible To transfer the system you must first install the disk in the server If a server doesn t have a bay for another hard disk you can temporarily install it in place of your CD ROM If that is not possible you can clone a hard disk by creating its image and restoring it to a new hard disk with larger partitions There are two transfer modes available automatic and manual In the automatic mode you will only have to take several simple actions to transfer all the data including partitions folders and files to a newer disk making it bootable if the original disk was bootable There will be only one difference between these disks partitions on the newer disk will be larger Everything else including the install
86. gs C H Default restoration options lt gt gr 6 3 1 Archive protection The default setting no password An archive can be protected with a password To protect the archive from being restored by anybody except you enter a password and its confirmation into the text fields A password should consist of at least eight symbols and contain both letters in the upper and lower cases preferably and numbers to make it more difficult to guess If you try to restore data from a password protected archive or append an incremental differential backup to such an archive Acronis True Image Enterprise Server will ask for the password in a special window allowing access only to authorized users 6 3 2 Source files exclusion The default setting all files from the selected folders will be included into the archive You can set the default filters for not to back up files of specific types For example you may want hidden and system files and folders as well as files with tmp and bak extensions not to be stored in the archive You can also apply custom filters using the common Windows masking rules For example to exclude all files with extension exe add exe mask My exe mask will reject all exe files with names consisting of five symbols and starting with my This option is effective for file folders backup only When creating a disk partition image you cannot filter out any files 6 3 3 Pre post commands
87. gt Acronis TrueImage Backup Archive Explorer Do not disable or uninstall this device as it is necessary for connecting image archives as virtual disks see Chapter 12 Mounting an image as a virtual drive Ja 2 2 Extracting Acronis True Image Enterprise Server components During Acronis True Image Management Console installation all Acronis True Image Enterprise Server components setup msi files will be placed to C Program Files Common Files Acronis Remotel nstall folder Thus you will be able to remotely install modify or repair the components using Acronis True Image Management Console or msiexec exe utility When installing Acronis True Image Enterprise Server components on a local computer you can save setup files for each Acronis True Image Enterprise Server component separately on a local or network drive It will help you modify or recover the existing component installation on a local computer To save a component s setup file e run the Acronis True Image Enterprise Server setup file e inthe Install Menu right click on the component name and select Extract e select location for setup file and click Save 2 3 Setting up security parameters for Acronis True Image Enterprise Server 2 3 1 Usernames and passwords Acronis True Image Enterprise Server fully supports all security standards used in Windows The remote access to networked computers is allowed according to the security policy set up in the
88. h backup and recovery tasks ensuring the product can be implemented with minimal user training A central management console provides remote administration ensuring that all systems in the network regardless of your domain and workgroup structure can be managed from one location Complete unattended restores from remote locations are supported with a remote bootable agent Automates Backup With the scheduling capability in Acronis True Image Enterprise Server you simply create backup tasks tailored by group at certain times or at certain events automating backups To ensure that backups have occurred or user intervention is required you can request notifications via email or pop up You can view Acronis events in Windows Application Events Log or Acronis own log Log messages can be automatically sent out to SNMP clients The product also supports the creation of custom commands before and after backups For example users can automatically run anti virus products before an image is created and verify the validity of backups after they have been created Ensures 24 X 7 Uptime With the Acronis Drive Snapshot systems can be imaged while they are in use supporting 24 by 7 availability This technology enables the product to backup and image critical operating system files the master boot record and any partition based boot records without requiring a reboot A CPU allocation feature allows you to limit the amount of CPU usage for the a
89. he above arguments are nothing but examples for your information Feel free to make up your own backup policy in accordance with your specific tasks and conditions Acronis True Image Enterprise Server is flexible enough to meet any real life demands An incremental or differential backup created after a disk is defragmented might be considerably larger than usual This is because the defragmentation program changes file locations on disk and the backups reflect these changes Therefore it is recommended that you re create a full backup after disk defragmentation gt 3 3 Acronis Secure Zone The Acronis Secure Zone is a special hidden partition for storing archives on the computer system itself For archive security purposes ordinary applications cannot access it In the Acronis True Image Enterprise Server Wizards windows the zone is listed along with all partitions available for storing archives Acronis Secure Zone is necessary for using Acronis Startup Recovery Manager and Acronis Snap Restore features see below Acronis Secure Zone is always available for archive creation as long as there is space for the backup file If there is not enough space older archives will be deleted to create space Acronis True Image Enterprise Server uses the following scheme to clean up Acronis Secure Zone e f there is not enough free space in the zone to create a backup the program deletes the oldest full backup with all subsequent incre
90. he files inherit the security settings of the folder where they will be restored This option is effective only when restoring files from file folders archives 7 4 6 Additional settings 1 You can choose whether to restore files date and time from the archive or assign the files the current date and time 2 Before data is restored from the archive Acronis True Image Enterprise Server can check its integrity If you suspect that the archive might have been corrupted select Validate backup archive before restoration To check data from an incremental backup you must have all previous incremental backup files and the initial full backup If any of the successive backups are missing validation is impossible To check data from a differential backup you must have the initial full backup as well However if you created several differential or both incremental and differential backups based on the same full backup and therefore in the same folder you will need ALL of these successive backups to validate the archive 3 Having restored a disk partition from an image Acronis True Image Enterprise Server can check the integrity of its file system To do so select Check file system after restoration 70 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 Verification of the file system is available only when restoring disk partitions under Windows and for FAT16 32 and NTFS file systems Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 71
91. hen backing up to a diskette CD R RW or DVD R RW Acronis True Image Enterprise Server will ask you to insert a new disk when the previous one is full Alternatively you can select Fixed size and enter the desired file size or select it from the drop down list The backup will then be split into multiple files of the specified size That comes in handy when backing up to a hard disk with a view to burning the archive to CD R RW or DVD R RW later on Creating images directly on CD R RW or DVD R RW might take considerably more time than it would on a hard disk 6 3 9 File level security settings Preserve files security settings in archives By default files and folders are saved in the archive with their original Windows security settings i e permissions for read write execute and so on for each user or user group set in file Properties gt Security If you restore a secured file folder on a computer without user specified in the permissions you may not be able to read or modify this file To completely eliminate this kind of problem you can disable preserving files security settings in archives Then the restored files folders will always inherit the permissions from the folder where they are restored to parent folder or disk if restored to the root Alternatively you can disable files security settings during restoration even if they are available in the archive see 7 4 5 File eve security settings below The r
92. hically illustrating information as rectangles about the source disk partitions and unallocated space and the destination disk layout Along with the disk number some additional information is provided disk capacity label partition and file system information Partition types primary logical and unallocated space are marked with different colors Next you will see the cloning summary 13 3 6 Old disk data If you selected the manual mode the program will ask you what to do with the old disk e Create a new partition layout All existing partitions and their data will be deleted but they will also be cloned to the new disk so you won t lose them 94 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 e Keep data leave the old disk partitions and data intact e Destroy data destroy all data on the old disk Disk Clone Wizard Old Hard Disk Usage should keep data on your old drive create You may choose between these scenarios to keep your old drive unmodified create a new layout For it or destroy all data on it O Create a new partition layout Ok EI Destroy data Description All partitions on your old drive will be kept untouched Select this if you plan to remove your old hard disk drive from your computer and keep it in a safe place as a backup after your data is transfered to the new drive If you are going to sell or give away your old disk we recommend that you make sure you destroyed the data on it
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94. in deleting any archives There must be at least one administrator on a backup server Therefore deleting the last administrator profile is not possible The maximum number of administrators is not limited 4 5 5 Configuring Backup Locations To display a full list of backup locations click Configure Backup Locations Acronis True Image Management Console komputer H Connect View Tools Help BwOOS 49 0G A New Connection W Disconnect Tools EI Create Bootable Rescue Media KI Install Acronis Components Help 3 ei Hel E Web Support Help i komputer To edit limitations for a backup location select the backup location click on Quotas and Time Limits above the list and enter the new values in the appearing window To move a backup location along with all archives existing on it select the backup location and click Move to The Move Backup Location Wizard will display all users and computers associated with the selected backup location so you could make sure your choice is right Then select the new location for the archives As moving files may take a lot of time and system resources it is recommended that you schedule this operation for the time when the backup server computing load will be minimal You can do it in the Start Parameters window To complete configuring the operation click Finish in the final summary window To move a backup location within the same device you must have at least as much free s
95. ine If you select an existing archive it will be overwritten If you are going to create an incremental backup see 3 2 Full incremental and differential backup select the latest full or incremental backup you have In fact if all incremental backup files are stored together it doesn t matter which one you select as the program will recognize them as a single archive If you stored the files on several removable disks you must provide the latest archive file otherwise restoration problems might occur If you are going to create a differential backup select the full backup which will be a base or any of existing differential archives Either way the program will create a new differential archive file 46 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 Create Backup Wizard Backup Archive Location Choose an existing file to append changes only or enter a new File name for the full backup X E QQ MyDoc tib 2 Desktop A This is file archive Acronis Secure Zone No description is available for this backup archive D g Acronis Backup Servers Date Monday December 26 2005 4 26 02 PM J FTP Connections Size 458 2 KB E B My Documents EI A My Computer C a 314 Floppy A Es Local Disk C Se Local Disk Ei Backups Se Gsecur tib Smeg v l gt lt Eile name E Backups MyDoc tib Files of type Backup Archives tib Help lt Back Next gt Cancel
96. ions opens a window for editing default backup restore options setting text appearance fonts configuring email Winpopup notifications etc The Help menu is used to invoke help and obtain information about Acronis True Image Enterprise Server Active Tasks pane The Active Tasks pane displays the scheduled and currently being executed tasks It features its own toolbar You can customize this toolbar view by right clicking on it and selecting the desired options Status bar At the bottom of the main window there is a status bar divided into two parts The left side briefly describes the selected operation the right side indicates operation progress and results If you double click on the operation results you will see the logs window Taskbar notification area icon During most of the operations a special indicator icon appears in the Windows taskbar notification area the right portion of the status bar with the clock If you mouse over the icon you will see a tool tip indicating the operation s progress This icon doesn t depend on the main program window being open It is present for background execution of scheduled tasks as well 42 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 5 2 Managing a local computer You can perform the following operations on the local computer e Backup and restore data including system disks partitions Click Backup or Recovery then follow the Wizard s instructions See details in Chapter
97. is True Image be Led Web Support et Agent is installed ME Atitestxp Si Dd Xppro6 W Dhep4 254 or Pick a Tool 7 Dhep 170 4 E Eukarpov Ss Install Acronis components to a remote computer W Hummy E Katya E Create Bootable Rescue Media EJ Khalex_Ws E Komputer Mi mas Remote Management KE W Disconnected Acronis True Image Management Console main window with the Network pane active 4 2 Installing updating Acronis components on a remote machine Acronis True Image Management Console allows installing updating or removing Acronis True Image Enterprise Server components on remote computers To perform any of these operations you will need administrator rights on the target machine If the remote computer runs Windows XP the option Control panel gt Folder options gt View gt Use simple file sharing must be disabled on that computer If the remote computer runs Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or Windows 2003 Server the option Control panel gt Windows Firewall gt Exceptions gt File and Printer Sharing must be enabled on that computer To install Acronis components 1 Click Install Acronis components to a remote computer in the center of Acronis True Image Management Console main window on the toolbar or the sidebar or select the same item from the Tools menu 2 Select the installer location from the list Registered Components Search removable media or Specify location The default selec
98. is selection you will be further offered to select where to restore selected folders files original or new location choose files folders to be restored and so on These steps look like those in file archive restore However watch your selection if you are to restore files instead of disk partition uncheck the unnecessary folders Otherwise you will restore a lot of excessive files Then you will be taken directly to Restoration Summary screen 7 3 13 Restoration summary and executing restoration Restore disks or partitions Having selected a usual way of disks partitions recovery you will have to make all settings described below Using Snap Restore When restoring a system disk partition image from Acronis Secure Zone you will have the third opportunity to use Acronis Snap Restore Having selected this option you will proceed directly to the summary window 7 3 13 Restoration summary and executing restoration In a few seconds after pressing Proceed the computer will reboot to the restored system Log in and work no more reboots or other actions required More about Acronis Snap Restore see in 3 6 Acronis Snap Restore When performing Snap Restore the current Acronis True Image Enterprise Server version always restores the entire system disk Therefore if your system disk consists of several partitions and you are planning to use Acronis Snap Restore all partitions must be included into the image Otherwise partitions missing i
99. ise Server to Windows Event Log to see this log run eventvwr exe or select Control Panel gt Administrative tools gt Event Viewer gt Application The default setting Do not save messages To change this setting select Tools gt Options gt Windows event log An additional choice is available between recording All events Warnings and Errors or Errors only 11 4 2 SNMP notifications You can choose whether to send event log messages issued by Acronis True Image Enterprise Server to computers running SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol management applications The default setting Do not send messages to SNMP clients Having chosen Send messages to SNMP clients specify a name or IP address of the client computer Otherwise messages will be sent to all SNMP clients found in the local network An additional choice is available between sending All events Warnings and Errors or Errors only messages Acronis True Image Enterprise Server provides the following SNMP objects to SNMP management applications 1 3 6 1 4 1 24769 100 200 1 0 string identifying a type of occurred event Information Warning Error 1 3 6 1 4 1 24769 100 200 2 0 string containing text description of occurred event it looks identically to messages published by Acronis True Image Enterprise Server in its log 11 5 Managing System Restore Microsoft Windows System Restore tool available in Windows XP and Windows 2003 Server opera
100. isk indicating the progress in the special window You can stop this procedure by clicking Cancel In that case you will have to repartition and format the new disk or repeat the cloning procedure After the operation is complete you will see the results message 13 4 Cloning with manual partitioning 13 4 1 Old and new disk partition layouts The manual transfer method enables you to resize partitions on the new disk By default the program resizes them proportionally In the next window you will see rectangles indicating the source hard disk including its partitions and unallocated space as well as the new disk layout Along with the hard disk number you will see disk capacity label partition and file system information Different partition types including primary logical and unallocated space are marked with different colors 98 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 Disk Clone Wizard Manual Relayout You may adjust the size and position of partitions manually Check the box below if you want to proceed with a relayout IF you are satisfied with current partition layout uncheck the box Before cloning SS Quantum CC 3 991 GB NTFS n Quantum CC 13 999 GB NTFS Fi Proceed relayout To resize either partition check the Proceed relayout box If you are satisfied with the partition layout shown uncheck this box if checked Clicking Next you will proceed to the cloning summary window Be
101. ist of partitions to be mounted as virtual drives Without this option all partitions stored in the image file will be mounted letter Assigns letters to the mounted drives This option is used with partition option only net_user username Specifies a user name when exploring an image from a network drive net_password password Specifies a user password when exploring an image from a network drive log file name Creates a log file of the current operation with the specified file name 6 unplug Unmounts the image file connected as a virtual drive Options letter X Specifies the virtual disk to be disconnected by letter letter all Disconnects all virtual drives 7 aSz_create Creates Acronis Secure Zone on the selected drive Options harddisk X Specifies the hard disk number where the Acronis Secure Zone will be created partition partitions list Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 105 Specifies partitions from which free space will be taken for Acronis Secure Zone creation size ASZ size in sectors Sets the Acronis Secure Zone size in sectors If this size is not specified it will be set as average between maximal and minimal values including unallocated spaces on the all listed partitions asz_activate Activates the Acronis Secure Zone after creation or rather activates Acronis Startup Recovery Manager el asz_activate option will not take effect
102. kup into the Acronis Secure Zone At the Set Backup Options step choose Set the options manually then set compression level You will see the estimated full backup size Multiply this by about 1 5 to be able to create incremental or differential archives 2 If there are several disks installed select one on which to create Acronis Secure Zone 3 Select the partitions from which space will be used to create the zone Manage Acronis Secure Zone Wizard x Create Acronis Secure Zone 4 we O one using both the unallocated space and the free Please select the partitions to take free space From The choosen partitions will be resized if necessary to give the space to Acronis Secure Zone Partition Flags Capacity Used Space Type Se FAT32 Es 4 052 GB 0 008 GB FAT32 Space available For Acronis Secure Zone 8 096 GB 4 In the next window enter the size of the zone or drag the slider 5 After this you will be prompted to activate Acronis Recovery Manager to be able to start Acronis True Image Enterprise Server at boot time by pressing F11 key Alternatively you can activate this feature later from main program window 6 Then you will see a list of operations to be performed on partitions disks After you click Proceed Acronis True Image Enterprise Server will start creating the zone Progress will be reflected in the special window If necessary you can stop zone creation by clicking Cancel However the procedure
103. l be lost Click Proceed to apply the changes If you turn off System Restore on any disk or partition all previously created restore points for that disk partition will be deleted Please make sure you do not need those restore points before proceeding gt Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 87 Chapter 12 Mounting an image as a virtual drive Acronis True Image Enterprise Server can mount partition images as virtual drives thus letting you access them as though they were physical drives This means that e Anew disk with its own letter will appear in the drives list e Using Windows Explorer and other file managers you can view the image contents as if they were located on a physical disk or partition e You will be able to use the virtual disk in the same way as the real one open save copy move create delete files or folders If necessary the image can be mounted in read only mode This feature is available in Acronis True mage Enterprise Server local version only Mounting images using Acronis True Image Management Console is impossible Please keep in mind that though both file archives and disk partition images have a default tib extension only partition images can be mounted If you want to view file archive contents use the Restore Data Wizard see 7 2 Restoring files and folders from file archives steps 1 9 The current version of Acronis True Image Enterprise Server can mount an im
104. local network To have remote access to Acronis True Image Agent the user must be a member of the Administrators or Backup operators group on this computer To install Acronis components on a remote computer you must be a member of the Administrators group on this computer Itis highly recommended that you create an administrator s or backup operator s accounts with the same username and password on all networked computers for remote access to the Acronis True mage Agent 14 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 2 3 2 Firewall setup Acronis True Image Enterprise Server uses the following ports and IP addresses for remote operation e server Acronis True Image Agent UDP port 9876 e server Acronis True Image Agent TCP port 9876 if busy chose port at random e client Acronis True Image Management Console UDP port 9877 if busy chose port at random e IPv4 multicast address 239 255 219 45 e IPv6 multicast address FFO5 fAA5 741E You might have to set the appropriate firewall access options Options for the Windows Firewall included in Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows 2003 Server are set automatically during Acronis True Image Enterprise Server components installation However make sure that the option File and Printer Sharing in the Control panel gt Windows Firewall gt Exceptions is enabled on the remote computer before the remote operation starts 2 4 Running Acronis True Image Enterprise
105. logical drives C and F mybackup2 tib is specified as an incremental image file High compression level is selected and the image is to be split into 650MB parts for recording to CD R RW media Password protection will also be added The entire script must be located between the lt backup gt and lt backup gt tags lt xml version 1 0 encoding utf 8 gt lt backup gt lt source letter c gt lt source letter f gt lt target file e mybackup2 tib gt lt options compression high incremental true description this is my backup split 650 Mb password _ gt Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 109 lt backup gt The script for backing up to tape tapeN specifies the tapes numbers lt xml version 1 0 encoding utf 8 gt lt backup gt lt source letter c gt lt source letter f gt lt target cdrw taperecorder tapeO gt lt target cdrw taperecorder tapell gt lt options compression high incremental true description this is my backup gt lt backup gt 110 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006
106. ls group or click Validate Backup Archive on the toolbar 2 Click Next 3 Select the archive to validate If the archive is located in Acronis Secure Zone select it to choose the archive on the next step Backup Archive Validation Wizard Archive Selection gt Please select an archive in the tree below and click Next to check data that this archi tai EJ MyBackup tib gt Acronis Secure Zone This is image archive No description is available for this backup archive EI P Acronis Backup Servers Zi FTP Connections E B My Documents S d My Computer EA 3 Floppy 4 Date Wednesday February 22 2006 5 18 09 PM Size 5 747 GB Ip ze Local Disk C HY CO Drive D Se Local Disk E 3 Backups vd secur tib IS s p soara 2 MuNara Fih e Si 76 34 Gp 1465 GB NTFS File name E Backups MyBackup tib Files of type Backup Archives tib ev 4 Click Next 5 Clicking Proceed will launch the validation procedure After the validation is complete you will see the results window You can cancel checking by clicking Cancel To check data from an archive containing incremental backups you must have all incremental backup files and the initial full backup If any of successive backups is missing in the archive the validation is impossible To check data from a differential backup you must have the initial full backup as well However if you created several differe
107. may want to see the log when the task is completed To view the log click the Show Operation Logs button on the toolbar If you burn an archive to several removable media be sure to number them since you will have to insert them in order during the restoration 6 3 Setting backup options To view or edit the default backup options in Acronis True Image Enterprise Server local version select Tools gt Options gt Default Backup Options from the main program menu To do the same remotely connect Acronis True Image Management Console to the remote computer click Remote Computer Options and select Default backup options You can edit the default or set the temporary backup options while creating a backup task as well Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 51 Options You can view and set the options for the selected items E uf Appearance ao H Notifications Default backup options t Event tracing Default backup options You can set up the options that to be used by default for f p e backups creation When configured these options are applied e Archive protection to the backup creation wizard thus freeing you from configuring SF Source files exclusion the corresponding wizard s steps each time you create backup QA Backup commands D Database support E Compression level Ea Backup speed El Fast incremental differential b ch Archive splitting D Security settings ES Media components ei Additional settin
108. mber you will also see disk capacity label partition and file system information Different partition types including primary logical and unallocated space are marked with different colors Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 97 If you have selected manual partition creation before the partition layout will look different This partitioning method is described below 13 3 11 Cloning summary In the next window you will see a list of briefly described operations to be performed on the disks Disk Clone Wizard Acronis Acronis True Image is ready to perform operations with physical True Image data Here is the list of these operations Enterprise Operation 1 of 3 Clearing disk Server Hard disk 2 Operation 2 of 3 Reboot required Copying partition Hard disk 1 gt 2 Drive letter i File system NTFS Volume label Quantum Size 3 991 GB gt 3 999 GB Operation 3 of 3 Copying MBR Hard disk Please press Proceed to start www acronis com A Cloning a disk containing the currently active operating system will require reboot In that case after clicking Proceed you will be asked to confirm the reboot Canceling the reboot will cancel the entire procedure Cloning a non system disk or a disk containing an operating system but not active one at the moment will proceed without reboot After you click Proceed Acronis True Image Enterprise Server will start cloning the old disk to the new d
109. mental differential backups e If there is only one full backup with subsequent incremental differential backups left and a full backup is in progress then the old full backup and incremental differential backups are deleted e Otherwise only one full backup left and an incremental differential backup is in progress you will get a message about space error In that case you will have to either re create the full backup or increase Acronis Secure Zone Thus you can back up data automatically on a schedule see Chapter 8 Scheduling tasks and not worry about zone overflow issues However if you keep long chains of incremental backups it will be a good practice to periodically check the zone free space indicated on the second page of the Manage Acronis Secure Zone wizard How to create resize or delete Acronis Secure Zone using this wizard see in Chapter 9 Managing Acronis Secure Zone Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 17 3 4 Acronis Startup Recovery Manager 3 4 1 How it works The Acronis Startup Recovery Manager enables starting Acronis True Image Enterprise Server on a local computer without loading the operating system With this feature if the operating system won t load for some reason you can run Acronis True Image Enterprise Server by itself to restore damaged partitions As opposed to booting from Acronis removable media or RIS server you will not need a separate media or network connection to start Acroni
110. n the image will be lost Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 63 However you can choose an ordinary way of restoration for that image This will allow you to make changes to the restored partition that would be impossible when using Acronis Snap Restore Finally if you are not going to recover the system but only want to repair damaged files select Restore specified files or folders 2 Click Next 7 3 4 Selecting a disk partition to restore 1 The selected archive file can contain images of several partitions or even disks Select which disk partition to restore Restore Data Wizard Partition or Disk to Restore Select a partition or a hard disk drive to restore Please select a partition or a whole hard disk drive to restore PG Partition Flags Capacity Free Space Type Disk 2 TT entes c Pr Act 14 65 GB 6 682 GB NTFS F S MBR and Track 0 MBR and Track 0 lt Back Cancel Disk and partition images contain a copy of track 0 along with MBR Master Boot Record It appears in this window in a separate line You can choose whether to restore MBR and track 0 by checking the respective box Restore MBR if it is critical to your system boot 2 Click Next 7 3 5 Selecting a target disk partition 1 Select a target disk or partition where you want to restore the selected image You can restore data to their initial location to another disk partition or to an unallocated space The targ
111. n will be enabled until you enter the correct password 4 Click Next 5 If you are to mount an incremental image Acronis True Image Enterprise Server will suggest that you select one of successive incremental archives by date time of its creation Thus you can explore the partition state to a certain moment To mount an incremental image you must have all previous incremental images and the initial full image If any of successive images is missing connection is impossible To mount a differential image you must have the initial full image as well 6 Click Next 7 Select a partition to mount as a virtual disk Note that you cannot mount the entire disk You can also select a letter to be assigned to the virtual disk from the Drive letter drop down list If you do not want to assign a letter to the virtual drive select Do not assign Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 89 Mount Image Wizard Assigning Logical Drive Letters You ssign logical drive letters to the partitions from the backup archive you have chosen The partitions from the backup archive you have chosen will have temporary logical drive letters shown in the hard disk graphical layout below To change the drive letter select a partition then choose another drive letter in the combo box below the hard disk graphical layout Choose Do not mount in the combo box if you do not want to assign a drive letter to the selected partition To select a
112. naging of data backup restore on a networked computer from Acronis True Image Management Console Acronis True Image Enterprise Server includes Acronis True Image Agent for Windows to be installed on Windows based systems and Acronis True Image Agent for Linux to be installed on Linux platform The Agents operate in a similar way the only difference visible to user concerns the way of installation 3 Acronis Backup Server when installed on a networked computer automatically manages backup archives stored on this computer in accordance with the rules set by an administrator 4 Acronis True Image Group Server when installed on a networked computer allows managing and monitoring of group backup tasks on all networked computers in real time 5 Acronis True Image Enterprise Server local version a component for backup restore management on a local server Facilities include scheduling backup tasks data recovery exploring backup archives cloning hard disks data and formatting partitions on new hard disks command line mode and scripts execution 8 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 6 Acronis Bootable Rescue Media Builder creates bootable media its ISO image or RIS packages enabling data recovery in case of non Windows or corrupted operating system 1 3 New in Acronis True Image 9 1 Enterprise Server Support for Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions Support for GPT hard disks di
113. nc 2000 2006 Options You can view and set the options for the selected items amp if Appearance H Notifications Eo Network connection speed Event tracing EI B Default backup options You can set the speed of transferring the data being backed up TA 8 3 through network R Archive protection eS i 8 ES BP Source files exclusion Transferring speed stated as a percent of the highest LH Backup commands possible speed Q Database support Minimum Maximum g Compression level Backup speed Q l Backup priority S i HDD writing speed _ Transferring speed stated in kilobytes per second Network connection spell E Fast incremental differentic eh Archive splitting Security settings lt Ov 102400 KB second If you frequently backup data to network drives think of limiting the network usage used by Acronis True Image Enterprise Server To set the desired data transfer speed drag the slider or enter the bandwidth limit for transferring backup data in kilobytes per second 6 3 7 Fast incremental differential backup The default setting Use fast incremental differential backup Incremental differential backup captures only changes in data occurred since the last backup To speed up the backup process Acronis True Image Enterprise Server determines whether the file has changed by file size and the date time when the file was last saved Disabling this feature will make the p
114. ndependently In each case the program stores and restores volume contents only If a basic disk image is restored to a dynamic disk it will destroy the dynamic disk s contents As a result you will end up with a basic disk 3 If Acronis True Image Enterprise Server runs in rescue mode for example booted from Bootable Rescue media dynamic disks will be not accessible Therefore to be able to repair a system partition you must keep its image on a basic network or removable disk 3 9 Backing up to tape drive Acronis True Image Enterprise Server supports SCSI tape drives It can store backups on the tape and restore data from the tape store large backups to multiple tapes and append incremental differential changes to a tape with the existing archives If a SCSI tape drive is connected to the computer controlling the backup process i e where you are running Acronis True Image Management Console or Acronis True Image Enterprise Server local version the list of devices available for backup storage will be extended with a name corresponding to the drive type To place backup archives on a tape drive connected to another network computer install Acronis Backup Server on that computer Then a new device type Acronis Backup Server will appear in the list of devices and you will be able to access the tape under this device Backup and restore on the tape proceed in the same way as with other devices with the following exceptio
115. ng Specify Default Settings gt Set Quotas Time limits and entering the desired values 34 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 Default Quotas and Time Limits BAR Set Quotas and Time Limits You can set the quotas and time limits that will be applied to a newly added user or GE Computer Quota Maximum backup location size Maximum number of backups Maximum number of incremental backups for each full backup Maximum storage period days OK Cancel To enable Acronis Backup Server to process archives schedule quotas time limits check task Select Specify Default Settings gt Schedule Automatic Consolidation and Backup Management and schedule one time daily weekly or monthly check of all user s computers archives on the backup server for meeting limitations If the check reveals that some of quotas time limits are exceeded the archive processing described in 3 5 2 Quotas and time limits for computers and users will be executed Please take note of the fact that checking limitations has no sense if you have not changed at least one of the preset Unlimited values for quotas time limits W 4 5 2 Set up Administrator profiles To be able to remotely back up data from a networked computer where Acronis True Image Agent is installed to backup server add this computer to Acronis Backup Server database Click Set up Administrator profiles gt Add select the computer and specify backup location quotas an
116. nimum partition size 5 132 GB Maximum partition size 7 002 GB Free space before o bytes Partition size 6 404 GB Free space after ei 1 9 MB These changes might be useful if you are to copy your hard disk to a new high capacity one by creating its image and restoring it to a new disk with larger partitions This way of cloning is used if it is impossible to connect the second hard disk to the server for more details about cloning see 13 1 General information 2 Click Next 7 3 9 Assigning a letter to the restored partition 1 Acronis True Image Enterprise Server will assign an unused letter to a restored partition You can select the desired letter from a drop down list If you set the switch to No no letters will be assigned to the restored partition hiding it from OS You should not assign letters to partitions inaccessible to Windows such as to those other than FAT and NTFS 2 Click Next 7 3 10 Restoring several partitions at once 1 During a single session you can restore several partitions or disks one by one by selecting one disk and setting its parameters first and then repeating these actions for every partition or disk to be restored If you want to restore another disk partition select Yes I want to restore another partition or hard disk drive Then you will return to the partition selection window 7 3 4 again and will have to repeat the above steps Otherwise don t set this switch 2 Click
117. ns 1 A full backup can be stored on an empty tape only If you use tape that already contains data its contents will be overwritten 2 In case you want to keep more than one archive on the tape for example back up two disks separately choose ncrementa backup mode when creating initial o backup for the second disk In other situations incremental backup is used for appending changes to the previously created archive 3 You do not have to provide filenames for backups You might experience short pauses that are required to rewind the tape Low quality or old tape as well as dirt on the magnetic head might lead to pauses that can last up to several minutes HIT 24 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 3 10 Viewing disk and partition information You can change the way of data representation in all schemes you see in various wizards To the right are three icons Arrange Icons by Choose Details and i Display the properties of the selected item the last duplicated in the context menu invoked by right clicking objects To sort messages by a particular column click the header another click will switch the messages to the opposite order or Arrange Icons by button and select the column To select columns to view right click the headers line or left click the Choose Details button Then flag the columns you want to display If you click the i Display the properties of the selected item button you will see the
118. ntial or both incremental and differential backups based on the same full backup and therefore in the same folder you will need ALL of these successive backups to validate the archive 11 2 Operation results notification Sometimes a backup or restore procedure can last for 30 minutes or more Acronis True Image Enterprise Server can notify you when it is finished using the WinPopup service or via e mail The program can also duplicate messages issued during the operation or send you the full operation log after operation completion By default all notifications are disabled Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 83 11 2 1 Email notification To set up the e mail notification select Tools gt Options gt Notifications gt E mail Options IK e 2 Appearance B Notifications E mail Windows Messenger WinPopu Specify default e mail account that will be used by backup and a Windows event log E B Default backup options zb Default restoration options adm myserver com restore wizards for notification Email Address All Outgoing mail server SMTP smtp myserver com User Name Password Send test e mail message S Provide the email address to which notifications will be sent and the outgoing SMTP server name A user name and a password might also be needed if the SMTP server requires authentication Below in this window you can choose whether you want to get
119. ogs They can provide information about scheduled tasks results including reasons for failure if any To invoke the log window select Show log on the toolbar or from the Tools menu The log browsing window contains two panes the left one features the log list while the right one shows selected log contents Log Viewer The Log eck the ste of operations executed by Acronis True Image Enterprise Server xx Oo LIES E Tuesday December 20 2005 5118 Type Module Error Code Date Time Wednesday February 22 2006 5 23 33 PM l Thursday December 22 2005 gt Se Thursday December 22 2005 1 GJInformation 1 503 Ox101F7 2 22 2006 5 18 08 PM ig Thursday December 22 2005 2 G Information 1 503 Ox101F7 2 22 2006 5 18 09 PM i Thursday December 22 2005 13 GInformation 1 1 008 0x103F0 2 22 2006 5 18 09 PM E Thursday December 22 2005 4 G Information 1 504 Ox101F8 2 22 2006 5 18 09 PM E Thursday December 22 2005 IS GInformation 1 504 Ox101F8 2 22 2006 5 18 09 PM E Thursday December 22 2005 6 GInformation 1 506 Ox101FA 2 22 2006 5 E Thursday December 22 2005 7 information 6 0x640006 2 22 2006 5 23 33PM oO l Thursday December 22 2005 g Thursday December 22 2005 z 7 Monday December 26 2005 4 7 A7 Information Monday December 26 2005 4 Wednesday February 22 2006 5 23 33 PM l Monday December 26 2005 4 Details i Monday December 26 2
120. ootable Agent Adding this Agent to the rescue disk or RIS package will enable the administrator to manage the remote computer booted from this disk RIS server with Acronis True Image Management Console Thus they can restore unattended systems including blade servers from remote locations e Windows Event Log and SNMP support Store event log messages issued by Acronis True Image Enterprise Server to Windows Event Log or send them to SNMP clients e Manage System Restore tool for Windows 2003 Server and higher Turn on off the Windows native System Restore tool directly from Acronis True Image Enterprise Server e Context Help 1 4 System requirements and supported media 1 4 1 Minimum system requirements Acronis True Image Enterprise Server requires the following hardware e Pentium processor or higher e 256 Mb RAM e FDD or CD RW drive for bootable media creation e Mouse recommended 1 4 2 Supported operating systems Acronis True Image Management Console e Windows 98 Me e Windows NT 4 0 Workstation SP6 2000 Professional SP4 XP Professional SP2 e Windows NT 4 0 Server SP6 2000 Server 2000 Advanced Server 2003 Server e Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Acronis True Image Agent for Windows Acronis True Image Enterprise Server Acronis Backup Server Acronis True Image Group Server e Windows NT 4 0 Workstation SP6 2000 Professional SP4 XP Professional SP2 e Windows NT 4 0 Server SP6 2000 Server 2000 Advanced Server 200
121. ot coincide with that of the source disk As a result the loader restored from the image will point to the wrong partition and the system will not boot or will malfunction Such might be the case if you image not the entire source disk but only the selected partitions Keep in mind that the source disk may have a hidden maintenance partition created by the computer vendor Therefore if you check each partition for backup instead of checking the disk this hidden partition will not be included into the image restore not the entire source disk but only the selected partitions In some cases especially if your system resides on other than the first partition this can confuse the loader and prevent the restored system from startup image the system residing on the RAID array and restore the system to a RAID array with different configuration To avoid the problem we recommend that you image and restore the entire system disk and use the identical RAID configuration on the source and the target computer 2 AS appears from the above a bootable system migration from RAID to HDD and vise versa is impossible 3 When migrating from RAID to RAID be sure to provide an appropriate driver for the RAID controller otherwise a basic HDD driver will be installed 4 Acronis Universal Restore option is not available when restoring dynamic disks and volumes 3 7 4 Benefits 1 Acronis Universal Restore can be used after the fact
122. ot the restored operating system Therefore it is recommended that you select only files and folders containing user data To back up a disk or partition use image backup 5 Click Next Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 45 6 Set filters for not to back up files of specific types For example you may want hidden and system files and folders as well as files with tmp and bak extensions not to be stored in the archive You can also apply custom filters using the common Windows masking rules For example to exclude all files with extension exe add exe mask My exe mask will reject all exe files with names consisting of five symbols and starting with my Create Backup Wizard Source Files Exclusion A You can specify Files you do not want to include in the backup archive 5 Specify files you do not want to include in the backup archives O Exclude all hidden files and Folders F Exclude all system files and folders Exclude files matching the following criteria bak Bian tmp All of these settings will take effect for the current task How to set the default filters that will be called each time you create a file backup task see in 6 3 2 Source files exclusion 7 Click Next 8 Select the name and location of the archive file If you are going to create a full backup type the file name in the File Name line or use the file name generator a button to the right of the l
123. over the product ensures that you maximize the space on these resources with four levels of compression Disk cloning and new disk deployment Acronis True Image Enterprise Server can be used to clone an image onto multiple servers For example a company purchased several servers and needs similar environments on each of them Traditionally an IT manager should install the operating system and programs on every server With Acronis True Image Enterprise Server the IT manager can create a disk image of the first system deployed That image can then be duplicated onto multiple servers If you need to upgrade the server hard disk drive Acronis True Image Enterprise Server simplifies the task to few mouse clicks creating the exact copy of your old disk to a new one and adjusting partitions size to fit a new hard disk 1 2 Acronis True Image Enterprise Server Architecture Acronis True Image Enterprise Server includes the following components 1 Acronis True Image Management Console a tool for managing data backup restore on a local network from a single location Facilities include remote program components installation managing computer groups via Acronis True Image Group Server and backup archives via Acronis Backup Server scheduling individual and group backup tasks remote data recovery checking backup archives setting backup restore options on remote computers 2 Acronis True Image Agent a server application enabling remote ma
124. p server or removable media will survive even if all your local hard disks are down 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 You will need DVD UDF recording software installed for burning images on DVD disks Examples of this software are Roxio DirectCD or Ahead InCD 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 7 Click Next 8 Select whether you want to create a full or incremental backup If you have not backed up the selected disks partitions yet or the full archive seems too old to append incremental 50 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 changes to it choose full backup Otherwise it is recommended that you create an incremental or differential backup see 3 2 Full incremental and differential backup 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 6 3 Setting backup options for more information 11 Click Next 12 Provide a comm
125. pace on the device as all the archives in the backup location occupy because the archives will first be copied to the new place and then deleted from the old place Cleaning a backup location will delete all archives stored in this location After clicking on Clear item the dialog box comes up allowing you to view a list of backup archives to be removed before you confirm the operation Deleting a backup location will delete all archives stored in this location and redirect the associated computer user s backups to the default backup location After clicking on Delete item the dialog box comes up allowing you to view a list of backup archives to be removed and a list of associated users computers before you confirm the operation 38 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 The default backup location cannot be deleted If you try to do so the program will clean the default backup location and issue an appropriate message To delete the location completely first reassign the default backup location by selecting Specify Default Settings gt Set backup location Cleaning and deleting backup locations might be time consuming operations so you can schedule them for the off peak period 4 5 6 Managing Archives To display a full list of backups stored on the backup server click Manage Backup Archives Acronis True Image Management Console komputer H Connect View Tools Help BW GOS 49 90G Remote Management a kup Ar
126. partition place the mouse pointer over it and then click the left mouse button H F O Partition Flags Capacity Free Space Type Disk 2 Drive letter for the selected partition L EI we 8 Click Next 9 Select whether you want to mount image in Read only or Read Write mode 10 Click Next 11 If you select Read Write mode the program assumes that the connected image will be modified and creates an incremental archive file to capture the changes It is strongly recommended that you list the forthcoming changes in the comment to this file 12 The program displays a summary containing a single operation Click Proceed to connect the selected partition image as a virtual disk 13 After the image is connected the program will run Windows Explorer showing its contents Now you can operate with files or folders as if they were located on a real disk You can connect multiple partition images If you want to connect another partition image repeat the procedure 12 2 Unmounting an image We recommend that you unmount the virtual disk after all necessary operations are finished as keeping up virtual disks takes considerable system resources If you do not the virtual disk will disappear after your server is turned off To disconnect the virtual disk click Unmount Image and select the disk to unmount You can also unmount the disk in Windows Explorer by right clicking on its icon and selecting Unmount 90 Copyri
127. pplication to maximize the CPUs available for mission critical applications Moreover users can control hard disk drive writing speeds and control network bandwidth used during backups allowing you minimally disrupt business operations A several second database suspension is provided for correct backup of mission critical applications such as Microsoft Exchange Server Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle with support VSS If your database or operating system does not support VSS Acronis True Image Enterprise Server will execute your custom commands to realize database suspension Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 7 Supports Cutting Edge Technology Businesses today are moving to leverage the latest technologies dual core 64 bit processors and 64 bit operating systems With Acronis True Image Enterprise Server you can protect these new machines as well as legacy ones running one solution Leverages Existing Technology Investments The product can leverage your current storage infrastructure by supporting a wide variety of storage media so you can avoid costly hardware purchases to implement the solution The product supports key storage technologies such as Direct Attached Storage DAS Network Attached Storage NAS Storage Area Networks SAN Redundant Arrays of Independent Disks RAID devices tapes USB and EEE 1394 FireWire compliant storage devices CDs DVDs removable drives Floppy Zip etc and shared storage More
128. puter goes into hibernation This reduces image size and speeds up image creation and restoration A partition image includes all files and folders independent of their attributes including hidden and system files boot record FAT file allocation table and root A disk image includes images of all disk partitions as well as the zero track with master boot record MBR By default files in all Acronis True Image Enterprise Server archives have a tib extension It is important to note that you can restore files and folders not only from file archives but from disk partition images too To do so mount the image as a virtual disk see Chapter 12 Mounting an image as a virtual drive or start the image restoration and select Restore specified files or folders 3 2 Full incremental and differential backups Acronis True Image Enterprise Server can create full incremental and differential backups A full backup contains all data at the moment of backup creation It forms a base for further incremental or differential backup or is used as a standalone archive A full backup has the shortest restore time as compared to incremental or differential ones An incremental backup file only contains data changed since the last full or incremental backup creation Therefore it is smaller and takes less time to create But as it doesn t contain all data all the previous incremental backups and the initial full backup are required for
129. r Bootable Media Selection Select a drive to be used to create a bootable media Choose a media type From the list below The list contains all available devices that could be used to create media that stores data required for boot It could be such devices as floppy disk drive CD recorders and flash memory devices also you can store bootable data in iso files d 150 image 150 image file FRIS server Server where Remote Installation Services RIS is installed lt Back H Next gt f Cancel 4 If you are creating a CD DVD diskettes or any removable media insert the blank disk so the program can determine its capacity If you chose to create a bootable disk ISO image specify the ISO file name and the folder where to place it If you chose to save bootable data on a RIS server specify the server and provide the user name and password to access it 5 Next the program will calculate how many blank disks are required in case you have not chosen ISO or RIS and give you time to prepare them When you are finished click Proceed After you create a boot disk identify it and keep it in a safe place 82 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 Chapter 11 Other operations 11 1 Validating backup archives To be certain that your archives are not damaged you can check their integrity 1 To invoke the Backup Archive Validation Wizard select Validate Backup Archive in the main window or in the Too
130. r components You can remove any Acronis True Image Enterprise Server component separately by selecting Control panel gt Add or remove programs gt lt The component name gt gt Remove Then follow instructions on the screen You may have to reboot your computer afterwards to complete the task Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 15 Chapter 3 General information and proprietary Acronis technologies 3 1 The difference between file archives and disk partition images A backup archive is a file or a group of files also called in this Guide backups that contains a copy of selected files folders data or a copy of all information stored on selected disks partitions When you back up files and folders only the data along with the folder tree are compressed and stored Backing up disks and partitions is performed in a different way Acronis True Image Enterprise Server stores a sector by sector snapshot of the disk which includes the operating system registry drivers software applications and data files as well as system areas hidden from the user This procedure is called creating a disk image and the resulting backup archive is often called a disk partition image Acronis True Image Enterprise Server stores only those hard disk parts that contain data for supported file systems Further it does not back up swap file information pagefile sys and hiberfil sys a file that keeps RAM contents when the com
131. rd e000 IF a password is not entered the scheduled tasks might not run In the upper field enter a user name Enter a password twice in two fields below 9 At the final step the task configuration is displayed Up to this point you can click Back to make changes in the created task If you click Cancel all settings will be lost Click Finish to save the task 10 The task schedule and default name appear on the Active tasks pane of the main window You are prompted to rename the task just now If you do not want to do it press Enter or Esc key 8 1 1 Setting up daily execution If you select the daily execution set the Start time and days on which you want to execute the task e Every day e Weekdays e Every x days once in several days specify the interval Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 73 Schedule Task Wizard Daily Parameters Select parameters For daily scheduled tasks Select the time and day you want this task to start Start time 3 hours 12 minutes PM v F If the computer was turned off at the time when the task was scheduled to run the system will perform the task the next time it is restarted Perform this task Every day Weekdays EI Every 2 days If the computer is off when the scheduled time comes the task won t be performed but you can force the missed task to launch at the next system startup by checking a box under the Start time fields 8
132. restoration Unlike incremental backup when every backup procedure creates the next file in a chain a differential backup creates an independent file containing all changes against the initial full archive Generally a differential backup will be restored faster than an incremental one as it does not have to process through a long chain of previous backups A standalone full backup may be an optimal solution if you often roll back the system to the initial state like in a gaming club or Internet caf to undo changes made by the guests In 16 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 this case you need not to re create the initial full image so the backup time is not crucial and the restore time will be minimal Alternatively if you are interested in saving only the last data state to be able to restore it in case of system failure consider the differential backup It is particularly effective if your data changes tend to be little as compared to the full data volume The same is true for incremental backup In addition it is most useful when you need frequent backups and possibility to roll back to any of stored states Having created a full backup once if you then create an incremental backup each day of a month you will get the same result as if you created full backups every day However the cost in time and disk space or removable media usage will be as little as one tenth as much It is important to note that t
133. rget computer The task will appear on the Active tasks pane of the main window The task progress will be shown in the special window You can stop the procedure by clicking Cancel However it is critical to note that the target partition will be deleted and its space unallocated the same result you will get if the restoration is unsuccessful To recover the lost partition you will have to restore it from the image again 68 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 If Acronis Universal Restore finds no HAL or hard disk controller drivers compatible with the new hardware in all available sources you will be prompted to browse network share drive floppy disk or CD to select missing drivers On starting Windows it will initialize a common procedure for installing new hardware At this point you will be able to specify drivers for devices if Windows cannot find them automatically 7 4 Setting restore options To view or edit the default restore options in Acronis True Image Enterprise Server local version select Tools gt Options gt Default Restoration Options from the main program menu To do the same remotely connect Acronis True Image Management Console to the remote computer click Remote Computer Options and select Default Restoration options You can edit the default or set the temporary restore options while creating a restore task as well Options You can view and set the options for the selected items
134. riginal purchaser Upon termination for any reason all copies of the software must be immediately returned to Acronis and the original purchaser shall be liable to Acronis for any and all damages suffered as a result of the violation or default ENTIRE RISK THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE IS WITH YOU THE PURCHASER Acronis DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SOFTWARE OR ITS FUNCTIONS WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR THAT THE OPERATION OF THE SOFTWARE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE OR THAT ANY DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED NO LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES IN NO EVENT SHALL Acronis OR ITS VENDORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION DAMAGES FOR THE LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS BUSINESS INTERRUPTION LOSS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION OR ANY OTHER PECUNIARY LOSS ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SOFTWARE EVEN IF Acronis HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES SOFTWARE USAGE TERMS AND CONDITIONS Under current legislation the License Agreement is considered a contract between you and Acronis Inc The contract is a legal document and its violation may result in legal action Illegal use and or distribution of this software will be prosecuted Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 3 Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION E 7 1 1 ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE ENTERPRISE SERVER A COMPLETE SOLUTION FOR CORPORATE USERS sssosse0000 7 1 2 ACRONIS TRUE
135. rn on the computer and press F11 when you see the Press F11 for Acronis Startup Recovery Manager message This will run a standalone version of Acronis True Image Enterprise Server that only slightly differs from the complete version For information on restoring damaged partitions see Chapter 7 Restoring the backup data Be careful Disk letters in standalone Acronis True Image Enterprise Server might sometimes differ from the way Windows identifies drives For example the D drive identified in the standalone Acronis True Image might correspond to the E drive in Windows 3 5 Acronis Backup Server This software application when installed on a networked computer automatically manages backup archives stored on this computer in accordance with the rules set by an administrator Acronis Backup Server allows the administrator to set up a uniform backup policy for the entire organization It ensures optimal employment of storage space used for backup archives Outdated archives will be automatically deleted at the same time the latest data recovery is always possible In addition Acronis Backup Server facilitates creation and executing group backup tasks 18 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 3 5 1 Backup locations their quotas and time limits Backup server is a networked computer where Acronis Backup Server is installed A backup location is an automatically managed storage area for backups on a backup server An adminis
136. rogram compare the entire file contents to that stored in the archive This option relates only to disk partition image backup 6 3 8 Archive splitting Sizeable backups can be split into several files that together make the original backup A backup file can be split for burning to removable media or saving on ftp server data recovery directly from ftp server requires the archive to be split into files no more than 2 Gb in size The default setting Automatic With this setting Acronis True Image Enterprise Server will act as follows When backing up to the hard disk f the selected disk has enough space and its file system allows the estimated file size the program will create a single archive file If the storage disk has enough space but its file system does not allow the estimated file size Acronis True Image Enterprise Server will automatically split the backup into several files FAT16 and FAT32 file systems have a 4 GB file size limit At the same time the existing hard drives capacity may reach as much as 160GB Therefore an archive file might easily exceed this limit if you are going to back up the entire disk If you do not have enough space to store the image on your hard disk the program will warn you and wait for your decision as to how you plan to fix the problem You can try to free some additional space and continue or click Back and select another disk Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 55 W
137. ronis Inc 2000 2006 If you want more functionality during restoration write a standalone version of Acronis True Image Enterprise Server to the rescue disk Then you will be able to configure the restore task using Restore Data Wizard use Acronis Snap Restore or Acronis Universal Restore etc Under Advanced tab you can select full safe or both Acronis True Image Enterprise Server loader version The safe version does not have USB PC card or SCSI drivers and is useful only in case the full version does not load If you want the computer booted from the media to be accessible for remote control with Acronis True Image Management Console add Acronis Bootable Agent to the media If you have other Acronis products such as Acronis Disk Director Suite installed on your computer the bootable versions of these programs components will be offered as Advanced as well In case you check Do not place additional components if there is no free space box the program will try to write at least basic component to media short of space 6 3 11 Additional settings 1 Validate backup archive upon operation completion The default setting disabled You can choose to check the backup data integrity Verification will be performed immediately after the archive is created To check data from an incremental backup you must have all previous incremental backup files and the initial full backup If any of successive backups is missing validation is
138. rprise Server local version Acronis True Image Enterprise Server can be run in several ways We recommend that you first try to restore data running Acronis True Image Enterprise Server under Windows because this method provides more functionality Boot from the bootable media or use the Startup Recovery Manager see 3 4 Acronis Startup Recovery Manager only if Windows does not load The boot CD from which you loaded the program does not keep you from using other CDs with backups Acronis True Image Enterprise Server is loaded entirely into RAM so you can remove the bootable CD to insert the archive disk Be careful Disk letters in standalone Acronis True Image Enterprise Server might sometimes differ from the way Windows identifies drives For example the D drive identified in the standalone Acronis True Image Enterprise Server might correspond to the E drive in Windows 7 1 1 Network settings in rescue mode When booted from removable media RIS server or by Startup Recovery Manager Acronis True Image Enterprise Server may not detect the network Such might be the case if there is no DHCP server in your network or your computer address was not identified automatically for some reason To enable connection specify network settings manually in the window available at Tools gt Options gt Network adapters Network Settings View change network connection settings amp Network adapters Network adapter PCnet32 or PCnet
139. rt window will ensure completion of all transactions before the backup process starts Then the database will be ready to access immediately after recovery The examples of VSS aware databases are Exchange Oracle SQL Server 2 Before after data capture commands However VSS is not available in server operation systems older than Windows 2003 Server and not all databases support VSS In these cases the transactions completion can be ensured with executing batch files or scripts that pause the appropriate Windows services and automatically resume them after data capture An example of a batch file suspending the Windows services for MS Exchange net stop msexchangesa y y net stop Microsoft Exchange Routing Engine An example of a batch file resuming the Windows services for MS Exchange net start Microsoft Exchange System Attendant net start Microsoft Exchange Event net start Microsoft Exchange IMAP4 net start Microsoft Exchange MTA Stacks net start Microsoft Exchange POP3 net start Microsoft Exchange Routing Engine Create batch files in any text editor for example name it pause services bat and resume_services bat Use Edit buttons to the right of Before data capture command and After data capture command fields to open the Edit Command window where you can browse folders to find the respective batch files or scripts
140. rtup Recovery Manager then follow the Wizard s instructions See details in 3 4 Acronis Startup Recovery Manager e Mount partitions images to explore and modify their contents or to restore individual files Click Mount image then follow the Wizard s instructions See details in Chapter 12 Mounting an image as a virtual drive e Unmount previously mounted partition images Click Unmount image then follow the Wizard s instructions See details in 12 2 Unmounting an image e Transfer the system to a new hard disk See Chapter 13 Transferring the system to a new disk e Format partitions on a new hard disk See Chapter 14 Adding a new hard disk Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 43 e Turn on off Windows System Restore tool See 11 5 Managing System Restore e Create bootable rescue media its ISO or RIS package See Chapter 10 Creating bootable media Some of the above operations can be executed in command line as well For more information on Acronis True Image Enterprise Server command line mode see 15 1 Working in the command line mode 44 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 Chapter 6 Creating backup archives To be able to restore the lost data or roll back your system to a predetermined state you should first create a data or entire system backup file If you are not concerned about restoration of your operating system along with all settings and applications but plan to keep safe only cer
141. s 1 Create image trueimagecmd create filename C Test 1l tib partition 2 1 1 3 e This will create an image named 1 tib of the partitions 2 1 and 1 3 Image will be saved to c Test folder trueimagecmd create filename Test 1 tib partition 2 1 1 3 file_partition 3 1 e This will create an image named 1 tib of the partitions 2 1 and 1 3 Image will be saved to partition 3 1 trueimagecmd create filename C Test 1l tib password qwerty harddisk 2 reboot raw incremental compression 5 split 640 progress off e This will append an incremental image to the image named 1 tib of hard disk 2 The image will be saved to c Test folder protected with password qwerty split into parts of 640 MB and contain all cluster data Image compression level is 5 The server will be rebooted after the operation is completed 2 Restore image trueimagecmd deploy filename C Test 1l tib partition 2 1 e This will restore partition 2 1 from image 1 tib trueimagecmd deploy filename C Test 1 tib password qwerty harddisk 2 e This will restore hard disk 2 from image 1 tib protected with password qwerty trueimagecmd deploy filename C Test 1l tib partition 2 1 target_partition 1 1 e This will restore partition 2 1 stored in image 1 tib to partition 1 1 trueimagecmd deploy filename C Test 1l tib partition 2 1 target_harddisk 3 start 0 size 64000 t
142. s 6 Windows takes control and initiates the usual first start process The recovery procedure can proceed under Windows as well for example if the operating system is loaded from the C drive the system partition of the other computer can be restored from an image to the D drive In this case the user prompt for driver search on Network Floppy CD will not be issued If a compatible driver cannot be found Windows will suggest to ignore it or cancel restoration 22 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 3 7 2 Using Acronis Universal Restore in virtual environment Virtual machine technologies provide a powerful tool to help accelerate the development testing deployment and support of PC applications Using Acronis True Image Enterprise Server with Acronis Universal Restore you can perform real to virtual and virtual to real computer migration in the same way as with real systems If the virtual hard drive uses SCSI controller you should provide appropriate drivers while performing system restore to the virtual machine For example the widespread VMware environment requires Buslogic or LSI logic drivers Use drivers bundled with your virtual machine software or download the latest drivers versions from the software manufacturer website 3 7 3 Hints on using Acronis Universal Restore 1 The system recovered by Acronis Universal Restore may not start if the partition structure in the image or the target disk partitioning does n
143. s True Image Enterprise Server It is especially handy for traveling users 3 4 2 How to use To be able to use Acronis Startup Recovery Manager at boot time prepare as follows you can do it either locally using Acronis True Image Enterprise Server local version or remotely using Acronis True Image Management Console 1 Install Acronis True Image Enterprise Server local version or Acronis True Image Agent on a local computer 2 Create Acronis Secure Zone on the local computer hard disk see Chapter 9 Managing Acronis Secure Zone 3 Activate Acronis Startup Recovery Manager To do so click Activate Acronis Startup Recovery Manager and follow the Wizard s instructions If you try to activate Acronis Startup Recovery Manager while Acronis Secure Zone is missing from the system you will be prompted to create the zone then Acronis Startup Recovery Manager will be activated Otherwise Acronis Startup Recovery Manager will be activated immediately When Acronis Startup Recovery Manager is activated it overwrites the master boot record MBR with its own boot code If you have any third party boot managers installed you will have to reactivate them after activating the Startup Recovery Manager For Linux loaders e g LiLo and GRUB you might consider installing them to a Linux root or boot partition boot record instead of MBR before activating Acronis Startup Recovery Manager If failure occurs on a local computer tu
144. s not available Let us imagine you are to restore a partition from an old low capacity FAT16 disk to a X newer disk FAT16 would not be effective and might even be impossible to set on the high capacity hard disk That s because FAT16 supports partitions up to 4 GB so you will not be able to restore a 4 GB FAT16 partition to a partition that exceeds that limit without changing the file system It would make sense here to change the file system from FAT16 to FAT32 However keep in mind that not all operating systems support FAT32 MS DOS Windows 95 and Windows NT 3 x 4 x do not support FAT32 and will not be operable after you restore a partition and change its file system These can be normally restored on a FAT16 partition only 2 Click Next 7 3 8 Changing the restored partition size and location 1 You can resize and relocate a partition by dragging it or its borders with a mouse or by entering corresponding values into the appropriate fields Using this feature you can redistribute the disk space between partitions being restored In this case you will have to restore the partition to be reduced first Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 65 Restore Data Wizard Restored Partition Size Specify the size and location of the restored partition Please specify the size and location You can change it with the mouse in the graphical view or enter the exact values in the text boxes f 7 002 GB NTFS Mi
145. self when it boots Thus Acronis Universal Restore uses three sources for drivers search the driver repository the list of user specified enforced drivers and the Windows default driver storage folders in the image being restored The program will find the most suitable drivers of all available and install them into the restored system However the drivers defined by the user enforced drivers will have the priority They will be installed with appropriate warning even if the program finds the better driver When migrating from RAID to RAID be sure to specify an appropriate driver for the RAID controller in the Forcedly Installed Drivers window Otherwise a basic HDD driver will be installed When restoring the system to a virtual machine that uses SCSI hard drive controller be sure to specify SCSI drivers for virtual environment in the Forcedly Installed Drivers window Use drivers bundled with your virtual machine software or download the latest drivers versions from the software manufacturer website 6 Click Next 7 3 13 Restoration summary and executing restoration 1 At the final step the restoration summary is displayed Up to this point you can click Back to make changes in the created task If you click Cancel no changes will be made to disk s Clicking Proceed will launch the task execution 2 For Acronis True Image Enterprise Server local version or Acronis True Image Management Console connected to the ta
146. sks with GUID partition table Acronis Backup Server This software application when installed on a networked computer automatically manages backup archives stored on this computer in accordance with the rules set by an administrator Acronis True Image Group Server When installed on a networked computer allows managing and monitoring of group backup tasks on all networked computers in real time Acronis True Image Agent for Linux Remote backup restore of Linux based systems Back up to restore from FTP servers Acronis Snap Restore A user can start working in seconds while the system is still being restored Acronis Universal Restore optional Hardware independent live system restore File level backup and recovery including files opened in exclusive usage mode In addition to an entire partition system backup Differential backup Backup only the changes made since the full backup Fast incremental differential backup Users can choose to compare files with their archived copies by date size fast process or by file contents precise but time consuming process Files and folders backup restore filtering Saves space when creating file backups by only backing up files of the types the users want to keep Similarly a user can tell the program not to restore certain files from the file archive Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service VSS support for Windows 2003 Server and higher Easily backup VSS compatible data
147. sole 15 2 5 REMOVING ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE ENTERPRISE SERVER COMPONENTS 15 CHAPTER 3 GENERAL INFORMATION AND PROPRIETARY ACRONIS TECHNOLOGIES 16 3 1 THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FILE ARCHIVES AND DISK PARTITION IMAGES sssssseseosessesoseeesseesorereeresserreee 16 3 2 FULL INCREMENTAL AND DIFFERENTIAL BACKUPS ssessseeosesssreseestssesorteseresssrenetsssseretrsssseserereesssserrnee 16 3 3 ACRONIS SECURE ZONE an a R E E E dibencsgepogeducecdesvddsesousuedeedeugusvaeduessbavessdeveadeedsvee 17 3 4 ACRONIS STARTUP RECOVERY MANAGER 18 Shed HOW tte E E E E E N E E E EA a A SS 18 SAD HOW EE 18 3 9 ACRONIS BACKUP SERVER saon eren E A E N A vue T R E a 18 3 5 1 Backup locations their quotas and time Jrmtte sees sees cess cesecesecesecsaecaeeeseeeseeeeeeseeeasseseenaes 19 3 5 2 Quotas and time limits for Computers and userg 19 3 5 3 Administrator profiles and User profiles ccsccscsccesssccssecssssecssesecuseescescueceeeseeacesecaeeseceeseeaeesesneeseens 19 et Operations With rt D se EAR EENS 20 3 6 AGRONIS SNAP RESTORE EE 20 SOP HOW 1b WOTKS sce ee e EE EE E E E E E doughvcedbewesnsusnesees E 20 EENEG 21 J AAGRONIS UNIVERSAL RESTOR a Ee EE EE 21 SL SHOWAO USE soiree ge Ee bees ee geen Ee ee 22 3 7 2 Using Acronis Universal Restore in virtual euvtronmtent 23 3 7 3 Hints on using Acronis Universal Restore ccccscccsseesseesseeseeeseeseceseeeecseceesecesecuaecuaecsaecseeesseeseeeeesaes 23 Ee 23 3 8 USING DYNAMIC DISKS
148. ssentially compressed files like jog pdf or mp3 Generally it is recommended that you use the default Normal compression level You might want to select Maximum compression for removable media to reduce the number of blank disks required 6 3 6 Backup performance The three options below might have a more or less noticeable effect on the backup process speed This depends on overall system configuration and physical characteristics of devices 1 Backup process priority The default setting Low The priority of any process running in a system determines the amount of CPU usage and system resources allocated to that process Decreasing the backup priority will free more resources for other CPU tasks Increasing of backup priority may speed up the backup process due to taking resources from the other currently running processes The effect will depend on total CPU usage and other factors 2 HDD writing speed The default setting Maximum Backing up in the background to an internal hard disk for example to Acronis Secure Zone may slow other programs performance because of large amounts of data transferred to the disk You can limit the hard disk usage by Acronis True Image Enterprise Server to a desired level To set the desired HDD writing speed for data being backed up drag the slider or enter the writing speed in kilobytes per second 3 Network connection speed The default setting Maximum 54 Copyright Acronis I
149. st 1 tib Compression Normal fa ox Inaccessible Q D I dhcp 120 acronis ru Inaccessible 7 MG acrotest7 w2k3 Inaccessible 0 lt Here you can monitor states of Acronis True Image Enterprise Server tasks backup restore validating backup archives on all networked computers Ready the remote computer is available for the next task Prepare preparations are being made on a remote machine for the task execution analyzing partitions preparing backup scripts etc Running a task is being executed on the remote computer Paused the task is paused and waiting for user input on the remote computer Failed the task could not be completed because of an error Finished the task has been completed successfully Cancelled the task has been cancelled on the remote computer Offline the remote computer is not connected to the network or switched off Inaccessible the remote computer is not accessible due to lack of access rights firewall and security settings etc Unmanaged the Acronis True Image Agent is not installed on a remote machine To see details of the computer in brief the computer role operating system and IP address click on the computer name The details are displayed on the sidebar To see details of the group task being executed on a remote computer mouse over the computer In this window you can also 1 Filter out from the list offline inaccessible or unmanaged computers and vice versa
150. stem queries to the files When the user opens files or launches applications the drivers receive the system queries and restore the sectors that are necessary for the current operation 3 At the same time ATIES proceeds with the complete sector by sector image restoration in the background However the system requested sectors have the highest priority 20 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 Finally the image will be fully restored even if the user performs no actions at all But if you choose to start working as soon as possible after the system failure you will gain at least several minutes considering that restoration of a 10 20 Gb image most common image size takes about 10 minutes The larger the image size the more time you save 3 6 2 How to use To be able to use Acronis Snap Restore in case of system crash prepare as follows you can do it either locally using Acronis True Image Enterprise Server local version or remotely using Acronis True Image Management Console 1 Install Acronis True Image Enterprise Server local version or Acronis True Image Agent on a local computer 2 Create Acronis Secure Zone on the local computer hard disk see Chapter 9 Managing Acronis Secure Zone 3 Activate Acronis Startup Recovery manager see 3 4 Acronis Startup Recovery Manager and create bootable media or RIS package with Acronis True Image Enterprise Server see Chapter 10 Creating bootable media 4 Back up im
151. structions The procedure is the same as described in 4 2 nstalling updating Acronis components on a remote machine After you perform all necessary operations on the remote computer select Disconnect or New connection on the toolbar sidebar or the Connect menu 4 4 Managing groups of computers 4 4 1 Group server management When connected to a remote computer where Acronis True Image Group Server is installed click Acronis True Image Group Server management to display the following window Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 29 Acronis True Image Management Console lef Connect view Tools Help gt e b Bw OO zo A o ee Remote Management A New Connection X Disconnect Tools ES Create Bootable Rescue Media I Install Acronis Components Ep Phobos Computer Details E W soLocug Group Task Create Incremental Backup Archive vaeri Task Name New Group Task From C Ltest 1 Address 192 168 4 192 Role PC amp 05 Windows A assad vmware access State Ready F dhcp6 137 acronis ru Inaccessible 7 Management Connect A dhcp6 170 acronis ru Inaccessible Credentials Set 8 eukarpov Inaccessible Help lef Running 9 Backing up m 54 3 16 2006 4 41 PM Helo D mike acronis ru Inaccessible Web Support K model Inaccessible K nodeis Inaccessible 7 i techwriter Inaccessible g ahaha To file C Documents and Settings All Users Documents Backups Lte
152. sword Specifies a user password when creating an image on a network drive narddisk disk number Specifies the hard disks to include into the image file by numbers The list of available hard disks is provided by the list command An image may contain data of more than one hard disk In that case separate disk numbers by commas e g harddisk 1 3 partition partition number 102 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 Specifies the partitions to include into the image file by numbers The list of available partitions is provided by list Partition numbers are specified as lt disk number gt lt partition number gt e g partition 1 1 1 2 3 1 file_partition partition letter Specifies the partition where the image file will be stored by letter or number This option is used with filename file_name In that case the file name must be specified without drive letter or root folder For example file_partition D filename 1 tib raw Use this option to create an image of a disk partition with unrecognized or unsupported file system This will copy all disk partition contents sector by sector Without this option only the sectors containing useful system and user data are imaged compression 0 9 Specifies the image compression level It ranges from 0 to 9 and is set to 3 by default incremental Sets the image type to incremental If there is no a basic image file to append an
153. tain data the current project for example choose file folder backup This will reduce the archive size thus saving disk space and possibly reducing removable media costs Backing up the entire system disk creating a disk image takes more disk space but enables you to restore the system in minutes in case of severe data damage or hardware failure Moreover the imaging procedure is much faster than copying files and may significantly speed the backup process when it comes to backing up large volumes of data see details in 3 1 The difference between file archives and disk partition images 6 1 Backing up files and folders file backup 1 Invoke the Create Backup Wizard by clicking on the backup operation icon in the main program window 2 Click Next 3 Select Files and folders and click Next 4 From the tree pane select files and folders to back up You can select a random set of files folders partitions disks and even computers Create Backup Wizard Source Files Selection Select files and folders you want to back up My Documents II g My Network Places S Desktop Free Space 6 63 GB Total Size 14 65 GB System Folder l lt Back ji Next gt f Cancel If you select a partition disk or computer and archive all its files including system and hidden files the bare metal restore of that disk partition computer still will not be possible You also may not be able to bo
154. te Backup Archive runs the archive integrity checking procedure Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 41 e Show Log opens the Log Viewer window e Manage Acronis Secure Zone used to create delete and resize a special hidden partition for storing archives Acronis Secure Zone e Activate Acronis Startup Recovery Manager activates the boot restoration manager F11 key Program menu The program menu line features the Operations View Tools and Help items The Operations menu contains a list of the available operations including scheduling tasks The View menu contains items for managing the program window look e Common Task Bar enables disables the sidebar e Status Bar enables disables the status bar e Active tasks enables disables the Active Tasks pane at the bottom of the main area The Tools menu contains the following items e Manage Acronis Secure Zone used to create delete and resize a special hidden partition for storing archives Acronis Secure Zone e Activate Acronis Startup Recovery Manager activates the boot restoration manager F11 key e Validate Backup Archive runs the archive integrity checking procedure e Manage System Restore allows you to turn on off Microsoft Windows System Restore tool and set its options directly from Acronis True Image Enterprise Server e Create Bootable Rescue Media runs the bootable media creation procedure e Show Log opens the Log Viewer window e Opt
155. ter backup location within the same device you must have at least as much free space on the device as the computer archives occupy because the archives will first be copied to the new location and then deleted from the old place If you select a computer and click Clear all archives of this computer data will be deleted Deleting a computer profile will disable backup to backup server for this computer and delete its existing archives This operation might also be time consuming so you can schedule it for the off peak period 4 5 3 Adding Users and Administrators to Acronis Backup Server database When installed Acronis Backup Server creates on the backup server a user group named AcronisBackupServerUsers see Control Panel gt Administrative Tools gt Computer Management gt Local Users and Groups At this point the group contains the only user who installed the program By default this user is able to manage the backup server and perform backups on base of computer profiles i e has administrator s rights on the backup server To enable any user to back up data from any networked computer where Acronis True Image Enterprise Server local version is installed to backup server an administrator should add this user to Acronis Backup Server database 36 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 To do so first add this person to AcronisBackupServerUsers group Then click Set up User profiles gt Add select the user n
156. th tmp and bak extensions not to be restored from the archive You can also apply custom filters using the common Windows masking rules For example to exclude all files with extension exe add exe mask My exe mask will reject all exe files with names consisting of five symbols and starting with my All of these settings will take effect for the current task How to set the default filters that will be called each time you restore data see in 7 4 1 Files to restore exclusion 14 Click Next 15 The next selection allows you to keep useful data changes made since the selected backup was created Choose what to do if the program finds in the target folder a file with the same name as in the archive Restore Data Wizard Restoration Mode You can choose how to restore existing files Specify the action to perform if the destination folder already contains a file with the same name as the File that is being restored H Overwrite existing File if it is older Do not overwrite existing file Description Select this item if you want to allow the program to overwrite existing Files with restored Files if existing Files are older than restored files Overwrite existing file this will give the archived file unconditional priority over the file on the hard disk Overwrite existing file if it is older this will give the priority to the most recent file modification whether it is in the archive or on
157. the disk Do not overwrite existing file this will give the file on the hard disk unconditional priority over the archived file 16 At the final step the restoration summary is displayed Up to this point you can click Back to make changes in the created task Clicking Proceed will launch the task execution 17 For Acronis True Image Enterprise Server local or standalone version or Acronis True Image Management Console connected to the target computer The task will appear on the Active tasks pane of the main window The task progress will be shown in the special window You can stop the procedure by clicking Cancel Please keep in mind that the aborted procedure still may cause changes in the destination folder Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 61 7 3 Restoring disks partitions or files from images To restore a partition disk from an image Acronis True Image Enterprise Server must obtain exclusive access to the target partition disk This means no other applications can access it at that time If you receive a message stating that the partition disk can not be blocked close applications that use this partition disk and start over If you can not determine which applications use the partition disk close them all 7 3 1 Starting the Restore Data Wizard 1 Invoke the Restore Data Wizard by clicking on the restore operation icon in the main program window 2 Click Next 7 3 2 Archive selection 1 Select
158. the partition itself 100 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 If the cursor turns to two vertical lines with left and right arrows it is pointed at the partition border and you can drag it to enlarge or reduce the partition size If the cursor turns to four arrows it is pointed at the partition so you can move it to the left or right if there is unallocated space near it Having provided the new partition location and size you can input a label for the new partition If you make a mistake at partitioning click Back to redo the process Finally you will be taken back to the partition layout screen Check the resulting partitions layout and start creating another partition or move on by unchecking Create new partition in unallocated space and clicking Next 14 3 Disk add summary The disk add summary contains a list of operations to be performed on disks Add New Disk Wizard Acronis Acronis True Image is ready to perform operations with physical True Image data Here is the list of these operations Enterprise Operation 1 of 2 Reboot required Clearing disk Server Hard disk 2 Operation 2 of 2 Creating partition Hard disk 2 Drive letter D File system NTFS Volume label Size 38 35 GB r Please press Proceed to start www acronis com After you click Proceed Acronis True Image Enterprise Server will start creating and formatting new partitions indicating the progress in the special window You can stop
159. this procedure by clicking Cancel In that case you will have to repartition and format the new disk or repeat the disk add procedure Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 101 Chapter 15 Command line mode and scripting Acronis True Image Enterprise Server local version supports the command line mode as well as the GUI mode and can be used to execute XML scripts 15 1 Working in the command line mode An administrator might need a console interface in some situations Acronis True Image Enterprise Server supports this mode with TrueImageCmd exe utility The file is located in a folder where Acronis True Image Enterprise Server has been installed by default it is C Program Files Acronis Truel mageEnterprise 15 1 1 Supported commands TrueImageCmd has the following format trueimagecmd command optionl option2 The following commands are supported each command may be accompanied by additional options 1 create Creates an image file with the specified file name A complete image is created by default Use the incremental option to create an incremental image Options progress on off Shows hides the progress information percent completed It is shown by default filename filename Sets the image file name password password Protects an image with a password net_user username Specifies a user name when creating an image on a network drive net_password pas
160. ting systems is used to undo harmful changes to the system without losing recently changed or created user data To run the System Restore tool or find out more about it select Start gt Programs gt Accessories gt System Tools gt System Restore Please be aware that the older Windows Server versions do not feature System Restore therefore under these operating systems Manage System Restore tool is unavailable If you run Acronis True Image Enterprise Server regularly this feature in your operating system is redundant You can turn it off freeing up to 12 of your hard disks space directly from Acronis True Image Enterprise Server This feature is available in Acronis True Image Enterprise Server local version only Managing System Restore using Acronis True Image Management Console is impossible 86 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 1 To invoke the System Restore Management Wizard select Manage System Restore from the menu or from the Tools group or click Manage System Restore on the toolbar 2 Click Next 3 Now you can turn on off System Restore on all your hard disk s partitions at once or do it individually for each partition Note that you cannot turn off System Restore on the system disk partition yet keep it on other disks partitions 4 Click Next 5 The program lists the configured changes You can click Back to choose different settings If you click Cancel all new settings wil
161. tion Registered Components will use setup files from the default C Program Files Common Files Acronis Remotel nstall folder 3 Select the Acronis component and specify the component features you want to install for custom component features see 2 1 nstalling Acronis True Image Enterprise Server components 26 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 Remote Install Wizard Select Program Please select program to install on the remote computer l Program version Language Filename Acronis Backup Server 1 1 373 English C Program Files Common Files Acronis F Acronis True Image Agent 9 1 3469 English C Program Files Common Files Acronis R Acronis True Image Enterprise Server 9 1 3469 English C Program Files Common Files Acronis R 4 Specify network name or IP address of the machine on which Acronis component is to be installed You can also select the machine from the list of available using Browse button At that point you will have to provide administrator username and password Acronis True Image Agent and Acronis True Image Enterprise Server installation requires the system restart To allow immediate remote computer reboot check the Reboot the remote computer box 5 The Acronis component then will be installed on the remote computer If system restart is necessary the remote machine will reboot or the program will prompt you to restart the remote machine depending on your choice on the previous step To updat
162. trator can organize one or more backup locations and set the overall limitations to size storage time for every location i e quotas and time limits An administrator can Move Clear or Delete existing backup locations or edit their Quotas and time limits 3 5 2 Quotas and time limits for computers and users Individual quotas and time limits determine every Computere or user s quota on a backup server This include 1 maximum storage space allocated to a user computer in Mb 2 maximum number of backups 3 maximum number of incremental backups for each full backup 4 maximum storage period for the user s computer s archives These values define how Acronis Backup Server itself will handle the backup archives At first backup of the computer user s data to the backup server a full backup will be created The next backups will be incremental until the maximum number of incremental backups is reached Then again a full backup and a set of subsequent incremental backups is created then again a full backup and so on As appears from the above when backing up to backup server a user cannot select backup mode full incremental differential The backup mode will be set by Acronis Backup Server Please be aware that in fact maximum number of incremental backups includes one initial full backup For example if this parameter is set to 5 Acronis Backup Server will create one full backup then four incremental backups then ag
163. utton on the Active Tasks pane e Daily the task will be executed once a day or once in several days e Weekly the task will be executed once a week or once in several weeks on selected day e Monthly the task will be executed once a month on the selected day e One time only the task will be executed once at the specified time and day e When my computer starts the task will be executed at every OS startup e When I log on the task will be executed each time the current user logs in to the OS 72 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 e When my computer shuts down the task will be executed before every server shutdown or reboot e When I log off the task will be executed each time the current user logs off of the OS Some of these options might be disabled depending on the operating system 5 Click Next 6 Specify the task start time and other schedule parameters according to the selected periodicity see 8 1 1 8 1 4 7 Click Next 8 Next you will have to specify the name of the user who owns the executed task otherwise no scheduled execution will be available Schedule Task Wizard User Information Select the user name and password Enter the name and password of a user The task will run as if it was started by that user Please note that the domain name must be specified if the user is a member of a domain Enter the user name test Enter the password KEE Confirm passwo
164. will be canceled only after the current operation is finished Acronis Secure Zone creation might take several minutes or more Please wait until the whole procedure is finished Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 77 9 2 Resizing Acronis Secure Zone 1 When prompted by the wizard select Manage Acronis Secure Zone 2 Select to increase or decrease the zone You might need to increase it to provide more space for archives The opposite situation might arise if either partition lacks free space 3 Select partitions from which free space will be used to increase Acronis Secure Zone or that will receive free space after the zone is reduced Manage Acronis Secure Zone Wizard Size You can specify the Acre Please specify the Acronis Secure Zone size Acronis Secure Zone must be large enough to contain the images you are going to create Minimum Partition p Maximum Partition Size 39 22 MB v Size 8 059 GB Partition size 4 049 GB 4 Enter the new size of the zone or drag the slider 5 Next you will see a list of briefly described operations to be performed on partitions disks After you click Proceed Acronis True Image Enterprise Server will start resizing the zone Progress will be reflected in the special window If necessary you can stop the procedure by clicking Cancel However the procedure will be canceled only after the current operation is finished Zone resizing can take several minutes or longer Pleas
165. ype logical e This will restore partition 2 1 stored in image 1 tib to hard disk 3 A new logical partition will be created on disk 3 from 0 to 64000 sector trueimagecmd deploy filename z Server30Cdrive tib partition 1 1 target_partition 2 1 type active password 123qwe e This will restore partition 1 1 stored in image Server30Cdrive tib protected with password 123qwe to partition 2 1 The restored partition will be of active type Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 107 3 List trueimagecmd list e This will list available partitions 4 Clone trueimagecmd clone harddisk 2 target_harddisk 3 e Clone hard disk 2 to hard disk 3 5 Explore image trueimagecmd explore filename myserver backup mybackup tib net_user john net_password qwerty e This will connect all images stored in file mybackup tib on the network drive as virtual drives 15 1 3 Command line mode usage under DOS For use in the MS DOS compatible environments Acronis True Image Enterprise Server includes the TrueImageCmdDos exe utility It is located in a folder where Acronis True Image Enterprise Server has been installed by default it is C Program Files Acronis Truel mageEnterprise 15 2 Scripting 15 2 1 Script execution parameters Scripts are executed by the TrueImageTerminal exe utility located in the Acronis True Image Enterprise Server installation folder i e C Program Files Acronis Truel mageEnterprise

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