Acronis® Backup & Recovery ™ Online Stand-alone User's Guide
Table of contents 1 Introduction to Acronis Backup & Recovery Online .................................................................4 1.1 What is Acronis Backup & Recovery Online?.............................................................................4 1.2 What data can I back up and recover? ......................................................................................4 1.3 How long will my backups be kept in the online storage? ........................................................
4.2 Supported operating systems ..................................................................................................17 4.3 Installing Acronis Backup & Recovery 10.................................................................................17 4.4 Configuring proxy settings .......................................................................................................18 5 Activating online backup subscriptions ...................................................................
This document explains how to do online backups using the Acronis Backup & Recovery Online service and stand-alone editions of Acronis Backup & Recovery 10. The stand-alone editions enable you to back up an individual server or workstation to Acronis Online Backup Storage. This document contains an overview of Acronis Backup & Recovery Online and step-by-step instructions for the typical software installation and usage scenarios.
For effective use of the storage space, you have the option to set up the "Delete backups older than" retention rule. Example You might want to use the following backup strategy for a file server. Back up the critical files twice a day on a schedule. Set the retention rule "Delete backups older than" 7 days. This means that after every backup the software will check for backups older than 7 days and delete them automatically. Run backup of the server's system volume manually as required.
1.5.4 What if a network connection is lost during online backup or recovery? The software will try to reach the online storage every 30 seconds. After five unsuccessful attempts the backup or recovery task will fail. You can change the number of attempts and the interval between the attempts in the Error handling > Re-attempt, if an error occurs option. Every backup plan or recovery task includes this option. 1.5.
Acronis uploads the backup to the online storage. After that, you can add incremental backups to this full backup, either manually or on a schedule. The hard disk drive is sent back to you but it is not possible to recover from it. However, recovery from a locally attached device is possible with the Large scale recovery (p. 11) option. 1.6.2 Why would I want to use Initial Seeding? This service helps you save time and network traffic during the initial full backup.
A license purchased in Acronis online store becomes available immediately after the payment is processed. 1.6.8 How to perform initial seeding? 1. Decide on the media (p. 7) that you will send. 2. Attach the media to the machine you are going to back up. Alternatively, you can back up to a local or network folder and then copy/move the backup to the media. 3. Start Acronis Backup & Recovery 10, click Back up and create a backup plan on this machine: 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
The following are instructions about how to package your hard disk drive. Step 1 Delicately remove your hard disk drive from the machine. Step 2 Place the hard drive into an anti-static bag to protect the drive from electrostatic discharge. If you do not have an anti-static bag, simply wrap the hard drive into aluminum foil. Step 3 Use a sturdy box that is at least twice the size of the drive.
Step 4 Choose the transport company that you will use for shipping. On this company's web site, prepare and print two prepaid shipping labels: 1. Shipping label for sending your hard drive. This label is placed on the top of the box. You should send your package to one of the Acronis data centers. The data center address can be obtained on the Initial seeding/Recovery tab of your account management page by clicking Show data center address.
An order was created – The first backup is about to start and the license cannot be used for any other machine. From this point on, you can cancel the order if something goes wrong. This will return the license to the pool of available licenses. A full backup has started – This status is set when the first backup starts. The order start time occurs at this moment. A full backup has been successfully completed – The backup has been completed and the order is ready to ship.
Once you order Large Scale Recovery for a particular machine, Acronis sends you a USB hard disk drive with all of the backups made from this machine. You can recover data directly from the disk or copy the backups to a local or network folder. 1.7.2 Why would I use Large Scale Recovery? In the event of a disaster or the need to recover large volumes of data or the entire machines quickly, this service helps you save time and network traffic.
An order was created – This status is set upon completion of the Large Scale Recovery order form. This means that the license cannot be used for any other machine. From this point on, you can cancel the order if something goes wrong. This will return the license to the pool of available licenses. The order is being processed - Order processing in the datacenter started. Writing data has been completed – Your backups have been successfully written to the media.
account management Web page. Click Enter new registration code and enter the registration codes. The subscriptions will appear in the list of available subscriptions under the Manage Subscriptions tab. If you purchased your subscriptions online using the Acronis Web site, they are available immediately on your account management Web page. The newly obtained subscriptions are listed at the Manage Subscriptions tab. 1.8.
1.8.5.3 What does "Auto-renew" mean? Auto-renewal means that when the current subscription expires, the next subscription will be automatically selected from the available subscriptions. The next subscription must be identical to the current subscription. If an identical subscription is not found, auto-renewal will not take place and your backups may fail. No subscriptions will be bought automatically. Only those subscriptions available at the time of auto-renewal can be used.
Windows Server 2008 - the Standard, Enterprise, Small Business Server, Foundation editions (x86, x64) Windows Server 2008 R2 - the Standard, Enterprise, Small Business Server, Datacenter, Foundation editions Windows MultiPoint Server 2010 Workstation operating systems supported by Acronis Backup & Recovery Online: Windows 2000 Professional SP4 Windows XP Professional SP2+ (x86, x64) Windows Vista - all editions except for Vista Home Basic and Vista Home Premium (x86, x64) Windows 7 - a
4.1 What software do I need to install? Download and install Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Update 3 or later. A license key is not required if you are going to back up to the online storage only. You have a choice between Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 stand-alone and advanced editions. With the stand-alone product edition, you can set up and monitor a backup locally on each machine you want to back up. The advanced product edition enables remote and centralized management.
Downloading the setup program Perform these steps on the account management Web page. 1. Go to the Add Products section. 2. Download the setup program of Acronis Backup & Recovery 10, by clicking Download edition with local management capability. Installing the product Perform these steps on each machine that you will back up. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Log on as an administrator and start the setup program. Click Install Acronis Backup & Recovery 10. Click Next.
5 Activating online backup subscriptions To be able to back up a machine to the online storage, you need to purchase and activate a subscription to the Acronis Backup & Recovery Online service. You can purchase subscriptions on the Acronis Web site or from an Acronis reseller. Before activating a subscription, please take into account the following considerations: As soon as a subscription is activated, its subscription period starts.
Depending on your settings, this backup will be either full or incremental. But its size is not likely to be less than a full backup size. Therefore, it is not practical to reassign a subscription to a machine whose first backup was done as an initial seeding. You will need to either redo the initial seeding (which requires a new license) or to transfer the sizeable backup over the Internet. All earlier created backups remain intact. You can delete them manually if necessary.
Monthly backup of the operating system and installed programs, with the first (large) backup being sent on a hard drive; and deleting backups older than six months. See "Backing up using Initial Seeding (p. 21)". By modifying the schedule or items to back up in these instructions, you can set up a backup strategy that best suits your needs. For detailed information about backup please refer to Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 built-in help. 6.
You bought an Initial Seeding license for the machine. You have a supported hard drive (p. 7) that is ready to be sent by physical mail. The machine is connected to the Internet. It needs access to the online storage to check for the Initial Seeding licenses. 6.2.2 Creating the full backup Do the following to back up one or more volumes of a machine by using the Initial Seeding scheme: 1. Start Acronis Backup & Recovery 10. 2. In the welcome screen, click Back up. 3.
5. In Schedule, click Change and then specify the schedule according to which the incremental backups will run, for example on the last Saturday of each month, as follows: a. In Run the task:, click Monthly. b. Under Schedule, click On:, and then leave only the Last and the Saturday check boxes selected in the respective lists. c. Under During the day execute the task…, specify the time of day when you want the backups to run. 6. Click OK to close the Schedule window. 7.
3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Under What to recover, in Archive, click Change. In the list of locations, click Online backup storage. Click Log in and specify the credentials to log in to the online storage. Select the archive from which you want to recover data. Files can be recovered from file-level backups only. Click OK to close the dialog box. In Content, click Change and then select the files that you want to recover. By default, all files are selected. Details.
5. In Data type, select Volumes. 6. In Content, click Change and then select only the system volume and the boot volume. By default, all backed-up volumes are selected for recovery. You can also specify the date and time to revert your system to if there is more than one backup in the archive. Details. It is assumed that you can identify the system and boot volumes by their labels.
Dual destination By using the Backup performance > Network connection speed option, you can vary the transferring speed as kilobytes per second, but not as a percentage. Command-line mode Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 command-line utilities do not support online backup. 11 Upgrading to Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 If you want to use types of storage other than Online Backup Storage, upgrade to Acronis Backup & Recovery 10. Buy one Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 license for each agent you want to upgrade.
13 Glossary A Activate a subscription Allow the machine to use the online storage according to the subscription. Subscription period (p. 28) starts counting down when the subscription is activated. Activated subscription A subscription that is currently being used by a machine. Assign a subscription to a machine Reserve a subscription for a particular machine. Subscription period (p. 28) does not start counting down until the subscription is activated.
You can buy Initial Seeding licenses and/or Large Scale Recovery licenses. R Reassign a subscription Assign a subscription that is already activated, to a different machine. Registration code A character string for registering a subscription (p. 28) or license (p. 27) that was bought from an Acronis partner. When you purchase such subscriptions or licenses, you receive a confirmation e-mail containing the registration codes for each of them.
