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Table of Contents Chapter 1. Introduction...........................................................................................7 1.1 Acronis True Image Server for Windows – a complete solution for corporate users ................. 7 1.2 New in Acronis True Image 9.1 Server for Windows ............................................................. 8 1.4 System requirements and supported media ......................................................................... 9 1.4.1 1.4.2 1.4.3 1.4.
Chapter 6. Restoring the backup data ..................................................................39 6.1 Restore under Windows or boot from CD?......................................................................... 39 6.1.1 Network settings in rescue mode ............................................................................... 39 6.2 Restoring files and folders from file archives...................................................................... 40 6.
Chapter 12. Transferring the system to a new disk ..............................................72 12.1 General information....................................................................................................... 72 12.2 Security........................................................................................................................ 72 12.3 Executing transfers........................................................................................................ 73 12.3.
Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1 Acronis True Image Server for Windows – 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 Server for Windows provides comprehensive, reliable, and cost-effective system backup and recovery for corporate servers. With Acronis True Image Server for Windows you have peace of mind knowing you are protected and can recover from any situation.
Businesses today are moving to leverage the latest technologies, dual-core 64 bit processors and 64 bit operating systems. With Acronis True Image Server for Windows, 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.
• Pre/post backup/restore commands – Users can specify their own commands which will be executed before and after the backup or restore process.
• Windows 2000 Server/2000 Advanced Server/2003 Server • Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions Acronis True Image Server for Windows also enables creating a bootable diskette or CD-R/W that can back-up and restore a disk/partition on a computer running any PC-based operating system including Linux®. 1.4.
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Chapter 2. Acronis True Image Server for Windows installation and starting 2.1 Installing Acronis True Image Server for Windows To install Acronis True Image Server for Windows: • run the Acronis True Image Server for Windows setup file • in the Install Menu, select the program to install: Acronis True Image Server for Windows • follow the Install Wizard instructions on the screen. Acronis True Image Server for Windows Install Window Typical, Custom and Complete installation is available.
2.1.1 Acronis Universal Restore installation Acronis Universal Restore is an option to Acronis True Image Server for Windows. It should be purchased separately and installed from a separate 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 Server for Windows Bootable Media Builder.
Chapter 3. General information proprietary Acronis technologies and 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.
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 café, to undo changes made by the guests). In this case, you need not 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.
3.4 Acronis Startup Recovery Manager 3.4.1 How it works The Acronis Startup Recovery Manager enables starting Acronis True Image Server for Windows without loading the operating system. With this feature, if the operating system won't load for some reason, you can run Acronis True Image Server for Windows by itself to restore damaged partitions.
1. Finds the sectors in the image which contain 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, which intercept system queries to the files.
Using Microsoft System Preparation Tool (Sysprep) does not solve this problem, because Sysprep permits replacing drivers only for Plug-and-Play devices (sound cards, network adapters, video cards etc.). As for system Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) and mass storage device drivers, they must be identical on the source and the target computers (see Microsoft Knowledge Base, articles 302577 and 216915).
Network share drive Floppy disk CD drive 5. The machine reboots. 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.
3.7.4 Benefits 1. Acronis Universal Restore can be used “after the fact”: 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.
3.9 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.
Chapter 4. Using Acronis True Image Server for Windows Acronis True Image Server for Windows 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 14. Command-line mode and scripting. 4.
• Show Log – open the Log Viewer window • Manage Acronis Secure Zone – create, delete and resize a special hidden partition for storing archives (Acronis Secure Zone) • Activate Acronis Startup Recovery Manager – activate the boot restoration manager (F11 key). • Manage System Restore – turn on/off Microsoft Windows System Restore tool and set its options directly from Acronis True Image Server for Windows Program menu The program menu bar features the Operations, View, Tools and Help items.
4.2 Available operations You can perform the following operations. • Backup and restore data, including system disks/partitions Click Backup or Recovery, then follow the Wizard’s instructions. See details in Chapter 5. Creating backup archives and Chapter 6. Restoring the backup data. • Schedule backup operations Click the very left button on a tasks pane toolbar, then follow the Wizard’s instructions. See details in Chapter 7. Scheduling tasks.
• Turn on/off Windows System Restore tool See 10.5 Managing System Restore. • Create bootable rescue media, its ISO or RIS package See Chapter 9. Creating bootable media. Some of the above operations can be executed in command-line as well. For more information on Acronis True Image Server for Windows command-line mode see 14.1 Working in the command-line mode. Copyright © Acronis, Inc.
Chapter 5. 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 certain 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.
6. Set filters for the specific types of files you do not wish to back up. 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”.
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.
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. 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 the defaults. See 5.3 Setting backup options for more information. 13. Click Next. 14.
You may want to 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 menu that appears. For information on how to set the default priority, see 5.3.6 Backup performance. 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. 18. You may want to see the log when the task is completed.
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.
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 the defaults. See 5.3 Setting backup options for more information. 11. Click Next. 12. Provide a comment for the archive.
5.3.1 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.
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. 5.3.4 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 it is usually recommended that the database be suspended just before the backup (data capture) moment.
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 a database, for example. The commands execution and the VSS actions will be sequenced as follows: “before” commands -> VSS Suspend -> data capture -> VSS Resume -> “after” commands.
If you frequently backup data to network drives, think of limiting the network usage used by Acronis True Image Server for Windows. To set the desired data transfer speed, drag the slider or enter the bandwidth limit for transferring backup data in kilobytes per second. 5.3.7 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.
When backing up to a diskette, CD-R/RW or DVD+R/RW: Acronis True Image Server for Windows 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 CDR/RW or DVD+R/RW later on.
partitions must be included into the image. Any partitions which are missing from the image will be lost. If you want more functionality during restoration, write a standalone version of Acronis True Image Server for Windows 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 Server for Windows loader version.
Chapter 6. Restoring the backup data 6.1 Restore under Windows or boot from CD? As mentioned above (see 2.3 Running Acronis True Image Server for Windows), Acronis True Image Server for Windows can be run in several ways. We recommend that you first try to restore data running Acronis True Image Server for Windows under Windows, because this method provides more functionality. Boot from the bootable media or use the Startup Recovery Manager (see 3.
6.2 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 11. Mounting an image as a virtual drive) or start the image restoration and select Restore specified files or folders (see 6.3 Restoring disks/partitions or files from images). 1.
To restore data from a differential backup, you must have the initial full backup as well. 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. 10. Click Next. 11.
screen. Then your settings will be saved as default. See 6.4 Setting restore options for more information. 12. Click Next. 13. Set filters for the specific types of files that are not to be restored. For example, you may want hidden and system files and folders, as well as files with .~, .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???.
6.3 Restoring disks/partitions or files from images To restore a partition (disk) from an image, Acronis True Image Server for Windows 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. 6.3.
backups by its creation date/time. Thus, you can roll back the disk/partition state to a certain date. 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 not possible. To restore data from a differential backup, you must have the initial full backup as well. 4. Click Next. 6.3.3 Restoration type selection 1.
into the image. Any partitions which are missing from the image will be lost. 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 not be possible 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. 6.3.4 Selecting a disk/partition to restore 1.
If there are partitions on the target disk, you will be prompted by the Nonempty Destination Hard Disk Drive window stating that the destination disk contains partitions, perhaps with data. You will have to select between: • Yes, I want to delete all the partitions on the destination hard disk before restoring – all existing partitions will be deleted and all their data will be lost. • No, I do not want to delete partitions – no existing partition will be deleted, discontinuing the recovery operation.
2. Click Next. 6.3.7 Changing the restored partition file system 1. Though seldom required, you can change the partition file system during its restoration. Acronis True Image Server for Windows can make the following file system conversions: FAT 16 -> FAT 32, Ext2 -> Ext3. For partitions with other native file systems this option is not available. Let us imagine you are to restore a partition from an old, low-capacity FAT16 disk to a newer disk.
6.3.9 Assigning a letter to the restored partition 1. Acronis True Image Server for Windows 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. 6.3.10 Restoring several disks or partitions at once 1.
3. If you know which drivers are required for the new hardware, add them to the drivers list in the next window. You can add Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) and mass storage devices drivers. Drivers for devices (sound cards, network adapters, video cards etc.) will be found by Windows itself when it boots. Acronis Universal Restore uses three sources for drivers search: - the driver repository - a folder or folders on a network drive or CD specified in restore options.
6.3.13 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. The task will appear on the Active tasks pane of the main window. The task progress will be shown in a special window. You can stop the procedure by clicking Cancel.
6.4.2 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. Overwrite existing file if it is older – this will give the priority to the most recent file modification, whether it be in the archive or on the disk.
Here you can specify a path to the driver repository - a folder or folders on a network drive or CD where Acronis Universal Restore will search for drivers at restoring a system disk on dissimilar hardware. If several paths are specified, the program will scan all locations and choose the most suitable driver. 6.4.7 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.
Chapter 7. Scheduling tasks Acronis True Image Server for Windows 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. 7.
• When my computer shuts down – the task will be executed before every server shutdown or reboot • 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 7.1.1 - 7.1.4). 7. Click Next. 8.
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. 7.1.2 Setting up weekly execution If you select 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 the days on which to execute the task.
7.1.3 Setting up monthly execution If you select monthly execution, set the Start time and days on which to execute the task: • Day – on the specified date • The – on the specified day (e.g. on second Tuesday or fourth Friday); select this from the drop-down lists. 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. 7.1.
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. 7.2 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 change any task parameters.
Chapter 8. Managing Acronis Secure Zone 8.1 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.
8.2 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. 4. Enter the new size of the zone or drag the slider. 5.
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 it is activated and destroy all backups stored in the zone. 60 Copyright © Acronis, Inc.
Chapter 9. Creating bootable media 9.1 Creating Acronis rescue media You can run Acronis True Image Server for Windows on a bare metal or on a crashed computer that cannot boot. You can even 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 Server for Windows version.
Acronis True Image Server for Windows offers the following components: • Acronis True Image Server for Windows full version Includes support of USB, PC Card and SCSI interfaces along with the storage devices connected via them, and therefore is highly recommended. • Acronis True Image Server for Windows safe version Does not include USB, PC Card, or SCSI drivers.
combination of Acronis True Image Server for Windows and Win PE facilities and therefore provides more functionality than using only-Acronis bootable media. The Acronis Universal Restore add-on to Acronis True Image Server for Windows, if installed, will also be included in the ISO image. To add the Acronis True Image Server for Windows plug-in to your Win PE distribution: 1.
Chapter 10. Other operations 10.1 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 Tools 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. 4. Click Next. 5.
10.2.1 Email notification To set up e-mail notification, select Tools -> Options -> Notifications -> E-mail: 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.
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. 10.3 Viewing logs Acronis True Image Server for Windows allows users to view its working logs. They can provide information about scheduled backup tasks results, including reasons for failure, if any.
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.
10.4.2 SNMP notifications You can choose whether to send event log messages issued by Acronis True Image Server for Windows 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.
Chapter 11. Mounting an image as a virtual drive Acronis True Image Server for Windows can mount partition images as virtual drives, thus letting you access them as though they were physical drives.
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 Server for Windows will ask for it. Neither the partitions layout, nor the Next button will be enabled until you enter the correct password. 4. Click Next. 5. If you selected an archive containing incremental images, Acronis True Image Server for Windows will suggest that you select one of the successive incremental images by its creation date/time.
You can connect multiple partition images. If you want to connect another partition image, repeat the procedure. 11.2 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.
Chapter 12. new disk Transferring the system to a 12.1 General information Sooner or later any computer user finds out that the 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.
No data will be lost because the original disk is only being read (no partitions are changed or resized) 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. 12.3 Executing transfers 12.3.1 Selecting Clone mode You will see the Clone mode window just after the welcome window. We recommend using automatic mode in most cases.
You can determine the source and destination using the information provided in this window (disk number, capacity, label, partition and file system information). 12.3.3 Selecting destination disk After you select the source disk, you have to select the destination where the disk information will be copied. 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.
12.3.4 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. You will have to select between: • Delete partitions on the destination hard disk – all existing partitions will be deleted during cloning and all their data will be lost.
• Keep data – leave the old disk partitions and data intact • Destroy data – destroy all data on the old disk. If you are going to sell or give away your old disk, we recommend that you make sure you destroyed the data on it. 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.
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. 12.3.
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 Server for Windows transfers unsupported and damaged file systems.
If you selected manual partition creation earlier, the partition layout will look different. This partitioning method is described below. 12.3.11 Cloning summary In the next window, you will see a list of briefly described operations to be performed on the disks. Cloning a disk containing the currently active operating system will require a reboot. In that case, after clicking Proceed you will be asked to confirm the reboot. Canceling the reboot will cancel the entire procedure.
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 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.
Chapter 13. 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. To add a new disk, you must first install it in your server. 13.
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. 13.
Chapter 14. scripting Command-line mode and Acronis True Image Server for Windows supports the command-line mode, as well as the GUI mode, and can be used to execute XML scripts. 14.1 Working in the command-line mode An administrator might need a console interface in some situations. Acronis True Image Server for Windows supports this mode with TrueImageCmd.exe utility.
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 -, e.g.: /partition:1-1,1-2,3-1 Dynamic volumes are specified by letters, e.g.: /partition:C,E /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.
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” /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.
restore partition 2-5 to its original place use: /partition:2-2 /target partition:2-5. /password:[password] Specifies the password for the image file (if required). 4. clone Clones a hard disk. Options /harddisk:[disk number] Specifies a source hard disk which will be cloned to the new hard disk. /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.
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] 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).
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.
• This will restore hard disk 2 from image 1.tib, protected with password ‘qwerty’. trueimagecmd /deploy /filename:"C:\Test\1.tib" /partition:2-1 /target_partition:1-1 • This will restore partition 2-1, stored in image 1.tib, to partition 1-1. trueimagecmd /deploy /filename:"C:\Test\1.tib" /partition:2-1 /target_harddisk:3 /start:0 /size:64000 /type:logical • 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.
/progress – outputs progress of backup operations run either from Acronis True Image Server for Windows 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 TrueImageTerminal before backup is finished.
14.2.3 Script usage examples The following example illustrates the usage of a script to backup two partitions (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 and tags.
