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Table of Contents Chapter 1. Introduction ........................................................................................10 1.1 Acronis® True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server – a complete solution for corporate users......................................................................................................................10 1.2 Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server components ...................................12 1.
3.7.5 Getting Acronis Universal Restore ...............................................................................35 3.8 Backing up to tape libraries and tape drives .......................................................................35 3.8.1 3.8.2 3.8.3 3.8.4 Understanding backup to tape devices ........................................................................36 Backing up to a tape device through Acronis Backup Server..........................................
7.3 Restoring disks/partitions or files from images ...................................................................86 7.3.1 Starting the Restore Data Wizard................................................................................87 7.3.2 Archive selection .......................................................................................................87 7.3.3 Restoration type selection..........................................................................................88 7.3.
12.4.1 Windows event log ................................................................................................ 124 12.4.2 SNMP notifications................................................................................................. 125 12.5 Managing System Restore ............................................................................................ 125 Chapter 13. Working with a virtual environment ...............................................127 13.
Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1 Acronis® True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server – a complete solution for corporate users Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server is a comprehensive backup and recovery solution for heterogeneous computer infrastructure that may include any combination of physical and virtual, networked and standalone, Windows- and Linuxbased servers.
you to limit the amount of CPU usage for the application to maximize the CPU’s availability for mission critical applications. Additionally, users can control hard disk drive writing speeds and control network bandwidth used during backups, allowing minimal disruption of business operations.
1.2 Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server components Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server includes the following components. 1. Acronis True Image Management Console is a tool for remote access to Acronis components. Administrator uses the console to install, configure and control the components from remote. 2. Acronis True Image Agent is an application that resides on client computers and performs Acronis operations such as data backup or restore. 3.
Backup server Import/export archives from external locations Limit number of connections Limit bandwidth used per connection Access to tape library for every user Backup Backup and restore of 2+TB volumes Encrypting backups with industry-standard AES cryptographic algorithm (key size 128, 192, 256 bit) Multi-volume snapshot for databases spread on several disks Control network bandwidth usage when backing up to FTP Error handling: ignore bad sectors, silent mode (no pop-ups, continue on all errors) Dual des
Create dynamic volumes CLI features MBR restore Backup to FTP server Allow logs on net share Merge unallocated space by moving partitions and create Acronis Secure Zone on the space Security Encrypted (SSL) communication between Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server components 1.4 Supported file systems and storage media 1.4.
* - 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 2GB in size. It is recommended that you change the source computer firewall settings to open ports 20 and 21 for both TCP and UDP protocols and disable the Routing and Remote Access Windows service. ** - Burned rewritable discs cannot be read in Linux without kernel patch. 1.
Chapter 2. Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server installation and startup 2.1 System requirements 2.1.1 Minimum hardware requirements Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server requires the following hardware: Pentium processor or higher 256MB RAM FDD or CD-RW drive for bootable media creation Mouse (recommended). 2.1.
The Acronis Group Server uses administrator’s credentials to perform data backup tasks on the computers. You will be asked for the credentials during the Acronis Group Server installation. The credentials you provide will be used for running the Acronis Group Server service and also applied to all networked computers. Therefore, it is recommended that you have a uniform account for all computers where the Acronis True Image Agent is installed. Domain administrators can use the domain administrator account.
The earlier versions of Acronis True Image Management Console cannot communicate with Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server agents. The console must be upgraded to the Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server console. Encryption is provided with Secure Socket Layer mechanism. There are two stakeholders of the encryption operation: Client application – the application that tries to establish (initiates) connection.
Encryption Options Server Requires Encryption This option defines the server behavior in case the client does not support encryption. When enabled, connection to the client will be terminated. When disabled, the client will be allowed to establish non-encrypted connection. Client Requires Encryption When connecting to server applications, the Acronis client applications always attempt to establish an encrypted connection.
Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server Install Window It is recommended that you install Acronis True Image Management Console first. After that you will be able to install Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server (local version) and Acronis True Image Agent for Windows remotely to networked computers. 2.3.
connecting image backups as virtual disks (see 11.2.2 Mounting an image). 2.3.2 Installation of Acronis Group Server The Acronis Group Server only can be installed locally on a computer by running the setup program. When installing Acronis Group Server, you will be asked for credentials. The credentials you provide are used for running the Acronis Group Server service and also applied to all networked computers. Enter the uniform account information discussed in 2.2.1 Credentials.
4. Acronis Backup Server Management -> Specify Default Settings -> Set Backup Location -> specify path to the storage drive. You can create a folder for the backup location on the storage drive. To see the folder in the tree and add it to the path, collapse and expand the drive. 5. Click Back -> Configure Backup Locations -> make sure that the new default location is created and delete the location in \Documents and Settings. 6.
Select from the local backup server users or the domain users Choose Create user with administrator’s rights. Click Proceed. User or administrator? 9. Define which users will be allowed to back up data on the backup server. Add the users as follows: Add the person’s local or domain account to the AcronisBackupServerUsers group on the backup server. Click Set up User profiles -> Add. Choose the user name. Choose Use default settings. Click Proceed. Copyright © Acronis, Inc.
10. Define the computers which administrators will back up using Acronis True Image Agents. Add the computers as follows. Click Set up Administrator profiles -> Add. Choose the computer or enter its name. Choose Use default settings. Click Proceed. Adding a computer to the administrator profile 11. Schedule a check for exceeding the quotas and time limits, if needed according to the selected policy.
2.3.4 Acronis Universal Restore installation Acronis Universal Restore is an option for Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server. It is included at no extra charge with Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server and installed from a separate setup file. Acronis Universal Restore has its own serial number that is required at installation.
If your operating system fails to load, 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 the server bootup when you see a corresponding message that tells you to press that key. Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server will be run in the standalone mode, allowing you to recover the damaged partitions.
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, is compressed and stored.
incremental backup, as it does not have to process through a long chain of previous backups. A standalone, full backup could be an optimal solution if you often roll back the system to the initial state (for example, systems in a gaming club or Internet café where you need 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.
In that case, you will have to either re-create the full backup or increase the size of the Acronis Secure Zone. 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 is a good practice to check the zone free space periodically. To do so, start the Manage Acronis Secure Zone wizard and see the zone free space that is displayed on the wizard’s second page.
Recovery Manager. Here’s an example of how you would use this feature. If failure occurs on a computer, turn 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 for Microsoft Small Business Server that only slightly differs from the complete version. For information on restoring damaged partitions, see Chapter 7. Restoring the backup data.
of archives in a location may be a serious problem. Practice is the best criterion for your choice. You can move, clear or delete existing backup locations or edit their size limitations and storage period. 3.5.2 Quotas and time limits for computers and users Individual quotas and time limits determine every computer’s or user’s quota on a backup server.
The person who installed the program becomes the administrator in this group. The administrator is automatically registered on the backup server. Generally, there are two types of profiles on the backup server: Administrators and Users. The Administrators profiles are designed to perform backups on remote computers with Acronis True Image Agents. Whatever computer the administrator backs up, backup data will be sent to the same location, assigned to the computer.
2. Next, the application writes on the hard disk its own drivers, which intercept system queries to the files. When the user attempts to open files or launch applications, the drivers receive the system queries and restore the sectors that are necessary for the requested operation. 3. At the same time, Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server proceeds with the complete sector-by-sector image restoration in the background. However, the requested sectors have the highest priority.
will usually produce the same unbootable result because the new hardware is incompatible with the most critical drivers included in the image. 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.).
recovered system, you can prepare the system with Sysprep, image it and restore, if need be, using Acronis Universal Restore. 3.7.4 Limitations in using Acronis Universal Restore 1. The system recovered by Acronis Universal Restore might not start if the partition structure in the image or the target disk partitioning does not 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.
following diagram illustrates ways of access to tape devices for networks with (I) and without (II) backup server. The devices must be locally attached to the servers and work through Windows Removable Storage Management (RSM). Devices that use the Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP) are not supported. The following operations are available for backups stored on tape devices: • validation • data recovery • converting an image to virtual disk.
metadata saved on the tape and the database will be recreated on the new host using the new host RSM. This operation is performed at first access to the tape device while setting up a backup, recovery or validation task. Therefore, under Windows the program knows which tape should be mounted even if the data is recovered on another machine.
3.8.2 Backing up to a tape device through Acronis Backup Server To enable backup to a tape device in the local network: 1. Install Acronis Backup Server on a server accessible to all users. 2. Attach the tape device to that server. 3. Move tapes from the Unrecognized or Import media pool to the Free pool using the Removable storage snap-in (Control panel -> Administrative tools -> Computer management -> Removable storage -> Media pools.) 4.
4. If the tape contains data, its contents will be overwritten on prompt. You have an option to disable prompts, see 6.3.14 Additional settings. 5. When creating a backup task, you will be able to select the tape device from the list of destination devices. Filenames for backups are not needed when backing up to tape. 6. [Tape drive] As soon as the tape is full, a dialog window with a request to insert a new tape will appear.
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 for the managing of computer groups and corporate backup archives using Group and Backup Servers, as well as managing individual backup/restore tasks for every computer. Acronis True Image Management Console main window 4.
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 selection Registered Components will use setup files from the default C:\Program Files\Common Files\Acronis\RemoteInstall folder. 3.
5. Provide administrator username and password for each computer. If there is a universal administrator account on the network, enter the account credentials for one computer and set the option to apply it to all computers that you select. Domain administrator credentials and universal credentials for workgroups can be applied in this way.
7. Once the installation starts, the program displays the operation progress and the name of the computer on which the component is being installed. To update an Acronis component on a remote computer, perform the same procedure. 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.
The task list content depends on the programs installed on the connected computer. The most populated list will include managing Backup and Recovery Tasks (using the Acronis True Image Agent), Acronis Group Server Management and Acronis Backup Server Management. While you are operating on a remote computer, the computer could reboot or the connection to the computer could be broken for other reasons.
Browse logs of Acronis True Image Agent Click Show Log. See details in 12.3 operation Viewing logs. Set up default backup or restore options, Click Remote Computer Options, select such as system/network resources usage, Default backup options or Default before/after backup commands, etc. restoration options and make settings. See details in 6.3 Setting backup options and 7.4 Setting restore options.
Other Tools Create bootable rescue media, its ISO or See Chapter 10. Creating bootable media. RIS package Update the remote agent Click Update the remote agent, then follow the Wizard’s instructions. The procedure is the same as described in 4.2 Installing/updating Acronis components on 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.
Cancelled – the task has been cancelled on the remote computer Offline - the remote computer is not connected to the network or is 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 the remote machine. Use Search to find a computer in the list quickly.
6. Hide computers that you do not wish to browse or make a hidden computer visible. To hide a computer, select it, then select on the sidebar Computer details -> Visibility: Hide. To make a hidden computer visible (and monitored), enable Show hidden computers in the Filter group, select the hidden computer, then select on the sidebar Computer details -> Visibility: Unhide. 7. Create a group backup task for several remote computers at once (see 4.4.2 Creating new group tasks). 8.
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. 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 the name input field will assign to each archive the respective computer’s name. 6.
When distribution is complete, 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. 4.4.3 Group tasks management The Group Tasks Management window displays the list of group tasks. To see details of a group task, mouse over the task name. To create new or delete existing backup task, use the New and Delete items on the Group tasks toolbar.
When managing a group task, enter the same username and password you entered when created the task. 4.4.4 Acronis Group Server options Acronis Group Server regularly polls computers included in its database for their status (Ready, Offline and so on, according to 4.4.1 Group status display.) The default interval between enquires is 2 seconds. You have an option to set the status refresh rate based on your network requirements.
When connecting to a backup server inside a domain, be aware whether your domain or local account is registered on the backup server. If you entered Windows on a network computer using your domain account while your local account is registered, enter the local user name along with the backup server name (for example, Server1\username). Otherwise the name will be identified as a domain one. 4.5.
The default quotas/time limits are preset to Unlimited, except for Maximum number of incremental backups for each full backup, 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). You can change the default user/computer quotas/time limits by selecting Specify Default Settings -> Set Quotas/Time limits and entering the desired values.
Please take note of the fact that checking limitations makes no sense if you have not changed at least one of the preset Unlimited values for quotas/time limits. The actual number of backups created in a backup location can exceed the Maximum number of backups by one. This enables the program to detect the fact of exceeding and start consolidation. Backup to the full location will be prohibited until the consolidation takes place. 4.5.
To change a computer 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 folder. 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.
If you opted for picking the user name out of the domain user list, you will skip the above window and proceed to the other windows where you will select the user name 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 specific 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.
backup location, quotas and time limits like common users are and uses the administrator profile for both remotely and locally controlled backups. 4.5.4 Changing User profiles You might need to change a user profile that is already set. 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 edit limitations for a backup location, select the backup location, click Quotas and Time Limits 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.
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. This operation deletes the preceding backup and sets concatenation between the backup being consolidated and the backup before the deleted one.
If maximum number of connections is set, then some agents or local Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server versions may be unable to access the server immediately after starting their task. They will be trying to connect to the server every 5 seconds until the connection is allowed. Therefore, the real backup start time may differ from the scheduled one.
Chapter 5. Using Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server (local version) Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server (local version) supports the GUI mode, the command-line mode, and can be used to execute XML scripts. Here we describe the operations available in the GUI mode, which provides the widest functionality. For console commands and scripting please see Chapter 16. Command-line mode and scripting. 5.
Explore and Validate Backup Archives – explore file-level archives, mount disk/partition images as virtual drives, run the archive integrity checking procedure Manage Hard Disks – clone disk (i.e.
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. Status bar There is a status bar divided into two parts at the bottom of the main window.
Run, stop, edit, clone, rename, delete Click Tasks in the Manage Tasks group backup and archive validation tasks or select the Task Scheduling category on the sidebar to navigate to the Scheduled Tasks window. See details in 8.2 Managing scheduled tasks. Archives Management Explore any archive’s contents and restore Select Tools -> Explore Backup Archive individual files from any archive and follow the wizard’s instructions. See details in 11.2.
Other Tools Create bootable rescue media, its ISO or See Chapter 10. Creating bootable media. RIS package Turn on/off Windows System Restore tool See 12.5 Managing System Restore. Some of the above operations can be executed in command-line mode. For more information on Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server command-line mode see 16.1 Working in the command-line mode. Copyright © Acronis, Inc.
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 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.
You can also apply custom filters, using the common Windows masking rules. For example, to exclude all files with extension .exe, add *.exe. My???.exe will exclude all .exe files with names consisting of five symbols and starting with “my”. All of these settings will take effect for the current task. For information on how to set the default filters that will be called each time you create a file backup task, see 6.3.2 Source files exclusion. 5. Select the name and location of the archive.
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, but won’t be useful if the computer is destroyed in a fire or flood. 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.
7. Select the backup options (that is, backup file splitting, compression level, password protection, pre/post backup commands etc.). You may select 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 6.3 Setting backup options for more information. 8. Provide a comment for the archive.
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 menu that appears. For information on how to set the default priority, see 6.3.6 Backup performance. 11. 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.
4. Select the name and location of the archive. 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 line). If you select an existing full backup, it will be overwritten. Including [date] in the backup file name will add to the name the time and date of the backup creation formatted as . Example: C:\MyBackup[date].tib. If you are going to create an incremental backup (see 3.
See notes and recommendations for using the FTP server in 1.4.2 Supported storage media. 5. If your choice was not Acronis Backup Server, 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 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). 6.
6.3.1 Archive protection Password The preset is no password. An archive can be protected with a password. To protect the archive data from being accessed 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.
You can also apply custom filters, using the common Windows masking rules. For example, to exclude all files with extension .exe, add *.exe. My???.exe will exclude 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 You can specify commands or batch files to be automatically executed before and after the backup procedure.
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.
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 preset is 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.
6.3.7 Fast incremental/differential backup The preset is 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 for Microsoft Small Business 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 program compare the entire file contents to that stored in the archive.
You can disable preserving the files’ security settings in archives to completely eliminate this kind of problem. Then the restored files/folders will always inherit the permissions from the folder to which they are restored (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-level security settings below).
6.3.11 Error handling 1. Ignore bad sectors The preset is disabled. With the default setting, the program will display a pop-up window each time it comes across a bad sector and ask for user decision whether to continue or stop the backup procedure. In order to back up the valid information on a rapidly dying disk, enable ignoring bad sectors. The rest of the data will be backed up and you will be able to mount the image and extract valid files to another disk. 2.
Even if a password is set for the Acronis Secure Zone, the copy archive will not be protected with the password. 6.3.13 Wake On LAN This option is available only for tasks created by the Acronis Group Server. The preset is Enable Wake On LAN. With this setting, Acronis Group Server will send a magic packet to the remote computer network interface card (NIC) before starting backup. (A magic packet is a packet that contains 16 contiguous copies of the receiving NIC's Ethernet address.
To check archive data integrity, you must have all incremental and differential backups belonging to the archive and the initial full backup. If any of successive backups is missing, validation is not possible. 2. Overwrite data on a tape without user confirmation The preset is enabled. A full backup, when created on a tape drive, overwrites all data stored on the tape (see Archives cataloguing for more information).
Chapter 7. Restoring the backup data 7.1 Considerations before recovery 7.1.1 Restore under Windows or boot from CD? As mentioned above (see 2.5.1 Running Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server (local version)), Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server can be run in several ways. We recommend that you first try to restore data running Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server under Windows because this method provides more functionality.
7.1.3 Recovering dynamic volumes Dynamic volumes are volumes located on dynamic disks, i.e. disks managed by Windows Logical Disk Manager (LDM). For more information on dynamic disks, please refer to your Windows documentation. Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server can back up and recover dynamic volumes. A dynamic volume can be recovered over the same volume or unallocated space of a dynamic group.
7.2 Restoring files and folders from file archives Here we describe how to restore files/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 11.2.2 Mounting an image) or start the image restoration and select Restore specified files or folders (see 7.3 Restoring disks/partitions or files from images). 1. Start the Restore Data Wizard by clicking on the restore operation icon in the main program window. 2.
4. 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. 5. 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. 6. Select the options for the restoration process (that is, pre/post restoration commands, restoration process priority, file-level security settings etc.).
7. 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. My???.exe will reject all .exe files with names consisting of five symbols and starting with “my”.
start over. If you can not determine which applications use the partition (disk), close them all. 7.3.1 Starting the Restore Data Wizard Start the Restore Data Wizard by clicking on the restore operation icon in the main program window. 7.3.2 Archive selection 1. Select the archive. If the archive is located in Acronis Secure Zone, select it to choose the archive at the next step. If the archive is located on removable media, e.g.
7.3.3 Restoration type selection Select what you want to restore: Restore specified files or folders With this 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 want to restore files instead of disk/partition, uncheck the unnecessary folders. Otherwise you will restore a lot of extra files.
Finally, if you are not going to recover the system, but only want to repair damaged files, select Restore specified files or folders. 7.3.4 Selecting a disk/partition to restore The selected backup can contain images of several partitions or even disks. Select which disk/partition to restore. Disks and partitions images contain a copy of track 0 along with the MBR (Master Boot Record). It appears in this window in a separate line.
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.
Selecting Active for a partition without an installed operating system could prevent your server from booting. 7.3.7 Changing the restored partition file system You can change the partition file system during its restoration, although it is seldom required. Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server can make the following file system conversions: FAT 16 -> FAT 32 and Ext2 -> Ext3. For partitions with other native file systems, this option is not available.
7.3.9 Assigning a letter to the restored partition Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business 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. 7.3.
Acronis Universal Restore uses three sources for drivers: - the driver repository - a folder or folders on a network drive or CD specified in restore options. If you have not specified the driver repository in advance, you can do it at next step. - the mass storage device driver specified by the user at the current step - the Windows default driver storage folders (in the image being restored).
You can edit the default (or set the temporary) restore options while creating a restore task as well. 7.4.1 Files to exclude from restoration The preset is Restore all files. You can set the default filters for the specific types of files that are not to be restored. Use the common Windows masking rules. For example, to exclude all files with extension .exe, add *.exe. My???.exe will exclude all .exe files with names, consisting of five symbols and starting with “my”.
The program does not support interactive commands, i.e. commands that require user input (for example, “pause”.) The backup process will run concurrently with your commands if you uncheck the Do not perform operations until the commands execution is complete box, which is checked by default. 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.
Here you can specify a path to the driver repository 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. 7.4.7 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.
cannot continue without user action, it will fail. Details of the operation, including errors, if any, could be found in the operation log. 2. If an error occurs, re-attempt in (minutes) The preset is enabled. When the backup location on the network is not available or not reachable, the program will attempt to reach the location at the specified time interval. 7.
4. Select the type of dynamic volume that will be created: simple/spanned, striped, mirrored or RAID 5. 5. Specify amount of space that the dynamic volume will occupy on each of the selected disks. The value you set is adjusted to the selected volume type. For a spanned volume, amount of space on each disk is selected independently. If only one disk is selected, a simple volume is created. Striped, mirrored and RAID 5 volumes imply even distribution of data between disks.
On completion of operations, the dynamic volumes are unformatted and have no letters assigned. You will be able to assign the letters using Windows Disk Management tool after restoring Windows on the created volumes. Copyright © Acronis, Inc.
Chapter 8. Scheduling tasks Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server allows you to schedule periodic backup and archive validation 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 Scheduled Tasks window, where you can start, stop, edit, delete and rename them.
Manually later – the task will be saved, but not launched automatically.
In the upper field, enter a user name. Enter a password twice in two fields below. 7. 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. 8. The task schedule and default name appear in the Scheduled Tasks window. You can rename the task, if need be. 8.1.
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. 8.1.2 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.
8.1.3 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. 8.1.
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. 8.1.5 Setting up event-driven execution Execution on increasing or decreasing free space on a disk. The task will be started when the free space on the either disk selected for the backup changes by the specified value. The preset is 20MB. 8.
Chapter 9. Managing the Acronis Secure Zone The Acronis Secure Zone is a hidden partition for storing archives on the computer system itself. It is necessary for using Acronis Startup Recovery Manager. For more information about these functions, see 3.3 Acronis Secure Zone and 3.4 Acronis Startup Recovery Manager. When you click Manage Acronis Secure Zone in the menu, the program searches for the zone on all local drives.
3. Select the partitions from which space will be used to create the zone. 4. In the next window, enter the Acronis Secure Zone size or drag the slider to select any size between the minimum and maximum ones. The minimum size is approximately 35MB, depending on the geometry of the hard disk. The maximum size is equal to the disk’s unallocated space plus the total free space on all partitions selected at the previous step. When creating the zone, the program will first use the unallocated space.
5. You can set a password to restrict access to the zone. The program will ask for the password at any operation relating to it, such as data backup and recovery, mounting images or validating archives on the zone, using the Acronis Startup Recovery Manager with the F11 key, resizing and deleting the zone. Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server repair or update will not affect the password.
9.3 Changing the password for Acronis Secure Zone 1. When prompted by the wizard, select Manage Acronis Secure Zone. 2. Select Change password. 3. Enter the new password and confirm it or select Do not use password protection. You can also select a secret question that will be asked in case you forget the password. 4. To perform the password change operation, click Proceed in the final wizard window. 9.
Chapter 10. Creating bootable media 10.1 Creating Acronis rescue media You can run Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business 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 for Microsoft Small Business Server version.
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. The Start automatically after parameter specifies the timeout interval for the boot menu.
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 in which 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.
2. Insert your Win PE distribution CD into the media drive of the computer. If you have a distribution copy on the hard disk, copy the path to it. The distribution files must be unpacked and allocated in a separate folder. 3. Select Programs -> Acronis ->Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server > Acronis Win PE ISO Builder. 4. Specify a source folder for building Win PE ISO, i.e. the media drive with Win PE distribution or a folder with the distribution copy. 5.
Chapter 11. Operations with archives 11.1 Validating backup archives You can check the integrity of an archive to be certain that the archive is not damaged. Here’s how to run a one-time validation task. For how to schedule regular archive validation, see 8.1 Creating scheduled tasks. 1. To start 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. Select the archive to validate.
Exploring images and file-level archives lets you view their contents and copy the selected files to the hard disk. Mounting images as virtual drives lets 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 for Microsoft Small Business Server will ask for it. Further steps will not be enabled until you enter the correct password. 3. The program opens a Windows Explorer window displaying the archive contents.
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 for Microsoft Small Business Server will ask for it. Neither the partitions layout, nor the Next button will be enabled until you enter the correct password. 3.
5. Select whether you want to mount image in Read-only or Read/Write mode. 6. 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. 7. The program displays a summary containing a single operation. Click Proceed to connect the selected partition image as a virtual disk. 8.
security of the archive in case the consolidation fails because of power failure or lack of disk space. 2. On the backup server, you only can consolidate two backups in one. File name-based consolidation keeps whichever backups you choose and deletes any backups that are not selected. Consolidation can be performed both using the Acronis True Image Management Console connected to Acronis True Image Agent and with Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server local version.
The clone archive will consist of MyBackup3 and MyBackup5, however, their numbers will be zero (no number) and 2. MyBackup3 will change into a full backup 4. Choose location and name for the archive copy. By default, the program suggests the same location and the source archive name with (1) added. New archive will be created in the same folder and named MyBackup(1) 5. The program displays the summary window. Click Proceed to start consolidation.
6:54:40 PM. You can make sure of this by starting the consolidation wizard again, selecting the archive MyBackup(1) and proceeding to the next window. The resulting archive contents Copyright © Acronis, Inc.
Chapter 12. Notifications and event tracing Sometimes a backup or restore procedure can last for 30 minutes or more. Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server can notify you when it is finished through the WinPopup service or 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. 12.
12.2 WinPopup notification To set up WinPopup notification: 1. Enable the Messenger service on both the computer executing the task and the computer that will receive messages. The Messenger service is disabled by default in Windows Server 2003 family. Change the service Startup mode to Automatic and start the service. 2. Select Tools -> Options -> Notifications -> Windows Messenger (WinPopup): Provide the name of the computer to which notifications will be sent.
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 “X” inside. The right window features the list of steps contained in the selected log.
An additional choice is available - recording All events, Warnings and Errors, or Errors only. 12.4.2 SNMP notifications Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server can provide the following Simple Network Management Protocol (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.
If you run Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server regularly, this feature in your operating system is redundant. You can turn it off, freeing up to 12% of your hard disk space, directly from Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server. This feature is available in Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server local version only. Managing System Restore using Acronis True Image Management Console is not possible. 1.
Chapter 13. Working with a virtual environment Virtual machine technologies provide a powerful tool to help accelerate the development, testing, deployment and support of PC applications. As with physical machines, virtual machine (VM) data needs to be backed up periodically to prevent its loss due to hardware failure or human errors.
If the virtual machine cannot start, boot it into Acronis rescue environment using physical bootable media or RIS server, or by adding the bootable media ISO to the virtual machine. Another option is to create a new virtual machine with same configuration and disk size as the imaged machine and recover data to this disk. The procedure is the same as with physical machines. See details in Chapter 7. Restoring the backup data. The alternative way of recovering a VM is by converting the image (.
4. Add the other converted disks to the VM. 5. Start the VM and complete the hardware drivers configuration, if Windows prompts. This allows: the fastest replacement of the physical machine with the previously created virtual copy moving multiple workloads from legacy physical servers to virtual machines to reduce hardware maintenance and power consumption costs. The alternative method of physical to virtual migration is by restoring a physical disk from an image to a virtual machine.
Connect the console to the computer where Acronis True Image Agent is installed. Select Backup and Recovery tasks and click Convert to Virtual disk. On a computer where Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server local version is installed, select Tools -> Convert to Virtual Disk in the main program menu. 2. Select the disk image to convert.
Chapter 14. Transferring the system to a new disk 14.1 General information Sooner or later computer users find that their hard disk is just too small. If you don’t have space for more data, you can add another disk specifically for data storage. For example, 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.
14.2 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) until data transfer is completed.
You can determine the source and destination using the information provided in this window (disk number, capacity, label, partition and file system information). 14.3.3 Selecting destination disk After you select the source disk, 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.
14.3.4 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. 14.3.
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 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 not recommended, as they leave much unallocated space on the new disk.
Along with the hard disk number, 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. If you selected manual partition creation earlier, the partition layout will look different. This partitioning method is described below. 14.3.11 Cloning summary In the next window, you will see a list of briefly described operations to be performed on the disks.
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. 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.
Chapter 15. 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 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 for Microsoft Small Business Server local version only.
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.
Chapter 16. Command-line mode and scripting Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server (local version) supports the command-line mode and enables backup automation by executing XML scripts. The command-line mode functionality is somewhat limited as compared to the GUI mode. You will not be able to perform operations that require the reboot of the system, such as restore a system partition or clone a system drive. These operations only can be done through the GUI.
partitions, except for the MBR, from an image /net_user:[username] /net_password:[password] /ftp_user /ftp_password /oss_numbers /reboot /log:[file name] /log_net_user:[remote user] /log_net_password:[password] /target_partition:[partition number] /file_partition:[partition letter] /start:[start sector] /fat16_32 /size:[partition size in sectors] /type:[active|primary|logical] /preserve_mbr When using the Acronis Universal Restore option: /ur_path:[path] /ur_username:[user] /ur_password:[pwd] /ur_driver:
virtual machine /log:[file name] /log_net_user:[remote user] /log_net_password:[password] list /password:[password] /index:N /asz /net_user:[username] /net_password:[password] /ftp_user /ftp_password /filename:[file name] /filename:[file name]* /password:[password] /asz /index:N /net_user:[username] /net_password:[password] /log:[file name] /log_net_user:[remote user] /log_net_password:[password] /partition:[partition number] /letter:X Lists available drives and partitions.
/partition:[partition number] Deletes the Acronis Secure Zone /password:[password] /oss_numbers /reboot /log:[file name] /log_net_user:[remote user] /log_net_password:[password] clone /reboot /harddisk:[disk number] /target_harddisk:[disk number] asz_delete Clones a hard disk help Shows usage 16.1.2 Common options (options common for most trueimagecmd commands) Option Description Archive location Backup file name Other than ASZ Archive name (when restoring or deleting files from ASZ).
specified or there is no basic full backup, a full backup will be created /compression:[0…9] /split:[size in MB] Specify the data compression level. It ranges from 0 to 9 and is set to 3 by default Any Split the backup into parts of the specified size Other than ASZ Declares that numbers of partitions in the /partition option are adjusted for the MBR partition table rather than just as ascending numbers.
/partition:DYN1,DYN2 /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” Dynamic volumes are specified with prefix DYN, e.g.: /file_partition:DYN1 /filename:”\1.
/target_harddisk:DYN you will select unallocated space on all dynamic disks that present in the system. /target_partition:[partiti on 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. Dynamic volumes are specified with prefix DYN, e.g.
driver to be installed. filerestore /target_folder:[target folder] /overwrite:[older | never | always] Specifies a folder where folders/files will be restored (a target folder). If not specified, the original path is re-created from the archive. This option allows you to keep useful data changes made since the backup being restored was done.
/harddisk:[disk number] Specifies the hard disks to convert by numbers. For each disk, a separate virtual disk will be created. By specifying /harddisk:DYN you will convert all dynamic volumes that present in the system. /vm_type:[vmware|esx|Micro soft|parallels] /ur The type of the virtual machine to which the virtual disk will be added. Use when converting image of a disk, containing Windows, and the resulting virtual disk is supposed to be bootable.
/harddisk:X Specifies the hard disk number where the Acronis Secure Zone will be created. /partition:[partition number] Specifies partitions from which free space will be taken for Acronis Secure Zone. /size:[ASZ size in sectors | unallocated] Sets the Acronis Secure Zone size (in sectors). If not specified, the size is set as an average between the maximal (unallocated space plus free space on all partitions selected with the /partition option) and minimal (about 35MB) values.
trueimagecmd /create /filename:"C:\Test\1.tib" /password:qwerty /harddisk:2 /reboot /raw /incremental /compression:5 /split:640 /progress:off 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 640MB, and contain all cluster data. Image compression level is 5. The server will be rebooted after the operation is completed.
trueimagecmd /deploy_mbr /harddisk:1 /target_harddisk:2 /filename:ftp://server/folder/arc.tib /ftp_user:fuser /ftp_password:fpswd This will restore MBR from the image of hard disk 1 to the hard disk 2. The image is contained in the arc.tib file located on the FTP server. 3. Back up files trueimagecmd /filebackup /filename:E:\Backups\Myproject.
7. List trueimagecmd /list This will list available partitions. trueimagecmd /list /asz This will list contents of the latest image located in Acronis Secure Zone. 8. Acronis Secure Zone: managing backups by archive numbers trueimagecmd /asz_content This will list the Acronis Secure Zone size, free space and contents. In our example, the Acronis Secure Zone contains two archives. The older archive #1 consists of one full (base) file-level backup created on 4/2/2007 at 3:52.
- full (base) image backup created on 2/16/2007 at 3:43 - incremental backup created on 4/25/2007 at 11:44. The archive FAAA (F means that this is a file-level archive) contains one base file-level backup. The archive FAAB2 (B means that this is the second file-level archive in the zone) consists of: - full (base) file-level backup created on 8/14/2007 at 2:17 - incremental backup created on 8/14/2007 at 2:19.
16.2 Scripting 16.2.1 Script execution parameters Scripts are executed by the TrueImageTerminal.exe utility located in the Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server installation folder (i.e. C:\Program Files\Acronis\TrueImageEchoEnterpriseServer). This utility is also used to monitor backup progress. TrueImageTerminal execution parameters: TrueImageTerminal.exe [arguments] Arguments include the following: /help – outputs help information about TrueImageTerminal.exe parameters.
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 whether 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.
