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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 ........................................................................
6.1 RESTORE UNDER WINDOWS OR BOOT FROM CD? ....................................................................................... 38 6.1.1 Network settings in rescue mode ........................................................................................................ 38 6.2 RESTORING FILES AND FOLDERS FROM FILE ARCHIVES ............................................................................... 38 6.3 RESTORING DISKS/PARTITIONS OR FILES FROM IMAGES ..............................................
12.3.3 Selecting destination disk ................................................................................................................. 71 12.3.4 Partitioned destination disk.............................................................................................................. 72 12.3.5 Old and new disk partition layout .................................................................................................... 72 12.3.6 Old disk data ..............................................
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 protection 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.
Supports Cutting Edge Technology Businesses today are moving to leverage the latest technologies, dual-core 64 bit processors and 64 bit operating systems. With Acronis True Image 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.
1.4.3 Supported file systems • FAT16/32 • NTFS • Ext2/Ext3 • ReiserFS • Reiser4 • Linux SWAP • XFS • JFS If a file system is not supported or is corrupted, Acronis True Image Server for Windows can copy data using a sector-by-sector approach. For XFS and JFS file systems partition resizing feature is not supported. 1.4.
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.
2.2 Extracting Acronis True Image Server for Windows When installing Acronis True Image Server for Windows, you can save the setup (.msi) file on a local or network drive. It will help you modify or recover the existing component installation. To save a setup file: • run the Acronis True Image Server for Windows setup file; • in the Install Menu, right-click on the program name and select Extract; • select location for setup file and click Save. 2.
Chapter 3. General information and proprietary Acronis technologies 3.1 The difference between file archives and disk/partition images A backup archive is a file or a group of files (also called in this Guide “backups”), that contains a copy of selected files/folders data or a copy of all information stored on selected disks/partitions. When you back up files and folders, only the data, along with the folder tree, are compressed and stored.
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 to re-create the initial full image, so the backup time is not crucial, and the restore time will be minimal. Alternatively, if you are interested in saving only the last data state to be able to restore it in case of system failure, consider the differential backup.
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.
OS, the user sees the folder tree with files, though file contents still is not recovered. Nevertheless, the user can start working. 2. Writes on the hard disk its own drivers, capable to intercept the system queries to the files. When the user opens files or launches applications, the drivers receive the system queries and restore the sectors that are necessary for the current operation. 3. At the same time, ATIES proceeds with the complete sector-by-sector image restoration in the background.
in the source and target computers (see Microsoft Knowledge Base, articles 302577 and 216915). Acronis Universal Restore technology provides an efficient solution for hardware-independent system restoration by replacing the crucial HAL and hard disk controller drivers. Acronis Universal Restore does not conflict with Microsoft System Preparation Tool (sysprep). If you got accustomed to using Sysprep, you can use both tools on the same system. Acronis Universal Restore is an optional program feature.
The recovery procedure can proceed under Windows as well (for example, if the operating system is loaded from the C: drive, the system partition of the other computer can be restored from an image to the D: drive). In this case, the user prompt for driver search on Network-Floppy-CD will not be issued. If a compatible driver cannot be found, Windows will suggest to ignore it or cancel restoration. 3.7.
3. Acronis Universal Restore does not strip security identifier (SID) and user profile settings. This means that you will not need to re-join your domain or re-map network user profiles after a restore. 4. Acronis Universal Restore supports a driver repository to centrally store all drivers so users don’t need to go looking for them. 3.7 Using dynamic disks and volumes Acronis True Image Server for Windows supports Windows LDM (also called Dynamic Disks).
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 – opens the Log Viewer window • Manage Acronis Secure Zone – used to create, delete and resize a special hidden partition for storing archives (Acronis Secure Zone) • Activate Acronis Startup Recovery Manager – activates the boot restoration manager (F11 key). Program menu The program menu line features the Operations, View, Tools and Help items. The Operations menu contains a list of the available operations, including scheduling tasks.
4.2 Managing a local computer You can perform the following operations on the local computer. • 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. 24 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 not to back up files of specific types. For example, you may want hidden and system files and folders, as well as files with .~, .tmp and .bak extensions, not to be stored in the archive. You can also apply custom filters, using the common Windows masking rules. For example, to exclude all files with extension .exe, add *.exe mask. My???.exe mask will reject all .exe files with names, consisting of five symbols and starting with “my”.
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 default. 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 appearing menu. How to set the default priority, see in 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. To view the log, click the Show Operation Logs button on the toolbar.
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.
changes to it, choose full backup. Otherwise it is recommended that you create an incremental or differential backup (see 3.2 Full, incremental and differential backup). 9. Click Next. 10. Select the backup options (that is, backup file splitting, compression level, password protection, pre/post backup commands etc.). You may Use default options or Set the options manually. If the latter is the case, the settings will be applied only to the current backup task.
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 many system administrators prefer to suspend the database at the backup (capturing the Snapshot) moment. 1.
Before/after data capture commands can also be used for purposes, different from suspending the database, especially if VSS support is enabled. You may want to suspend an application other than database, for example. The commands execution and the VSS actions will be sequenced as follows: “before” commands -> 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.
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. The safe version does not have USB, PC card or SCSI drivers and is useful only in case the full version does not load. If you want the computer, booted from the media, to be accessible for remote control with Acronis True Image Management Console, add Acronis Bootable Agent to the media.
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.
1. Invoke the Restore Data Wizard by clicking on the restore operation icon in the main program window. 2. Click Next. 3. Select the archive. If the archive is located in Acronis Secure Zone, select it to choose the archive on the next step. If the archive is located on removable media, e.g. CD, first insert the last CD and then insert disks in reverse order when Restore Data Wizard prompts. Data recovery directly from ftp-server requires the archive to consist of files no more than 2 Gb in size.
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.
12. Click Next. 13. Set filters for not to restore files of specific types. For example, you may want hidden and system files and folders, as well as files 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???.exe mask will reject all .exe files with names, consisting of five symbols and starting with “my”.
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. 6.3.1 Starting the Restore Data Wizard 1. Invoke the Restore Data Wizard by clicking on the restore operation icon in the main program window. 2. Click Next. 6.3.2 Archive selection 1. Select the archive.
impossible. 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. 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.
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. The selected archive file 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 MBR (Master Boot Record). It appears in this window in a separate line.
If you restore a system partition to another hard disk with its own partitions and OS, most probably, you will need only the data. In this case, you can restore the partition as Logical to access the data only. By default, the original partition type is selected. Selecting Active for a partition without an installed operating system could prevent your server from booting. 2. Click Next. 6.3.7 Changing the restored partition file system 1.
These changes might be useful if you are to copy your hard disk to a new high-capacity one by creating its image and restoring it to a new disk with larger partitions. This way of cloning is used if it is impossible to connect the second hard disk to the server (for more details about cloning see 12.1 General information). 2. Click Next. 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.
2. Click Next. 3. You can specify a path to the driver repository (a folder or folders on a network drive or CD where the program will search for drivers). 4. Click Next. 5. If you know which drivers will fit for the new hardware, add them to the drivers list in the next window. You can add HAL and hard disk controller drivers. Drivers for devices (sound cards, network adapters, video cards etc.) will be found by Windows itself when it boots.
When migrating from RAID to RAID, be sure to specify an appropriate driver for the RAID controller in the Forcedly Installed Drivers window. Otherwise a basic HDD driver will be installed. When restoring the system to a virtual machine that uses SCSI hard drive controller, be sure to specify SCSI drivers for virtual environment in the Forcedly Installed Drivers window. Use drivers bundled with your virtual machine software or download the latest drivers versions from the software manufacturer website. 6.
6.4.1 Files to restore exclusion The default setting – Restore all files. You can set the default filters for not to restore files of specific types. Use the common Windows masking rules. For example, to exclude all files with extension .exe, add *.exe mask. My???.exe mask will reject all .exe files with names, consisting of five symbols and starting with “my”. This option is effective only when restoring files from file/folders archives.
6.4.6 Additional settings 1. You can choose whether to restore files’ date and time from the archive or assign the files the current date and time. 2. Before data is restored from the archive, Acronis True Image Server for Windows can check its integrity. If you suspect that the archive might have been corrupted, select Validate backup archive before restoration. To check data from an incremental backup, you must have all previous incremental backup files and the initial full backup.
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 the weekly execution, set the Start time, specify the task execution periodicity in the Every x weeks box (every week, every two weeks, etc.) and check days on which to execute the task.
7.1.3 Setting up monthly execution If you select the 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. 58 Copyright © Acronis, Inc.
Chapter 9. Creating bootable 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 full version Includes support of USB, PC Card and SCSI interfaces along with the storage devices connected via them, therefore is highly recommended. • Acronis True Image Server for Windows safe version Does not include USB, PC Card, or SCSI drivers. Recommended for use in case of problems with running Full version To find more about components of other Acronis products, see the respective user guides. 3. Select the type of bootable media (CD-R/RW or 3.
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 the 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.
To sort messages by a particular parameter, click its header (click again to reverse order) or the Arrange Icons by button (the second from the right) and select the desired parameter. You can also change column width by dragging the borders with a mouse. 10.4 Event tracing 10.4.1 Windows event log You can choose whether to store event log messages, issued by Acronis True Image Server for Windows, to Windows Event Log (to see this log, run eventvwr.
2. Click Next. 3. Now you can turn on/off System Restore on all your hard disk(s) partitions at once or do it individually for each partition. Note that you cannot turn off System Restore on the system disk (partition), yet keep it on other disks (partitions). 4. Click Next. 5. The program lists the configured changes. You can click Back to choose different settings. If you click Cancel, all new settings will be lost. Click Proceed to apply the changes.
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 are to mount an incremental image, Acronis True Image Server for Windows will suggest that you select one of successive incremental archives by date/time of its creation.
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. Transferring the system to a new disk 12.1 General information Sooner or later any server user finds out that his hard disk is too small. If you just don’t have space for more data, you can add another disk just for data storage as described in the following chapter. However, you might find that your hard disk does not have enough space for the operating system and installed applications, preventing you from updating your software.
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.
• 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. To protect yourself from unforeseen consequences, it would be better to leave the old disk data intact, as you will be able to delete it later. 12.3.
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 have selected manual partition creation before, 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 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. This feature is available in Acronis True Image Server for Windows 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 14. Command-line mode and scripting 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 /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.
/password:[password] Specifies the password for the image file (if required). /harddisk:[disk number] Specifies the hard disks to restore by numbers. /partition:[partition number] Specifies the partitions to restore by numbers. /target_harddisk:[disk number] Specifies the hard disk number where the image will be restored. /start:[start sector] Sets the start sector for restoring a partition to the hard disk unallocated space. /size:[partition size in sectors] Sets the new partition size (in sectors).
/target_harddisk:[disk number] Specifies the target hard disk number where the source hard disk will be cloned. 5. explore Connects an image file as a virtual drive. Options /filename:[image file name] The image file name. /password:[image password] The password for the image file (if required). /partition:[partitions list] Specifies a list of partitions to be mounted as virtual drives. Without this option, all partitions stored in the image file will be mounted.
Specifies partitions from which free space will be taken for Acronis Secure Zone creation. /size:[ASZ size in sectors] Sets the Acronis Secure Zone size (in sectors). If this size is not specified, it will be set as average between maximal and minimal values, including unallocated spaces on the all listed partitions. /asz_activate Activates the Acronis Secure Zone after creation (or, rather, activates Acronis Startup Recovery Manager).
/net_password:[password] Specifies a user password when verifying an image from a network drive. 11. help Shows help for commands. 14.1.2 trueimagecmd.exe usage examples 1. Create image trueimagecmd /create /filename:"C:\Test\1.tib" /partition:21,1-3 • This will create an image named 1.tib of the partitions 2-1 and 1-3. Image will be saved to c:\Test\ folder. trueimagecmd /create /filename:"\Test\1.tib" /partition:2-1,13 /file_partition:3-1 • This will create an image named 1.
3. List trueimagecmd /list • This will list available partitions. 4. Clone trueimagecmd /clone /harddisk:2 /target_harddisk:3 • Clone hard disk 2 to hard disk 3. 5. Explore image trueimagecmd /explore /filename:\\myserver\backup\mybackup.tib /net_user:john /net_password:qwerty • This will connect all images, stored in file mybackup.tib on the network drive, as virtual drives. 14.1.
14.2.2 Script structure Scripts are written in the XML language and you can use the following tags: Source. Specifies the partitions or disks to be imaged. Letters assigned to partitions must be used without colon. Disk numbers correspond to their system numbers. To create images of several partitions or disks, use the SOURCE tag for each of them, e.g.: Target. Specifies the name and the location of an image file, e.g.
The script for backing up to tape (tapeN specifies the tapes numbers): 88 Copyright © Acronis, Inc.
