User Guide

Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................... 7
1.1 ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE SERVER FOR WINDOWS – A COMPLETE SOLUTION FOR CORPORATE USERS............... 7
1.2 NEW IN ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE 9.1 SERVER FOR WINDOWS.......................................................................... 8
1.4 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS AND SUPPORTED MEDIA ......................................................................................... 9
1.4.1 Minimum system requirements............................................................................................................. 9
1.4.2 Supported operating systems................................................................................................................ 9
1.4.3 Supported file systems ........................................................................................................................ 10
1.4.4 Supported storage media.................................................................................................................... 10
1.5 TECHNICAL SUPPORT .................................................................................................................................. 10
CHAPTER 2. ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE SERVER FOR WINDOWS INSTALLATION AND
STARTING.......................................................................................................................................................... 11
2.1 INSTALLING ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE SERVER FOR WINDOWS ...................................................................... 11
2.2 EXTRACTING ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE SERVER FOR WINDOWS..................................................................... 12
2.3 RUNNING ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE SERVER FOR WINDOWS .......................................................................... 12
2.4 REMOVING ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE SERVER FOR WINDOWS........................................................................ 12
CHAPTER 3. GENERAL INFORMATION AND PROPRIETARY ACRONIS TECHNOLOGIES ...... 13
3.1 THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FILE ARCHIVES AND DISK/PARTITION IMAGES .................................................. 13
3.2 FULL, INCREMENTAL AND DIFFERENTIAL BACKUPS .................................................................................... 13
3.3 ACRONIS SECURE ZONE.............................................................................................................................. 14
3.4 ACRONIS STARTUP RECOVERY MANAGER.................................................................................................. 15
3.4.1 How it works....................................................................................................................................... 15
3.4.2 How to use.......................................................................................................................................... 15
3.5 ACRONIS SNAP RESTORE ............................................................................................................................ 15
3.5.1 How it works....................................................................................................................................... 15
3.5.2 How to use.......................................................................................................................................... 16
3.6 ACRONIS UNIVERSAL RESTORE .................................................................................................................. 16
3.7.1 How to use.......................................................................................................................................... 17
3.7.2 Using Acronis Universal Restore in virtual environment...................................................................18
3.7.3 Hints on using Acronis Universal Restore ......................................................................................... 18
3.7.4 Benefits............................................................................................................................................... 18
3.7 USING DYNAMIC DISKS AND VOLUMES ....................................................................................................... 19
3.8 BACKING UP TO TAPE DRIVE ....................................................................................................................... 19
3.9 VIEWING DISK AND PARTITION INFORMATION............................................................................................. 20
CHAPTER 4. USING ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE SERVER FOR WINDOWS .......................................... 21
4.1 MAIN PROGRAM WINDOW ........................................................................................................................... 21
4.2 MANAGING A LOCAL COMPUTER................................................................................................................. 23
CHAPTER 5. CREATING BACKUP ARCHIVES........................................................................................ 25
5.1 BACKING UP FILES AND FOLDERS (FILE BACKUP)........................................................................................ 25
5.2 BACKING UP DISKS AND PARTITIONS (IMAGE BACKUP) ............................................................................... 29
5.3 SETTING BACKUP OPTIONS .......................................................................................................................... 31
5.3.1 Archive protection.............................................................................................................................. 32
5.3.2 Source files exclusion......................................................................................................................... 32
5.3.3 Pre/post commands ............................................................................................................................ 32
5.3.4 Database support ............................................................................................................................... 33
5.3.5 Compression level .............................................................................................................................. 34
5.3.6 Backup performance........................................................................................................................... 34
5.3.7 Fast incremental/differential backup.................................................................................................. 35
5.3.8 Archive splitting ................................................................................................................................. 35
5.3.9 File-level security settings.................................................................................................................. 36
5.3.10 Media components............................................................................................................................ 36
5.3.11 Additional settings............................................................................................................................ 37
CHAPTER 6. RESTORING THE BACKUP DATA...................................................................................... 38
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