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- Page 1 Acronis® Backup & Recovery ™ Online Advanced User's Guide...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Is the online storage available under Acronis bootable media?..............6 1.6.3 Can I use Acronis Universal Restore when recovering a system from the online storage? ...... 6 1.6.4 What if a network connection is lost during online backup or recovery? ..........6 1.6.5... - Page 3 12 Recovery from the online storage ..................28 12.1 Recovering data online ......................29 12.2 Recovering using Large Scale Recovery ...................29 13 Limitations of the online storage ..................30 14 Upgrading to Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 ................. 31 15 Technical Support ........................ 31 16 Glossary ..........................32...
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Page 4: Introduction To Acronis Backup & Recovery Online
1.1 What is Acronis Backup & Recovery Online? Acronis Backup & Recovery Online is a service that enables you to back up data to Acronis Online Backup Storage. To use this service, you need to buy a subscription that determines the amount of storage space reserved for your backups (storage quota) and how long the online service will be available to you. -
Page 5: How Long Will My Backups Be Kept In The Online Storage
File-level backup and recovery is not possible for virtual machines, but is possible for a Windows host. Installing the software, backing up, and recovery are described in the Quick Start Guide for Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Virtual Edition. When installing Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 for online backup only, you do not need to enter a license key during installation. -
Page 6: Backup And Recovery Faq
This way, you will obtain either a new full backup, or an incremental one. Since full backups take more storage space, Acronis recommends that you choose incremental backup if you want to run backups manually. -
Page 7: What Happens If I Run Out Of Space
Initial Seeding is an extra service that lets you save an initial full backup locally and then send it to Acronis on a hard disk drive. Acronis uploads the backup to the online storage. After that, you can add incremental backups to this full backup, either manually or on a schedule. -
Page 8: Why Would I Want To Use Initial Seeding
For example, you may want to upload a volume backup and a number of file backups. Do as many "initial seeding" backups as you wish and then send them to Acronis on the same disk. The Initial Seeding license gets used when uploading to the online storage starts. You will receive an e-mail notification informing you about this. -
Page 9: How To Package A Hard Drive For Shipment
6. Package (p. 9) the media along with a prepaid return shipping label and send it to Acronis by physical mail. The address is available on your account management Web page > Initial Seeding / Recovery tab >... - Page 10 6 sides so it can fit tight into the box and cannot be moved within. DO NOT use Styrofoam peanuts for packing as they do not provide enough protection. DO NOT send your media in jiffy bags Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2010...
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Page 11: How Do I Track An Initial Seeding Order Status
1.7.10 How do I track an Initial Seeding order status? On the Acronis Web site, the Initial Seeding / Recovery tab shows you the status of all your orders. In addition, you will receive e-mail notifications about the most important events. -
Page 12: Large Scale Recovery Faq
Step 3. Let us know when you have shipped the order by marking your order as "shipped". You will receive a notification message when Acronis receives the order and when the order is completed. If necessary, Acronis may contact you during order processing. -
Page 13: Why Would I Use Large Scale Recovery
How do I track a Large Scale Recovery order status? On the Acronis Web site, the Initial Seeding / Recovery tab shows you the status of all your orders. In addition, you will receive e-mail notifications about most important events. -
Page 14: How To Perform Large Scale Recovery
If you purchased your subscriptions from an Acronis partner, you should have received an e-mail confirming the registration codes for each subscription. Create an account on the Acronis web site, if you do not have one already, and log in to it. Navigate to Online backup > For Business. This is your... -
Page 15: When Does My Subscription Begin
Your subscription begins when you choose to have it begin, not at the time of purchase. The time count will begin as soon as the subscription is activated. The first activation occurs when you assign a subscription to a certain machine. To do so, you need to have Acronis software installed. 1.9.4 What happens when my subscription expires? A month before the subscription expiration date you receive an e-mail notification with an alert. -
Page 16: What Is The "Group"Column For
2 Where do I start? On the Acronis Web site, log in to your account (create one if you are not registered yet) and navigate to Online backup > For Business. This is your account management Web page. Here you can get a trial subscription, locate an Acronis partner or buy subscriptions online. -
Page 17: Software Installation
Windows Vista - all editions except for Vista Home Basic and Vista Home Premium (x86, x64) Windows 7 - all editions except for the Starter and Home editions (x86, x64) Virtualization products supported by Acronis Backup & Recovery Online (host-based backup of virtual machines): ... -
Page 18: What Software Do I Need To Install
4.1 What software do I need to install? Download and install Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Update 3 or later. A license key is not required if you are going to back up to the online storage only. You have a choice between Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 stand-alone and advanced editions. With the stand-alone product edition, you can set up and monitor a backup locally on each machine you want to back up. -
Page 19: Agent
4.4 Installing Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 The online backup functionality is provided by the Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 product. If you have the Update 3 or a later version of this product, the online backup functionality is included. - Page 20 1. Go to the Add Products section. 2. Download the setup program of Acronis Backup & Recovery 10, by clicking Download edition with centralized/remote management capability. Installing the management server and management console Perform these steps on any Windows machine that has a network connection to the machines that you will back up.
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Page 21: Starting Acronis Backup & Recovery 10
2. If you chose to manage a remote machine, enter its name or IP address. 3. If prompted for credentials, specify the user name and password. If you chose to manage a remote machine, the user has to be a member of the Acronis Remote Users group on that machine. -
Page 22: Configuring Proxy Settings
To be able to back up a machine to the online storage, you need to purchase and activate a subscription to the Acronis Backup & Recovery Online service. You can purchase subscriptions on the Acronis Web site or from an Acronis reseller. -
Page 23: Activating Subscriptions
You no longer need to back up one of your machines and you want to reuse that machine’s subscription for another machine. You reinstalled Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 on a machine and want to resume its online backups. ... -
Page 24: Creating A Centralized Vault For Online Backups
1. Connect the console to the management server. 2. In the Navigation tree, expand Vaults and click Centralized. 3. On the toolbar, click Create. 4. In Name, type the name of the shortcut—for example: Online vault. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2010... -
Page 25: Accessing Backups Stored In The Online Vault
(large) backup being sent on a hard drive; and deleting backups older than six months. See "Backing up using Initial Seeding (p. 26)". In Acronis Backup & Recovery 10, individual machines are backed up according to a backup plan. Centralized backup is performed by using a backup policy. -
Page 26: Backing Up Multiple Machines
10.3 Backing up using Initial Seeding This section illustrates how to set up a backup plan to perform monthly disk-level backups of a machine. You will use the Initial Seeding scheme to upload the initial full backup. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2010... -
Page 27: Preparation For Initial Seeding
3. Send the hard drive to Acronis. You can find the address on the account management Web page. 4. Track (p. 11) the status of your Initial Seeding order. -
Page 28: Creating Subsequent Backups
For detailed information about these operations, please refer to the "Operations with backups" section of the Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 built-in help. When the console is connected to the management server, you can also delete any backup of any machine that is currently available to the management server (turned on). -
Page 29: Recovering Data Online
The machine whose backups you want to retrieve The address where you want the hard drive to be sent After placing the order, wait until the hard drive arrives. The hard drive remains yours. Recovering data Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2010... -
Page 30: Limitations Of The Online Storage
9. Click OK to immediately start the recovery. For detailed information about recovery please refer to the context-sensitive help. 13 Limitations of the online storage Unlike other types of storage available in Acronis Backup & Recovery 10, the online storage has the following limitations. Operations The following operations are not possible. -
Page 31: Upgrading To Acronis Backup & Recovery 10
Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 command-line utilities do not support online backup. 14 Upgrading to Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 If you want to use types of storage other than Online Backup Storage, upgrade to Acronis Backup & Recovery 10. -
Page 32: Glossary
An extra service (p. 32) that enables you to save an initial full backup locally and then send it to Acronis on a hard disk drive. Acronis uploads the backup to the online storage. After that, you can add incremental backups to this full backup, either manually or on a schedule. - Page 33 Recovery is possible for extra 30 days after this period ends. Unassign a subscription Make an assigned subscription available again. You can unassign a subscription as long as it is not activated. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2010...