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Summary of Contents for ACRONIS BACKUP AND RECOVERY 10 ONLINE STAND-ALONE
- Page 1 Acronis® Backup & Recovery ™ Online Stand-alone User's Guide...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Is the online storage available under Acronis bootable media?..............5 1.5.3 Can I use Acronis Universal Restore when recovering a system from the online storage? ...... 5 1.5.4 What if a network connection is lost during online backup or recovery? ..........6 1.5.5... - Page 3 Recovery from the online storage ..................23 Recovering data online ......................23 Recovering using Large Scale Recovery ...................24 10 Limitations of the online storage ..................25 11 Upgrading to Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 ................. 26 12 Technical Support ........................ 26 13 Glossary ..........................27...
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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 To Secure My Data
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 6: What If A Network Connection Is Lost During Online Backup Or Recovery
This section explains what Initial Seeding is, why you would want to use it and provides some usage details. 1.6.1 What is Initial Seeding? 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. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2010... -
Page 7: 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 8: How To Perform Initial Seeding
6. Package (p. 8) 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 9 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 10: How Do I Track An Initial Seeding Order Status
1.6.10 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 11: 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 12: 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 13: 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 14: 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. 1.8.4 What happens when my subscription expires? A month before the subscription expiration date you receive an e-mail notification with an alert. -
Page 15: 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 16: 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 17: 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 18: Configuring Proxy Settings
3. Follow the on-screen instructions. For detailed information about the settings please refer to the context-sensitive help. 4.4 Configuring proxy settings If the machine connects to the Internet through a proxy server, configure Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 to use the proxy server. 1. Start Acronis Backup & Recovery 10. -
Page 19: Activating Online Backup 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 20: Backup To The Online Storage
This section provides step-by-step instructions for backing up data from a machine to the online storage. These instructions focus on the following typical scenario: Daily backup of important files, and deleting backups older than one month. See "Backing up an individual machine (p. 21)". Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2010... -
Page 21: Backing Up An Individual Machine
In this step, you will set up a daily backup of files from a machine to the online storage. Using a similar procedure, you can back up a machine's volumes or an entire machine. In Acronis Backup & Recovery 10, individual machines are backed up according to a set of rules called a backup plan. -
Page 22: Creating The Full Backup
3. Send the hard drive to Acronis. You can find the address on the account management Web page. 4. Track (p. 10) the status of your Initial Seeding order. -
Page 23: Accessing Backups Stored In The Online Storage
Delete any backup of the current machine For detailed information about these operations, please refer to the "Operations with backups" section of the Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 built-in help. 9 Recovery from the online storage This section provides step-by-step instructions for recovering data from the online storage. -
Page 24: Recovering Using Large Scale Recovery
1. Attach the hard drive you received to the machine that you want to recover. Or, you can copy this hard drive's contents to a network share accessible from this machine. 2. Start Acronis Backup & Recovery 10. 3. On the Actions menu, select Recover. -
Page 25: 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. 10 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 26: Upgrading To Acronis Backup & Recovery 10
Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 command-line utilities do not support online backup. 11 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 27: Glossary
An extra service (p. 27) 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 28 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...