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  • Page 1 Acronis® Backup & Recovery ™ 10 Server for Windows Update 3 Command Line Reference...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of contents Command-line mode and scripting in Windows ................. 3 Agent for Windows command-line utility ................3 1.1.1 Supported commands ..........................3 1.1.2 Common options ............................8 1.1.3 Specific options ............................12 1.1.4 trueimagecmd.exe usage examples ....................... 23 Scripting ..........................28 1.2.1 Script execution parameters........................

  • Page 3: Command-Line Mode And Scripting In Windows

    The rest of the commands and options are exactly the same. For this reason, the command line reference uses the terminology accepted in Acronis True Image Echo. The command line logs are saved in the old (Echo) format and cannot be converted to Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 logs.
  • Page 4 /arc_id:[archive id] /partition:[partition number] partitions, except for /filename:[file name] /target_harddisk:[disk number] the MBR, from an /password:[password] /target_partition:[partition number] image /asz:[number of archive] /start:[start sector] /index:N /size:[partition size in sectors] /net_user:[username] /fat16_32 /net_password:[password] /type:[active|primary|logical] /ftp_user:[username] /preserve_mbr Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2010...
  • Page 5 /ftp_password:[password] When using the Acronis Universal Restore /oss_numbers option: /reboot /ur_path:[path] /log:[file name] /ur_username:[user] /log_net_user:[remote user] /ur_password:[pwd] /log_net_password:[password] /ur_driver:[inf-filename] /silent deploy_mbr /vault:[path] /harddisk:[disk number] /arc:[archive name] /target_harddisk:[disk number] Restores the MBR from /arc_id:[archive id] a disk or partition /filename:[file name]...
  • Page 6 /arc:[archive name] and partitions. When /net_user:[username] /arc_id:[archive id] used with the filename /net_password:[password] option, it lists the /ftp_user:[username] image contents. /ftp_password:[password] When used with the vault option, it lists archives located in the specified location. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2010...
  • Page 7 Secure Zone size, free space and contents using the generated file names asz_delete_files /filename:[file name] /password:[password] Deletes the most /log:[file name] recent backup in the /log_net_user:[remote user] archive located in the /log_net_password:[password] Acronis Secure Zone /silent Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2010...

  • Page 8: Common Options

    Managed vaults (for advanced product editions only), e.g.: /vault:bsp://StorageNode/VaultName  FTP and SFTP, e.g.: /vault:ftp://ServerA/Folder1  CD, DVD – with the path specified as a local path, e.g.: /vault:F:\  Acronis Secure Zone, e.g.: /vault:atis:///asz  Tapes, e.g.: /vault:atis:///tape?0 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2010...
  • Page 9 To get a backup index from the ASZ, use asz_content. include_pits:[pits numbers] Specifies the backups (pits) to be included in the archive copy. To get the numbers of pits, use pit_info. Separate multiple values with a comma, for example: /include_pits:2,4,5 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2010...

  • Page 10: Backup Options

    The password itself is not stored anywhere on the disk or in the backup file; the password hash is used for verification purposes. With this two-level security, the backup data is protected from any unauthorized access, but recovering a lost password is not possible. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2010...

  • Page 11: General Options

    Use this option when performing the following operations that require a reboot: recovering locked files, creating/deleting Acronis Secure Zone on a system disk, cloning a system disk. The machine will be rebooted automatically. To postpone the operation until a user reboots the system manually, add the /later option.

  • Page 12: Specific Options

    /list. Partition numbers are specified as <disk number>-<partition number>, e.g.: /partition:1-1,1-2,3-1 Dynamic volumes are specified with the prefix DYN, e.g.: /partition:DYN1,DYN2 Both basic partitions and dynamic volumes can be specified by their letters, for example: /partition:"C" Mixed notation is also acceptable, for example: Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2010...
  • Page 13 For example: /before:"net stop MSSQLSERVER" after:[post-data capture command] Enables to define the command to be automatically executed after data capture at the beginning of the backup procedure. For example: /after:"net start MSSQLSERVER" Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2010...
  • Page 14 /after:"net start MSSQLSERVER" use_vss Notifies the VSS-aware applications that the backup is about to start. This ensures the consistent state of all data used by the applications, in particular, completion of all database transactions, at the Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2010...
  • Page 15 /partition option. Dynamic volumes are specified with the prefix DYN, e.g.: /target_partition:DYN1 start:[start sector] Sets the start sector for restoring a partition to the hard disk unallocated space. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2010...
  • Page 16 MBR saved in the image. If the position is not empty, the existing entry will be moved to another position. Options specific for Universal Restore The following options are available when using the Universal Restore add-on to Acronis Backup & Recovery 10. ur_path:[path] Specifies using Acronis Universal Restore and the path to the drivers storage.
  • Page 17 (e.g. "Domain_name\User_name"). ur_password:[pwd] Specifies using Acronis Universal Restore and a password associated with the ur_username option value. ur_driver:[inf-filename] Specifies using Acronis Universal Restore and the mass-storage driver to be installed.
  • Page 18 Specifies the user name for logon to the network share to access the source archive. net_src_password:[password] Specifies the password for logon to the network share to access the source archive. net_user:[username] Specifies the user name for logon to the network share to save the resulting archive. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2010...
  • Page 19 FTP and SFTP, e.g.: /target_vault:ftp://ServerA/Folder1  CD, DVD – with the path specified as a local path, e.g.: /target_vault:F:\  Acronis Secure Zone, e.g.: /target_vault:atis:///asz  Tapes, e.g.: /target_vault:atis:///tape?0  Unmanaged vaults are specified by their path. For example, if a vault is located in a folder, specify the path to that folder.
  • Page 20 Drivers for the virtual machine reside in the storage, defined by the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Acronis\UniversalRestore\DriversPackPath. In case the storage has been moved, please change the key or use the command ur_path:[path].
  • Page 21 FTP and SFTP, e.g.: /vault:ftp://ServerA/Folder1  CD, DVD – with the path specified as a local path, e.g.: /vault:F:\  Acronis Secure Zone, e.g.: /vault:atis:///asz  Tapes, e.g.: /vault:atis:///tape?0  Unmanaged vaults are specified by their path. For example, if a vault is located in a folder, specify the path to that folder.
  • Page 22 1.1.3.14 asz_delete partition:[partition number] Specifies partitions to which free space will be added after the Acronis Secure Zone is deleted. If you specify several partitions, the space will be distributed proportionally based on each partition’s size. 1.1.3.15 clone harddisk:[disk number] Specifies a source hard disk which will be cloned to the new hard disk.

  • Page 23: Trueimagecmd.exe Usage Examples

    /create /filename:"C:\Test\1.tib" /partition:2-1,1-3 The image will be saved to the C:\Test\ folder.  The following command will create an image of partitions 2-1 and 1-3 in the Acronis Secure Zone: trueimagecmd /create /asz /partition:2-1,1-3  The following command will create an image named 1.tib of partitions 2-1 and 1-3: trueimagecmd /create /filename:"\Test\1.tib"...
  • Page 24 The following command will restore the MBR from the image of hard disk 1 to the same hard disk 1. The image is contained in the 3rd backup created in archive number 2, located in Acronis Secure Zone that is protected with password ‘pswd’: trueimagecmd /deploy_mbr /harddisk:1 /asz:2 /index:3 /password:pswd ...
  • Page 25 /convert /filename:C:\MyBackup.tib /target_filename:C:\MyHDD.vmdk /vm_type:vmware /harddisk:1,3 1.1.4.8 List  The following command will list available partitions: trueimagecmd /list  The following command will list contents of the latest image located in Acronis Secure Zone: trueimagecmd /list /asz Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2010...
  • Page 26 /list /filename:asz://2 /index:3 /password:aszpw which is equal to: trueimagecmd /list /asz:2 /index:3 /password:aszpw This will list content of the 3rd backup created in archive number 2, located in Acronis Secure Zone that is protected with password ‘aszpw’. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2010...
  • Page 27 1.1.4.11 Acronis Secure Zone: managing backups by file names  The following command will list the Acronis Secure Zone size, free space and contents using generated filenames: trueimagecmd /asz_files /password:aszpw Assume that the contents of Acronis Secure Zone are as follows: C:\Program Files\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery>trueimagecmd /asz_files...

  • Page 28: Scripting

    The above command will delete the incremental backup created on 8/15/2009 at 2:19. The next execution of the same command will delete the base FAAB backup. By continuing with the FAAA and AAA names, you can clear the Acronis Secure Zone except for the last remaining base backup that cannot be deleted.

  • Page 29: Script Structure

    If equal to “true” (or “1”) and there is already a file with the specified name, an incremental image will be created. Otherwise the program will create a complete image file. The default value for this parameter is “true”. Description Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2010...

  • Page 30: Script Usage Examples

    The script for backing up to tape (tapeN specifies the tape numbers): <? xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <backup> <source letter =”c” /> <source letter ="f" /> <target cdrw="\taperecorder\\\.\tape0|||” /> <target cdrw="\taperecorder\\\.\tape1|||” /> <options compression="high" incremental="true" description="this is my backup" /> </backup> Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2010...

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