How It Works; How To Use; Acronis Universal Restore; Acronis Universal Restore Purpose - ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE 9.1 - SERVER FOR WINDOWS User Manual

3.5.2 How it works

When the restoration procedure is started, Acronis True Image Server:
1. Finds the sectors in the image which contain system files, and restores these sectors first.
Thus, the OS is restored and can be started in a very short timeframe. Having started the
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, which intercept 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, Acronis True Image Server proceeds with the complete sector-by-sector
image restoration in the background. However, the system requested sectors have the
highest priority.
Finally, the image will be fully restored even if the user performs no actions at all. But if you
choose to start working as soon as possible after the system failure, you will gain at least
several minutes, considering that restoration of a 10-20GB image (most common image size)
takes about 10 minutes. The larger the image size, the more time you save.

3.5.3 How to use

To be able to use Acronis Snap Restore in case of system crash, prepare as follows:
1. Install Acronis True Image Server.
2. Create Acronis Secure Zone on the server hard disk (see
Secure Zone
).
3. Activate Acronis Startup Recovery manager (see
and create bootable media or RIS package with Acronis True Image Server (see
Creating bootable
media).
4. Back up (image) the computer's system disk to Acronis Secure Zone (see
disks and partitions (image backup)
system image is mandatory.
When performing Snap Restore, the current Acronis True Image Server version always
restores the entire system disk. Therefore, if your system disk consists of several partitions,
all of them must be included in the image. Any partitions which are missing from the image
will be lost.
If failure occurs, boot the server from the bootable media, or RIS server, or using F11. Start
the recovery procedure (see
system disk image from Acronis Secure Zone, choose Use Snap Restore and in the next
window click Proceed. In a few seconds the computer will reboot to the restored system.
Log in and start work – no more reboots or other actions are required.
You can perform Snap Restore running Acronis True Image Server in supported Windows
Server operating systems as well. However, it is mandatory to have bootable media in case
Windows cannot boot.

3.6 Acronis Universal Restore

3.6.1 Acronis Universal Restore purpose

A system disk image can be deployed easily on the hardware where it was created or the
identical hardware. However, if you change, for example, a motherboard or use another
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). You can back up other disks/partitions as well, but the
6.3 Restoring disks/partitions or files from images
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Chapter 9.
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