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  • Page 1 User’s Guide Acronis ® True Image Echo Server for Windows...
  • Page 2 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009. All rights reserved. “Acronis” and “Acronis Secure Zone” are registered trademarks of Acronis, Inc. "Acronis Compute with Confidence", “Acronis Startup Recovery Manager”, “Acronis Active Restore” and the Acronis logo are trademarks of Acronis, Inc. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    1.3.1 Supported file systems ....................9 1.3.2 Supported storage media ................... 10 1.4 Technical support ......................10 Chapter 2. Acronis True Image Echo Server installation and startup ....12 2.1 System requirements ....................... 12 2.1.1 Minimum hardware requirements ................12 2.1.2 Supported operating systems ..................
  • Page 4 8.1 Creating Acronis Secure Zone ................... 68 8.2 Resizing the Acronis Secure Zone ..................70 8.3 Changing the password for Acronis Secure Zone ..............71 8.4 Managing backups in the Acronis Secure Zone ..............71 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...
  • Page 5 Chapter 9. Creating bootable media ..............73 9.1 Creating Acronis rescue media ..................73 9.2 Creating a Win PE ISO with Acronis True Image Echo Server ..........75 Chapter 10. Operations with archives ............... 76 10.1 Validating backup archives ..................... 76 10.2 Exploring archives and mounting images .................
  • Page 6 15.1.6 Adv_report.exe: a report generation tool ..............118 15.1.7 Command-line mode usage under DOS ..............118 15.2 Scripting ........................119 15.2.1 Script execution parameters ................... 119 15.2.2 Script structure ..................... 119 15.2.3 Script usage examples ................... 120 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...

  • Page 7: Chapter 1. Introduction

    Minimizes downtime Acronis True Image Echo Server enables you to restore systems in minutes, not hours or days. An entire system can be restored from an image that includes everything the system needs to run: the operating system, applications, databases, and configurations. it is not necessary to reinstall software or reconfigure your system or network settings.

  • Page 8: New In Acronis True Image Echo Server

    Disk cloning and new disk deployment Acronis True Image Echo Server can be used to clone an image onto multiple servers. For example, let’s say a company purchased several servers and needs similar environments on each of them. Traditionally, the IT manager would install the operating system and programs on every server.

  • Page 9: Supported File Systems And Storage Media

    Create dynamic volumes CLI features MBR restore Backup to FTP server Allow logs on net share Merge unallocated space by moving partitions and create Acronis Secure Zone on the space 1.3 Supported file systems and storage media 1.3.1 Supported file systems FAT16/32 •...

  • Page 10: Supported Storage Media

    • • • If a file system is not supported or is corrupted, Acronis True Image Echo Server can copy data using a sector-by-sector approach. For XFS and JFS file systems the partition resizing feature is not supported. 1.3.2 Supported storage media Hard disk drives •...
  • Page 11 Acronis, at its sole discretion, makes or adds to the Software and which Acronis makes generally available, without additional charge, to other licensees of the Software that are enrolled in Support. Upon mutual agreement by both parties, Acronis shall:...

  • Page 12: Chapter 2. Acronis True Image Echo Server Installation And Startup

    To install Acronis True Image Echo Server, run the Acronis True Image Echo Server setup file. If you have the trial version of Acronis True Image Echo Server installed on your system, you must uninstall it before installing the commercial version of the product.

  • Page 13: Installation Of Acronis True Image Echo Server

    Choosing Bart PE plug-in installation (disabled by default) provides the ability to include Acronis True Image Echo Server into a Bart PE plug-in tab. The plug-in files will be placed into the component installation folder along with other program files.

  • Page 14: Extracting Acronis True Image Echo Server Components

    Acronis True Image Echo Server with Universal Restore. 2.3 Extracting Acronis True Image Echo Server components When installing Acronis True Image Echo Server, you can save the setup (.msi) file on a local or network drive. This will help when modifying or recovering the existing product installation.

  • Page 15: Chapter 3. General Information And Proprietary Acronis Technologies

    When you back up files and folders, only the data, along with the folder tree, is compressed and stored. Backing up disks and partitions is performed in a different way: Acronis True Image Echo Server saves a sector-based snapshot of the disk, which includes the operating system, registry, drivers, software applications and data files, as well as system areas hidden from the user.

  • Page 16: Acronis Secure Zone

    See details in destination backup Acronis Secure Zone is always available for archive creation as long as there is space for the backup file. If there is not enough space, older archives will be deleted to create space.

  • Page 17: Acronis Startup Recovery Manager

    Acronis Secure Zone backup archives using this wizard, see Acronis Secure Zone In case you remove Acronis True Image Echo Server from the system, there is an option to keep the Acronis Secure Zone along with its contents (which will enable data recovery on booting from bootable media) or remove Acronis Secure Zone.

  • Page 18: Acronis Active Restore

    Here’s an example of how you would use this feature. If failure occurs on a computer, turn on the computer and press F11 when you see the "Press F11 for Acronis Startup Recovery Manager" message. This will run a standalone version of Acronis True Image Echo Server that only slightly differs from the complete version.

  • Page 19: Acronis Universal Restore

    6.3 Restoring disks/partitions or files from images Start the recovery procedure (see select the system disk image from Acronis Secure Zone, choose Use Active Restore and in the next window click Proceed. In a few seconds the computer will reboot to the restored system.

  • Page 20: Acronis Universal Restore General Principles

    Acronis Universal Restore. 3.6.4 Limitations in using Acronis Universal Restore 1. The system recovered by Acronis Universal Restore might not start if the partition structure in the image or the target disk partitioning does not coincide with that of the source disk.

  • Page 21: Getting Acronis Universal Restore

    Let’s assume for a moment that you own Acronis True Image Echo Server but have not purchased Acronis Universal Restore. When you create a task for restoring a Windows...

  • Page 22: Restoring Data From Archives Located On Tape Devices

    You can change the width of a column by dragging its borders with the mouse. 3.9 Changing Acronis temporary folder path By default, Acronis True Image Echo Server saves its temporary files in a system directory designated for temporary files. You will need to create a new system variable for saving them in other location: right-click on My Computer and choose "Properties".

  • Page 23: Chapter 4. Using Acronis True Image Echo Server

    Chapter 4. Using Acronis True Image Echo Server Acronis True Image Echo Server supports the GUI mode, the command-line mode, and can be used to execute XML scripts. Here we describe the operations available in the GUI mode, which provides the widest functionality. For console commands and scripting Chapter 15.
  • Page 24 Options – open a window for editing default backup/restore options, setting text • appearance (fonts), configuring e-mail or Windows pop-up notifications etc. The Help menu is used to view help and obtain information about Acronis True Image Echo Server. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...

  • Page 25: Available Operations

    See details in 5. Creating backup archives Chapter 6. Restoring the backup data. Browse logs of Acronis True Image Echo Click Logs in the Manage Tasks group or Server operation select the Show Log tool on the sidebar to navigate to the Event Log window.
  • Page 26 Hard Disk Management Manage Acronis Secure Zone (create, Click Manage Acronis Secure Zone, then delete, resize, remove or change password) follow the wizard’s instructions. See details Chapter 8. Managing the Acronis Secure Zone Activate Acronis Startup Recovery Manager Click Activate Acronis Startup Recovery...
  • Page 27 Turn on/off Windows System Restore tool Some of the above operations can be executed in command-line mode. For more 15.1 Working in information on Acronis True Image Echo Server command-line mode see the command-line mode Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...

  • Page 28: Chapter 5. Creating Backup Archives

    4. You can exclude specific files from a backup by setting filters for the types of files you do not wish to back up. For example, you may want to exclude hidden and system files and folders or files with .~, .tmp and .bak extensions. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...
  • Page 29 If you are going to create a differential backup, select the full backup which will be a base, or any of the existing differential backups. Either way, the program will create a new differential backup. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...
  • Page 30 Data saved to a network disk, ftp server or removable media will survive even if all your local hard disks are down. You can also use Acronis Secure Zone (see details in 3.3 Acronis Secure Zone ) for storing backups.
  • Page 31 In the latter case, the program will continue working in the background and will automatically close once the backup archive is ready. If you prepare some more backup operations, they will be queued after the current one. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...

  • Page 32: Backing Up Disks And Partitions (Image Backup)

    1. Start the Create Backup Wizard by clicking on the backup operation icon in the main program window. 2. Select My Computer. 3. Select disks, partitions or dynamic volumes to back up. You can select a random set of disks, partitions and dynamic volumes. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...
  • Page 33 ) for storing backups. In this case, you need not provide the file name. When backing up to Acronis Secure Zone, you have an option of dual destination backup. If enabled, the program will automatically place a copy of your backup archives on a local 5.3.12 Dual destination backup.

  • Page 34: Setting Backup Options

    To view or edit the default backup options, select Tools -> Options -> Default Backup Options from the main program menu. You can edit the default (or set the temporary) backup options while creating a backup task as well. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...

  • Page 35: Archive Protection

    Acronis True Image Echo Server will ask for the password in a special window, allowing access only to authorized users. Passwords cannot be set for archives created in the Acronis Secure Zone. To protect such archives, set a password for the zone itself.

  • Page 36: Pre/Post Commands

    “Microsoft Exchange Routing Engine” An example of a batch file, resuming the Windows services for MS Exchange: net start “Microsoft Exchange System Attendant” net start “Microsoft Exchange Event” net start “Microsoft Exchange IMAP4” Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...

  • Page 37: Compression Level

    5.3.6 Backup performance The three options below might have a more or less noticeable effect on the backup process speed. This depends on overall system configuration and physical characteristics of devices. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...

  • Page 38: Fast Incremental/Differential Backup

    2. HDD writing speed The preset is Maximum. Backing up in the background to an internal hard disk (for example, to the Acronis Secure Zone) may slow other programs’ performance because of the large amounts of data transferred to the disk. You can limit the hard disk usage by Acronis True Image Echo Server to the desired level.

  • Page 39: Archive Splitting

    FTP server requires the archive to be split into files no more than 2GB in size). The preset is Automatic. With this setting, Acronis True Image Echo Server will act as follows: When backing up to the hard disk: The program will create a single archive file if the selected disk has enough space and its file system allows the estimated file size.

  • Page 40: Media Components

    Acronis One-Click Restore always restores the entire disk. Therefore, if your disk consists of several partitions and you are planning to use Acronis One-Click Restore, all the partitions must be included in the image. Any partitions missing from the image will be lost.

  • Page 41: Dual Destination Backup

    If saving a backup copy to Acronis Secure Zone please note: even when a password is set for the Acronis Secure Zone, the copy archive will not be protected with the password.
  • Page 42 With Reset archive bit enabled, Acronis True Image Echo Server will reset archive bits of all files being backed up. Acronis True Image Echo Server itself does not use the archive bit value. When performing incremental or differential backup, it determines whether a file has changed by the file size and the date/time when the file was last saved.

  • Page 43: Chapter 6. Restoring The Backup Data

    Acronis True Image Echo Server might correspond to the E: drive in Windows. If a backup image is located on bootable media, you might have a choice of using Acronis One-Click Restore. This operation always restores the entire physical disk. Therefore, if your disk consists of several partitions, the partitions that are missing from the image will be lost.

  • Page 44: Recovering Dynamic Volumes

    1. Start the Restore Data Wizard by clicking on the restore operation icon in the main program window. 2. Select the archive. If the archive is located in Acronis Secure Zone, select it to choose the archive on the next step.
  • Page 45 If you added a comment to the archive, it will be displayed to the right of the drives tree. If the archive was protected with a password, Acronis True Image Echo Server will ask for it. The comment and the Next button will be unavailable until you enter the correct password.
  • Page 46 Set the options manually. If you set options manually, the settings will be applied only to the current restore task. Alternatively, you can edit the default options 6.4 Setting from the current screen. Then your settings will be saved as default. See restore options for more information. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...

  • Page 47: Restoring Disks/Partitions Or Files From Images

    6.3 Restoring disks/partitions or files from images To restore a partition (disk) from an image, Acronis True Image Echo Server must obtain exclusive access to the target partition (disk). This means no other applications can access it at that time. If you receive a message stating that the partition (disk) can not be blocked, close applications that use this partition (disk) and start over.

  • Page 48: Starting The Restore Data Wizard

    6.3.2 Archive selection 1. Select the archive. If the archive is located in Acronis Secure Zone, select it to choose the archive at the next step. If the archive is located on removable media, e.g. CD, first insert the last CD and then insert disks in reverse order when Restore Data Wizard prompts.
  • Page 49 Using Active Restore When restoring a system disk/partition image (except for Windows Vista images) from Acronis Secure Zone, you will have the third choice – to use Acronis Active Restore. 6.3.14 Having selected this option, you will proceed directly to the summary window ( Restoration summary and executing restoration ).

  • Page 50: Selecting A Disk/Partition To Restore

    Recover from backup The program will replace the existing disk signature with the one from the backup. Set this option when you are performing a disaster recovery restoration. Recovering a disk signature will allow you to: Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...

  • Page 51: Selecting A Target Disk/Partition

    Universal Restore . To buy the option, follow the link. If you already have Acronis Universal Restore, the prompt will not come up and you will have an option to enable Acronis Universal Restore later in the Restore Data Wizard.

  • Page 52: Changing The Restored Partition Type

    You can change the partition file system during its restoration, although it is seldom required. Acronis True Image Echo Server can make the following file system conversions: FAT 16 -> FAT 32 and Ext2 -> Ext3. For partitions with other native file systems, this option is not available.

  • Page 53: Changing The Restored Partition Size And Location

    6.3.10 Assigning a letter to the restored partition Acronis True Image Echo Server will assign an unused letter to a restored partition. You can select the desired letter from a drop-down list. If you set the switch to No, no letters will be assigned to the restored partition, hiding it from OS.

  • Page 54: Using Acronis Universal Restore

    6.3.12 Using Acronis Universal Restore Acronis Universal Restore is an add-on to Acronis True Image Echo Server. It is purchased separately and installed from a separate setup file. The following is true for Acronis True Image Echo Server installations including Acronis Universal Restore.

  • Page 55: Setting Restore Options

    To recover the “lost” partition, you will have to restore it from the image again. If Acronis Universal Restore finds no Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) or mass storage devices drivers compatible with the new hardware in all available sources, you will be prompted to browse to a network share drive or insert a floppy disk or CD with the necessary drivers.

  • Page 56: Files To Exclude From Restoration

    If the files’ security settings were preserved during backup (see settings ), you can choose whether to restore files’ security settings or let the files inherit the security settings of the folder where they will be restored. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...

  • Page 57: Specifying Mass Storage Drivers

    Choose whether to restore files’ date and time from the archive or assign the files the current date and time. 2. Before data is restored from the archive, Acronis True Image Echo Server can check its integrity. If you suspect that the archive might have been corrupted, select Validate backup archive before restoration.

  • Page 58: Error Handling

    5. Change SID after restoration is finished The preset is disabled. Acronis True Image Echo Server can generate a unique security identifier (SID) for the restored system. You do not need a new SID when restoring a system on the same computer where the image was taken from or when creating a full duplicate that will replace the original system.

  • Page 59: Creating Dynamic Volumes

    Acronis True Image Echo Server can perform this operation in standalone (rescue) mode as well as under Windows control. Having booted to the Acronis environment, you can easily prepare the desired dynamic group on bare metal or a computer with a non- Windows operating system.
  • Page 60 6. Click Proceed in the summary window. On completion of operations, the dynamic volumes are unformatted and have no letters assigned. You will be able to assign the letters using Windows Disk Management tool after restoring Windows on the created volumes. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...

  • Page 61: Chapter 7. Scheduling Tasks

    Chapter 7. Scheduling tasks Acronis True Image Echo Server allows you to schedule periodic backup and archive validation tasks. Doing so will give you peace of mind, knowing that your data are safe. You can create more than one independently scheduled task. For example, you can back up your current project daily and back up the application disk once a week.
  • Page 62 5. Specify the task start time and other schedule parameters, according to the selected periodicity (see 7.1.1 - 7.1.5). 6. Next you will have to specify the name of the user who owns the executed task; otherwise no scheduled execution will be available. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...

  • Page 63: Setting Up Daily Execution

    Every day • Weekdays • Every х days – once in several days (specify the interval). • Repeat task every – set this if the task must be performed several times a day. • Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...

  • Page 64: Setting Up Weekly Execution

    If the computer is off when the scheduled time comes, the task won’t be performed, but you can force the missed task to launch at the next system startup by checking a box under the Start time fields. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...

  • Page 65: Setting Up Monthly Execution

    Start time fields. 7.1.4 Setting up one-time execution If you select the one-time execution, set the Start time and date on which to execute the task: Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...

  • Page 66: Setting Up Event-Driven Execution

    The preset is 20MB. 7.2 Managing scheduled tasks The task Status, Schedule, Last Run Time and Last Result are shown in the Scheduled Tasks window. To view the other task details, right-click on its name. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...
  • Page 67 Clone on the toolbar. Pass through the same wizard as when editing a task and make changes if necessary. As opposed to editing, the result will be saved as a separate task. You will have the option to rename the clone for better identification. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...

  • Page 68: Chapter 8. Managing The Acronis Secure Zone

    Partition resizing may require a reboot. A computer can have only one Acronis Secure Zone. To create a zone on another disk, you must first delete an existing zone.
  • Page 69 4. In the next window, enter the Acronis Secure Zone size or drag the slider to select any size between the minimum and maximum ones. The minimum size is approximately 35MB, depending on the geometry of the hard disk. The maximum size is equal to the disk’s unallocated space plus the total free space on all partitions selected at the previous step.

  • Page 70: Resizing The Acronis Secure Zone

    6. After this, you will be prompted to activate Acronis Startup Recovery Manager, which will enable you to start Acronis True Image Echo Server at boot time by pressing F11 key. Or, you can activate this feature later from the main program window.

  • Page 71: Changing The Password For Acronis Secure Zone

    4. To perform the password change operation, click Proceed in the final wizard window. 8.4 Managing backups in the Acronis Secure Zone The purpose of the Acronis Secure Zone management is to manually free up space in the Acronis Secure Zone by deleting or consolidating backups.

  • Page 72: Deleting Acronis Secure Zone

    Acronis Secure Zone deletion will destroy all backups stored in the zone. There is an option to keep Acronis Secure Zone along with its contents (which will enable data recovery on booting from bootable media) or remove Acronis Secure Zone if you remove Acronis True Image Echo Server from the system.

  • Page 73: Chapter 9. Creating Bootable Media

    Chapter 9. Creating bootable media 9.1 Creating Acronis rescue media You can run Acronis True Image Echo Server on a bare metal or on a crashed computer that cannot boot. You can also back up disks on a non-Windows computer, copying all its data sector-by-sector into the backup archive.
  • Page 74 When using 3.5” diskettes, you will be able to write on a diskette (or a set of the diskettes) only one component at a time — for example, Acronis True Image Echo Server. To write another component, start the Bootable Media Builder once again.

  • Page 75: Creating A Win Pe Iso With Acronis True Image Echo Server

    Acronis True Image Echo Server and Win PE facilities and provides more functionality than using only-Acronis bootable media. The Acronis Universal Restore add-on to Acronis True Image Echo Server, if installed, will also be included in the ISO image.

  • Page 76: Chapter 10. Operations With Archives

    Tools group or click Validate Backup Archive on the toolbar. 2. Select the archive to validate. If the archive is located in Acronis Secure Zone, select it to choose the archive at the next step.

  • Page 77: Exploring An Archive

    Yes (in R/W mode) Files extraction Acronis True Image Echo Server can mount or explore an image archive only if all its volumes reside in the same directory. If your archive spans several CD-R/RW discs and you want to mount the image, copy all volumes to a hard disk drive or network drive.

  • Page 78: Mounting An Image

    1. Start the Mount Image Wizard by selecting Operations -> Mount Image in the main program menu. 2. Select the archive from the drives tree. If the archive is located in the Acronis Secure Zone, select it to choose the archive.
  • Page 79 If you added a comment to the archive, it will be displayed to the right of the drives tree. If the archive was protected with a password, Acronis True Image Echo Server will ask for it. Neither the partitions layout, nor the Next button will be enabled until you enter the correct password.

  • Page 80: Unmounting An Image

    The file name-based consolidation allows deleting the backups that you do not need any more from any archive while keeping the archive consistency. Acronis True Image Echo Server can perform this operation in standalone (rescue) mode as well as under Windows control.
  • Page 81 2. Select the archive from the drives tree. The file name-based consolidation does not support Acronis Secure Zone, so it is not displayed in the tree. For a backup consolidation 8.4 Managing backups in the Acronis Secure Zone. in Acronis Secure Zone, see...
  • Page 82 MyBackup and MyBackup(1). The first is the source archive, the second is the copy consisting of MyBackup(1) and MyBackup(1)2. MyBackup(1) is a full backup containing data as of Tuesday, July 17, 2007, 5:35:09 PM. MyBackup(1)2 is an incremental backup containing data as of Tuesday, July 17, 2007, Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...
  • Page 83 6:54:40 PM. You can make sure of this by starting the consolidation wizard again, selecting the archive MyBackup(1) and proceeding to the next window. The resulting archive contents Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...

  • Page 84: Chapter 11. Notifications And Event Tracing

    Chapter 11. Notifications and event tracing Sometimes a backup or restore procedure can last for 30 minutes or more. Acronis True Image Echo Server can notify you when it is finished through the WinPopup service or e- mail. The program can also duplicate messages issued during the operation or send you the full operation log after operation completion.

  • Page 85: Viewing Logs

    - during the operation when user interaction is required. 11.3 Viewing logs Acronis True Image Echo Server allows users to view its working logs. These logs can provide information about scheduled tasks results, including reasons for failure, if any. To view the log window, select Show log on the toolbar or from the Tools menu.

  • Page 86: Event Tracing

    11.4 Event tracing 11.4.1 Windows event log You can choose whether to store event log messages issued by Acronis True Image Echo Server to Windows Event Log (to see this log, run eventvwr.exe or select Control Panel -> Administrative tools -> Event Viewer -> Application).

  • Page 87: Snmp Notifications

    Warning, Error) 1.3.6.1.4.1.24769.100.200.2.0 - string containing text description of occurred event (it looks identically to messages published by Acronis True Image Echo Server in its log). Sending SNMP messages is disabled by default. To set up sending messages, select Send...
  • Page 88 If you turn off System Restore on any disk or partition, all previously created restore points for that disk (partition) will be deleted. Please make sure you do not need those restore points before proceeding. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...

  • Page 89: Chapter 12. Working With A Virtual Environment

    Workstation. Generally, a virtual machine can be treated: 1. As a physical computer (when it is online). Most Acronis True Image Echo Server features and settings are applicable to a VM. The backup procedure is almost the same Chapter 5. Creating backup archives (see details in 2.

  • Page 90: Using The Disk Conversion Feature

    Acronis True Image Echo Server has the ability to convert a disk image, created with the program (.tib), to a virtual disk file of the type you select (.vmdk, .pvs, and .vhd). You...

  • Page 91: Converting Workloads

    The procedure is the same as with restoring physical machines. To ensure booting up the system on the virtual machine, use Acronis Universal Restore. If the target virtual drive is a SCSI hard drive, provide appropriate drivers. For example, the VMware environment requires Buslogic or LSI logic drivers.
  • Page 92 2. Select the disk image to convert. If the image is located on an Acronis Backup Server or in the Acronis Secure Zone, select Personal backup location or Acronis Secure Zone, to select the image during the next step. 3. If there are several disks in the image, select one to convert.

  • Page 93: Chapter 13. Transferring The System To A New Disk

    Please note the following: If the power goes out or you accidentally press RESET during the transfer, the procedure will be incomplete and you will have to partition and format or clone the hard disk again. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...

  • Page 94: Executing Transfers

    13.3.2 Selecting source disk If the program finds several partitioned disks, it will ask you which is the source (i.e. the older data disk). Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...

  • Page 95: Selecting Destination Disk

    After you select the source disk, select the destination where the disk information will be copied. The previously selected source becomes grayed-out and disabled for selection. If either disk is unpartitioned, the program will automatically recognize it as the destination and bypass this step. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...

  • Page 96: Partitioned Destination Disk

    If you selected the manual mode, the program will ask you what to do with the old disk: Create a new partition layout – All existing partitions and their data will be deleted • (but they will also be cloned to the new disk, so you won’t lose them) Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...

  • Page 97: Destroying The Old Disk Data

    13.3.7 Destroying the old disk data If you elected to destroy the old disk data in the previous step, you will have to select the destruction method now: Quick – quick one-pass destruction • Normal – multipass destruction • Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...

  • Page 98: Selecting Partition Transfer Method

    The first method is less secure, but is still suitable for most cases. 13.3.8 Selecting partition transfer method Acronis True Image Echo Server will offer you the following data transfer methods: As is • Proportional – the new disk space will be proportionally distributed among cloned •...

  • Page 99: Partitioning The Old Disk

    Director Suite. As a rule, "as is" transfers are not recommended, as they leave much unallocated space on the new disk. Using the "as is" method, Acronis True Image Echo Server transfers unsupported and damaged file systems. If you transfer data proportionally, each partition will be enlarged, according to the proportion of the old and new disk capacities.

  • Page 100: Cloning Summary

    Cloning a non-system disk or a disk containing an operating system, but one that is not currently active, will proceed without reboot. After you click Proceed, Acronis True Image Echo Server will start cloning the old disk to the new disk, indicating the progress in a special window.
  • Page 101 Having provided the new location and size, click Next. You will be taken two steps back to the partition layout. You might have to perform some more resizing and relocation before you get the layout you need. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...

  • Page 102: Chapter 14. Adding A New Hard Disk

    If the cursor turns to two vertical lines with left and right arrows, it is pointed at the partition border and you can drag it to enlarge or reduce the partition size. If the cursor Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...

  • Page 103: Disk Add Summary

    The disk add summary contains a list of operations to be performed on disks. After you click Proceed, Acronis True Image Echo Server will start creating and formatting new partitions, indicating the progress in a special window. You can stop this procedure by clicking Cancel.

  • Page 104: Chapter 15. Command-Line Mode And Scripting

    Scripting is intended only for backup. 15.1 Working in the command-line mode An administrator might need a console interface in some situations. Acronis True Image Echo Server supports this mode with TrueImageCmd.exe utility as well as the Ebasrvdb.exe and Adv_report.exe tool.
  • Page 105 /ftp_user /ftp_password letter] /start:[start sector] /oss_numbers /reboot /fat16_32 /size:[partition size in /log:[file name] sectors] /log_net_user:[remote user] /type:[active|primary|logical] /log_net_password:[password] /preserve_mbr When using the Acronis Universal Restore option: /ur_path:[path] /ur_username:[user] /ur_password:[pwd] /ur_driver:[inf-filename] /filename:[file name] /harddisk:[disk number] deploy_mbr /password:[password] /asz /target_harddisk:[disk number]...
  • Page 106 Secure Zone on the /size:[ASZ size in /log_net_user:[remote user] sectors]|unallocated /asz_activate selected drive /log_net_password:[password] /password:[password] asz_activate Activates the Acronis Startup Recovery Manager /password:[password] asz_content Displays the Acronis Secure Zone size, free space contents /password:[password] asz_files Displays the Acronis Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...

  • Page 107: Common Options (Options Common For Most Trueimagecmd Commands)

    1 = basic full backup 2 = 1st increment… and so on 0 (default) = latest increment Specify a user name for network drive Network drive /net_user:[username] access Specify a password for network drive Network drive /net_password:[password] Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...

  • Page 108: Specific Options (Options Specific For Individual Trueimagecmd Commands)

    15.1.3 Specific options (options specific for individual trueimagecmd commands) Option Description create Specifies the hard disks to include into the image file. The list of /harddisk:[disk number] available hard disks is provided by the command. An image /list Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...
  • Page 109 Specifies the partition where the image file is stored (by letter or /file_partition:[partition number). This option is used with . In this letter] /filename:file_name case the file name must be specified without drive letter or root Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...
  • Page 110 - if the target disk is not the 1st, the restored partition will be set logical. When restoring a partition over an existing one, the target partition /preserve_mbr is deleted from the disk along with its entry in the target disk MBR. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...
  • Page 111 MBR saved in the image. If the position is not empty, the existing entry will be moved to another position. The following options are available when using the Acronis Universal Restore add-on to Acronis True 3.6 Acronis Universal Restore Image Echo Server. For more information see...
  • Page 112 Specifies a list of partitions to be mounted as virtual drives. Without /partition:[partition this option, all partitions stored in the image will be mounted. number] To obtain the partition number for this option, list the image Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...

  • Page 113: Trueimagecmd.exe Usage Examples

    Disconnects all virtual drives. /letter:all asz_create Sets a password for the Acronis Secure Zone. /password:[password] Specifies the hard disk number where the Acronis Secure Zone will /harddisk:X be created. Sets the Acronis Secure Zone size (in sectors). /size:[ASZ size in sectors...
  • Page 114 This will create an image named 1.tib of the partitions 2-1 and 1-3. The image will be • saved to the C:\Test\ folder. trueimagecmd /create /asz /partition:2-1,1-3 This will create an image of the partitions 2-1 and 1-3 in the Acronis Secure Zone. • trueimagecmd /create /filename:"\Test\1.tib" /partition:2- 1,1-3 /file_partition:3-1 This will create an image named 1.tib of the partitions 2-1 and 1-3.
  • Page 115 This will restore MBR from the image of hard disk 1 to the same hard disk 1. The • image is contained in the backup 3rd created in the archive number 2, located in Acronis Secure Zone that is protected with the ‘pswd’ password. trueimagecmd /deploy_mbr /harddisk:1 /target_harddisk:2 /filename:ftp://server/folder/arc.tib /ftp_user:fuser /ftp_password:fpswd This will restore MBR from the image of hard disk 1 to the hard disk 2.
  • Page 116 This will list the Acronis Secure Zone size, free space and contents. • In our example, the Acronis Secure Zone contains two archives. The older archive #1 consists of one full (base) file-level backup created on 4/2/2007 at 3:52. The second archive contains a base file-level backup with two increments.
  • Page 117 In our example (7), the incremental backup created on 8/14/2007 at 2:19 will be deleted. 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 118: Ebasrvdb.exe Tool: Generate An Xml File With The Backup Mapping Details

    -help – outputs help information about Adv_report.exe commands. 15.1.7 Command-line mode usage under DOS For use in the MS-DOS-compatible environments Acronis True Image Echo Server includes the TrueImageCmdDos.exe which is located in the folder where Acronis True Image Echo Server has been installed, by default it is C:\Program Files\Acronis\TrueImageEchoServer.

  • Page 119: Scripting

    Arguments include the following: /help – outputs help information about TrueImageTerminal.exe parameters. /progress – outputs progress of backup operations run either from Acronis True Image Echo Server graphics user interface, or from the script. /execute: [script file name] – executes a script. If there are several scripts to be executed, they are queued.

  • Page 120: Script Usage Examples

    The script for backing up to tape (tapeN specifies the tapes 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., 2000-2009...

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