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  • Page 1 User’s Guide Acronis ® True Image Echo Workstation...
  • 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

    2.2.4 Security parameters in Acronis Administrative Template ..........15 2.3 Installing Acronis True Image Echo Workstation components ..........16 2.3.1 Installation of Acronis True Image Echo Workstation local version and Acronis True Image Agent for Windows ....................17 2.3.2 Installation of Acronis Group Server ................18 2.3.3 Acronis Backup Server installation and setup ...............
  • Page 4 3.8.1 Backing up to a locally attached tape device ..............34 3.8.2 Understanding backup to tape devices attached to the Backup Server ......35 3.8.3 Backing up to a tape device through Acronis Backup Server .......... 36 3.8.4 Restoring data from archives located on tape devices ........... 37 3.9 Viewing disk and partition information ................
  • Page 5 Chapter 10. Creating bootable media ............. 111 10.1 Creating Acronis rescue media ..................111 10.2 Creating a Win PE ISO with Acronis True Image Echo Workstation ........113 Chapter 11. Operations with archives ............. 115 11.1 Validating backup archives ................... 115 11.2 Exploring archives and mounting images ...............
  • Page 6 16.1.5 ICompGS.exe tool: adding machines to the group server out of a *.txt file ....156 16.1.6 Ebasrvdb.exe tool: generate an XML file with the backup mapping details ....156 16.1.7 Tdbrepair.exe tool: rescan tapes and add information to Acronis tape database ... 157 16.1.9 Command-line mode usage under DOS ..............158 16.2 Scripting ........................

  • Page 7: Chapter 1. Introduction

    The complete system restoration can be performed to an existing system, to a new system with different hardware, or to virtual machines. With the Acronis Active Restore feature, users can access the system and begin working during the restore process, further decreasing downtime.

  • Page 8: Acronis True Image Echo Workstation Components

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

  • Page 9: New In Acronis True Image Echo Workstation

    6. Acronis Universal Restore is a separately sold add-on to Acronis True Image Echo Workstation that automatically configures Windows drivers in a system, recovered on dissimilar hardware. This enables the seamless system start and operation.
  • Page 10 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 Security Encrypted (SSL) communication between Acronis True Image Echo Workstation components...

  • Page 11: Supported File Systems And Storage Media

    ReiserFS • Linux SWAP • • If a file system is not supported or is corrupted, Acronis True Image Echo Workstation can copy data using a sector-by-sector approach. 1.4.2 Supported storage media Hard disk drives • Networked storage devices such as Storage Area Networks (SANs) and Network •...

  • Page 12: Technical Support

    Software and supplying patches, updates and other changes that 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.

  • Page 13: Chapter 2. Acronis True Image Echo Workstation Installation And Startup

    Acronis True Image Management Console Windows Professional 2000 SP4/XP Professional SP3 • Windows XP Professional x64 Edition • Windows Vista all Editions (except for installation of Acronis components on remote • machines running Vista) Acronis True Image Agent Acronis True Image Echo Workstation Windows Professional 2000 SP4/ Professional XP SP3 •...

  • Page 14: Security Parameters

    To install Acronis components on a computer, the user must be a member of the Administrators group on the computer. To get access to Acronis True Image Agent, installed on a computer, the user must be a member of the Administrators or Backup operators group on the computer.

  • Page 15: Security Parameters In Acronis Administrative Template

    For how to disable non-encrypted communication, see the next section. The earlier versions of Acronis True Image Management Console cannot communicate with Acronis True Image Echo Workstation agents. The console must be upgraded to the Acronis True Image Echo Workstation console.

  • Page 16: Installing Acronis True Image Echo Workstation Components

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

  • Page 17: Installation Of Acronis True Image Echo Workstation Local Version And Acronis True

    Acronis True Image Echo Workstation Install Window It is recommended that you install Acronis True Image Management Console first. After that you will be able to install Acronis True Image Echo Workstation (local version) and Acronis True Image Agent for Windows remotely to networked computers.

  • Page 18: Installation Of Acronis Group Server

    2.3.2 Installation of Acronis Group Server The Acronis Group Server only can be installed locally on a computer by running the setup program. When installing Acronis Group Server, you will be asked for credentials. The credentials you provide are used for running the Acronis Group Server service and also applied to all networked computers.
  • Page 19 Set the default limitations for users/computers, if needed, according to the selected policy. To do so, select Acronis Backup Server Management -> Specify Default Settings -> Set Quotas and time limits. The maximum disk space allowed for a user/computer can be set as the max location size divided by total number of users and computers.
  • Page 20 Click Set up User profiles -> Add. Choose the user name. Choose Use default settings. Click Proceed. Define the computers which administrators will back up using Acronis True Image Agents. Add the computers as follows. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...
  • Page 21 Adding a computer to the administrator profile Schedule a check for exceeding the quotas and time limits, if needed according to the selected policy. To do so, select Acronis Backup Server Management -> Specify Default Settings -> Schedule automatic consolidation and backup management. Choose Periodically.

  • Page 22: Acronis Universal Restore Installation

    Acronis Universal Restore has its own serial number that is required at installation. Acronis Universal Restore can only be installed on a computer where at least one of the following Acronis components is installed:...

  • Page 23: Running Acronis True Image Management Console

    In case you remove Acronis True Image Agent or Acronis True Image Echo Workstation local version 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 24: 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 Workstation 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 25: 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 26: Acronis Startup Recovery Manager

    In case you remove Acronis True Image Agent or Acronis True Image Echo Workstation local version from the system, 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.

  • Page 27: Acronis Backup Server

    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 Workstation that only slightly differs from the complete version.

  • Page 28: Quotas And Time Limits For Computers And Users

    Acronis Backup Server will combine the first full backup with the next incremental one •...

  • Page 29: Operations With Archives

    Backup Server. 3.5.4 Operations with archives Acronis Backup Server can display a list of backups, stored on the backup server, and sort the list by location or owners (users and computers). An administrator, if need be, can consolidate any backup (except for the oldest one in the archive) manually with the preceding backup file.

  • Page 30: How It Works

    10 minutes. The larger the image size, the more time you save. 3.6.3 How to use To be able to use Acronis Active Restore, prepare your system this way: (you can do it either locally, using Acronis True Image Echo Workstation local version, or remotely using Acronis True Image Management Console): 1.

  • Page 31: Acronis Universal Restore

    3.7.2 Acronis Universal Restore general principles 1. Automatic HAL and mass storage drivers selection Acronis Universal Restore searches the Windows default driver storage folders (in the image being restored) for HAL and mass storage device drivers and installs drivers that better fit the target hardware.

  • Page 32: Acronis Universal Restore And Microsoft Sysprep

    Acronis Universal Restore. To buy the option, follow the link: http://www.acronis.com/enterprise/products/ATICW/universal-restore.html 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 33: Backing Up To Tape Libraries And Tape Drives

    Tape libraries, autoloaders and tape drives are accessible through the Acronis Backup Server. Acronis True Image Echo Workstation local version can access tape drives only. The following diagram illustrates ways of access to tape devices for networks with (I) and without (II) backup server.

  • Page 34: Backing Up To A Locally Attached Tape Device

    Acronis True Image Agent doesn’t support a locally attached tape device. If you want • to back up to tape via Acronis True Image Agent, select the tape device attached to the Backup Server as the backup location. A tape cannot store two and more archives: thus the following scenarios are not •...

  • Page 35: Understanding Backup To Tape Devices Attached To The Backup Server

    The access to the archives on the tape becomes available. However, Acronis will not scan the added tape for changes if the tape already is in the Acronis database. If you eject a tape, back up another machine on this tape and take the tape back to the first tape device, the second machine archive will not be discovered by Acronis and therefore cannot be restored by the first tape device.

  • Page 36: Backing Up To A Tape Device Through Acronis Backup Server

    -> Media pools -> Acronis. 2. Right click on the tape in the Acronis pool, dismount the tape if it is has a status Loaded and select Free from the context menu. The tape will be moved to the Free pool.

  • Page 37: Restoring Data From Archives Located On Tape Devices

    A prompt comes up if the required tape is not found. Archives created on tape devices through Acronis Backup Server cannot be accessed by a locally attached tape device in Acronis True Image Echo Workstation local version.
  • Page 38 "Advanced" tab. Next, click the button "Environment Variables". Create a system variable “ACRONIS_SNAPSHOT_TMP_DIR” and specify the location for Acronis temporary files. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...

  • Page 39: Chapter 4. Using Acronis True Image Management Console

    4.2 Installing/updating Acronis components on remote machines Acronis True Image Management Console allows for group installation and updates of Acronis True Image Echo Workstation (local version) and Acronis True Image Agent for Windows on remote computers. To perform any of these operations, you will need administrator rights on the target machines.
  • Page 40 2.3 Installing Acronis True Image Echo Workstation (for custom component features see components 4. Select computers on which the Acronis component is to be installed. This can be done - browsing the network. When browsing the network, you can select entire workgroups or domains - typing the computers names or addresses (click Next then add computers to the list) - importing the computers list from .txt or .csv files.

  • Page 41: Managing A Single Remote Computer

    Reboot the remote computer box. This option also can be applied to all computers or set to each machine individually. 6. The summary window displays a list of computers where the Acronis component will be installed.
  • Page 42 After a connection is established, you will see a list of operations available in the central part of Acronis True Image Management Console main window: Main window of Acronis True Image Management Console when connected to a remote computer The task list content depends on the programs installed on the connected computer. The...

  • Page 43: Backup And Recovery Tasks

    Wizard’s instructions. See details in 6. Creating backup archives Chapter 7. Restoring the backup data. 12.3 Browse logs of Acronis True Image Agent Click Show Log. See details in Viewing logs operation Set up default backup or restore options, Click Remote Computer Options, select...
  • Page 44 13. 4 Converting disk images to details in virtual disks 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 9. Managing the Acronis Secure Zone...

  • Page 45: Managing Groups Of Computers

    Inaccessible - the remote computer is not accessible due to lack of access rights, firewall and security settings, etc. Unmanaged - the Acronis True Image Agent is not installed on the remote machine. Waiting for status info – the remote computer fails to send backup progress information to the Group Server.
  • Page 46 2. Import computers into the group server in case they are not discovered automatically due to network behavior. It makes sense to install Acronis components on these computers first so that you will be able to create tasks for these computers.

  • Page 47: Creating New Group Tasks

    Select disk/partitions to backup 5. Specify the paths for the backup archives. To place every archive on its local computer, specify Local path or select Acronis Secure Zone, if there is such a zone on every 3.3 Acronis remote computer. For more information about the Acronis Secure Zone see Secure Zone .
  • Page 48 You should also provide the archive name for each computer, unless the archives are targeted to Acronis Secure Zones or a backup server. Pressing the button to the right of the name input field will assign to each archive the respective computer’s name.

  • Page 49: Group Tasks Management

    Check – the group server will connect in turn to all computers involved in the group task and check if the child tasks are intact on the computers so that the group task can run effectively. The result will be displayed. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...

  • Page 50: Acronis Group Server Options

    After the scanning is disabled, Acronis Group Server stops sending the packets, but the response may come to the packets already sent. Therefore, some computers may be added to the computer list after scanning is disabled.

  • Page 51: Default Settings

    Otherwise the name will be identified as a domain one. 4.5.1 Default settings Each user or computer, added to Acronis Backup Server database, is associated with the default backup location and the default user/computer quotas and time limits. When installed on a computer (which becomes a backup server from this point on), Acronis Backup Server creates the following folder: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Acronis\BackupServer.
  • Page 52 You can change the default user/computer quotas/time limits by selecting Specify Default Settings -> Set Quotas/Time limits and entering the desired values. To enable Acronis Backup Server to process archives, schedule quotas/time limits check task. Select Specify Default Settings -> Schedule Automatic Consolidation and Backup Management and schedule one-time, daily, weekly or monthly check of all user’s/computers archives on the backup server for meeting limitations.

  • Page 53: Set Up Administrator Profiles

    4.5.2 Set up Administrator profiles Add a remote computer to Acronis Backup Server database if you want to be able to remotely back up data from that networked computer where Acronis True Image Agent is installed. Click Set up Administrator profiles -> Add, select the computer and specify backup location, quotas and time limits for this computer in Add Computer Profile Wizard windows.

  • Page 54: Adding Users And Administrators To The Acronis Backup Server Database

    By default, this user has administrator’s rights on the backup server and is able to manage the backup server and perform backups using computer profiles. To enable any other user to back up data from any networked computer where Acronis True Image Echo Workstation local version is installed to backup server, an administrator should add this user to Acronis Backup Server database.
  • Page 55 An administrator can manage all archives on the backup server regardless of their owner, while a common user can only backup or restore his data from the backup server. An administrator has no user profile, in other words, the administrator is not assigned a Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...

  • Page 56: Changing User Profiles

    There must be at least one administrator on a backup server. Therefore, deleting the last administrator profile is not possible. The maximum number of administrators is not limited. 4.5.5 Configuring Backup Locations To display a full list of backup locations, click Configure Backup Locations. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...

  • Page 57: Managing Archives

    Cleaning and deleting backup locations might be time-consuming operations, so you can schedule them for the off-peak period. 4.5.6 Managing Archives To display a full list of backups, stored on the backup server, click Manage Backup Archives. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...

  • Page 58: Limiting Access To Acronis Backup Server

    4. Export an archive from Acronis Backup Server to a local hard drive or network share. To do so, select any backup belonging to the archive and click Export. Then provide name for the archive copy and a path to the location where the copy will be created.
  • Page 59 By default, the number of connections is unlimited. This corresponds to setting “0”. The console connection to Acronis Backup Server is not counted. 2. Limit bandwidth for a connection to: Limiting bandwidth for each connection helps equalize the server usage among simultaneously running tasks.

  • Page 60: Chapter 5. Using Acronis True Image Echo Workstation (Local Version)

    Chapter 5. Using Acronis True Image Echo Workstation (local version) Acronis True Image Echo Workstation (local version) 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 Chapter 16.
  • Page 61 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 Workstation. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...

  • Page 62: Managing A Local Computer

    See details in 6. Creating backup archives Chapter 7. Restoring the backup data. Browse logs of Acronis True Image Echo Click Logs in the Manage Tasks group or Workstation operation select the Show Log tool on the sidebar to navigate to the Event Log window.
  • Page 63 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 9. Managing the Acronis Secure Zone Activate Acronis Startup Recovery Manager Click Activate Acronis Startup Recovery...
  • Page 64 Turn on/off Windows System Restore tool Some of the above operations can be executed in command-line mode. For more 16.1 information on Acronis True Image Echo Workstation command-line mode see Working in the command-line mode Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...

  • Page 65: Chapter 6. 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 66 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 67 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 3.5 Acronis Backup...
  • Page 68 Back to make changes in the created task. Clicking Proceed will launch the task. 10. (For Acronis True Image Echo Workstation local version only) The task progress will be shown in a special window. You can stop the procedure by clicking Cancel.

  • Page 69: 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 70 ) for storing backups. In those cases, 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 6.3.12 Dual destination backup.

  • Page 71: Setting Backup Options

    See notes and recommendations for using the FTP server in media 5. If your choice was not Acronis Backup Server, select whether you want to create a full or incremental backup. If you have not backed up the selected disks/partitions yet, or the full archive seems too old to append incremental changes to it, choose full backup.

  • Page 72: Archive Protection

    Acronis True Image Echo Workstation 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 73: Pre/Post Commands

    It is critical to note that these commands, as opposed to Pre/post commands above, data capture will be executed before and after the process, which takes seconds, while Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...

  • Page 74: Compression Level

    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...

  • Page 75: Fast Incremental/Differential Backup

    If you frequently backup data to network drives, think of limiting the network usage used by Acronis True Image Echo Workstation. To set the desired data transfer speed, drag the slider or enter the bandwidth limit for transferring backup data in kilobytes per second.

  • Page 76: File-Level Security Settings

    6.3.10 Media components The preset is disabled. When backing up to removable media, you can make this media bootable by writing to it additional components. As a result, you will not need a separate rescue disk. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...

  • Page 77: Error Handling

    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 78: Dual Destination Backup

    If saving a backup copy to ASZ please note: even when a password is set for the Acronis Secure Zone, the copy archive will not be protected with the password.

  • Page 79: Additional Settings

    1. Find the computer to be backed up in the list of computers. 2. Select the computer and enter its MAC address in the Acronis Group Server (sidebar -> Computer details -> MAC address: Set -> type the hex MAC address as XXXXXXXXXXXX or XX-XX-XX-XX-XX ->...
  • Page 80 With Reset archive bit enabled, Acronis True Image Echo Workstation will reset archive bits of all files being backed up. Acronis True Image Echo Workstation 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 81: Chapter 7. Restoring The Backup Data

    Acronis True Image Echo Workstation 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 82: Recovering Dynamic Volumes

    (simple, spanned, striped, mirrored or RAID 5). The tools are available in bootable program version. Having booted the Acronis environment, you can easily prepare the desired dynamic group on bare metal or a computer with non-Windows operating system.
  • Page 83 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 84 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 7.4 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 85: Restoring Disks/Partitions Or Files From Images

    7.3 Restoring disks/partitions or files from images To restore a partition (disk) from an image, Acronis True Image Echo Workstation 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...

  • Page 86: Starting The Restore Data Wizard

    7.3.2 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 87: Restoration Type Selection

    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. 7.3.14 Having selected this option, you will proceed directly to the summary window ( Restoration summary and executing restoration ).

  • Page 88: Selecting A Disk/Partition To Restore

    Thus, the cloned disk will not be available if the original disk is disconnected. Recover from backup The program will replace the existing disk signature with the one from the backup. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...

  • Page 89: 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 90: Changing The Restored Partition Type

    You can change the partition file system during its restoration, although it is seldom required. Acronis True Image Echo Workstation 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 91: Changing The Restored Partition Size And Location

    7.3.10 Assigning a letter to the restored partition Acronis True Image Echo Workstation 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 92: Setting Restore Options

    1. Using Acronis Universal Restore will help you create a bootable system clone on 3.7 Acronis Universal Restore different hardware (for more information see ). Choose this when restoring a system disk to a computer with a dissimilar processor, different motherboard or other mass storage device than in the imaged system.

  • Page 93: Restoration Summary And Executing Restoration

    At this point, you will be able to specify drivers for devices if Windows cannot find them automatically. 7.4 Setting restore options To view or edit the default restore options in Acronis True Image Echo Workstation local version, select Tools -> Options -> Default Restoration Options from the main program menu.

  • Page 94: Files Overwriting Mode

    ), 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. This option is effective only when restoring files from file/folders archives. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...

  • Page 95: Specifying Mass Storage Drivers

    This option appears only in those computers’ options, where Acronis Universal Restore is installed. Acronis Universal Restore is an option to Acronis True Image Echo Workstation. It should be purchased separately and installed from a separate setup file. For more information 3.7 Acronis Universal Restore...

  • Page 96: Error Handling

    5. Change SID after restoration is finished The preset is disabled. Acronis True Image Echo Workstation 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 97: Creating Dynamic Volumes

    7.5.1 Creating dynamic volumes This operation is available only in Acronis True Image Echo Workstation local version, including bootable version of this component. 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 98 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 99: Chapter 8. Scheduling Tasks

    Chapter 8. Scheduling tasks Acronis True Image Echo Workstation 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 100 5. Specify the task start time and other schedule parameters, according to the selected periodicity (see 8.1.1 - 8.1.5). 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 101: 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 102: 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 103: Setting Up Monthly Execution

    Start time fields. 8.1.4 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 104: Setting Up Event-Driven Execution

    The preset is 20MB. 8.2 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 105 To rename a task, select it, click Rename on the toolbar, enter the new task name and press Enter. In Acronis True Image Echo Workstation local version there is an option to duplicate a task so that you need program it only once. Select the task and click Clone on the toolbar.

  • Page 106: Chapter 9. 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 107 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 108: Resizing The Acronis Secure Zone

    The opposite situation could arise if either partition lacks free space. 3. Select partitions from which free space will be used to increase Acronis Secure Zone or that will receive free space after the zone is reduced.

  • Page 109: Changing The Password For Acronis Secure Zone

    4. To perform the password change operation, click Proceed in the final wizard window. 9.4 Managing backups in Acronis Secure Zone The purpose of Acronis Secure Zone management is to manually free up space in Acronis Secure Zone by deleting or consolidating backups.

  • Page 110: 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 Agent or Acronis True Image Echo Workstation local version from the system.

  • Page 111: Chapter 10. Creating Bootable Media

    Chapter 10. Creating bootable media 10.1 Creating Acronis rescue media You can run Acronis True Image Echo Workstation 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 112 If this parameter is not specified, at booting a computer the program will display the boot menu and wait for someone to select whether to boot the OS or the Acronis component. If you set 10 sec for Acronis Bootable Agent, for example, the agent will launch in 10 seconds after the menu is displayed.

  • Page 113: Creating A Win Pe Iso With Acronis True Image Echo Workstation

    ISO image. To add the Acronis True Image Echo Workstation plug-in to your Win PE distribution: 1. Make sure that Acronis Bart PE plug-in is installed on the computer (the default path is \Program Files\Acronis\TrueImageEchoWorkstation\BartPE). If not, run Acronis True Image Echo Workstation setup file, choose Modify and install the Acronis Bart PE plug-in.
  • Page 114 Media based on Win PE 2.0 and including Acronis True Image Echo Workstation requires at least 768MB RAM to work. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...

  • Page 115: Chapter 11. 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 116: Exploring An Archive

    Yes (in R/W mode) Files extraction Acronis True Image Echo Workstation 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 117: 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. The mount operation does not support Acronis Backup Server, so backup servers are not displayed in the tree.
  • Page 118 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 Workstation will ask for it. Neither the partitions layout, nor the Next button will be enabled until you enter the correct password.

  • Page 119: Unmounting An Image

    Wizard by selecting Tools -> Consolidate archive in the main program menu. 2. Select the archive from the drives tree. The file name based consolidation does not support Acronis Backup Server and Acronis Secure Zone, so these are not displayed in the Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...
  • Page 120 9.4 Managing backups in tree. For a backup consolidation in Acronis Secure Zone, see Acronis Secure Zone. An archive MyBackup consisting of one full (MyBackup) and four incremental backups (MyBackup2-5) is selected 3. The program displays a list of backups belonging to the selected archive with the backups creation date and time.
  • Page 121 MyBackup(1)2 is an incremental backup containing data as of Tuesday, July 17, 2007, 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 122: Chapter 12. Notifications And Event Tracing

    Chapter 12. Notifications and event tracing Sometimes a backup or restore procedure can last for 30 minutes or more. Acronis True Image Echo Workstation 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 123: Viewing Logs

    - when the operation failed - during the operation when user interaction is required. 12.3 Viewing logs Acronis True Image Echo Workstation allows users to view its working logs. These logs can provide information about scheduled tasks results, including reasons for failure, if any.

  • Page 124: Event Tracing

    12.4 Event tracing 12.4.1 Windows event log You can choose whether to store event log messages issued by Acronis True Image Echo Workstation to Windows Event Log (to see this log, run eventvwr.exe or select Control Panel -> Administrative tools -> Event Viewer -> Application).

  • Page 125: Snmp Notifications

    Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools -> System Restore. If you run Acronis True Image Echo Workstation regularly, this feature in your operating system is redundant. You can turn it off, freeing up to 12% of your hard disk space, directly from Acronis True Image Echo Workstation.
  • Page 126 This feature is available in Acronis True Image Echo Workstation local version only. Managing System Restore using Acronis True Image Management Console is not possible. 1. To start the System Restore Management Wizard, click the Manage System Restore icon in the main program window.

  • Page 127: Chapter 13. 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 Workstation features and settings are applicable to a VM. The backup procedure is almost the same Chapter 6. Creating backup archives (see details in 2.

  • Page 128: Using The Disk Conversion Feature

    Acronis True Image Echo Workstation 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).

  • Page 129: 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 130 Tools -> Convert to Virtual Disk in the main program menu. 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.

  • Page 131: Chapter 14. Transferring The System To A New Disk

    In this case, you have to transfer the system to a higher-capacity hard disk. This feature is available in Acronis True Image Echo Workstation local version only. Transferring systems using Acronis True Image Management Console is not supported.

  • Page 132: Security

    14.3.2 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 133: 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 134: 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 135: Destroying The Old Disk Data

    14.3.7 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 136: Selecting Partition Transfer Method

    The first method is less secure, but is still suitable for most cases. 14.3.8 Selecting partition transfer method Acronis True Image Echo Workstation will offer you the following data transfer methods: As is • Proportional – the new disk space will be proportionally distributed among cloned •...

  • Page 137: Partitioning The Old Disk

    The unused space will become unallocated. Further, you will be able to use the unallocated space to create new partitions or to enlarge the existing partitions with special tools, such as Acronis Disk Director Suite.

  • Page 138: 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 Workstation will start cloning the old disk to the new disk, indicating the progress in a special window.
  • Page 139 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 140: Chapter 15. Adding A New Hard Disk

    This feature is available in Acronis True Image Echo Workstation local version only. Adding disks using Acronis True Image Management Console is not supported.

  • Page 141: 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 Workstation will start creating and formatting new partitions, indicating the progress in a special window. You can stop this procedure by clicking Cancel.

  • Page 142: Chapter 16. Command-Line Mode And Scripting

    Scripting is intended only for backup. 16.1 Working in the command-line mode An administrator might need a console interface in some situations. Acronis True Image Echo Workstation supports this mode with TrueImageCmd.exe utility as well as ICompGS.exe, Ebasrvdb.exe, Tdbrepair.exe, and Adv_report.exe tools.
  • Page 143 /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 144 /log_net_user:[remote user] Secure Zone on the /size:[ASZ size in /log_net_password:[password] sectors]|unallocated /asz_activate selected drive /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 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...

  • Page 145: Common Options (Options Common For Most Trueimagecmd Commands)

    ASZ, use archive: /asz_content 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 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...

  • Page 146: Backup Options

    If the log file is created on a network /log_net_user:[remote user] share, include the user name for logon to the share If the log file is created on a network /log_net_password:[password] share, include the password for logon to the share Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...

  • Page 147: Specific Options (Options Specific For Individual Trueimagecmd Commands)

    Applies masks to select files to be excluded from the backup. Use /exclude_masks:[masks] the common Windows masking rules. For example, to exclude all files with extension .exe, add *.exe. My???.exe will exclude all .exe files with names consisting of five symbols and starting with Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...
  • Page 148 If no other primary partitions remain on the disk, the restored partition is set active. When restoring a partition on unallocated space, the program Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...
  • Page 149 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 3.7 Acronis Universal Restore Image Echo Workstation. For more information see...
  • Page 150 Drivers for the virtual machine reside in the storage, defined by the registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Acronis\UniversalRestore\Drive rsPackPath. In case the storage has been moved, please change the key or use the command /ur_path:[path]. The same as with custom path to the virtual machine drivers /ur_path:[path] storage. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...
  • Page 151 Specifies the virtual drive to be disconnected by letter. /letter:X Disconnects all virtual drives. /letter:all asz_create Specifies the hard disk number where the Acronis Secure Zone will /harddisk:X be created. Specifies partitions from which free space will be taken for Acronis /partition:[partition Secure Zone.

  • Page 152: Trueimagecmd.exe Usage Examples

    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 153 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 154 /list This will list available partitions. • trueimagecmd /list /asz This will list contents of the latest image located in Acronis Secure Zone. • 8. Acronis Secure Zone: managing backups by archive numbers trueimagecmd /asz_content This will list the Acronis Secure Zone size, free space and contents.
  • Page 155 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. You can restore data from...

  • Page 156: Icompgs.exe Tool: Adding Machines To The Group Server Out Of A *.Txt File

    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 157: Tdbrepair.exe Tool: Rescan Tapes And Add Information To Acronis Tape Database

    Acronis True Image Echo (builds up to 8163) via Acronis Backup Server of the latest version. This may also happen if Acronis tape database is corrupted or missing (after Windows reinstallation, for example).

  • Page 158: Command-Line Mode Usage Under Dos

    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 Workstation 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 159: Script Usage Examples

    Mb" password="" /> </backup> 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|||” /> Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...
  • Page 160 <options compression="high" incremental="true" description="this is my backup" /> </backup> Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...

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