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

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of contents Console mode in Linux ......................3 Backup, restore and other operations (trueimagecmd) ............3 1.1.1 Supported commands ..........................3 1.1.2 Common options ............................6 1.1.3 Specific options ............................. 9 1.1.4 trueimagecmd usage examples .........................15 Automatic image creation using cron service .................16 Restoring files with trueimagemnt ..................17 1.3.1 Supported commands ..........................17...

  • Page 3: Console Mode In Linux

    1 Console mode in Linux Console is a natural part of Linux OS. Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 supports it through the trueimagecmd command line tool. It provides a way to initiate data backup and recovery operations. trueimagecmd also enables you to automate backup with the ‘cron’ service.
  • Page 4 --vault:[path] --target_vault:[target path] --arc:[archive name] --target_arc:[target archive name] Creates a copy of an archive --arc_id:[archive id] or a self-sufficient part copy --include_pits:[pits numbers] of an archive in the location --password:[password] Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2010...
  • Page 5 Activates the Acronis Startup Recovery Manager asrm_deactivate Deactivates the Acronis Startup Recovery Manager clone --harddisk:[disk number] --target_harddisk:[disk number] Clones a hard disk help Shows usage ls_check Checks if there are licenses for the local machine on the Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2010...

  • Page 6: Common Options

    FTP and SFTP, e.g.: --vault:ftp://ServerA/Folder1  CD, DVD – with the path specified as a local path, e.g.: --vault:/mnt/cdrom  Acronis Secure Zone, e.g.: --vault:atis:///asz  Tapes, e.g.: --vault:atis:///tape?0  Unmanaged vaults are specified by their path. For example, if a vault is located in a folder, specify the path to that folder.
  • Page 7 For example: trueimagecmd --list --filename:nfs://dhcp6- 223.acronis.com/sdb3/nfs_root:/mike/md1.tib shows contents of /mike/md1.tib archive. /mike/md1.tib is located on dhcp6-223.acronis.com node in /sdb3/nfs_root directory exported by NFS. If the vault option is specified the filename option is ignored. password:[password] a) Password for the archive, if the archive location is other than ASZ.

  • Page 8: Backup Options

    1-3, 1-4 and logical partitions numbers start with 1-5. For example, if the disk has one primary and two logical partitions, their numbers can appear as follows: --partition:1-1,1-2,1-3 --oss_numbers --partition:1-1,1-5,1-6 log:[file name] Create a log file of the current operation with the specified file name. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2010...

  • Page 9: Specific Options

    Excludes all hidden files from the backup. In Linux, a file is considered hidden if the first symbol in the file name is a dot. before:[pre-data capture command] Enables to define the command to be automatically executed before data capture. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2010...
  • Page 10 Enables to define the command to be automatically executed after data capture. progress:[on | off] Shows/hides the progress information (percent completed). It is shown by default. 1.1.3.3 restore harddisk:[disk number] Specifies the hard disks to restore by numbers. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2010...
  • Page 11 MBR. Then, with the preserve_mbr option, the restored partition's entry will occupy the upper empty position in the target disk MBR. Thus, the target disk MBR is preserved. If not specified, the restored partition's entry will occupy the same position as in the Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2010...
  • Page 12 1.1.3.6 consolidate target_filename:[file name] Specifies the path to and name of the archive copy to be created. If there are two or more backups (pits) in the copy, numbers will be added to their names. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2010...
  • Page 13 FTP and SFTP, e.g.: --vault:ftp://ServerA/Folder1  CD, DVD – with the path specified as a local path, e.g.: --vault:/mnt/cdrom  Acronis Secure Zone, e.g.: --vault:atis:///asz  Tapes, e.g.: --vault:atis:///tape?0  Unmanaged vaults are specified by their path. For example, if a vault is located in a folder, specify the path to that folder.
  • Page 14 Password for the archive, if the archive location is other than ASZ. b) Password for the ASZ, if archive location is ASZ. harddisk:X Specifies the hard disk number where the Acronis Secure Zone will be created. partition:[partition number] Specifies partitions from which free space will be taken for Acronis Secure Zone.

  • Page 15: Trueimagecmd Usage Examples

    1.1.3.10 asz_delete partition:[partition number] Specifies partitions to which free space will be added after the Acronis Secure Zone is deleted. If you specify several partitions, the space will be distributed proportionally based on each partition’s size. 1.1.3.11 clone harddisk:[disk number] Specifies a source hard disk which will be cloned to the new hard disk.

  • Page 16: Automatic Image Creation Using Cron Service

    UNIX users. As an example, let’s consider a situation where you (the system administrator) need to back up one or more disk partitions regularly. Use the --list command to obtain the necessary partition number: Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2010...

  • Page 17: Restoring Files With Trueimagemnt

    Backup & Recovery 10 archives as if they were kernel space block devices. The program implements the user level part of the user mode block device service of Acronis Backup & Recovery 10. The majority of the functionality is handled by the snumbd kernel module.
  • Page 18 A test command. Mounts a file, specified in the -f|--filename option, containing a valid Linux filesystem, as if it were an Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 archive. The command may be used, for example, to estimate an image compression level, by comparing the time, necessary for copying a file from the image, with the time for copying the mounted (non-compressed) file.

  • Page 19: Trueimagemnt Usage Examples

    The following command will mount the archive backup.tib of the partition with index 2, to /mnt/backup: trueimagemnt --mount /mnt/backup --filename backup.tib --index 2  The following command will unmount a partition mounted at /mnt/backup: trueimagemnt --umount /mnt/backup Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2010...

  • Page 20: Index

    exclude_masks 2 Index [masks] • 9, 10 exclude_names [names] • 9, 10 exclude_system • 10 Access to archives • 6 export • 13 after [post-data capture command] • 10 fat16_32 • 11 [archive name] • 6, 14 filebackup • 10 arc_id filename [archive id] •...
  • Page 21 [ASZ size in sectors | unallocated] • 14 [partition size in sectors] • 11 Specific options • 9 split [size in MB] • 8 start [start sector] • 11 Supported commands • 3, 17 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2010...

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