Direct Management; Administering A Managed Machine; Dashboard - ACRONIS Backup & Recovery 10 Server for Windows User Manual

6. Direct management

This section covers operations that can be performed directly on a managed machine by using the
direct console-agent connection. The content of this section is applicable to both stand-alone and
advanced editions of Acronis Backup & Recovery 10.

6.1. Administering a managed machine

This section describes the views that are available through the navigation tree of the console
connected to a managed machine, and explains how to work with each view.
6.1.1.

Dashboard

Use the Dashboard to estimate at a glance whether the data is successfully protected on the
machine. The dashboard shows the summary of Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 agent's activities and
enables you to rapidly identify and resolve any issues.
Alerts
The alerts section draws your attention to issues that have occurred on the machine and offers you
ways of fixing or examining them. The most critical issues are displayed on the top. If there are no
alerts or warnings at the moment, the system displays "No alerts or warnings".
Types of alerts
The table below illustrates the types of messages you may observe.
Description
Failed tasks: X
Tasks that need
interaction: X
Trial version of product
expires in X day(s)
Trial period is over. Start
the installer and enter a
full license key.
Vaults with low free space:
X
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Resolve Resolve will open the Backup plans and Tasks view with
failed tasks, where you can examine the reason of failure.
Resolve Each time a task needs human interaction, the Dashboard
shows a message to inform you what action has to be
performed (for example, insert new CD or
Stop/Retry/Ignore on an error).
Connect Once the trial version of the product is installed, the
program starts the countdown of days remaining until the
trial period expires.
Connect 15 day trial period has expired. Enter a full license key.
View vaults View vaults will take you to the Vaults view where you
can examine the vault size, free space, content and take
the necessary steps to increase the free space.
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