How It Works; How To Use - ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE - FOR MICROSOFT WINDOWS SMALL BUSINESS SERVER User Manual

3. Acronis Active restore does not work if the image contains dynamic disks and volumes.
4. Acronis Active restore cannot be used if the image contains no operating system (a
logical partition or disk image) or when restoring file archives.

3.6.2 How it works

When the restoration procedure is started, Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small
Business Server:
1. Finds the sectors in the image which contain system files, and restores these sectors
first. First the OS is restored and can be started very quickly. Having started the OS, the
user sees the folder tree with files, though file contents still is not recovered.
Nevertheless, the user can start working.
2. Next, the application writes on the hard disk its own drivers, which intercept system
queries to the files. When the user attempts to open files or launch applications, the
drivers receive the system queries and restore the sectors that are necessary for the
requested operation.
3. At the same time, Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server proceeds
with the complete sector-by-sector image restoration in the background. However, the
requested sectors have the highest priority.
Finally, the image will be fully restored even if the user performs no actions at all. But if
you choose to start working as soon as possible after the system failure, you will gain at
least several minutes, considering that restoration of a 10-20GB image (most common
image size) takes about 10 minutes. The larger the image size, the more time you save.

3.6.3 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 for Microsoft Small Business Server local version,
or remotely using Acronis True Image Management Console):
1. Install Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server local version or Acronis
True Image Agent on the local computer.
2. Create the Acronis Secure Zone on the local computer hard disk (see
Managing the Acronis Secure Zone
3. Activate Acronis Startup Recovery manager (see
Manager
) and create bootable media or RIS package with Acronis True Image for
Microsoft Small Business Server (see
4. Back up (image) the local computer's system disk to Acronis Secure Zone (see
Backing up disks and partitions (image backup)). You can back up other disks/partitions
as well, but the system image is mandatory.
When performing Active restore, the current Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small
Business Server version always restores the entire system disk. Therefore, if your system
disk consists of several partitions, all of them must be included in the image. Any
partitions which are missing from the image will be lost.
If failure occurs, boot the local computer from the bootable media, or RIS server, or using
F11. Start the recovery procedure (see
images
), 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
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