Trueimagecmd Usage Examples; Automatic Image Creation Using Cron Service - ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE 9.1 - FOR LINUX User Manual

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11.1.4

Trueimagecmd usage examples

• This will list available partitions:
trueimagecmd --list
• This will list the partitions (and their indices) saved in backup.tib:
trueimagecmd --list --filename:backup.tib
• This will create an image named backup.tib of partition 1-1:
trueimagecmd --partition:1-1 --filename:backup.tib \
--create
• This will create an incremental image of the partition above:
trueimagecmd --partition:1-1 --filename:backup.tib \
--create --incremental
• This will create an image of partition 1-1 in the Acronis Secure Zone:
trueimagecmd --partition:1-1 --asz --create
• This will restore a partition from backup.tib:
trueimagecmd --partition:1-1 --filename:backup.tib \
--restore
11.2

Automatic image creation using cron service

As a rule, disk/partition images are created regularly, often daily. To automate this
operation, you can use the cron service familiar to many 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 --list to obtain the necessary partition number:
Disk 1:
1-1
1-2
1-3
1-4
1-5
Disk 2:
2-1 (/1)
2-2
2-3
You need to back up partition 2-1. Let's suppose a complete image has to be created weekly
supported by incremental images created daily.
To do this,
/etc/cron.daily and /etc/cron.weekly folders.
To initiate weekly creation of a complete image of partition 2-1, add the following line to
the above file:
70
hda1 Pri,Act
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hda6
hda7
hda8
hdd1 Pri,Act
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hdd5
hdd6
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3.462 GB 1.3 GB
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3 GB 1.319 GB
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executable files (e.g. trueimage.cron)
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