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  • Page 1 User’s Guide Acronis ® True Image Server 9.1 for Windows...
  • Page 2 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2007. All rights reserved. “Acronis”, "Acronis Compute with Confidence", “Acronis Snap Restore”, “Acronis Recovery Manager, “Acronis Secure Zone” and the Acronis logo are trademarks of Acronis, Inc. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. Windows and MS-DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
  • Page 3 Making telecommunication data transmission of the software. Acronis has the right to terminate this license if there is a violation of its terms or default by the original purchaser. Upon termination for any reason, all copies of the software must be immediately returned to Acronis, and the original purchaser shall be liable to Acronis for any and all damages suffered as a result of the violation or default.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Chapter 1. Introduction...................7 1.1 Acronis® True Image Server – a complete solution for corporate users ......... 7 1.2 New in Acronis True Image 9.1 Server for Windows ............. 8 1.3 System requirements and supported media ................. 9 1.3.1 Minimum system requirements ..................
  • Page 5 8.4 Deleting Acronis Secure Zone................... 61 Chapter 9. Creating bootable media ..............62 9.1 Creating Acronis rescue media ..................62 9.2 Creating Win PE ISO with Acronis True Image Server............63 Chapter 10. Other operations................65 10.1 Validating backup archives ..................... 65 10.2 Operation results notification..................
  • Page 6 14.1.3 Specific options (options specific for individual trueimagecmd commands) ....87 14.1.4 trueimagecmd.exe usage examples ................91 14.1.5 Command-line mode usage under DOS..............93 14.2 Scripting 14.2.1 Script execution parameters..................93 14.2.2 Script structure ....................... 93 14.2.3 Script usage examples..................... 94 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2007...

  • Page 7: Chapter 1. Introduction

    Minimizes downtime Acronis True Image Server enables you to restore systems in minutes, not hours or days. An entire system can be restored from an image that includes everything the system needs to run: the operating system, applications, databases, and configurations.

  • Page 8: New In Acronis True Image 9.1 Server For Windows

    Traditionally, an IT manager should install the operating system and programs on every server. With Acronis True Image Server, the IT manager can create a disk image of the first system deployed. That image can then be duplicated onto multiple servers.

  • Page 9: System Requirements And Supported Media

    • Windows Event Log and SNMP support – Store event log messages, issued by Acronis True Image Server, to Windows Event Log or send them to SNMP clients • Manage System Restore tool (for Windows 2003 Server and higher) – Turn on/off the Windows native System Restore tool directly from Acronis True Image Server •...

  • Page 10: Supported File Systems

    Linux SWAP • • If a file system is not supported or is corrupted, Acronis True Image Server can copy data using a sector-by-sector approach. For XFS and JFS file systems the partition resizing feature is not supported. 1.3.4 Supported storage media •...
  • Page 11 More information about contacting Acronis Technical Support is available at the following link: http://www.acronis.com/enterprise/support/ Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2007...

  • Page 12: Chapter 2. Acronis True Image Server Installation And Starting

    Bart PE plug-in tab. The plug-in files will be placed to the installation folder along with other program files. When installed, Acronis True Image Server creates a new device in the Device Manager list (Control Panel -> System -> Hardware -> Device Manager -> Acronis Devices ->...

  • Page 13: Acronis Universal Restore Installation

    Acronis True Image Server with Universal Restore. 2.2 Extracting Acronis True Image Server When installing Acronis True Image Server, you can save the setup (.msi) file on a local or network drive. This will help when modifying or recovering the existing component installation.

  • Page 14: 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 Server stores a sector-by-sector 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 15: Acronis Secure Zone

    Recovery Manager and Acronis Snap Restore features (see below). 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 16: Acronis Startup Recovery Manager

    1. Acronis Snap Restore is currently available for images located in the Acronis Secure Zone only. 2. Acronis Snap Restore does not support images of Windows Vista. If any Vista edition is detected in an image, the Snap Restore option will not appear.

  • Page 17: How It Works

    10 minutes. The larger the image size, the more time you save. 3.5.3 How to use To be able to use Acronis Snap Restore in case of system crash, prepare as follows: 1. Install Acronis True Image Server.

  • Page 18: Acronis Universal Restore General Principles

    3. Installing drivers for plug-and-play devices The primary goal of Acronis Universal Restore is to boot the restored system. The current version of this product handles only HAL and mass storage device drivers and does not install drivers for other devices (sound cards, network adapters, video cards etc.).

  • Page 19: Using Acronis Universal Restore In Virtual Environment

    2. The Acronis Universal Restore option does not work if the image contains dynamic disks and volumes. 3. The Acronis Universal Restore option does not work if a computer is booted with Acronis Startup Recovery Manager (using F11) or the backup image is located in Acronis Secure Zone.

  • Page 20: Backing Up To Tape Drive

    3.8 Backing up to tape drive Acronis True Image Server supports SCSI tape drives. It can store backups on the tape and restore data from the tape, store large backups to multiple tapes, and append incremental/differential changes to a tape with the existing archives.
  • Page 21 You can change the width of a column by dragging its borders with the mouse. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2007...

  • Page 22: Chapter 4. Using Acronis True Image Server

    Chapter 4. Using Acronis True Image Server Acronis True Image Server supports the command-line mode for data backup and restore, as well as the GUI mode, and can be used to execute XML scripts. Here we describe the operations available in GUI mode, which provides more functionality. For console commands Chapter 14.
  • Page 23 • Options – open a window for editing default backup/restore options, setting text appearance (fonts), configuring email/Winpopup notifications etc. The Help menu is used to invoke help and obtain information about Acronis True Image Server. Active Tasks pane The Active Tasks pane displays the scheduled and currently-being-executed tasks. It features its own toolbar.

  • Page 24: Available Operations

    Click the very right button on a tasks pane toolbar at the bottom of the window. See details 10.3 Viewing logs • Manage Acronis Secure Zone Click Manage Acronis Secure Zone, then follow the Wizard’s instructions. See details in Chapter 8. Managing Acronis Secure Zone • Activate Acronis Startup Recovery Manager Click Activate Acronis Startup Recovery Manager, then follow the Wizard’s instructions.
  • Page 25 Create bootable rescue media, its ISO or RIS package Chapter 9. Creating bootable media Some of the above operations can be executed in command-line as well. For more 14.1 Working in the information on Acronis True Image Server command-line mode see command-line mode Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2007...

  • Page 26: Chapter 5. Creating Backup Archives

    You also may not be able to boot the restored operating system. Therefore, it is recommended that you select only files and folders containing user data. To back up a disk or partition, use image backup. 5. Click Next. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2007...
  • Page 27 If you are going to create a differential backup, select the full backup which will be a base, or any of the existing differential archives. Either way, the program will create a new differential archive file. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2007...
  • Page 28 For example, saving the archive to another hard disk will protect your data if the primary disk is damaged. 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 3.3 Acronis Secure Zone (see details in ) for storing backups.
  • Page 29 If you prepare some more backup operations, they will be queued after the current one. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2007...

  • Page 30: Backing Up Disks And Partitions (Image Backup)

    1. Invoke the Create Backup Wizard by clicking on the backup operation icon in the main program window. 2. Click Next. 3. Select Backup disks and click Next. 4. Select disks or partitions to back up. You can select a random set of disks and partitions. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2007...
  • Page 31 For example, saving the archive to another hard disk will protect your data if your primary disk is damaged. 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 3.3 Acronis Secure Zone (see details in ) for storing backups.

  • Page 32: Setting Backup Options

    To view or edit the default backup options, select Tools -> Options -> Default Backup Options from the main program menu. You can edit the default (or set the temporary) backup options while creating a backup task as well. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2007...

  • Page 33: Archive Protection

    If you try to restore data from a password-protected archive, or append an incremental/differential backup to such an archive, Acronis True Image Server will ask for the password in a special window, allowing access only to authorized users.

  • Page 34: Database Support

    It is critical to note that these commands, as opposed to Backup commands above, will be data capture executed before and after process, which takes seconds, while the entire backup procedure may take quite long time. Therefore, the database idle time will be minimal. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2007...

  • Page 35: Compression Level

    You can limit the hard disk usage by Acronis True Image Server to a desired level. To set the desired HDD writing speed for data being backed up, drag the slider or enter the writing speed in kilobytes per second.

  • Page 36: Fast Incremental/Differential Backup

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

  • Page 37: File-Level Security Settings

    Because one-click approach does not imply user selections, like selecting partitions to restore, 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 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2007...

  • Page 38: Additional Settings

    The safe version does not have USB, PC card or SCSI drivers and is useful only in case the full version does not load. If you have other Acronis products, such as Acronis Disk Director Suite, installed on your computer, the bootable versions of these programs’...

  • Page 39: Chapter 6. Restoring The Backup Data

    Acronis True Image Server 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 which are missing from the image will be lost.

  • Page 40: Restoring Files And Folders From File Archives

    2. Click Next. 3. Select the archive. If the archive is located in Acronis Secure Zone, select it to choose the archive on 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 41 Set the options manually. If the latter is the case, the settings will be applied only to the current restore task. Alternatively, you can edit the default options from the current 6.4 Setting restore options screen. Then your settings will be saved as default. See for more information. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2007...

  • Page 42: Restoring Disks/Partitions Or Files From Images

    6.3 Restoring disks/partitions or files from images To restore a partition (disk) from an image, Acronis True Image Server must obtain exclusive access to the target partition (disk). This means no other applications can access...

  • Page 43: Starting The Restore Data Wizard

    2. Click Next. 6.3.2 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 44: Restoration Type Selection

    Using Snap 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 Snap Restore. Having 6.3.13 Restoration selected this option, you will proceed directly to the summary window ( summary and executing restoration ).

  • Page 45: Selecting A Disk/Partition To Restore

    However, you can choose an ordinary way of restoration for that image. This will allow you to make changes to the restored partition that would not be possible when using Acronis Snap Restore. Finally, if you are not going to recover the system, but only want to repair damaged files, select Restore specified files or folders.

  • Page 46: Changing The Restored Partition Type

    In this case, you can restore the partition as Logical to access the data only. By default, the original partition type is selected. Selecting Active for a partition without an installed operating system could prevent your server from booting. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2007...

  • Page 47: Changing The Restored Partition File System

    1. Though seldom required, you can change the partition file system during its restoration. Acronis True Image Server can make the following file system conversions: FAT 16 -> FAT 32, Ext2 -> Ext3. For partitions with other native file systems this option is not available.

  • Page 48: Assigning A Letter To The Restored Partition

    6.3.9 Assigning a letter to the restored partition 1. Acronis True Image Server 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 49: Setting Restore Options

    To recover the “lost” partition, you will have to restore it from the image again. If Acronis Universal Restore finds no HAL or mass storage device drivers compatible with the new hardware in all available sources, you will be prompted to browse network share drive, floppy disk or CD to select missing drivers.

  • Page 50: Setting Restore Options

    This option is effective only when restoring files from file/folders archives. 6.4.3 Pre/post commands You can specify commands or batch files to be automatically executed before and after the restore procedure. Click Edit to open the Edit Command window where you can easily Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2007...

  • Page 51: Restoration Priority

    This option appears only in those computers’ options, where Acronis Universal Restore is installed. Acronis Universal Restore is an option to Acronis True Image Server. It should be purchased 3.6 Acronis separately and installed from a separate setup file. For more information see Universal Restore Copyright ©...

  • Page 52: Additional Settings

    Here you can specify a path to the driver repository on a network drive or CD where Acronis Universal Restore will search for drivers at restoring a system disk on dissimilar hardware. If several paths are specified, the program will scan all locations and choose the most suitable driver.

  • Page 53: Chapter 7. Scheduling Tasks

    Chapter 7. Scheduling tasks Acronis True Image Server allows you to schedule periodic backup 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 54: Setting Up Daily Execution

    If you select daily execution, set the Start time and days on which you want to execute the task: • Every day • Weekdays • Every х days – once in several days (specify the interval). Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2007...

  • Page 55: 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., 2000-2007...

  • Page 56: Setting Up Monthly Execution

    Start time fields. 7.1.4 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., 2000-2007...

  • Page 57: Managing Scheduled Tasks

    To delete a task with confirmation, select it and click Delete the Selected Task on the Active tasks toolbar. To rename a task, select it, click Rename the Selected Task on the Active tasks toolbar, enter the new task name and press Enter. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2007...

  • Page 58: Chapter 8. Managing Acronis Secure Zone

    1.5 to be able to create incremental or differential backups. 2. If there are several disks installed, select one on which to create Acronis Secure Zone. 3. Select the partitions from which space will be used to create the zone.
  • Page 59 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 about 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...

  • Page 60: Resizing Acronis Secure Zone

    6. After this, you will be prompted to activate Acronis Recovery Manager, which will enable you to start Acronis True Image Server at boot time by pressing F11 key. Or, you can activate this feature later from the main program window.

  • Page 61: Deleting Acronis Secure Zone

    3. Next, you will see a list of briefly described operations to be performed on partitions (disks). After you click Proceed, Acronis True Image Server will start deleting the zone. Progress will be reflected in the opened window. If necessary, you can stop the procedure by clicking Cancel.

  • Page 62: Chapter 9. Creating Bootable Media

    Chapter 9. Creating bootable media 9.1 Creating Acronis rescue media You can run Acronis True Image Server on a bare metal or on a crashed computer that cannot boot. You can even back up disks on a non-Windows computer, copying all its data sector-by-sector into the backup archive.

  • Page 63: Creating Win Pe Iso With Acronis True Image Server

    When using 3.5” diskettes, you will be able to write on a diskette (or a set of the diskettes) only one component at a time (for example, Acronis True Image Server). To write another component, start Bootable Media Builder once again.
  • Page 64 True Image Server, if installed, will also be included in the ISO image. To add the Acronis True Image Server 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\TrueImageServer\BartPE). If not, run Acronis True Image Server setup file, choose Modify and install the Acronis Bart PE plug-in.

  • Page 65: Chapter 10. Other Operations

    Tools group or click Validate Backup Archive on the toolbar. 2. Click Next. 3. Select the archive to validate. The Acronis Secure Zone can be selected only as a whole because all its contents is considered as a single archive.

  • Page 66: Email Notification

    - when the operation failed (check Add full log to the notification to add the full operation log to the message) - during the operation when user interaction is required. 10.2.2 WinPopup notification To set up WinPopup notification, select Tools -> Options -> Notifications -> Windows Messenger (WinPopup): Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2007...

  • Page 67: Viewing Logs

    - during the operation when user interaction is required. 10.3 Viewing logs Acronis True Image Server allows users to view its working logs. They can provide information about scheduled backup tasks results, including reasons for failure, if any. To invoke the log window, select Show log on the toolbar or from the Tools menu.

  • Page 68: Event Tracing

    10.4 Event tracing 10.4.1 Windows event log You can choose whether to store event log messages issued by Acronis True Image Server to Windows Event Log (to see this log, run eventvwr.exe or select Control Panel -> Administrative tools -> Event Viewer -> Application).

  • Page 69: Snmp Notifications

    10.4.2 SNMP notifications You can choose whether to send event log messages issued by Acronis True Image Server to computers, running SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) management applications. The default setting – Do not send messages to SNMP clients Having chosen Send messages to SNMP clients, specify a name or IP address of the client computer.

  • Page 70: Chapter 11. Mounting An Image As A Virtual Drive

    , steps 1-9). The current version of Acronis True Image Server can mount an image archive only if all its volumes reside in the same directory. If your archive spans several CD-R/RW discs and you wish to mount the image, you should copy all volumes to a hard disk drive or network drive.
  • Page 71 4. Click Next. 5. If you selected an archive containing incremental images, Acronis True Image Server will suggest that you select one of the successive incremental images by its creation date/time. Thus, you can explore the partition state to a certain moment.

  • Page 72: Unmounting An Image

    To disconnect the virtual disk, click Unmount Image and select the disk to unmount. You can also unmount the disk in Windows Explorer by right-clicking on its icon and selecting Unmount. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2007...

  • Page 73: Chapter 12. Transferring The System To A New Disk

    Please note the following: if the power goes out or you accidentally press RESET during the transfer, the procedure will be incomplete and you will have to partition and format or clone the hard disk again. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2007...

  • Page 74: Executing Transfers

    12.3.2 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., 2000-2007...

  • Page 75: Selecting Destination Disk

    After you select the source disk, you have to 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., 2000-2007...

  • Page 76: 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., 2000-2007...

  • Page 77: Destroying The Old Disk Data

    12.3.7 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., 2000-2007...

  • Page 78: Selecting Partition Transfer Method

    The second method takes more time, but makes it impossible to recover data afterwards, even with special equipment. The first method is less secure, but is still suitable for most cases. 12.3.8 Selecting partition transfer method Acronis True Image Server will offer you the following data transfer methods: • As is •...

  • Page 79: Partitioning The Old Disk

    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. As a rule, "as is" transfers are inexpedient, as they leave much unallocated space on the new disk.

  • Page 80: 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 Server will start cloning the old disk to the new disk, indicating the progress in a special window.
  • Page 81 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., 2000-2007...

  • Page 82: Chapter 13. Adding A New Hard Disk

    If the cursor turns to four arrows, it is pointed at the partition, so you can move it to the left or right (if there is Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2007...

  • Page 83: Disk Add Summary

    The disk add summary contains a list of operations to be performed on disks. After you click Proceed, Acronis True Image Server will start creating and formatting new partitions, indicating the progress in a special window. You can stop this procedure by clicking Cancel.

  • Page 84: Chapter 14. Command-Line Mode And Scripting

    As for scripting, it is intended only for backup. 14.1 Working in the command-line mode An administrator might need a console interface in some situations. Acronis True Image Server supports this mode with TrueImageCmd.exe utility. The file is located in a folder where Acronis True Image Server has been installed, by default it is C:\Program Files\Acronis\TrueImageServer.
  • Page 85 When using the Acronis Universal Restore option: /ur_path:[path] /ur_username:[user] /ur_password:[pwd] /ur_driver:[inf-filename] /filename:[file name] /target_folder:[target folder] filerestore /password:[password] /asz /overwrite:[older|never|always] Restores files /index:N /restore_security:[on|off] folders from a file /net_user:[username] /original_date:[on|off] archive /net_password:[password] /reboot /log:[file name] verify /filename:[file name] /password:[password] /asz Verifies the archive...

  • Page 86: Common Options (Options Common For Most Trueimagecmd Commands)

    Other than ASZ /password:[password] (if required) Specify the password for the ASZ (if required) Addresses to Acronis Secure Zone /asz:[number of archive] and selects the archive (a full backup with or without increments). To get the archive number, use /asz_content...

  • Page 87: Specific Options (Options Specific For Individual Trueimagecmd Commands)

    Specifies the partition where the image file will be stored (by letter /file_partition:[partition or number). This option is used with . In letter] /filename:[file_name] that case the file name must be specified without drive letter or root folder. For example: /file_partition:D /filename:”\1.tib” Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2007...
  • Page 88 Enables the file system conversion from FAT16 to FAT32 if the /fat16_32 partition size after recovery is likely to exceed 2GB. Without this option, the recovered partition will inherit the file system from the image. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2007...
  • Page 89 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 3.6 Acronis Universal Restore Image Server. For more information see...
  • Page 90 Specifies partitions from which free space will be taken for Acronis /partition:[partition Secure Zone. number] Sets the Acronis Secure Zone size (in sectors). If not specified, is /size:[ASZ size in set as an average between the maximal (using unallocated space sectors] and free space on all the listed partitions) and minimal values.

  • Page 91: 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 •...
  • Page 92 This will list the Acronis Secure Zone size, free space and contents. 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.

  • Page 93: Command-Line Mode Usage Under Dos

    14.1.5 Command-line mode usage under DOS For use in the MS-DOS compatible environments Acronis True Image Server includes the TrueImageCmdDos.exe utility. It is located in a folder where Acronis True Image Server has been installed, by default it is C:\Program Files\Acronis\TrueImageServer.

  • Page 94: Script Usage Examples

    <source letter ="c" /> <source letter ="f" /> <target file="e:\mybackup2.tib" /> <options compression="high" incremental="true" description="this is my backup" split="650 Mb" password="" /> </backup> The script for backing up to tape (tapeN specifies the tapes numbers): Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2007...
  • Page 95 <? xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <backup> <source letter =”c” /> <source letter ="f" /> <target cdrw="\taperecorder\\\.\tape0|||” /> <target cdrw="\taperecorder\\\.\tape1|||” /> <options compression="high" incremental="true" description="this is my backup" /> </backup> Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2007...

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