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  • Page 1 User's Guide Acronis True Image Corporate Workstation Compute with confidence www.acronis.com...
  • Page 2 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2005. All rights reserved. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. OS/2 is a registered trademark of IBM Corporation. Windows and MS-DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks and copyrights referred to are the property of their respective owners.
  • Page 3 G. 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

    Supported media ......................12 ........................ 12 ICENSE POLICY ........... 12 CRONIS MAGE ORPORATE ORKSTATION INSTALLATION 2.5.1 Installing Acronis True Image Corporate Workstation components ........12 2.5.2 Extracting Acronis True Image Corporate Workstation components......... 14 ................14 SING ICENSE ERVER ANAGEMENT ....15...
  • Page 5 Contents ..................... 36 ELECTING IMAGE MODE 5.3.1 Creating an incremental image ..................37 ....................38 ELECTING IMAGE FILE SIZE ..................39 ELECTING DATA COMPRESSION LEVEL .................. 40 ROTECTING IMAGES WITH PASSWORDS ....................... 40 ROVIDING COMMENTS ..................... 41 MAGE CREATION SCRIPT ..................
  • Page 6 Contents 10.1.2 Selecting task periodicity ..................71 10.1.3 Setting up daily execution ..................72 10.1.4 Setting up weekly execution ..................72 10.1.5 Setting up monthly execution ................... 73 10.1.6 Setting up one time execution .................. 74 10.1.7 Entering user name ....................75 10.1.8 Task scheduled successfully..................

  • Page 7: Chapter 1. Introduction. General Information

    Disk cloning and new disk deployment Acronis True Image Corporate Workstation can be used to clone an image onto multiple workstations. For example, let’s say a company purchased several PC and...

  • Page 8: Acronis True Image Corporate Workstation Key Features

    Acronis True Image, however, simplifies the process and saves time by creating a disk image of the first system. That image is then deployed on to the multiple workstations.

  • Page 9: Acronis True Image Corporate Workstation Architecture

    2. Acronis License Server is designed to manage Acronis enterprise product licenses from a single location 3. Acronis True Image Agent — installs on a remote system to enable access from Acronis True Image Management Console 4. Acronis True Image Storage Server— allows remote access to data storage...

  • Page 10: Supported Security Standards

    6. Acronis Bootable Rescue Media Builder — creates bootable discs (or diskettes) to enable partition/disk data restoration, even if the operating system is corrupted Also Acronis True Image Corporate Workstation includes the utilities for work in a command-line mode and for scripts creation and performance. Supported security standards Acronis True Image Corporate Workstation fully supports all security standards used in Windows Operating System.

  • Page 11: Chapter 2. Installation And Running

    Windows NT SP6/2000/XP Windows NT 4.0 Server SP6/2000 Server/2000 Advanced Server/2003 Server Acronis Components remote installation and connection is not supported in MS Windows XP Home Edition through this operating system's limitations. For more information about Acronis components remote installation see section 3.2 of this manual.

  • Page 12: Supported Media

    NTFS Ext2/Ext3 ReiserFS Linux SWAP If a file system is not supported or is corrupted, Acronis True Image Corporate Workstation can copy using a data sector-by-sector approach. 2.3.2 Supported media Acronis True Image Corporate Workstation supports any local, network and...
  • Page 13 ‘local console’ or ‘Acronis True Image’) follow the Install Wizard instructions on the screen. It is recommended that you install Acronis License Server first. You will not be able to install Acronis True Image Agent or Acronis True Image Corporate Workstation onto the current or remote computer until you import the serial key into Acronis License Server (see 2.6 “Using License Server Management Tool”).

  • Page 14: Extracting Acronis True Image Corporate Workstation Components

    Management Console remote access to this system. More about access control in 2.7. When installed, Acronis True Image (local console) creates a new device in the Device Manager list (Control Panel → System → Hardware → Device Manager → Acronis Devices →...

  • Page 15: Setting Up Security Parameters For Acronis True Image Corporate Workstation

    Image Agent can be accessed according to the security policy set up in the local network. To have remote access to Acronis True Image Agent, the user must be a member of the Administrators or Backup operators group on this computer.

  • Page 16: Running Acronis True Image Corporate Workstation Components

    Running Acronis True Image Corporate Workstation components 2.8.1 Running Acronis True Image To run Acronis True Image on a local computer, select Start → Programs → Acronis → True Image → Acronis True Image Corporate Workstation or click on the appropriate shortcut on the desktop.

  • Page 17: Chapter 3. Using Acronis True Image Management Console

    Acronis True Image Agent installed. Acronis True Image Management Console enables you to perform the following: Connect to a remote PC that has the Acronis True Image Agent installed Create partition/disk images to be able to quickly restore OS and user data in...

  • Page 18: Installing Acronis Components Onto A Remote Machine

    Acronis True Image Agent Acronis True Image Acronis True Image Storage Server To install any Acronis component to a remote machine using the Acronis True Image Management Console you will need administrator rights on the target machine. To install Acronis components:...

  • Page 19: Connecting To A Remote Pc

    Exceptions is enabled before the remote installation starts. Connecting to a remote PC After you install Acronis True Image Agent on a remote PC, you will see it in the list of machines to which you can connect from the Acronis True Image Management Console.

  • Page 20: Creating Partition/Disk Images On A Remote Pc

    Specify PC network name or select a PC using Browse… button Enter administrator or backup operator username and password After connection is established, in the central part of Acronis True Image Management Console main window you will see a list of operations available:...

  • Page 21: Checking Image Integrity

    You can keep an image file on the remote PC, any other networked PC, or on removable media. Install Acronis True Image Storage Server component if you are to create backup image on the data storage device connected to any networked (remote) PC.

  • Page 22: Acronis Secure Zone Remote Managing

    Connect to remote PC Select Manage Acronis Secure Zone item and run Manage Acronis Secure Zone Wizard. Full information on operations with Acronis Secure Zone you can find in the section 4.2 of this guide. Scheduling image creation Using Acronis True Image Agent installed on a remote machine, you can schedule and edit backup tasks on it.
  • Page 23 Select disk/partitions to image Specify a path to backup image files. To place every image on its local computer, input Local path or select Acronis Secure Zone, if there is such a zone on every remote computer. For more information about creating and managing Acronis Secure Zone see section 4.2 «Acronis Secure Zone».

  • Page 24: Browsing Logs

    3.10 Browsing logs Using Acronis True Image Agent on a remote machine you can view results of image creation operations, both real-time and scheduled. This is possible thanks to logs that can be accessed by clicking Show log in the...
  • Page 25 Using Acronis True Image Management Console Log Viewer window The log window has two panels: log entries are listed on the left while selected log content is on the right. The left panel can contain up to 50 lines. If there are more, you can browse the list using Prev message and Next message buttons.

  • Page 26: Operation Results Notification

    Acronis True Image Management Console enables you to update Acronis True Image Agent on a remote PC. To do this, connect to the desired PC and select Update Acronis remote agent in the main window and follow Wizard instructions. This section allows you to re-install Acronis True Image Agent from selected PC.

  • Page 27: Creating Bootable Media Using Acronis True Image Management Console

    Select Create bootable rescue media from the Tools menu or the sidebar, or click the appropriate button on the toolbar This will invoke Acronis Bootable Rescue Media Builder In the process you will be prompted to select the full or safe loader version. The latter does not...

  • Page 28: Chapter 4. Running Acronis True Image (Locale Console)

    Running Acronis True Image (locale console) Chapter 4. Running Acronis True Image (locale console) Main program window The main program window contains the menu, the toolbar, the sidebar, the main area and the Tasks area. The main area contains operation icons, the sidebar features Tools and Help panels.
  • Page 29 Check Image – runs disk (partition) integrity checking procedure. Show Log – opens a window with logs. Manage Acronis Secure Zone – creates Acronis secure zone on a disk that is a special hidden partition for storing disk (partition) images.

  • Page 30: Acronis Secure Zone

    Acronis Secure Zone is a special hidden partition for storing disk and partition images. Usual applications can’t access it for image security purposes. If you create an Acronis Secure Zone, it will be listed along with all partitions available for image creation and restoration.

  • Page 31: Creating Acronis Secure Zone

    Acronis Secure Zone can be located on any local disk. It’s created at the expense of the unallocated space, if it’s available, or at the expense of partitions free space. A workstation can have only one Acronis Secure Zone.

  • Page 32: Resizing Acronis Secure Zone

    Zone or to add free space to after zone is reduced. Set the new size for Acronis Secure Zone. In the next window you will see an Acronis Secure Zone resize script containing a list of briefly described operations to be performed on partitions (disks).

  • Page 33: Acronis Startup Recovery Manager

    Running Acronis True Image (locale console) In the next window you will see an Acronis Secure Zone deletion script containing a list of briefly described operations to be performed on partitions (disks). After you click Proceed Acronis True Image Corporate Workstation will start deleting the Acronis Secure Zone.

  • Page 34: Backing Up To Tape Drive

    Running Acronis True Image (locale console) Be careful! When you run Acronis True Image Corporate Workstation using Acronis Startup Recovery Manager (before Windows has started) or from bootable rescue media (diskette or CD), drive letters might sometimes differ from Windows notation.

  • Page 35: Chapter 5. Creating A Partition (Disk) Image

    Having selected partitions and/or disks, click Next. Note that this button is disabled as far as no partitions or disks are selected. Selecting image location Specify image file location on a storage device: Acronis Secure Zone (see "Acronis Secure Zone"); Hard disk; Network disk;...

  • Page 36: Selecting Image Mode

    Select image location in the disk tree. In the File name field enter image file name. If you select Acronis Secure Zone or a tape, you don't have to provide a name. You can store several partitions and/or disks in a single file, but you can't append images to a file.

  • Page 37: Creating An Incremental Image

    Image mode selection A full image contains all hard disk data, so it takes a lot of space. Acronis True Image Corporate Workstation does not include swap file information (win386.swp under Windows 98/Me and pagefile.sys under Windows NT SP6/2000/XP), or hiberfil.sys (a file that keeps RAM contents when the computer goes into hibernation).

  • Page 38: Selecting Image File Size

    2Gb, FAT32 limit – 4Gb. FAT32 is currently the most popular end user file system. At the same time, existing hard drives have capacities of 160Gb and above! Therefore, an image file might easily exceed this limit. In this case Acronis True Image Corporate Workstation will automatically split image into several files.

  • Page 39: Selecting Data Compression Level

    Creating a partition (disk) image If you need to automatically create an image on CD-R/RW or DVD+R/RW, DVD-RW media or a tape, Acronis True Image Corporate Workstation will ask you to insert a new disc (tape), when the previous is full.

  • Page 40: Protecting Images With Passwords

    (So it would be harder to hack it). Image password protection If you try to restore data from a password protected image, Acronis True Image Corporate Workstation will ask for password in a special window, allowing access only to authorized users.

  • Page 41: Image Creation Script

    Image creation script All operations of a partition (disk) image creation in an archive file are delayed in Acronis True Image Corporate Workstation. A partition (disk) image creation script is created first, and then it’s executed.

  • Page 42: Selecting Image Creation Priority

    Normal is selected by default. 5.10 Operation results notification Sometimes the backup procedure can require 30 minutes or more. Acronis True Image Corporate Workstation can notify you about backup results, when it’s finished, by using the WinPopup service or by sending you an email.

  • Page 43: Winpopup Notification

    Creating a partition (disk) image At that point you will need to provide the email address to which you want the notification, as well as the outgoing SMTP server name. Your user name and password might also be needed if the SMTP server requires authentication. 5.10.2 WinPopup notification To set up the WinPopup notification, enable the respective parameter in Tools →...

  • Page 44: Stopping And Launching The Services In Windows Nt Sp6/2000/Xp During An Image File Creation

    (image file creation). To solve this problem you have to create the batch files. Batch files help you to stop the chosen services and then automatically launch them again directly in the Acronis True Image Corporate Workstation.

  • Page 45: Chapter 6. Restoring A Disk (Partition) From An Image

    Find and select file containing an image of the required partition. The File Name field will reflect its name and the Next will become available. If this image is located in Acronis Secure Zone, select it to select the image on the next step. Image selection for restoration...

  • Page 46: Checking Image Integrity Before Restoration

    Workstation will ask for it. In this case the Next button will be disabled until you enter the right password. If you are to restore a disk (partition) from an incremental image, Acronis True Image Corporate Workstation will suggest you to select one of successive incremental files by date/time of its creation.

  • Page 47: Selecting A Partition To Restore

    Restoring a disk (partition) from an image Checking image integrity before restoration This is disabled by default in Acronis True Image Corporate Workstation. Selecting a partition to restore A single file might contain images of several partitions or even disks, as shown in the figure below.

  • Page 48: Selecting A Location To Restore To

    Restoring a disk (partition) from an image Select the necessary disk or partition and click Next. Selecting a location to restore to As a rule you should restore image to the same partition that the image was created from. You can restore an image to another partition, but this is needed rather seldom. At that a partition should be of at least the same size as uncompressed image data.

  • Page 49: Selecting A File System

    Restoring a disk (partition) from an image Select partition type If you need only the data, you don't have to create another primary partition. In this case, you can restore the partition as logical to access the data only. But if you are to restore a system partition, you should select the Primary type for it.

  • Page 50: Selecting Restored Partition Size

    In some cases you might need to change partition configuration and size during the restoration. Acronis True Image Corporate Workstation is flexible enough to do this. You can resize and relocate partition by dragging it or its borders with mouse or by...

  • Page 51: Assigning A Letter To A Partition

    Windows utilizes letters of Roman alphabet to identify disks and partitions automatically assigning them letters at loading. Under Windows NT SP6/2000/XP OS Acronis True Image Corporate Workstation enables you to assign a restored partition (logical disk) any unused letter. To do this select Yes, I want to assign a logical drive letter to restored partition.

  • Page 52: Checking File System Integrity

    Having restored a disk/partition from an image under Windows NT SP6/2000/XP, Acronis True Image Corporate Workstation can check the integrity of its file system. To do this, flag Yes, I want to check file system after the restoring on the Check File System After the Restoring page of the image restoration wizard.

  • Page 53: Restoring Several Partitions At Once

    Restoring a disk (partition) from an image This is disabled by default in Acronis True Image Corporate Workstation. Only FAT16/32 and NTFS file systems integrity can be checked. 6.10 Restoring several partitions at once You can restore several partitions during a single session. To do this select Yes, I want to restore another partition or hard disk drive in the Next Selection window and click Next.
  • Page 54 Restoring a disk (partition) from an image Restoration scenario After you click Proceed, Acronis True Image Corporate Workstation will start image restoration indicating the progress in the special window. If you click Cancel, no changes will be made to disk(s).

  • Page 55: Chapter 7. Browsing And Restoring Particular Files

    Chapter 7. Browsing and restoring particular files To browse and restore particular files Acronis True Image Corporate Workstation can connect images as virtual drives thus enabling to access it as a usual drive. This means that: A new disk with its own letter will appear in the drives list;...

  • Page 56: Selecting Partitions To Connect And Letter Assignment

    If the file is protected by password, you will see only the comment. If you are to connect an incremental image, Acronis True Image Corporate Workstation will suggest you to select one of successive incremental files by date/time of its creation. Thus, you can explore the partition state to a certain moment.

  • Page 57: Unplugging A Virtual Disk

    We recommend you to unplug a virtual disk after all necessary files and folders are copied. However, the virtual disk will disappear anyway after your workstation is turned off. To disconnect the virtual disk select Unplug. You can also unplug the disk by clicking Unplug Image in Acronis True Image Corporate Workstation main window.

  • Page 58: Chapter 8. Transferring System To A New Disk

    Transferring system to a new disk Chapter 8. Transferring system to a new disk General information Sooner or later any workstation user finds out his hard disk is too small. If you just don’t have space for data, you can add another disk just for data storage as described in the following chapter.

  • Page 59: Security

    Transferring system to a new disk On disk layouts, displayed by the program, damaged partitions are marked with a red circle with a white cross inside in the upper left corner. Before you start cloning you should check such disks for errors using corresponding OS tools. Security 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...

  • Page 60: Selecting Source Disk

    Transferring system to a new disk 8.3.2 Selecting source disk If the program finds several partitioned disks, it will ask you what is the source (i.e. the older data disk). You can determine the source and destination using the information provided in this window (disk number, capacity, label, partition and file system information).

  • Page 61: Partitioned Destination Disk

    Transferring system to a new disk If either disk is unpartitioned, the program will automatically recognize it as destination and bypass this step. 8.3.4 Partitioned destination disk On this step the program checks, if the destination disk is free. If not, you will be prompted by the Nonempty Destination Hard Disk window stating that the destination disk contains partitions, perhaps, with data.

  • Page 62: Old Disk Data

    Transferring system to a new disk Along with the disk number some additional information is provided: capacity, label, partition and file system information. Partition types – primary, logical – and unallocated space are marked with different colors. Next you will see the cloning script. 8.3.6 Old disk data If you selected the manual mode, the program will ask you what to do with the old...

  • Page 63: Selecting Partition Transfer Method

    The first method is less secure, but is still suitable for most cases. 8.3.8 Selecting partition transfer method Acronis True Image Corporate Workstation will offer you the following data transfer methods: As is; Proportional – the new disk space will be proportionally distributed between cloned partitions;...

  • Page 64: Partitioning The Old Disk

    Further you will be able to use it to create new partitions or to enlarge the existing partitions with special tools (e.g. Acronis Partition Expert). As a rule, "as is" transfers are inexpedient, as they leave much unallocated space on the new disk.

  • Page 65: Old And New Disk Partition Layouts

    Transferring system to a new disk If you made a mistake, click Back to redo. After you created the necessary partitions, uncheck the Create new partition in unallocated space box and click Next. 8.3.10 Old and new disk partition layouts In the next window you will see rectangles indicating the source hard disk, including its partitions and unallocated space, as well as the new disk layout.

  • Page 66: Cloning With Manual Partitioning

    Cloning a non-system disk or a disk, containing OS, not active at the moment, will proceed without reboot. After you click Proceed, Acronis True Image Corporate Workstation will start cloning the old disk to the new disk, indicating the progress in the special window.
  • Page 67 Transferring system to a new disk To resize either partition, check the Proceed Relayout box. If you are satisfied with the partition layout shown, uncheck this box (if checked). Clicking Next you will proceed to the cloning script window. Be careful! Clicking Back in this window will reset all size and location changes that you've selected, so you will have to specify them again.

  • Page 68: Chapter 9. Adding A New Hard Disk

    Adding a new hard disk Chapter 9. Adding a new hard disk If you don't have enough space for your data, you can either replace the old disk with a new higher-capacity one (data transfers to new disks are described in the previous chapter), or add a new disk only to store data, leaving the system on the old disk.

  • Page 69: Disk Adding Script

    Disk add script After you click Proceed, Acronis True Image Corporate Workstation will start creating and formatting new partitions indicating the progress in the special window. You can stop this procedure by clicking Cancel. In this case you will have to re-partition and format the new disk or repeat the disk add procedure.

  • Page 70: Chapter 10. Scheduling

    Acronis True Image Corporate Workstation allows you to schedule tasks, so you won't have to remember the last time you imaged your disks. Acronis True Image Corporate Workstation will do this for you to guarantee the safety of your data.

  • Page 71: Selecting Task Periodicity

    Scheduling Having selected partitions and/or disks, click Next. Note that this button is disabled until at least one partition or disk is selected. Other parameters are set further in the same way as described in the Chapter 4 related to image creation. 10.1.2 Selecting task periodicity After you set image parameters, you must set task execution periodicity.

  • Page 72: Setting Up Daily Execution

    Scheduling Some variants might be disabled depending on the operating system. 10.1.3 Setting up daily execution If you select the daily execution, you will have to specify some additional parameters. First, the Start time (hours and minutes). In the Perform this task group select days to execute tasks on: Every day;...

  • Page 73: Setting Up Monthly Execution

    Scheduling Specify periodicity in the Every weeks (each week, in a week, etc.) Check weekdays to execute the task on. You can execute the task even if your workstation is turned off at the specified time. To do this select Perform this task when the computer restarts, only if the computer was turned off at the selected time.

  • Page 74: Setting Up One Time Execution

    Scheduling You can execute the task even if your workstation is turned off at the specified time. To do this select Perform this task when the computer restarts, only if the computer was turned off at the selected time. In this case the task will be executed at the nearest startup.

  • Page 75: Entering User Name

    Scheduling You can execute the task even if your workstation is turned off at the specified time. To do this select Perform this task when the computer restarts, only if the computer was turned off at the selected time. In this case the task will be executed at the nearest startup.
  • Page 76 Scheduling Edit is used to change any task parameters. This is performed in the same way as creation with two exceptions. First, there will be specified parameters instead of the default, so you won't have to enter them again. Second, after you make changes you will be asked about execution order. I.e. you will be able to change image creation parameters like location without touching its execution periodicity and time (though you can change it as well.) If you want to change only periodicity and time, select Schedule.

  • Page 77: Chapter 11. Command-Line Mode And Scripting

    An administrator might need a console interface in some situations. Acronis True Image Corporate Workstation supports this mode with TrueImageCmd.exe utility. The file is located in a folder where Acronis True Image has been installed, by default it is C:\Program Files\Acronis\TrueImage.
  • Page 78 Command-line mode and scripting data of more than one hard disk. In that case, separate disk numbers by commas, e.g.: /harddisk 1,3 /partition:[partition number] Specifies the partitions to include into the image file by numbers. The list of available partitions is provided by /list. Partition numbers are specified as <disk number>-<partition number>, e.g.: /partition: 1-1,1-2,3-1 /file_partition:[partition letter]...
  • Page 79 Command-line mode and scripting /filename:[filename] Specifies the name of the image file to restore. /net_user:[username] Specifies a user name when restoring an image from a network drive. /net_password:[password] Specifies a user password when restoring an image from a network drive. /file_partition:[partition letter] Specifies the partition where the image file is stored (by letter or number).
  • Page 80 Command-line mode and scripting Specifies the target partition number for restoring a partition over the existing one. If the option is not specified, the program assumes that the target partition number is the same as the partition number specified with the /partition option. /reboot Reboots the workstation after the operation is completed.
  • Page 81 Command-line mode and scripting /partition:[partitions list] Specifies a list of partitions to be mounted as virtual drives. Without this option, all partitions stored in the image file will be plugged. /letter Assigns letters to the mounted drives. This option is used with /partition option only.
  • Page 82 Command-line mode and scripting Sets the new partition label. /type:[active | primary | logical] Sets the new partition type. By default (if this option is not defined) an active partition is created on the first hard disk and logic partitions on other disks. /start:[start sector] Sets the start sector for the new partition.
  • Page 83 Specifies partitions from which free space will be taken for Acronis Secure Zone creation. /size:[ASZ size in sectors] Sets the Acronis Secure Zone size (in sectors). If this size is not specified, it will be set as average between maximal and minimal values, including unallocated spaces on the all listed partitions.

  • Page 84: Trueimagecmd.exe Usage Examples

    Command-line mode and scripting /partition:[partitions list] Specifies partitions to which free space will be added after the Acronis Secure Zone is deleted. /log:[file name] Creates a log file of the current operation with the specified file name. 12. asz_activate Activates Acronis Secure Zone (or, rather, activates Acronis Startup Recovery Manager).
  • Page 85 Command-line mode and scripting • This will create an image named 1.tib of the partitions 2-1 and 1-3. Image will be saved to partition 3-1. TrueImageCmd /create /filename:"C:\Test\1.tib" /password:qwerty /harddisk:2 /reboot /raw /incremental /compression:5 /split:640 /progress:off • This will append an incremental image to the image named 1.tib of hard disk 2. Image will be saved to c:\Test\ folder, protected with password “qwerty”, split into parts of 640 MB, and contain all cluster data.

  • Page 86: Command-Line Mode Usage Under Dos

    11.1.3 Command-line mode usage under DOS For usage in the MS-DOS compatible environments Acronis True Image Corporate Workstation includes TrueImageCmdDos.exe utility. It is located in a folder where Acronis True Image has been installed, by default it is C:\Program Files\Acronis\TrueImage. 11.2 Scripting 11.2.1 Script execution parameters...

  • Page 87: Script Structure

    Command-line mode and scripting 11.2.2 Script structure Scripts are written in XML language and you can use the following tags: Source: Specifies partitions or disks to be imaged. Letters assigned to partitions must be used without colon. Disk numbers correspond to their system numbers. To create images of several partitions or entire disks, use the SOURCE tag for each of them, e.g.: <source letter=”C”/>...
  • Page 88 Command-line mode and scripting for recording to CD-R/RW media. Password protection will also be added. The entire script must be located between the <backup> and <backup/> tags. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <backup> <source letter=”C” /> <source letter="F" /> <target file="e:\mybackup2.tib" /> <options compression="high"...

  • Page 89: Chapter 12. Other Operations

    After checking is complete you will see the results window. 12.2 Creating bootable media In some cases, Acronis True Image Corporate Workstation can be run only from a special bootable diskette or CD. Such a case might be if your workstation does not boot up normally.

  • Page 90: Viewing Logs

    After you create a boot disk, identify it and keep it in a safe place. 12.3 Viewing logs Acronis True Image Corporate Workstation allows users to view its working logs. They can provide information about scheduled image creation results, including failure reasons if any. Logs are created only for partition (disk) image creation operations.
  • Page 91 Other operations The right window features the list of steps contained in the selected log. You can flexibly setup list parameters to display only messages of particular type, particular columns, or select sorting order. To sort messages by a particular column, click its header (click again to reverse order) or the Arrange Icons by button (the second from the right) and select the desired column.

  • Page 92: Chapter 13. Troubleshooting

    Easy CD Creator 4.x and 5.0 automatically installs the old and unsupported by Roxio Take Two® backup utility removed from Easy CD Creator 5.1 and newer. If Acronis True Image Corporate Workstation detects this utility, it shows you the following message in the beginning of image creation.
  • Page 93 Workstation is compatible with SafeGuard Easy, the only limitation is that it must be installed after SafeGuard. The image will contain volumes without encryption. I ran Acronis True Image Corporate Workstation from a bootable disk to restore a partition (disk) from an image located on the network drive, but couldn’t find the necessary computer.
  • Page 94 -mini — if you plan to transfer your OS to a workstation with different hardware. 3. Insert Acronis True Image Corporate Workstation bootable disk into the drive and load the program to create an image of the prepared disk. 4. Install the new disk into your workstation or provide image access from the new workstation.

  • Page 95: Technical Support

    Acronis True Image Corporate Workstation is loaded from its bootable media. Besides, there’s another way to burn an image to a DVD disc. Using Acronis True Image Corporate Workstation you can create a hard disk image on your hard disk to burn it using the installed DVD recording application to a DVD afterwards.

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