Table Of Contents - ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE ECHO - FOR LINUX User Manual

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction ..................................................................................... 6
1.1 Acronis® True Image Echo Server - a complete solution for corporate users .......................... 6
1.2 Acronis True Image Echo Server key features ....................................................................... 7
1.3 New in Acronis True Image Echo Server ............................................................................... 8
1.4 Supported file systems and storage media ............................................................................ 9
1.4.1 Supported file systems .................................................................................................. 9
1.4.2 Supported storage media .............................................................................................. 9
1.5 Technical support ................................................................................................................ 9
Chapter 2. Acronis True Image Echo Server installation and startup .............. 11
2.1 System requirements ......................................................................................................... 11
2.1.1 Minimum hardware requirements................................................................................. 11
2.1.2 Supported operating systems ...................................................................................... 11
2.2 Installing Acronis True Image Echo Server .......................................................................... 11
2.3 Running Acronis True Image Echo Server ........................................................................... 11
2.4 Removing Acronis True Image Echo Server ......................................................................... 12
Chapter 3. General information and proprietary Acronis technologies ........... 13
3.1 The difference between file archives and disk/partition images ............................................ 13
3.2 Full, incremental and differential backups ........................................................................... 13
3.3 Acronis Secure Zone
3.4 Working from a rescue CD ................................................................................................. 15
3.5 Working from a remote terminal ........................................................................................ 15
3.6 Backing up software and hardware RAID arrays .................................................................. 15
3.7 Support for LVM volumes ................................................................................................... 16
3.8 Backing up to tape drive .................................................................................................... 17
Chapter 4. The program interface under X Window System ........................... 18
4.1 The main window and available operations ......................................................................... 18
4.1.1 The main area ............................................................................................................ 18
4.1.2 The menu .................................................................................................................. 19
4.1.3 Status bar .................................................................................................................. 19
4.2 Viewing disk and partition information ................................................................................ 20
Chapter 5. Creating backup archives ............................................................... 21
5.1 Backing up files and folders (file backup) ............................................................................ 21
5.2 Backing up disks and partitions (image backup) .................................................................. 25
5.3 Setting backup options ...................................................................................................... 27
5.3.1 Archive protection ....................................................................................................... 27
5.3.2 Source files exclusion .................................................................................................. 28
5.3.3 Pre/post commands .................................................................................................... 28
5.3.4 Before/after data capture commands ........................................................................... 28
5.3.5 Compression level ....................................................................................................... 29
5.3.6 Backup performance ................................................................................................... 29
5.3.7 Fast incremental/differential backup ............................................................................ 30
5.3.8 Archive splitting .......................................................................................................... 30
5.3.9 Media components ...................................................................................................... 31
5.3.10 Error handling ........................................................................................................... 31
5.3.11 Dual destination backup ............................................................................................ 32
5.3.12 Additional settings .................................................................................................... 32
Chapter 6. Restoring the backup data under X Window system ..................... 34
6.1 Considerations before recovery .......................................................................................... 34
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