Getting Acronis Universal Restore; Backing Up To Tape Drives - ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE ECHO - SERVER FOR WINDOWS User Manual

2. 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. This is because Acronis Startup Recovery Manager and Acronis Secure Zone
are primarily meant for instant data recovery on the same computer.

3.6.5 Getting Acronis Universal Restore

Acronis Universal Restore is an add-on to Acronis True Image Echo Server. It is purchased
separately, has its own license, and is installed from a separate setup file.
Let's assume for a moment that you own Acronis True Image Echo Server but have not
purchased Acronis Universal Restore. When you create a task for restoring a Windows
system disk and select a target disk (either physical or virtual) in the Restore Data Wizard,
the program compares crucial for the system start devices found in the image registry and
the target computer registry. If the chipset, motherboard or mass storage device are
different, and therefore there is a risk that the system cannot boot, you will be prompted
whether you want to buy Acronis Universal Restore. To buy the option, follow the link:
http://www.acronis.com/enterprise/products/ATISWin/universal-restore.html
If you already have Acronis Universal Restore, the prompt will not come up and you will
have an option to enable Acronis Universal Restore later in the Restore Data Wizard.

3.7 Backing up to tape drives

Acronis True Image Echo 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.
If a SCSI tape drive is connected to the computer with Acronis True Image Echo Server
the list of devices available for backup storage will be extended with a name
corresponding to the drive type.
Backup and restore on the tape proceed in the same way as with other devices, with the
following exceptions.
1. A full backup can be stored on an empty tape only. If you use tape that already
contains data, its contents will be overwritten.
2. In case you want to keep more than one archive on the tape, for example, back up two
disks separately, choose incremental backup mode instead of a full backup when you
create an initial backup for the second disk. In other situations, incremental backup is
used for appending changes to the previously created archive.
3. You do not have to provide filenames for backups.
You might experience short pauses that are required to rewind the tape.
To enable backup to a locally attached tape device with Acronis True Image Echo Server:
1. Install Acronis True Image Echo Server.
2. Attach the tape device to the computer.
3. If the tape contains data, its contents will be overwritten on prompt. You have an
5.3.13 Additional settings
option to disable prompts, see .
4. When creating a backup task, you will be able to select the tape device from the list of
destination devices. Filenames for backups are not needed when backing up to tape.
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