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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.
Acronis True Image Storage Server provides disk image creation on the tape drives connected to workstations and servers, where the Storage Server component has been installed.
Acronis True Image simplifies the process and saves time by creating a disk image of the first system. That image is then deployed onto the multiple servers.
User-friendly Windows XP-like interface with full mouse support Comprehensive wizards simplify even the most complex operations Ability to create a hidden partition (the Acronis Secure Zone) where the IT manager can store a copy of the disk image Acronis Secure Zone remote managing...
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 you to get a remote access to data storage devices (especially tape drives) connected to the PC (workstation or server) with the Acronis True Image Storage Server component installed 5.
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.
ReiserFS Reiser4 Linux SWAP If a file system is not supported or is corrupted, Acronis True Image Enterprise Server can copy data using a sector-by-sector approach. For XFS, JFS and Reiser4 file systems partition resizing feature is not supported. 2.3.2...
‘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 Enterprise Server onto the current or remote computer until you import the serial key into Acronis License Server (see 2.6 “Using License Server Management Tool”).
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When installing a component onto Windows 9x-based system, you may be prompted to install Microsoft Installer utility (the later Windows operating systems come with this utility built-in). Choose Yes to install Microsoft Installer, included into Acronis True Image Enterprise Server pack.
Installation and running When installed, Acronis True Image (local console) creates a new device in the Device Manager list (Control Panel → System → Hardware → Device Manager → Acronis Devices → Acronis TrueImage Backup Archive Explorer). Do not disable or uninstall this device, as it is necessary for connecting images as virtual disks (see Chapter 7 “Browsing...
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.
Running Acronis True Image Enterprise Server components 2.7.1 Running Acronis True Image To run Acronis True Image on a local computer, select Start → Programs → Acronis → True Image → Acronis True Image Enterprise Server or click on the appropriate shortcut on the desktop.
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...
Acronis License Server Acronis True Image Agent Acronis True Image Acronis 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:...
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.
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:...
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 a tape drive, connected to any networked (remote) PC.
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.
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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 3.7 «Acronis Secure Zone remote...
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 main window after connection to a desired remote PC is established.
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.
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.
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Using Acronis True Image Management Console 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 include USB, PC Card (PCMCIA), or SCSI drivers and is meant for situations when the full version does not work Having created a bootable disc or diskettes, identify it and keep in a safe place.
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.
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.
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.
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 server can have only one 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).
Acronis Secure Zone can be located on basic disks only. (A basic disk is a physical disk without any dynamic disks.) If a server has only dynamic disks, you won’t be able to create the Acronis Secure Zone.
To use Acronis Startup Recovery Manager (it must be activated), turn on your server and press F11, when you see the "Press F11 for Acronis Startup Recovery Manager" message. This will run a standalone version of Acronis True Image Enterprise Server that only slightly differs from the Windows version.
You can also create and restore an image of a system partition stored on a dynamic disk. If Acronis True Image Enterprise Server runs from Acronis Startup Recovery Manager (before Windows has started) or from Bootable Rescue media, dynamic disks will be not accessible.
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;...
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.
Image mode selection A full image contains all hard disk data, so it takes a lot of space. Acronis True Image Enterprise Server 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).
If there's not enough space, Acronis True Image Enterprise Server will warn you and wait for your decision. You can try to free some additional space and continue or stop Acronis True Image Enterprise Server , free some space and re-execute the procedure.
Creating a partition (disk) image If you need to automatically create an image on CD-R/RW, DVD-RW or DVD+R/RW media or a tape, Acronis True Image Enterprise Server will ask you to insert a new disc (tape), when the previous is full.
(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 Enterprise Server will ask for password in a special window allowing access only for authorized users.
Acronis True Image Enterprise Server. A partition (disk) image creation script is created first, and then it’s executed. After you click Proceed, Acronis True Image Enterprise Server will start creating an image indicating the progress in the special window. You can stop this procedure by clicking Cancel.
(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 Enterprise Server.
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...
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 Enterprise Server will suggest you to select one of successive incremental files by date/time of its creation.
Restoring a disk (partition) from an image Checking image integrity before restoration This is disabled by default in Acronis True Image Enterprise Server. Selecting a partition to restore A single file might contain images of several partitions or even disks, as shown in the figure below.
In some cases you might need to change partition configuration and size during the restoration. Acronis True Image Enterprise Server is flexible enough to do this. You can resize and relocate partition by dragging it or its borders with mouse or by entering corresponding values into the appropriate fields.
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 Enterprise Server 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.
Having restored a disk/partition from an image under Windows NT SP6/2000/XP, Acronis True Image Enterprise Server 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.
Restoring a disk (partition) from an image This is disabled by default in Acronis True Image Enterprise Server. 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.
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Restoring a disk (partition) from an image Restoration scenario After you click Proceed, Acronis True Image Enterprise Server will start image restoration indicating the progress in the special window. If you click Cancel, no changes will be made to disk(s).
Browsing and restoring particular files Chapter 7. Browsing and restoring particular files To browse and restore particular files Acronis True Image Enterprise Server 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;...
If the file is protected by password, you will see only the comment. If you are to connect an incremental image, Acronis True Image Enterprise Server 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.
The first method is less secure, but is still suitable for most cases. 8.3.8 Selecting partition transfer method Acronis True Image Enterprise Server will offer you the following data transfer methods: As is; Proportional – the new disk space will be proportionally distributed between cloned partitions;...
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.
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 Enterprise Server will start cloning the old disk to the new disk, indicating the progress in the special window.
Disk add script After you click Proceed, Acronis True Image Enterprise Server 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.
Scheduling Chapter 10. Scheduling Acronis True Image Enterprise Server allows you to schedule tasks, so you won't have to remember the last time you imaged your disks. Acronis True Image Enterprise Server will do this for you to guarantee the safety of your data.
An administrator might need a console interface in some situations. Acronis True Image Enterprise Server 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.
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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.
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Deletes Acronis Secure Zone from your hard disk. Options /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.
TrueImageTerminal.exe [arguments] Arguments include the following: /help – outputs help information about TrueImageTerminal.exe parameters. /progress – outputs progress of backup operations run either from Acronis True Image Server graphics user interface, or from the script. script file name /execute: [ ] –...
Other operations 12.2 Creating bootable media In some cases, Acronis True Image Enterprise Server can be run only from a special bootable diskette or CD. Such a case might be if your server does not boot up normally. You can create bootable media during or after the installation.
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 Enterprise Server detects this utility, it shows you the following message in the beginning of image creation.
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\\computer\folder. If there’s no Network icon in the My Computer, it means either network problems, or wrong drivers that Acronis True Image Enterprise Server tries to use. Contact our technical support (support@acronis.com) and provide all network adapter specifications and manufacturer’s name.
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-mini — if you plan to transfer your OS to a server with different hardware. 3. Insert Acronis True Image Enterprise Server bootable disk into the drive and load the program to create an image of the prepared disk.
Acronis True Image Enterprise Server is loaded from its bootable media. Besides, there’s another way to burn an image to a DVD disc. Using Acronis True Image Enterprise Server you can create a hard disk image on your hard disk to burn it using the installed DVD recording application to a DVD disc afterwards.
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