User manual ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE 9.1 ENTERPRISE SERVER

[. . . ] User's Guide Acronis True Image 9. 1 Enterprise Server Compute with confidence www. acronis. com Copyright © Acronis, Inc. , 2000-2006. "Acronis", "Acronis Compute with Confidence", "Acronis Snap Restore", "Acronis Recovery Manager, "Acronis Secure Zone" and the Acronis logo are trademarks of Acronis, Inc. Windows and MS-DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks and copyrights referred to are the property of their respective owners. [. . . ] · Backup and restore data, including system disks/partitions Click Backup or Recovery, then follow the Wizard's instructions. · Schedule backup operations Creating backup archives and Chapter 7. Restoring the backup data. Click the very left button on a tasks pane toolbar, then follow the Wizard's instructions. · Set up backup/restore options, such as system/network resources usage, before/after backup commands etc. options. · Select Tools -> Options -> Default backup options or Default restoration options and make settings. See details in 6. 3 Setting backup options and 7. 4 Setting restore Validate backup archives wherever they reside, be it local, network or removable media Validating backup archives. · Click Validate Backup Archive, then follow the Wizard's instructions. See details in 11. 1 Set up sending notifications about Acronis True Image Enterprise Server operation and tracing this operation in Windows Application Event Log Select Tools -> Options -> Notifications or Event tracing and make settings. See details in 11. 2 Operation results notification and 11. 4 Event tracing. · Browse logs of Acronis True Image Enterprise Server operation Click the very right button on a tasks pane toolbar at the bottom of the window. · Manage Acronis Secure Zone Click Manage Acronis Secure Zone, then follow the Wizard's instructions. Managing Acronis Secure Zone. · Activate Acronis Startup Recovery Manager Click Activate Acronis Startup Recovery Manager, then follow the Wizard's instructions. · Mount partitions' images to explore and modify their contents, or to restore individual files Click Mount image, then follow the Wizard's instructions. See details in Chapter 12. Mounting an image as a virtual drive. · Unmount previously mounted partition images Unmounting an image. · · Click Unmount image, then follow the Wizard's instructions. See details in 12. 2 Transfer the system to a new hard disk Format partitions on a new hard disk See Chapter 13. Adding a new hard disk. Copyright © Acronis, Inc. , 2000-2006 43 · · Turn on/off Windows System Restore tool Create bootable rescue media, its ISO or RIS package See 11. 5 Managing System Restore. For more information on Acronis True Image Enterprise Server command-line mode see 15. 1 Working in the command-line mode. 44 Copyright © Acronis, Inc. , 2000-2006 Chapter 6. Creating backup archives To be able to restore the lost data or roll back your system to a predetermined state, you should first create a data or entire-system backup file. If you are not concerned about restoration of your operating system along with all settings and applications, but plan to keep safe only certain data (the current project, for example), choose file/folder backup. This will reduce the archive size, thus saving disk space and possibly reducing removable media costs. Backing up the entire system disk (creating a disk image) takes more disk space but enables you to restore the system in minutes in case of severe data damage or hardware failure. Moreover, the imaging procedure is much faster than copying files, and may significantly speed the backup process when it comes to backing up large volumes of data (see details in 3. 1 The difference between file archives and disk/partition images). 6. 1 Backing up files and folders (file backup) 1. Invoke the Create Backup Wizard by clicking on the backup operation icon in the main program window. You can select a random set of files, folders, partitions, disks and even computers. If you select a partition, disk or computer, and archive all its files, including system and hidden files, the bare-metal restore of that disk (partition, computer) still will not be possible. [. . . ] The restored partition will be of active type. Copyright © Acronis, Inc. , 2000-2006 107 3. List trueimagecmd /list · This will list available partitions. Clone trueimagecmd /clone /harddisk:2 /target_harddisk:3 · Clone hard disk 2 to hard disk 3. Explore image trueimagecmd /explore /filename:\\myserver\backup\mybackup. tib /net_user:john /net_password:qwerty · This will connect all images, stored in file mybackup. tib on the network drive, as virtual drives. 15. 1. 3 Command-line mode usage under DOS For use in the MS-DOS compatible environments Acronis True Image Enterprise Server includes the TrueImageCmdDos. exe utility. [. . . ]