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Subsequent backups, which are incremental and thus are usually much smaller, will be transferred
over the Internet. You can run incremental backups manually or on a schedule, after the full backup
has been uploaded to the online storage.
You need a separate license, called an Initial Seeding license, for each machine that you want to back
up under this scheme. Each Initial Seeding license allows you to upload backups from a single
machine to the online storage.
10.3.1
Preparation for initial seeding
Before backing up using Initial Seeding, make sure that:
You activated an online backup subscription for the machine.
You bought an Initial Seeding license for the machine.
The machine is connected to the Internet. It needs access to the online storage to check for the
Initial Seeding licenses.
You have a supported hard drive (p. 8) that is ready to be sent by physical mail.
10.3.2
Creating the full backup
Do the following to back up one or more volumes of a machine by using the Initial Seeding scheme:
1.
Connect the console to the management server.
2.
In the welcome screen, click
Back up
.
3.
In the list of machines, double-click the machine that you want to back up.
4.
Under
What to back up
, in
Source type
, select
Disks/volumes
. In
Items to back up
, click
Change
and then select the volumes that you want to back up.
5.
Under
Where to back up
, click
Change
.
6.
In the folders tree, expand
Centralized
and select the centralized online vault. If prompted,
specify the credentials for the online storage.
7.
Click
OK
to close the dialog box.
8.
Under
How to back up
, in
Backup scheme
, select
Initial seeding
.
9.
In
Full backup
, specify the name of a local or network folder where you want to create the full
backup. You can create the backup directly on the hard drive you are going to send.
10.
[Optional, but strongly recommended.] Set up encryption for the backup. Go to
Backup options
,
click
Archive protection
, and specify the password and the encryption algorithm (for example,
AES 256
).
11.
Click
OK
to start the backup.
10.3.3
Sending the full backup
After the full backup has been created, send it to the online storage.
1.
Copy or move the full backup to the hard drive you are going to send. You can place two or more
full backups on a single hard drive. Make sure that the hard drive is of a supported type (p. 8).
2.
Package (p. 9) the hard drive for shipment. Make sure to enclose a prepaid return shipping label
if you want your hard drive to be sent back to you.
3.
Send the hard drive to Acronis. You can find the address on the account management Web page.
4.
Track (p. 11) the status of your Initial Seeding order.
