ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE 9.1 - ANNEXE 469 WORKSTATION User Manual Download

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User’s Guide

Acronis

True Image 9.1

Enterprise Server

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Page 1: ...User s Guide Acronis True Image 9 1 Enterprise Server...

Page 2: ...their respective owners Distribution of substantively modified versions of this document is prohibited without the explicit permission of the copyright holder Distribution of this work or derivative...

Page 3: ...tware in any way E Granting sublicenses leases or other rights in the software to others F Making copies or verbal or media translations of the users guide G Making telecommunication data transmission...

Page 4: ...setup 17 2 4 Running Acronis True Image Enterprise Server components 17 2 4 1 Running Acronis True Image Enterprise Server local version 17 2 4 2 Running Acronis True Image Management Console 17 2 4 3...

Page 5: ...mage backup 51 6 3 Setting backup options 52 6 3 1 Archive protection 53 6 3 2 Source files exclusion 53 6 3 3 Pre post commands 53 6 3 4 Database support 54 6 3 5 Compression level 55 6 3 6 Backup pe...

Page 6: ...eating Win PE ISO with Acronis True Image Enterprise Server 84 Chapter 11 Other operations 85 11 1 Validating backup archives 85 11 2 Operation results notification 85 11 2 1 Email notification 85 11...

Page 7: ...ipting 104 15 1 Working in the command line mode 104 15 1 1 Supported commands 104 15 1 2 Common options options common for most trueimagecmd commands 106 15 1 3 Specific options options specific for...

Page 8: ...es from remote locations are supported with a remote bootable agent Automates Backup With the scheduling capability in Acronis True Image Enterprise Server you simply create backup tasks tailored by g...

Page 9: ...s creating the exact copy of your old disk to a new one and adjusting partitions size to fit a new hard disk 1 2 Acronis True Image Enterprise Server Architecture Acronis True Image Enterprise Server...

Page 10: ...n table Acronis Backup Server This software application when installed on a networked computer automatically manages backup archives stored on this computer in accordance with the rules set by an admi...

Page 11: ...ks ISOs and RIS packages In addition to burning a bootable rescue disk users can save its ISO image for burning later or create a RIS package for remote boot of Acronis True Image Enterprise Server Ac...

Page 12: ...er 3 0 Mandrake 8 0 9 2 10 0 10 1 Slackware 10 Debian stable and unstable sarge ASPLinux 9 2 ASPLinux 10 ASPLinux 11 ASPLinux Server II ASPLinux Server IV Virtuozzo 2 6 x Gentoo UnitedLinux 1 0 Ubuntu...

Page 13: ...recommended that you change the source computer firewall settings to open ports 20 and 21 for both TCP and UDP protocols and disable the Routing and Remote Access Windows service Burned write once di...

Page 14: ...nterprise Server local version and Acronis True Image Agent for Windows For Acronis True Image Enterprise Server and Acronis True Image Agent for Windows Typical Custom and Complete installation is av...

Page 15: ...is Group Server a domain user account with guest rights and remote access right to every computer If the network does not use domain you can create accounts with guest rights on all computers accessed...

Page 16: ...o remotely install modify or repair the components using Acronis True Image Management Console or msiexec exe utility When installing Acronis True Image Enterprise Server components on a local compute...

Page 17: ...on the desktop If your operating system does not load for some reason you can run Acronis Startup Recovery Manager However this must be activated prior to use see 3 4 Acronis Startup Recovery Manager...

Page 18: ...Server components You can remove any Acronis True Image Enterprise Server component separately by selecting Control panel Add or remove programs The component name Remove Then follow instructions on t...

Page 19: ...ero track of the hard disk with master boot record MBR A disk image includes images of all disk partitions as well as the zero track with master boot record MBR By default files in all Acronis True Im...

Page 20: ...p after disk defragmentation 3 3 Acronis Secure Zone The Acronis Secure Zone is a special hidden partition for storing archives on the computer system itself For archive security purposes ordinary app...

Page 21: ...l be activated immediately When Acronis Startup Recovery Manager is activated it overwrites the master boot record MBR with its own boot code If you have any third party boot managers installed you wi...

Page 22: ...aximum number of incremental backups is reached Then again a full backup and a set of subsequent incremental backups is created then again a full backup and so on As appears from the above when backin...

Page 23: ...y location or owners users and computers An administrator if need be can manually consolidate any backup except for the oldest one in the archive with the preceding backup file This operation deletes...

Page 24: ...media 4 Back up image the local computer s system disk to Acronis Secure Zone see 6 2 Backing up disks and partitions image backup You can back up other disks partitions as well but the system image i...

Page 25: ...AL_MACHINE SOFTWARE Microsoft Windows Current version DevicePath Generally it is WINDOWS inf folder 2 Manual selection of mass storage device driver If the target hardware has a specific mass storage...

Page 26: ...checking the disk this hidden partition will not be included into the image restore not the entire source disk but only the selected partitions In some cases especially if your system resides on other...

Page 27: ...itten 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 fo...

Page 28: ...Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2007 physical sectors location etc and logical file system free space assigned letter etc parameters You can change the width of a column by dragging its borders with the mo...

Page 29: ...arget machine Installation of Acronis components onto remote machines running all Windows Vista editions is not possible You will have to install the components locally on such computers If the remote...

Page 30: ...the previous step To update an Acronis component on a remote computer perform the same procedure 4 3 Managing a single remote computer To perform any operation on a single remote computer you must fir...

Page 31: ...when connected to a remote computer The task list content depends on the programs installed on the connected computer The most populated list will include managing Backup and Recovery Tasks via Acroni...

Page 32: ...tion in Windows Application Event Log Click Remote Computer Options select Notifications or Event tracing and make settings See details in 11 2 Operation results notification and 11 4 Event tracing Br...

Page 33: ...tched off Inaccessible the remote computer is not accessible due to lack of access rights firewall and security settings etc Unmanaged the Acronis True Image Agent is not installed on a remote machine...

Page 34: ...ask check computers in the list of remote computers 3 Select disks partitions to backup You can select any combination of hard disks by number according to Windows numeration and partitions by letter...

Page 35: ...will start on all computers in turn with the time shift you specify As soon as you select time shift the resulting task start time for the first and the last computer will be displayed 9 Now enter the...

Page 36: ...Task and Delete Group Task items When deleting a group task enter the same username and password you entered when created the task 4 5 Managing backup server Before you start managing the backup serve...

Page 37: ...s and Settings All Users Application Data Acronis BackupServer This folder is a default backup location You can change the default backup location and its quotas time limits by selecting Specify Defau...

Page 38: ...mits The actual number of backups created in a backup location can exceed the Maximum number of backups by one This enables the program to detect the fact of exceeding and start consolidation Backup t...

Page 39: ...ill be deleted Deleting a computer profile will disable backup to backup server for this computer and delete its existing archives This operation might also be time consuming so you can schedule it fo...

Page 40: ...selections as the Add User Profile Wizard except administrator s or user s rights To change the rights you will have to delete the user profile and then add the user again with the new rights Changin...

Page 41: ...d system resources it is recommended that you schedule this operation for the time when the backup server computing load will be minimal You can do it in the Start Parameters window To complete config...

Page 42: ...cking on the respective item above the list 2 Filter out from the list all user s or all computer s backups use buttons in the Filter group 3 Consolidate any backup except for the oldest one in the ar...

Page 43: ...esented two or even three times in different window areas providing several ways to select them for more convenience For example you can start the necessary operation or tool by clicking its icon in t...

Page 44: ...p Archive run the archive integrity checking procedure Create Bootable Rescue Media run the bootable media creation procedure Show Log open the Log Viewer window Options open a window for editing defa...

Page 45: ...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...

Page 46: ...System Restore Create bootable rescue media its ISO or RIS package See Chapter 10 Creating bootable media Some of the above operations can be executed in command line mode For more information on Acro...

Page 47: ...aster 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 ima...

Page 48: ...e name and location of the archive If you are going to create a full backup type the file name in the File Name line or use the file name generator a button to the right of the line If you select an e...

Page 49: ...is Backup Server see details in 3 5 Acronis Backup Server for storing backups In that cases you need not provide the file name See notes and recommendations for supporting FTP server in 1 5 4 Supporte...

Page 50: ...ask execution 17 For Acronis True Image Enterprise Server local version only The task will appear on the Active tasks pane of the main window The task progress will be shown in a special window You ca...

Page 51: ...backup it doesn t matter which one you select as the program will recognize them as a single archive If you stored the files on several removable disks you must provide the latest archive file otherw...

Page 52: ...ask Clicking Proceed will launch the task execution 15 For Acronis True Image Enterprise Server local version only The task will appear on the Active tasks pane of the main window The task progress wi...

Page 53: ...the archive You can set default filters for the specific types of files you do not wish to back up For example you may want hidden and system files and folders as well as files with tmp and bak exten...

Page 54: ...ll transactions before the backup process starts The examples of VSS aware databases are Exchange Oracle SQL Server 2 Before after data capture commands However VSS is not available in server operatio...

Page 55: ...df or mp3 Generally it is recommended that you use the default Normal compression level You might want to select Maximum compression for removable media to reduce the number of blank disks required 6...

Page 56: ...backup file can be split for burning to removable media or saving on an FTP server data recovery directly from an FTP server requires the archive to be split into files no more than 2GB in size The p...

Page 57: ...available in the archive see 7 4 5 File level security settings below The result will be the same In archives store encrypted files in decrypted state The preset is disabled If you do not use the encr...

Page 58: ...space 6 3 11 Additional settings 1 Validate backup archive upon operation completion The preset is disabled When enabled the program will check integrity of the just created or supplemented archive im...

Page 59: ...dows identifies drives For example the D drive identified in the standalone Acronis True Image Enterprise Server might correspond to the E drive in Windows If a backup image is located on bootable med...

Page 60: ...rom an FTP server requires the archive to consist of files no more than 2GB in size If you suspect that some of the files may be larger first copy the entire archive along with the initial full backup...

Page 61: ...lick Next 9 Select files and folders to restore You can choose to restore all data or browse the archive contents and select the desired folders or files 10 Click Next 11 Select the options for the re...

Page 62: ...data changes made since the selected backup was created Choose what to do if the program finds in the target folder a file with the same name as in the archive Overwrite existing file this will give...

Page 63: ...removable media e g CD first insert the last CD and then insert disks in reverse order when Restore Data Wizard prompts Data recovery directly from an FTP server requires the archive to be split into...

Page 64: ...on summary and executing restoration Restore disks or partitions Having selected a usual way of disks partitions recovery you will have to make all settings described below Using Snap Restore When res...

Page 65: ...ith MBR Master Boot Record It appears in this window in a separate line You can choose whether to restore MBR and track 0 by checking the respective box Restore MBR if it is critical to your system bo...

Page 66: ...click Proceed in the wizard s final window To continue select the first choice and click Next You will be taken directly to step 7 3 10 Restoring several disks or partitions at once 7 3 6 Changing the...

Page 67: ...changing the file system It would make sense here to change the file system from FAT16 to FAT32 However keep in mind that not all operating systems support FAT32 MS DOS Windows 95 and Windows NT 3 x 4...

Page 68: ...another disk partition select Yes I want to restore another partition or hard disk drive Then you will return to the partition selection window 7 3 4 again and will have to repeat the above steps Oth...

Page 69: ...he restoration process that is pre post restoration commands restoration process priority etc You may Use default options or Set the options manually If the latter is the case the settings will be app...

Page 70: ...dd exe mask My exe mask will reject all exe files with names consisting of five symbols and starting with my This option is effective only when restoring files from file folders archives When restorin...

Page 71: ...ing the restoration priority will free more resources for other CPU tasks Increasing of restoration priority may speed up the restore process due to taking resources from the other currently running p...

Page 72: ...e archive Acronis True Image Enterprise Server can check its integrity If you suspect that the archive might have been corrupted select Validate backup archive before restoration To check archive data...

Page 73: ...the Schedule Task Wizard click on its icon on the Active Tasks toolbar or select Operations Schedule Task from the main menu 2 Click Next 3 Configure a backup task in the usual way see Chapter 6 Creat...

Page 74: ...l have to specify the name of the user who owns the executed task otherwise no scheduled execution will be available In the upper field enter a user name Enter a password twice in two fields below 9 A...

Page 75: ...ox under the Start time fields 8 1 2 Setting up weekly execution If you select weekly execution set the Start time specify the task execution periodicity in the Every x weeks box every week every two...

Page 76: ...ified day e g on second Tuesday or fourth Friday select this from the drop down lists If the computer is off when the scheduled time comes the task won t be performed but you can force the missed task...

Page 77: ...ou to change any task parameters This is performed in the same way as creation however the earlier selected options will be set so you have to enter only the changes To edit a task select it and click...

Page 78: ...ecure Zone can be located on any internal disk It is created using unallocated space if available or at the expense of free space on a partition Partition resizing may require a reboot A computer can...

Page 79: ...maximum size is equal to the disk s unallocated space plus the total free space on all partitions selected at the previous step When creating the zone the program will first use the unallocated space...

Page 80: ...ne 1 When prompted by the wizard select Manage Acronis Secure Zone 2 Select to increase or decrease the zone You might need to increase it to provide more space for archives The opposite situation mig...

Page 81: ...stributed proportionally to each partition 3 Next you will see a list of briefly described operations to be performed on partitions disks After you click Proceed Acronis True Image Enterprise Server w...

Page 82: ...computer you can include standalone versions of these programs on the same bootable disk as well This feature is available both in Acronis True Image Enterprise Server local version and Acronis True...

Page 83: ...a bootable disk ISO image or save bootable data on the RIS server When using 3 5 diskettes you will be able to write on a diskette or a set of the diskettes only one component at a time for example Ac...

Page 84: ...hat Acronis Bart PE plug in is installed on the computer the default path is Program Files Acronis TrueImageEnterpriseServer BartPE If not run Acronis True Image Enterprise Server setup file choose Mo...

Page 85: ...tion is complete you will see the results window You can cancel checking by clicking Cancel To check archive data integrity you must have all incremental and differential backups belonging to the arch...

Page 86: ...successfully check Add full log to the notification to add the full operation log to the message when the operation failed check Add full log to the notification to add the full operation log to the m...

Page 87: ...t and right arrows To delete a log select it and click Delete If any step was terminated by an error the corresponding log will be marked with a red circle with a white cross inside The right window f...

Page 88: ...agement applications 1 3 6 1 4 1 24769 100 200 1 0 string identifying a type of occurred event Information Warning Error 1 3 6 1 4 1 24769 100 200 2 0 string containing text description of occurred ev...

Page 89: ...yet keep it on other disks partitions 4 Click Next 5 The program lists the configured changes You can click Back to choose different settings If you click Cancel all new settings will be lost Click P...

Page 90: ...ting images using Acronis True Image Management Console is not possible Please keep in mind that though both file archives and disk partition images have a default tib extension only partition images...

Page 91: ...ge you must have the initial full image as well 6 Click Next 7 Select a partition to mount as a virtual disk Note that you cannot mount the entire disk You can also select a letter to be assigned to t...

Page 92: ...nmount the virtual disk after all necessary operations are finished as keeping up virtual disks takes considerable system resources If you do not the virtual disk will disappear after your server is t...

Page 93: ...ke some simple actions to transfer all the data including partitions folders and files to a newer disk making it bootable if the original disk was bootable There will be only one difference between th...

Page 94: ...transferred to the new disk the server boots up from it and all applications work 13 3 Executing transfers 13 3 1 Selecting Clone mode You will see the Clone mode window just after the welcome window...

Page 95: ...nd file system information 13 3 3 Selecting destination disk After you select the source disk you have to select the destination where the disk information will be copied The previously selected sourc...

Page 96: ...ion will be performed at this time For now the program will just map out cloning All changes will be implemented only when you click Proceed 13 3 5 Old and new disk partition layout If you selected th...

Page 97: ...data storage you can create a new partition layout on it In this case the disk will be ready right after cloning is complete To protect yourself from unforeseen consequences it would be better to lea...

Page 98: ...n 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 among cloned partitio...

Page 99: ...9 Partitioning the old disk If you selected Create a new partition layout earlier in the process it is now time to repartition your old disk During this step you will see the current disk partition la...

Page 100: ...terprise Server will start cloning the old disk to the new disk indicating the progress in a special window You can stop this procedure by clicking Cancel In that case you will have to repartition and...

Page 101: ...You can do this by entering values to Unallocated space before Partition size Unallocated space after fields by dragging partition borders or the partition itself If the cursor turns to two vertical...

Page 102: ...the disk that you ve added to the server This window might be bypassed if the program detects the new disk itself In this case you will immediately proceed to the new partition creation If there are...

Page 103: ...t partitioning click Back to redo the process Finally you will be taken back to the partition layout screen Check the resulting partitions layout and start creating another partition or move on by unc...

Page 104: ...options are common for most trueimagecmd commands other are specific for individual commands Below is a list of supported commands and compatible options Command Common Options Specific Options create...

Page 105: ...artitions With the filename option lists the image contents password password index N asz net_user username net_password password filename file name explore Connects an image as a virtual drive filena...

Page 106: ...ecure Zone and selects the archive a full backup with or without increments To get the archive number use asz_content ASZ index N N Number of the backup in an archive 1 basic full backup 2 1st increme...

Page 107: ...of the current operation with the specified file name Any 15 1 3 Specific options options specific for individual trueimagecmd commands Option Description create harddisk disk number Specifies the ha...

Page 108: ...kup exclude_hidden Excludes all hidden files from the backup deploy file_partition partition letter Specifies the partition where the image file is stored by letter or number This option is used with...

Page 109: ...the preserve_mbr option the restored partition s entry will occupy the upper empty position in the target disk MBR Thus the target disk MBR is preserved If not specified the restored partition s entr...

Page 110: ...5 explore partition partition number Specifies a list of partitions to be mounted as virtual drives Without this option all partitions stored in the image will be mounted To obtain the partition numb...

Page 111: ...le_partition 3 1 This will create an image named 1 tib of the partitions 2 1 and 1 3 The image will be saved in the folder Test on partition 3 1 trueimagecmd create filename C Test 1 tib password qwer...

Page 112: ...ackups Myproject tib original_date This will restore all files from E Backups Myproject tib to the original folder and assign the files the original date and time Since the overwrite option is not spe...

Page 113: ...onis TrueImageEnterprise This utility is also used to monitor backup progress TrueImageTerminal execution parameters TrueImageTerminal exe arguments Arguments include the following help outputs help i...

Page 114: ...ngs If equal to true or 1 and there is already a file with the name specified an incremental image will be created Otherwise the program will create a complete image file The default value for this pa...

Page 115: ...000 2007 115 xml version 1 0 encoding utf 8 backup source letter c source letter f target cdrw taperecorder tape0 target cdrw taperecorder tape1 options compression high incremental true description t...

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