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3.10 Viewing disk and partition information............................................................................. 27
Chapter 4. Using Acronis True Image Management Console................................29
4.1 General information......................................................................................................... 29
4.2 Installing/updating Acronis components on a remote machine ............................................ 29
4.3 Managing a single remote computer ................................................................................. 30
4.3.1 Connecting to a remote computer .............................................................................. 30
4.3.2 Backup and recovery tasks ........................................................................................ 31
4.4 Managing groups of computers ........................................................................................ 32
4.4.1 Group server management ........................................................................................ 32
4.4.2 Creating new group backup tasks............................................................................... 34
4.4.3 Group tasks management.......................................................................................... 36
4.5 Managing backup server .................................................................................................. 36
4.5.1 Default settings ........................................................................................................ 37
4.5.2 Set up Administrator profiles...................................................................................... 38
4.5.3 Adding Users and Administrators to Acronis Backup Server database............................. 39
4.5.4 Changing User profiles .............................................................................................. 40
4.5.5 Configuring Backup Locations .................................................................................... 41
4.5.6 Managing Archives.................................................................................................... 42
Chapter 5. Using Acronis True Image Enterprise Server (local version) ..............43
5.1 Main program window ..................................................................................................... 43
5.2 Managing a local computer .............................................................................................. 45
Chapter 6. Creating backup archives ....................................................................47
6.1 Backing up files and folders (file backup) .......................................................................... 47
6.2 Backing up disks and partitions (image 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 performance ................................................................................................. 55
6.3.7 Fast incremental/differential backup ........................................................................... 56
6.3.8 Archive splitting........................................................................................................ 56
6.3.9 File-level security settings.......................................................................................... 57
6.3.10 Media components.................................................................................................. 57
6.3.11 Additional settings................................................................................................... 58
Chapter 7. Restoring the backup data ..................................................................59
7.1 Restore under Windows or boot from CD?......................................................................... 59
7.1.1 Network settings in rescue mode ............................................................................... 59
7.2 Restoring files and folders from file archives...................................................................... 60
7.3 Restoring disks/partitions or files from images ................................................................... 63
7.3.1 Starting the Restore Data Wizard ............................................................................... 63
7.3.2 Archive selection....................................................................................................... 63
7.3.3 Restoration type selection ......................................................................................... 64
7.3.4 Selecting a disk/partition to restore ............................................................................ 65
7.3.5 Selecting a target disk/partition.................................................................................. 65
7.3.6 Changing the restored partition type .......................................................................... 66
7.3.7 Changing the restored partition file system ................................................................. 67
7.3.8 Changing the restored partition size and location......................................................... 67
7.3.9 Assigning a letter to the restored partition .................................................................. 68
7.3.10 Restoring several disks or partitions at once.............................................................. 68
7.3.11 Using Acronis Universal Restore ............................................................................... 68
7.3.12 Setting restore options ............................................................................................ 69
7.3.13 Restoration summary and executing restoration ........................................................ 69
