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5. Select whether you want to mount image in
Read-only
or
Read/Write
mode.
6. If you select
Read/Write
mode, the program assumes that the connected image will
be modified, and creates an incremental archive file to capture the changes. It is strongly
recommended that you list the forthcoming changes in the comment to this file.
7. The program displays a summary containing a single operation. Click
Proceed
to
connect the selected partition image as a virtual disk.
8. After the image is connected, the program will run Windows Explorer, showing its
contents. Now you can operate with files or folders as if they were located on a physical
disk.
You can connect multiple partition images. If you want to connect another partition
image, repeat the procedure.
11.2.3 Unmounting an image
We recommend that you unmount 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 computer is turned off.
To disconnect the virtual disk, click
Unmount Image
and select the disk to unmount.
You can also unmount the disk in Windows Explorer by right-clicking on its icon and
selecting
Unmount
.
11.3 Consolidating backups
The file name-based consolidation allows deleting the backups that you do not need any
more from any archive while keeping the archive consistency. The operation is somewhat
similar to consolidating backups on the Acronis Backup Server. In either case, you can
delete from an archive, if need be, the base full backup. The program will create another
full backup in place of the oldest remaining backup. The difference is as follows:
1. On the backup server, backups are deleted permanently. File name-based consolidation
creates a consistent copy of the archive that does not contain deleted backups, but the
source archive stays as is unless you delete it. This requires more disk space but ensures
security of the archive in case the consolidation fails because of power failure or lack of
disk space.
2. On the backup server, you only can consolidate two backups in one. File name-based
consolidation keeps whichever backups you choose and deletes any backups that are not
selected.
Consolidation can be performed both using the Acronis True Image Management Console
connected to Acronis True Image Agent and with Acronis True Image Echo Workstation
local version. The bootable program version also supports consolidation.
To consolidate backups in the archive:
1. Do one of the following:
Connect the console to the computer where Acronis True Image Agent is installed, select
Backup and Recovery tasks
and click
Consolidate Archive
.
In Acronis True Image Echo Workstation local version, start the
Backup Consolidation
Wizard
by selecting
Tools -> Consolidate archive
in the main program menu.
2. Select the archive from the drives tree. The file name based consolidation does not
support Acronis Backup Server and Acronis Secure Zone, so these are not displayed in the