Acronis True Image Server User’s Guide
General program information
3.5. Using dynamic disks and volumes
Acronis True Image Server works with dynamic disk images as easy as with basic
disk images under Windows. However, as dynamic disks are organized differently
than basic, physical disk drives, there are several issues that will impact how you
store an image.
You can not create an image of the entire dynamic disk, but only of one or more
dynamic volumes. This is because a dynamic volume is located on several dynamic
disks, so a partial backup would not create a usable image.
The current version of the software is not capable of changing the size and file
system of an image being restored to a dynamic volume. However, this is possible
when you restore a dynamic volume to a basic disk partition.
When you create a dynamic volume image, its type information (simple, mirror, and
the like) is lost, so the restoration is performed independently. In each case, the
program stores and restores volume contents only.
If a basic disk image is restored to a dynamic disk, it will destroy the dynamic disk’s
contents. As a result, you will end up with a basic disk.
You can also create and restore an image of a system partition stored on a dynamic
disk.
In standalone mode, Acronis True Image Server can not access dynamic disks. To be able to
restore a system partition, you must keep its image on a base, network, or removable disk. Do
not store the image on a tape drive.
3.6. Backing up to tape drive
The current version of Acronis True Image Server supports SCSI tape drives. It can
store images on and restore them from tape, store large images to multiple tapes,
and append incremental images on to a tape with the existing images.
If you have a SCSI tape drive connected to your PC, the list of devices available for
image storage and restoration will be extended with a name corresponding to the
drive type.
Images are created on and restored from tapes in the same way as from other
devices, with the following exceptions.
1.
If you are to use data tapes previously used by other programs, their contents
will be cleared
2.
A new, full image can be stored on an empty tape only. If you use tapes that
already contain data, their contents will be cleared and overwritten
3.
Incremental images can be appended to the tape containing the previous image,
either full, or incremental