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User's Guide

Acronis

True Image 9.1

Workstation

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Page 1: ...User s Guide Acronis True Image 9 1 Workstation Compute with confidence www acronis com...

Page 2: ...ion of substantively modified versions of this document is prohibited without the explicit permission of the copyright holder Distribution of this work or derivative work in any standard paper book fo...

Page 3: ...es 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 of the software Acronis has the righ...

Page 4: ...CE BETWEEN FILE ARCHIVES AND DISK PARTITION IMAGES 15 3 2 FULL INCREMENTAL AND DIFFERENTIAL BACKUPS 15 3 3 ACRONIS SECURE ZONE 16 3 4 ACRONIS STARTUP RECOVERY MANAGER 17 3 4 1 How it works 17 3 4 2 Ho...

Page 5: ...M FILE ARCHIVES 55 7 3 RESTORING DISKS PARTITIONS OR FILES FROM IMAGES 59 7 3 1 Starting the Restore Data Wizard 59 7 3 2 Archive selection 59 7 3 3 Restoration type selection 60 7 3 4 Selecting a dis...

Page 6: ...source disk 89 13 3 3 Selecting destination disk 90 13 3 4 Partitioned destination disk 91 13 3 5 Old and new disk partition layout 91 13 3 6 Old disk data 91 13 3 7 Destroying the old disk data 92 1...

Page 7: ...res from remote locations are supported with a remote bootable agent Automates Backup With the scheduling capability in Acronis True Image Workstation you simply create backup tasks tailored by group...

Page 8: ...station includes the following components 1 Acronis True Image Management Console a tool for managing data backup restore in a local network from a single location Facilities include remote program co...

Page 9: ...to remove some temporary files from the disk before starting backup or configure a third party antivirus product to be started each time before the backup starts User editable default backup options...

Page 10: ...anced Server 2003 Server Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Acronis True Image Agent for Windows Acronis True Image Workstation Windows 98 Me Windows NT 4 0 Workstation SP6 2000 Professional SP4 XP P...

Page 11: ...t allow passive mode for file transfers Data recovery directly from FTP server requires the archive to consist of files no more than 2 Gb in size requires third party DVD recording software to be inst...

Page 12: ...pressed Custom you can choose to install besides the main component Rescue Media Builder and Bart PE plug in for Acronis True Image Workstation or Acronis Secure Zone manager for Acronis True Image Ag...

Page 13: ...xe utility When installing Acronis True Image Workstation components on a local computer you can save setup files for each Acronis True Image Workstation component separately on a local or network dri...

Page 14: ...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 to learn more about this procedur...

Page 15: ...tion table and root 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 Image Workstation archives have a tib...

Page 16: ...entation 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 applications cannot acc...

Page 17: ...p 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 will have to reactivate them after activating th...

Page 18: ...ental backups includes one initial full backup For example if this parameter is set to 5 Acronis Backup Server will create one full backup then four incremental backups then again a full backup and so...

Page 19: ...file The resulting file will preserve all data changes contained in both files and have the latest backup date Thus the archive integrity will not be affected in spite of the fact that one backup will...

Page 20: ...se partitions missing in the image will be lost If failure occurs boot the local computer from the bootable media or RIS server or using F11 Start the recovery procedure see 7 3 Restoring disks partit...

Page 21: ...ced drivers driver repository and the Windows default driver storage folders in the image being restored The program will find the most suitable drivers of all available and install them into the rest...

Page 22: ...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 than the first pa...

Page 23: ...ppending changes to the previously created archive 3 You do not have to provide filenames for backups You might experience short pauses that are required to rewind the tape Low quality or old tape as...

Page 24: ...omputer runs Windows XP the option Control panel Folder options View Use simple file sharing must be disabled on that computer If the remote computer runs Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or Windows 200...

Page 25: ...machine depending on your choice on the previous step To update repair modify or remove an Acronis component on a remote computer start the same procedure and select the desired action in appearing wi...

Page 26: ...Management via Acronis Backup Server If a remote PC is running Windows 98 Me and the PC user has not logged in the network then tasks requiring network access cannot be selected for this PC For examp...

Page 27: ...s or Event tracing and make settings See details in 11 2 Operation results notification and 11 4 Event tracing Browse logs of Acronis True Image Agent operation Click Show log See details in 11 3 View...

Page 28: ...omputer 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 To see details of the computer in...

Page 29: ...e 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 or All hard disks This se...

Page 30: ...in turn with 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 username and password It is su...

Page 31: ...tems 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 server be sure to read section 3...

Page 32: ...le users computers associated with old default backup location will continue back up to the old place Thus a new backup location is created The default quotas time limits are preset to Unlimited excep...

Page 33: ...e limits for computers and users will be executed Please take note of the fact that checking limitations has no sense if you have not changed at least one of the preset Unlimited values for quotas tim...

Page 34: ...e as the computer archives occupy because the archives will first be copied to the new location and then deleted from the old place If you select a computer and click Clear all archives of this comput...

Page 35: ...ing User profiles You might need to change a user profile already set To do so select the user and click Edit The Edit User Profile Wizard will guide you through the same selections as the Add User Pr...

Page 36: ...Then select the new location for the archives As moving files may take a lot of time and system resources it is recommended that you schedule this operation for the time when the backup server comput...

Page 37: ...ter group 3 Consolidate any backup except for the oldest one in the archive with the preceding backup file The resulting file will preserve all data changes contained in both files and have the latest...

Page 38: ...n installation Therefore to be able to create bootable media RIS package from Acronis True Image Management Console you must have Acronis True Image Workstation or another Acronis product including Re...

Page 39: ...ent 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 the main area or by selecting the same ite...

Page 40: ...d set its options directly from Acronis True Image Workstation Create Bootable Rescue Media runs the bootable media creation procedure Show Log opens the Log Viewer window Options opens a window for e...

Page 41: ...n 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 Event tracing Browse logs of Acroni...

Page 42: ...escue media its ISO or RIS package See Chapter 10 Creating bootable media Some of the above operations can be executed in command line as well For more information on Acronis True Image Workstation co...

Page 43: ...gnificantly 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 images 6 1 Backing up files and folder...

Page 44: ...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 existing archive it will be overwrit...

Page 45: ...UDF recording software installed for burning images on DVD disks Examples of this software are Roxio DirectCD or Ahead InCD An FTP server must allow passive mode for file transfers To enable data reco...

Page 46: ...rmation 15 Click Next 16 At the final step the backup task summary is displayed Up to this point you can click Back to make changes in the created task Clicking Proceed will launch the task execution...

Page 47: ...the Show Operation Logs button on the toolbar If you burn an archive to several removable media be sure to number them since you will have to insert them in order during the restoration 6 2 Backing u...

Page 48: ...he program will create a new differential archive file The farther you store the archive from the original partition the safer it will be in case of data damage For example saving the archive to anoth...

Page 49: ...e task progress will be shown in the special window You can stop the procedure by clicking Cancel You can also close the progress window by clicking Hide The backup creation will continue but you will...

Page 50: ...ecific types For example you may want hidden and system files and folders as well as files with tmp and bak extensions not to be stored in the archive You can also apply custom filters using the commo...

Page 51: ...a more or less noticeable effect on the backup process speed This depends on overall system configuration and physical characteristics of devices 1 Backup process priority The default setting Low The...

Page 52: ...ning to removable media or saving on ftp server data recovery directly from ftp server requires the archive to be split into files no more than 2 Gb in size The default setting Automatic With this set...

Page 53: ...ngs during restoration even if they are 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 defau...

Page 54: ...ed To check data from an incremental backup you must have all previous incremental backup files and the initial full backup If any of successive backups is missing validation is impossible To check da...

Page 55: ...ay Windows identifies drives For example the D drive identified in the standalone Acronis True Image Workstation might correspond to the E drive in Windows 7 1 1 Network settings in rescue mode When b...

Page 56: ...u added a comment to the archive it will be displayed to the right of the drives tree If the archive was protected with a password Acronis True Image Workstation will ask for it The comment and the Ne...

Page 57: ...desired folders or files 10 Click Next 11 Select the options for restoration process that is pre post restoration commands restoration process priority file level security settings etc You may Use def...

Page 58: ...e same name as in the archive Overwrite existing file this will give the archived file unconditional priority over the file on the hard disk Overwrite existing file if it is older this will give the p...

Page 59: ...ted on removable media e g CD first insert the last CD and then follow instructions of the Restore Data Wizard Data recovery directly from ftp server requires the archive to be split into files no mor...

Page 60: ...13 Restoration summary and executing resto a ion r t Restore disks or partitions Having selected a usual way of disks partitions recovery you will have to make all settings described below Using Snap...

Page 61: ...titions images contain a copy of track 0 along with 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...

Page 62: ...ns FAT 16 FAT 32 Ext2 Ext3 For partitions with other native file systems this option is not available Let us imagine you are to restore a partition from an old low capacity FAT16 disk to a newer disk...

Page 63: ...T and NTFS 2 Click Next 7 3 10 Restoring several partitions at once 1 During a single session you can restore several partitions or disks one by one by selecting one disk and setting its parameters fi...

Page 64: ...is not available when restoring dynamic disks and volumes 1 Using Acronis Universal Restore will help you create a bootable system clone on a different hardware for more information see 3 7 Acronis U...

Page 65: ...ng the system to a virtual machine that uses SCSI hard drive controller be sure to specify SCSI drivers for virtual environment in the Forcedly Installed Drivers window Use drivers bundled with your v...

Page 66: ...a restore task as well 7 4 1 Files to restore exclusion The default setting Restore all files You can set the default filters for not to restore files of specific types Use the common Windows masking...

Page 67: ...ir security settings If the files security settings were preserved during backup see 6 3 8 File level secu ity settings you can choose whether to restore files security settings or let the files inher...

Page 68: ...Verification of the file system is available only when restoring disk partitions under Windows NT SP6 2000 XP and for FAT16 32 and NTFS file systems 68 Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006...

Page 69: ...he usual way see Chapter 6 Creating backup archives If you choose to create the backup archive on a network drive you will have to enter a user name and a password for network access 4 Set the task ex...

Page 70: ...available In the upper field enter a user name Enter a password twice in two fields below 9 At the final step the task configuration is displayed Up to this point you can click Back to make changes i...

Page 71: ...on If you select the weekly execution set the Start time specify the task execution periodicity in the Every x weeks box every week every two weeks etc and check days on which to execute the task If t...

Page 72: ...r 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 to launch at the next system sta...

Page 73: ...is 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 Edit the Selected Task on the Acti...

Page 74: ...p size Multiply this by about 1 5 to be able to create incremental or differential archives 2 If there are several disks installed select one on which to create Acronis Secure Zone 3 Select the partit...

Page 75: ...stop the procedure by clicking Cancel However the procedure will be canceled only after the current operation is finished Zone resizing can take several minutes or longer Please wait until the whole...

Page 76: ...r more Please wait until the whole procedure is finished Acronis Secure Zone deletion will automatically disable Acronis Startup Recovery Manager if it is activated and destroy all backups stored in t...

Page 77: ...networked computer will be able to boot any program from the RIS package If you have other Acronis products such as Acronis Disk Director Suite installed on your computer you can include standalone ve...

Page 78: ...s of other Acronis products see the respective user guides 3 Select the type of bootable media CD R RW or 3 5 diskettes to create If your BIOS has this feature you can create other bootable media such...

Page 79: ...re to place it If you chose to save bootable data on a RIS server specify the server and provide the user name and password to access it 5 Next the program will calculate how many blank disks are requ...

Page 80: ...s you must have all incremental backup files and the initial full backup If any of successive backups is missing in the archive the validation is impossible To check data from a differential backup yo...

Page 81: ...this window you can choose whether you want to get notifications when the operation is completed successfully check Add full log to the notification to add the full operation log to the message when t...

Page 82: ...you can browse the list using the More and Less buttons with the left 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...

Page 83: ...ges Acronis True Image Workstation provides the following SNMP objects to SNMP management applications 1 3 6 1 4 1 24769 100 200 1 0 string identifying a type of occurred event Information Warning Err...

Page 84: ...turn off System Restore on the system disk partition 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 yo...

Page 85: ...Management Console is impossible Please keep in mind that though both file archives and disk partition images have a default tib extension only partition images can be mounted If you want to view file...

Page 86: ...te time of its creation Thus you can explore the partition state to a certain moment To mount an incremental image you must have all previous incremental images and the initial full image If any of su...

Page 87: ...program will run Windows Explorer showing its contents Now you can operate with files or folders as if they were located on a real disk You can connect multiple partition images If you want to connect...

Page 88: ...er 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 these disks partitions on the newe...

Page 89: ...ation 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 We recommend using automatic mode...

Page 90: ...electing destination disk After you select the source disk you have to select the destination where the disk information will be copied The previously selected source becomes grayed out and disabled f...

Page 91: ...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 the automatic mode before the program...

Page 92: ...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 leave the old disk data intact as you...

Page 93: ...mage Workstation will offer you the following data transfer methods As is Proportional the new disk space will be proportionally distributed among cloned partitions Manual you will specify the new siz...

Page 94: ...lected 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 layout Initially the disk has unallocat...

Page 95: ...ld disk to the new disk indicating the progress in the special window You can stop this procedure by clicking Cancel In that case you will have to repartition and format the new disk or repeat the clo...

Page 96: ...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 lines with left and right arrows it...

Page 97: ...rkstation 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 any partitions on the new disk t...

Page 98: ...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 unchecking Create new partition in un...

Page 99: ...nied by additional options 1 create Creates an image file with the specified file name A complete image is created by default Use the incremental option to create an incremental image Options progress...

Page 100: ...0 to 9 and is set to 3 by default incremental Sets the image type to incremental If there is no a basic image file to append an incremental one a complete image will be created split size in MB Splits...

Page 101: ...rst hard disk and logic partitions on other disks target_partition partition number Specifies the target partition number for restoring a partition over the existing one If the option is not specified...

Page 102: ...on is used with partition option only net_user username Specifies a user name when exploring an image from a network drive net_password password Specifies a user password when exploring an image from...

Page 103: ...ile name Creates a log file of the current operation with the specified file name 8 asz_delete Deletes the Acronis Secure Zone from your hard disk Options partition partitions list Specifies partition...

Page 104: ...saved to c Test folder protected with password qwerty split into parts of 640 MB and contain all cluster data Image compression level is 5 The workstation will be rebooted after the operation is compl...

Page 105: ...on parameters Scripts are executed by the TrueImageTerminal exe utility located in the Acronis True Image Workstation installation folder i e C Program Files Acronis TrueImageWorkstation This utility...

Page 106: ...e file If equal to false or 0 a complete image file will be created If there is already a file with the name specified it will be replaced without warnings If equal to true or 1 and there is already a...

Page 107: ...backup The script for backing up to tape tapeN specifies the tapes numbers xml version 1 0 encoding utf 8 backup source letter c source letter f target cdrw taperecorder tape0 target cdrw taperecorde...

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