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1.7.2
Why would I want to use Initial Seeding?
This service helps you save time and network traffic during the initial full backup. It is useful when
backing up very large volumes of data or entire machines to the online storage.
1.7.3
Is Initial Seeding a paid service?
Yes, you need to buy one Initial Seeding license per machine.
1.7.4
What types of hard drive can I use for Initial Seeding?
Acronis accepts hard disk drives of the following interface types: IDE, ATA, SATA, USB connected
drives. SCSI drives are not accepted.
You can back up directly to the device or back up to a local or network folder and then copy the
backup to the device. Make sure that the device has only one volume and that the file system on that
volume is NTFS or FAT32.
1.7.5
Can I send more than one backup under a single Initial
Seeding license?
Yes, if the backups are taken on the same machine and sent on the same disk.
For example, you may want to upload a volume backup and a number of file backups. Do as many
"initial seeding" backups as you wish and then send them to Acronis on the same disk. The Initial
Seeding license gets used when uploading to the online storage starts. You will receive an e-mail
notification informing you about this. Afterwards, creating a new "initial seeding" backup on the
same machine will require a new Initial Seeding license.
1.7.6
Can I send backups taken from a number of machines on a
single hard drive?
Yes. However, the number of required licenses is still one per machine.
1.7.7
How to buy an Initial Seeding license?
You can buy an Initial Seeding license from an Acronis partner or in Acronis online store. Follow the
link www.acronis.com/my/backup-recovery-online/#buy
http://www.acronis.com/my/backup-recovery-online/#buy to locate a partner or to buy online.
Having purchased a license from an Acronis partner, you receive a confirmation e-mail with a
registration code. Click
Enter new registration code
on the same web page and register the license.
The license becomes available on the
Initial Seeding / Recovery
tab.
A license purchased in Acronis online store becomes available immediately after the payment is
processed.
1.7.8
How to perform initial seeding?
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Decide on the media (p. 8) that you will send.
