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All fixed volumes
Type or select:
[Fixed Volumes]
Refers to all volumes other than removable
media. Fixed volumes include volumes on
SCSI, ATAPI, ATA, SSA, SAS and SATA
devices, and on RAID arrays.
Linux volumes
First partition on the
first IDE hard disk of
a Linux machine
Type or select:
/dev/hda1
hda1 is the standard device name for the
first partition of the first IDE hard disk
drive. For more details, see "Note on Linux
machines" below.
First partition on the
first SCSI hard disk of
a Linux machine
Type or select:
/dev/sda1
sda1 is the standard device name for the
first partition of the first SCSI hard disk
drive. For more details, see "Note on Linux
machines" below.
First partition on the
first software RAID
hard disk of a Linux
machine
Type or select:
/dev/md1
md1 is the standard device name for the
first partition of the first software RAID
drive. For more details, see "Note on Linux
machines" below.
The names of templates are case-sensitive.
Note:
When backing up virtual machines by using Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Agent for ESX/ESXi,
[All
Volumes]
is the only template that can be used.
What does a disk or volume backup store?
For supported file systems, a disk or volume backup stores only those sectors that contain data. This
reduces the resulting backup size and speeds up the backup and recovery operations.
Windows
The swap file (pagefile.sys) and the file that keeps the RAM content when the machine goes into
hibernation (hiberfil.sys) are not backed up. After recovery, the files will be re-created in the
appropriate place with the zero size.
A volume backup stores all other files and folders of the selected volume independent of their
attributes (including hidden and system files), the boot record, the file allocation table (FAT) if it
exists, the root and the zero track of the hard disk with the master boot record (MBR). The boot
code of GPT volumes is not backed up.
A disk backup stores all volumes of the selected disk (including hidden volumes such as the
vendor's maintenance partitions) and the zero track with the master boot record.
Linux
A volume backup stores all files and folders of the selected volume independent of their
attributes, a boot record and the file system super block.
A disk backup stores all disk volumes as well as the zero track with the master boot record.
Volumes with unsupported file systems will be backed up sector-by-sector.
Note on Windows machines
Windows operating systems prior to Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 keep system files and
the loader on the same volume, unless a different volume has been specified during the system
installation. If Windows files and the loader are on the same volume, selecting either
[SYSTEM]
or
[BOOT]
is enough to back up the entire operating system. Otherwise select both
[SYSTEM]
and
[BOOT]
.