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Installation and operation

Chapter 2.

Installation and operation

2.1

System requirements

Acronis True Image Server for Linux requires the following hard-/software:

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Pentium or compatible PC

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256 MB RAM

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CD-RW drive for rescue CD creating

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Mouse (recommended)

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Linux 2.4.18 or later kernel (including 2.6.x kernels).

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SuSE 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, RedHat 9.0, Advanced Server 2.1, Advanced
Server 3.0, Advanced Server 4.0, Fedora Core 1, Fedora Core 2, Fedora Core 3, Fedora

Core 4, Enterprise Server 3.0, Mandrake 8.0, 9.2, 10.0, 10.1, Slackware 10, Debian

stable and unstable (sarge), ASPLinux 9.2, ASPLinux 10, ASPLinux 11, ASPLinux Server

II, ASPLinux Server IV, Virtuozzo 2.6.x, Gentoo, UnitedLinux 1.0, Ubuntu 4.10,

TurboLinux 8.0, TurboLinux 10.0 and some others Linux distributions are supported.

To obtain the up-to-date information about distributions, supported by your copy of Acronis

True Image Server for Linux, see readme.txt file supplied with the program.

2.2

Installing Acronis True Image Server for Linux

To install Acronis True Image Server for Linux:

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Assign to the setup file the attribute

Executable

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Run the setup process

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Follow setup program instructions.

If the setup could not compile the necessary module for your Linux distribution, please refer

to the file HOWTO.INSTALL:

/usr/lib/Acronis/TrueImageServer/HOWTO.INSTALL

You can choose to install, besides Acronis True Image Server for Linux,

Rescue Media

Builder

tool.

With Rescue Media Builder you can create bootable rescue disks or their ISO images (see

details in

Chapter 10 Creating bootable media). You might not need this tool if you

purchased a boxed product that contains a bootable CD. Installing the Rescue Media Builder

will allow you to create bootable media or its ISO image at any time running Rescue Media

Builder on its own.

Содержание TRUE IMAGE 9.1 - FOR LINUX

Страница 1: ...User s Guide Acronis True Image 9 1 Server for Linux...

Страница 2: ...y 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 form for commercial p...

Страница 3: ...verse engineer the software in any way E Granting sublicenses leases or other rights in the software to others F Making copies or verbal or media translations of the users guide G Making telecommunica...

Страница 4: ...RCHIVES UNDER X WINDOW SYSTEM 21 5 1 BACKING UP FILES AND FOLDERS FILE BACKUP 21 5 2 BACKING UP DISKS AND PARTITIONS IMAGE BACKUP 25 5 3 SETTING BACKUP OPTIONS 29 5 3 1 Archive protection 29 5 3 2 Sou...

Страница 5: ...ATIONS IN THE CONSOLE MODE TRUEIMAGECMD 64 11 1 1 Supported commands 64 11 1 2 Common options options common for most trueimagecmd commands 65 11 1 3 Specific options options specific for individual t...

Страница 6: ...7 13 3 11 Cloning script 84 13 4 CLONING WITH MANUAL PARTITIONING 85 13 4 1 Old and new disk partition layouts 85 CHAPTER 14 ADDING A NEW HARD DISK 86 14 1 SELECTING A HARD DISK 86 14 2 CREATING A NEW...

Страница 7: ...users through backup and recovery tasks ensuring the product can be implemented with minimal user training Automates Backup With the scheduling capability in Acronis True Image Server for Linux you si...

Страница 8: ...image onto multiple servers For example a company purchased several servers and needs similar environments on each of them Traditionally an IT manager should install the operating system and programs...

Страница 9: ...exact same base disk drive configuration and software The ability to migrate data from one drive to another NEW IN Acronis True Image 9 1 Server for Linux File based backups with exclude files feature...

Страница 10: ...To obtain the up to date information about distributions supported by your copy of Acronis True Image Server for Linux see readme txt file supplied with the program 2 2 Installing Acronis True Image...

Страница 11: ...Server for Linux from the system tools menu To work in the console mode use trueimagecmd and trueimagemnt tools described in Chapter 11 See also man trueimagecmd or man trueimagemnt 2 4 Removing the p...

Страница 12: ...t record and file system super block 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 Server for Lin...

Страница 13: ...to meet any real life demands An incremental or differential backup created after a disk is defragmented might be considerably larger than usual This is because the defragmentation program changes fi...

Страница 14: ...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 the...

Страница 15: ...n creating images of such partitions when a software array is mounted as it won t be possible to restore them Parameters of software disk arrays are not stored in images so they can only be restored t...

Страница 16: ...lso shown in the list with None in the Type column If you select to back up such partitions the program will image it sector by sector Normally it is not needed To back up all available disks specify...

Страница 17: ...n the tape proceed in the same way as with other devices with the following exceptions 1 A full backup can be stored on an empty tape only If you use tape that already contains data its contents will...

Страница 18: ...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 item from the Operations or Tools menu The...

Страница 19: ...menu contains the following items Manage Acronis Secure Zone used to create delete and resize a special partition for storing archives Acronis Secure Zone Activate Acronis Startup Recovery Manager ac...

Страница 20: ...e or click Arrange Icons by and select the sorting parameter To select columns to display right click on column headers or click Choose details and check the columns that will be displayed Click Prope...

Страница 21: ...ilure Moreover the imaging procedure is much faster than copying files and may significantly speed the backup process when it comes to backing up large volumes of data see details in 3 1 The differenc...

Страница 22: ...s will take effect for the current task How to set the default filters that will be called each time you create a file backup task see in 5 3 Setting backup options 7 Click Next 8 Select the name and...

Страница 23: ...age Server for Linux Rescue CD Network Browser otherwise you cannot restore images stored on this node An FTP server must allow passive mode for file transfers To enable data recovery directly from FT...

Страница 24: ...es The backup file size and creation date are automatically appended to the description so you do not need to enter this information 15 Click Next 16 At the final step the backup task summary is displ...

Страница 25: ...n 18 You may want to see the log when the task is completed To view the log click the Show Operation Logs button on the toolbar 5 2 Backing up disks and partitions image backup 1 Invoke the Create Bac...

Страница 26: ...up see 3 2 Full incremental and differential backups select the latest full or incremental backup you have In fact if all incremental backup files are stored together it doesn t matter which one you s...

Страница 27: ...Acronis Secure Zone for storing backups In that case you need not provide the file name 7 Click Next 8 Select whether you want to create a full incremental or differential backup If you have not backe...

Страница 28: ...s in the created task Clicking Proceed will launch the task execution 15 The task will appear on the Active tasks pane of the main window The task progress will be shown in the special window You can...

Страница 29: ...t or set the temporary backup options while creating a backup task as well 5 3 1 5 3 2 Archive protection The default setting no password An archive can be protected with a password To protect the arc...

Страница 30: ...er prove to be troublesome to backup partially due to open files and indexes and partially due to rapid data changes Therefore many system administrators prefer to suspend the database at the backup c...

Страница 31: ...the backup process speed This depends on overall system configuration and physical characteristics of devices 1 Backup process priority The default setting Low The priority of any process running in a...

Страница 32: ...isabling this feature will make the program compare the entire file contents to that stored in the archive This option relates only to disk partition image backup Archive splitting Sizeable backups ca...

Страница 33: ...lick Restore is a minimal addition to your rescue media allowing one click data recovery from an image archive stored on this media This means that at boot from the media and clicking restore all data...

Страница 34: ...s warning check the middle box 3 Ask for first media while creating backup archives on removable media The default setting enabled You can choose whether to display the Insert First Media prompt when...

Страница 35: ...puter address was not identified automatically for some reason To enable connection specify network settings manually in the window available at Tools Options Network adapters 6 2 Restoring files and...

Страница 36: ...s protected with a password Acronis True Image Server for Linux will ask for it The comment and the Next button will be unavailable until you enter the correct password 4 Click Next 5 If you are to re...

Страница 37: ...0 Click Next 11 Select the options for restoration process that is pre post restoration commands restoration process priority etc You may Use default options or Set the options manually If the latter...

Страница 38: ...xclude all files with extension tib add tib mask My tib mask will reject all tib files with names consisting of five symbols and starting with my All of these settings will take effect for the current...

Страница 39: ...f it is older this will give the priority to the most recent file modification whether it is in the archive or on the disk Do not overwrite existing file this will give the file on the hard disk uncon...

Страница 40: ...e which applications use the partition disk close them all 6 3 1 6 3 2 Starting the Restore Data Wizard 1 Invoke the Restore Data Wizard by clicking on the restore operation icon in the main program w...

Страница 41: ...up as well 4 Click Next 6 3 3 6 3 4 Restoration type selection 1 Select what you want to restore Restore specified files or folders With this selection you will be further offered to select where to r...

Страница 42: ...ether to restore MBR and track 0 by checking the respective box Restore MBR if it is critical to your system boot 2 Click Next 6 3 5 Selecting a target disk partition 1 Select a target disk or partiti...

Страница 43: ...w or the same disk and want to load an operating system from it you will select Active If you restore a system partition to another hard disk with its own partitions and OS most probably you will need...

Страница 44: ...s borders with a mouse or by entering corresponding values into the appropriate fields Using this feature you can redistribute the disk space between partitions being restored In this case you will ha...

Страница 45: ...ptions 1 Select the options for restoration process that is pre post restoration commands restoration process priority etc You may Use default options or Set the options manually If the latter is the...

Страница 46: ...mp dev hdXY is the device corresponding to root partition chroot mnt tmp If boot is a separate partition mount it with mount dev hdXZ boot dev hdXZ is the device corresponding to boot partition Issue...

Страница 47: ...an LVM volume image over an MBR disk cannot boot because its kernel tries to mount the root at LVM volume To boot the system change the loader configuration and etc fstab so that LVM is not used Then...

Страница 48: ...the backup being restored was done Choose what to do if the program finds in the target folder a file with the same name as in the archive Overwrite existing file this will give the archived file unco...

Страница 49: ...issions or let the files inherit the security settings of the folder where they will be restored This option is effective only when restoring files from file folders archives Additional settings 1 You...

Страница 50: ...e scheduled tasks 7 1 Creating scheduled tasks 1 To invoke the Schedule Task Wizard click on its icon on the Active Tasks toolbar or select Operations Schedule Task from the main menu 2 Click Next 3 C...

Страница 51: ...s in to the OS When my computer shuts down the task will be executed before every server shutdown or reboot When I log off the task will be executed each time the current user logs off of the OS Some...

Страница 52: ...c key 7 1 1 Setting up daily execution If you select the daily execution set the Start time and days on which you want to execute the task Every day Weekdays Every days once in several days specify th...

Страница 53: ...ed task to launch at the next system startup by checking a box under the Start time fields 7 1 3 Setting up monthly execution If you select the monthly execution set the Start time and days on which t...

Страница 54: ...shown on the Active tasks pane of the main window To view the other task details right click on its name There are two ways of changing the task parameters Editing allows you to change any task param...

Страница 55: ...delete an existing zone When you click Manage Acronis Secure Zone in the menu the program searches for the zone on all local drives If a zone is found the wizard will offer to delete or resize it If...

Страница 56: ...6 Then you will see a list of operations to be performed on partitions disks If you selected to activate Acronis Startup Recovery Manager take note of the partition number that will be assigned to Ac...

Страница 57: ...and GRUB you might consider installing them to a Linux root or boot partition boot record instead of MBR before activating Acronis Startup Recovery Manager 8 1 1 Activating and deactivating Acronis St...

Страница 58: ...rd select Remove Acronis Secure Zone 2 Select the partitions to which you want to add the space freed from the secure zone If you select several partitions the space will be distributed proportionally...

Страница 59: ...chives steps 1 9 The current version of Acronis True Image Server for Linux can mount an image archive only if all its volumes reside in the same directory If your archive spans several CD R RW discs...

Страница 60: ...unt note that you cannot mount the entire disk and specify the mount point for the selected partition 8 Click Next 9 Select whether you want to mount image in Read only or Read Write mode 10 Click Nex...

Страница 61: ...commend that you unmount image 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 serv...

Страница 62: ...one bootable version If you purchased Acronis True Image Server for Linux on the Web you can create bootable media using the Rescue Media Builder For this you will need a CD R RW blank several formatt...

Страница 63: ...ootable Media Builder is impossible When using 3 5 diskettes you will be able to write on a diskette or a set of the diskettes only one component at a time for example Acronis True Image Server for Li...

Страница 64: ...commands TrueImageCmd has the following format trueimagecmd command option1 option2 Commands may be accompanied with options Some options are common for most trueimagecmd commands other are specific f...

Страница 65: ...oss_numbers log filename harddisk X partition partition number size ASZ size in sectors asz_activate asz_activate Activates Acronis Startup Recovery Manager password password asz_content Displays the...

Страница 66: ...o 3 by default Any split size in MB Split the backup into parts of the specified size Other than ASZ General options oss_numbers Declares that numbers of partitions in the partition option are adjuste...

Страница 67: ...mmand Partition numbers are specified as disk number partition number e g partition 1 1 1 2 3 1 raw Use this option to create an image of a disk partition with unrecognized or unsupported file system...

Страница 68: ...em will be set active while the restored partition becomes primary If no other primary partitions remain on the disk the restored partition is set active When restoring a partition on unallocated spac...

Страница 69: ...se partition number in the image target_partition physical number of the target partition keys For the above example to restore partition 2 5 to its original place use partition 2 2 target partition 2...

Страница 70: ...tion images are created regularly often daily To automate this operation you can use the cron service familiar to many UNIX users As an example let s consider a situation where you the system administ...

Страница 71: ...x user mode block device service The large part of functionality is handled by the snumbd kernel module SYNOPSIS trueimagemnt h help l list m mount mountpoint u umount mountpoint s stop pid o loop f f...

Страница 72: ...mpressed file Trueimagemnt supports the following command options f filename archive filename The image file name trueimagemnt transparently supports NFS and Samba network access To access a NFS netwo...

Страница 73: ...he program assumes that the image will be modified and creates an incremental archive file to capture the changes The option enables you to list the forthcoming changes in the comment to this file k k...

Страница 74: ...as a single archive 4 Click Next 5 Clicking Proceed will launch the validation procedure After the validation is complete you will see the results window You can cancel checking by clicking Cancel To...

Страница 75: ...ing SMTP server name A user name and a password might also be needed if the SMTP server requires authentication Below in this window you can choose whether you want to get notifications when the opera...

Страница 76: ...ation failed during the operation when user interaction is required 12 3 Viewing logs Acronis True Image Server for Linux allows users to view its working logs They can provide information about sched...

Страница 77: ...log The three buttons to the right control message filters the white cross in the red circle filters error messages the exclamation sign in a yellow triangle filters warnings and the i in the blue ci...

Страница 78: ...al simple actions to transfer all the data including partitions folders and files to a newer disk making it bootable if the original was bootable as well There will be only one difference between thes...

Страница 79: ...er is completed Nevertheless we don t recommend that you delete data from the old disk until you are sure it is correctly transferred to the new disk the server boots up from new disk and all applicat...

Страница 80: ...number capacity label partition and file system information 13 3 3 Selecting the destination disk After you select the source disk you have to select the destination to clone to The previously select...

Страница 81: ...nly be able to cancel this operation and return to select another disk To continue select the first choice and click Next No real changes and data destruction will be performed at this time For now th...

Страница 82: ...ecommend that you clean all information from it to avoid the data getting into unfriendly hands If you are going to keep the old disk and use it for data storage you can create a new partition layout...

Страница 83: ...l equipment The first method is less secure but is still suitable for most cases 13 3 8 Selecting partition transfer method Acronis True Image Server for Linux will offer you the following data transf...

Страница 84: ...3 9 13 3 10 Partitioning the old disk If you have selected Create a new partition layout before it s now time to re partition your old disk At this point you will see the current disk partition layou...

Страница 85: ...nallocated space are all colored differently To resize either partition check the Proceed Relayout box If you are satisfied with the partition layout shown uncheck this box if checked Clicking Next yo...

Страница 86: ...cloning and disk addition operations are not available for mounted disks In such cases you will need to run Acronis True Image Server for Linux from a rescue CD 14 1 Selecting a hard disk Select the d...

Страница 87: ...in unallocated space box and click Next 14 3 Disk adding script In the next window you will see the disk add script containing a list of briefly described operations to be performed on disks Add New...

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