ACRONIS Backup & Recovery Online Stand-alone, User Manual

Page 1: ...User s Guide Acronis Backup Recovery Online Stand alone...

Page 2: ...1 6 7 How to buy an Initial Seeding license 7 1 6 8 How to perform initial seeding 8 1 6 9 How to package a hard drive for shipment 8 1 6 10 How do I track an Initial Seeding order status 10 1 7 Larg...

Page 3: ...up using Initial Seeding 21 6 2 1 Preparation for initial seeding 21 6 2 2 Creating the full backup 22 6 2 3 Sending the full backup 22 6 2 4 Creating subsequent backups 22 7 Accessing backups stored...

Page 4: ...Acronis Online Backup Storage To use this service you need to buy a subscription that determines the amount of storage space reserved for your backups storage quota and how long the online service wil...

Page 5: ...later postponed start You can select either the full or incremental backup method On the first task run a full backup is created If you run the backup task again the selected backup method will be ap...

Page 6: ...d the task makes the online storage delete them Since the deletion is performed on the online storage side it does not take your machine s CPU resource The cleanup task runs after every online backup...

Page 7: ...NTFS or FAT32 1 6 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...

Page 8: ...at machine and perform the same steps 6 Package p 8 the media along with a prepaid return shipping label and send it to Acronis by physical mail The address is available on your account management Web...

Page 9: ...tect the drive from electrostatic discharge If you do not have an anti static bag simply wrap the hard drive into aluminum foil Step 3 Use a sturdy box that is at least twice the size of the drive Pac...

Page 10: ...ay after the data center receives it 2 Shipping label for returning your hard drive Put this label in the box When returning your hard drive we will reuse the same packaging unless it is damaged If yo...

Page 11: ...on you cannot cancel the order Creating a new initial seeding backup on the same machine will require a new Initial Seeding license The data upload has started The process of uploading data to Acroni...

Page 12: ...t machine Yes You can recover the data an unlimited number of times on any machine you wish Acronis Universal Restore is included to help you recover an operating system to dissimilar hardware 1 7 6 C...

Page 13: ...correct address for the order Occasional Address has been updated This status is set after you have updated the delivery address on Acronis web site 1 7 9 How to perform large scale recovery The recov...

Page 14: ...nline storage for five days following the expiration date You will be able to recover data from the online storage for 30 days following the expiration date 1 8 5 How do I renew a subscription Buy ano...

Page 15: ...you can reassign p 19 it to a different machine in Acronis Backup Recovery 10 GUI 1 8 8 Can I cancel my subscription Just wait until the subscription expires Refunds are not available for the online b...

Page 16: ...achines on a server which is not a virtualization server The inverse usage is not possible You cannot back up a server using a workstation subscription If you try to back up ESX i or Hyper V virtual m...

Page 17: ...oundation editions x86 x64 Windows Server 2008 R2 the Standard Enterprise Small Business Server Datacenter Foundation editions Windows MultiPoint Server 2010 Workstation operating systems Windows 2000...

Page 18: ...the Customer Experience Program CEP 10 Proceed with the installation 11 After the installation click Close to exit the setup program Creating a bootable media By using bootable media you can recover a...

Page 19: ...that you want to activate for the machine 5 Click Activate now 5 2 Reassigning an activated subscription Sometimes you may want to use an already activated subscription instead of an available subscri...

Page 20: ...m a subscription only by the machine to which the subscription is assigned In our example you have the following options Before reassigning Delete backups from Subscription 1 using Machine 1 if it is...

Page 21: ...back up in Archive click Change 5 In the list of locations click Online backup storage 6 Click Log in and specify the credentials to log in to the online storage 7 Click OK to close the dialog box 8...

Page 22: ...but strongly recommended Set up encryption for the backups Go to Backup options click Archive protection and specify the password and the encryption algorithm for example AES 256 10 Click OK to start...

Page 23: ...avigation tree expand Vaults and then click Personal 2 Click the vault whose name is the e mail address that you use to log in to the online storage such as user example com 8 Operations with backups...

Page 24: ...service to retrieve backups from the online storage on a hard disk instead of over the Internet You need a separate license called a Large Scale Recovery license for each machine whose backups you wa...

Page 25: ...r detailed information about recovery please refer to the context sensitive help 10 Limitations of the online storage Unlike other types of storage available in Acronis Backup Recovery 10 the online s...

Page 26: ...ows for any server operating system Acronis Backup Recovery 10 Workstation for non server operating systems The upgrade procedure is the same as when upgrading from Acronis Backup Recovery 10 trial ve...

Page 27: ...ed p 27 to a machine Available subscription A subscription that is not assigned to any machine E Extra service A service that you can use in addition to online backup subscriptions p 28 I Initial Seed...

Page 28: ...me available for use Renew a subscription Assign p 27 a subscription that has the same storage quota as the current activated subscription This subscription will become activated as soon as the curren...