ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE 9.1 - FOR LINUX, User Manual

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

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Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...