Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................... 7
1.1 ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE ENTERPRISE SERVER – A COMPLETE SOLUTION FOR CORPORATE USERS ................... 7
1.2 ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE ENTERPRISE SERVER ARCHITECTURE....................................................................... 8
1.3 NEW IN ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE 9.1 ENTERPRISE SERVER.............................................................................. 9
1.4 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS AND SUPPORTED MEDIA ....................................................................................... 10
1.4.1 Minimum system requirements........................................................................................................... 10
1.4.2 Supported operating systems.............................................................................................................. 10
1.4.3 Supported file systems ........................................................................................................................ 11
1.4.4 Supported storage media.................................................................................................................... 11
1.5 TECHNICAL SUPPORT .................................................................................................................................. 11
CHAPTER 2. ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE ENTERPRISE SERVER INSTALLATION AND STARTING
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2.1 INSTALLING ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE ENTERPRISE SERVER COMPONENTS .................................................... 13
2.2 EXTRACTING ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE ENTERPRISE SERVER COMPONENTS .................................................. 14
2.3 SETTING UP SECURITY PARAMETERS FOR ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE ENTERPRISE SERVER.............................. 14
2.3.1 Usernames and passwords................................................................................................................. 14
2.3.2 Firewall setup..................................................................................................................................... 15
2.4 RUNNING ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE ENTERPRISE SERVER COMPONENTS ........................................................ 15
2.4.1 Running Acronis True Image Enterprise Server (local version)........................................................ 15
2.4.2 Running Acronis True Image Management Console.......................................................................... 15
2.5 REMOVING ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE ENTERPRISE SERVER COMPONENTS...................................................... 15
CHAPTER 3. GENERAL INFORMATION AND PROPRIETARY ACRONIS TECHNOLOGIES ...... 16
3.1 THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FILE ARCHIVES AND DISK/PARTITION IMAGES .................................................. 16
3.2 FULL, INCREMENTAL AND DIFFERENTIAL BACKUPS .................................................................................... 16
3.3 ACRONIS SECURE ZONE.............................................................................................................................. 17
3.4 ACRONIS STARTUP RECOVERY MANAGER.................................................................................................. 18
3.4.1 How it works....................................................................................................................................... 18
3.4.2 How to use.......................................................................................................................................... 18
3.5 ACRONIS BACKUP SERVER ......................................................................................................................... 18
3.5.1 Backup locations, their quotas and time limits................................................................................... 19
3.5.2 Quotas and time limits for computers and users ................................................................................ 19
3.5.3 Administrator profiles and User profiles............................................................................................ 19
3.5.4 Operations with archives.................................................................................................................... 20
3.6 ACRONIS SNAP RESTORE ............................................................................................................................ 20
3.6.1 How it works....................................................................................................................................... 20
3.6.2 How to use.......................................................................................................................................... 21
3.7 ACRONIS UNIVERSAL RESTORE .................................................................................................................. 21
3.7.1 How to use.......................................................................................................................................... 22
3.7.2 Using Acronis Universal Restore in virtual environment...................................................................23
3.7.3 Hints on using Acronis Universal Restore ......................................................................................... 23
3.7.4 Benefits............................................................................................................................................... 23
3.8 USING DYNAMIC DISKS AND VOLUMES ....................................................................................................... 24
3.9 BACKING UP TO TAPE DRIVE ....................................................................................................................... 24
3.10 VIEWING DISK AND PARTITION INFORMATION........................................................................................... 25
CHAPTER 4. USING ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE MANAGEMENT CONSOLE....................................... 26
4.1 GENERAL INFORMATION ............................................................................................................................. 26
4.2 INSTALLING/UPDATING ACRONIS COMPONENTS ON A REMOTE MACHINE ................................................... 26
4.3 MANAGING A SINGLE REMOTE COMPUTER.................................................................................................. 27
4.3.1 Connecting to a remote computer ...................................................................................................... 27
4.3.2 Backup and recovery tasks................................................................................................................. 28
4.4 MANAGING GROUPS OF COMPUTERS........................................................................................................... 29
4.4.1 Group server management................................................................................................................. 29
4.4.2 Creating new group backup tasks ...................................................................................................... 31
4.4.3 Group tasks management ................................................................................................................... 33
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