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 .............................................................................................................................................................................. 13 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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