D-Link DNS-1250-04 Acronis Backup Software User Manual for DNS-1250-04 - Page 3

Table of contents

1

Introducing Acronis Backup & Recovery Server OEM

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6

1.1

Acronis Backup & Recovery Server OEM overview

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6

1.2

Getting started

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6

1.2.1

Using the management console

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6

1.3

Acronis Backup & Recovery Server OEM components

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13

1.3.1

Agent for Windows

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13

1.3.2

Management Console

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14

1.3.3

Bootable Media Builder (DM Windows)

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14

1.4

Supported operating systems

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14

1.5

Supported file systems

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15

1.6

Hardware requirements

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15

2

Understanding Acronis Backup & Recovery Server OEM

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15

2.1

Basic concepts

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16

2.2

Full backups

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20

2.3

User privileges on a managed machine

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21

2.4

Owners and credentials

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21

2.5

Backing up dynamic volumes (Windows)

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22

2.6

Tape support

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24

2.6.1

Using a single tape drive

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24

2.7

Proprietary Acronis technologies

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25

2.7.1

Acronis Startup Recovery Manager

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25

2.7.2

Universal Restore (Acronis Backup & Recovery Server OEM Universal Restore)

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26

3

Options

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27

3.1

Console options

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27

3.1.1

Startup page

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27

3.1.2

Pop-up messages

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28

3.1.3

Time-based alerts

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28

3.1.4

Fonts

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28

3.2

Machine options

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29

3.2.1

Event tracing

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29

3.2.2

Log cleanup rules (UMMS)

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31

3.3

Default backup and recovery options

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31

3.3.1

Default backup options

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31

3.3.2

Default recovery options

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46

4

Vaults

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53

4.1

Personal vaults

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54

4.1.1

Working with the "Personal vault" view

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55

4.1.2

Actions on personal vaults

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56

4.2

Common operations

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57

4.2.1

Operations with archives stored in a vault

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57

4.2.2

Operations with backups

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58

4.2.3

Deleting archives and backups

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59

4.2.4

Filtering and sorting archives

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59

D-Link DNS-1250-04 Acronis Backup Software User Manual for DNS-1250-04 - Page 3

Table of contents, Introducing Acronis Backup & Recovery Server OEM, Options, Vaults

Page 3 highlights

Section	Page
Introducing Acronis Backup & Recovery Server OEM	6
Acronis Backup & Recovery Server OEM overview	6
Getting started	6
Using the management console	6
\	7
\	8
Operations with panes	10
Main area, views and action pages	10
Views	10
Action pages	11
Acronis Backup & Recovery Server OEM components	13
Agent for Windows	13
Universal Restore	14
Management Console	14
Bootable Media Builder (DM Windows)	14
Supported operating systems	14
Supported file systems	15
Hardware requirements	15
Understanding Acronis Backup & Recovery Server OEM	15
Basic concepts	16
Full backups	20
User privileges on a managed machine	21
Owners and credentials	21
Backing up dynamic volumes (Windows)	22
Tape support	24
Using a single tape drive	24
Proprietary Acronis technologies	25
Acronis Startup Recovery Manager	25
Universal Restore (Acronis Backup & Recovery Server OEM Universal Restore)	26
Options	27
Console options	27
Startup page	27
Pop-up messages	28
Time-based alerts	28
Fonts	28
Machine options	29
Event tracing	29
Windows event log	29
SNMP notifications	30
Setting up SNMP services on the receiving machine	30
Log cleanup rules (UMMS)	31
Default backup and recovery options	31
Default backup options	31
Archive protection	32
Pre/Post commands	33
Pre-backup command	33
Post-backup command	34
Pre/Post data capture commands	34
Pre-data capture command	35
Post-data capture command	35
Multi-volume snapshot	36
Volume Shadow Copy Service	36
Compression level	37
Backup performance	38
Backup priority	38
HDD writing speed	38
Network connection speed	38
Notifications	39
E-mail	39
Messenger service (WinPopup)	40
Event tracing	41
Windows event log	41
SNMP notifications	41
Backup splitting	42
Error handling	43
Task failure handling	43
Tape support	44
Additional settings	45
Default recovery options	46
Pre/Post commands	47
Pre-recovery command	47
Post-recovery command	48
Recovery priority	48
File-level security	49
Notifications	49
E-mail	49
Messenger service (WinPopup)	50
Event tracing	51
Windows event log	51
SNMP notifications	51
Error handling	52
Additional settings	52
Vaults	53
Personal vaults	54
Working with the \	55
Actions on personal vaults	56
Creating a personal vault	57
Merging and moving personal vaults	57
Common operations	57
Operations with archives stored in a vault	57
Operations with backups	58
Deleting archives and backups	59
Filtering and sorting archives	59
Direct management	59
Administering a managed machine	59
Dashboard	60
Tasks need interaction	62
Backup plans and tasks	62
Understanding states and statuses	62
Backup plan execution states	62
Task states	63
Task statuses	64
Working with backup plans and tasks	65
Actions on backup plans and tasks	65
Filtering and sorting backup plans and tasks	68
Run backup plan	69
Temporarily disabling a backup plan	69
Task details	69
Backup plan details	70
Log	71
Actions on log entries	71
Filtering and sorting log entries	72
Log entry details	73
Creating a backup plan	74
Why is the program asking for the password?	75
Backup plan's credentials	75
Source type	75
Items to back up	76
Selecting disks and volumes	76
Access credentials for source	76
Archive	77
Access credentials for archive location	78
Backup schemes	78
Back up now scheme	78
Back up later scheme	79
Simple scheme	79
Custom backup scheme	79
Archive validation	80
Recovering data	81
Task credentials	82
Archive selection	83
Data type	83
Content selection	83
Disks/volumes selection	84
Files selection	84
Access credentials for location	84
Destination selection	85
Disks	85
Disk destination	85
NT signature	85
Volumes	86
MBR destination	86
Volume destination	87
Volume properties	87
File destination	88
Exclusions	88
Overwriting	89
Access credentials for destination	89
When to recover	89
Universal Restore	90
Bootability troubleshooting	91
About Windows loaders	91
Validating vaults, archives and backups	92
Task credentials	93
Archive selection	93
Backup selection	94
Location selection	94
Access credentials for source	94
When to validate	95
Mounting an image	95
Archive selection	96
Backup selection	96
Access credentials	97
Volume selection	97
Managing mounted images	97
Acronis Startup Recovery Manager	98
Bootable media	98
How to create bootable media	99
Adding the Acronis Plug-in to WinPE 1.x	100
Adding the Acronis Plug-in to WinPE 2.x or 3.0	100
Building Bart PE with Acronis Plug-in from Windows distribution	102
Working under bootable media	102
Setting up a display mode	103
Configuring iSCSI and NDAS devices	103
Recovering MD devices and logical volumes	104
Creating the volume structure automatically	104
Creating the volume structure manually	105
Disk management	106
Supported file systems	107
Basic precautions	107
Running Acronis Disk Director Lite	107
Choosing the operating system for disk management	108
\	108
Disk operations	109
Disk initialization	109
Basic disk cloning	110
Selecting source and target disks	110
Cloning method and advanced options	110
Disk conversion: MBR to GPT	112
Disk conversion: GPT to MBR	112
Disk conversion: basic to dynamic	113
Disk conversion: dynamic to basic	113
Changing disk status	114
Volume operations	115
Creating a volume	115
Types of dynamic volumes	115
Create volume wizard	116
Select the type of volume being created	116
Select destination disks	117
Set the volume size	117
Set the volume options	118
Delete volume	118
Set active volume	119
Change volume letter	119
Change volume label	120
Format volume	120
Pending operations	121
Collecting system information	121
Command-line mode and scripting in Windows	122
Agent for Windows command-line utility	122
Supported commands	122
Common options	126
Access to archives	126
vault:[path]	126
arc:[archive name]	126
arc_id:[archive id]	126
filename:[file name]	126
password:[password]	127
asz:[number of archive]	127
index:N	127
include_pits:[pits numbers]	127
net_user:[username]	127
net_password:[password]	127
ftp_user:[username]	127
ftp_password:[password]	127
Backup options	128
incremental	128
compression:[0…9]	128
split:[size in MB]	128
General options	128
oss_numbers	128
reboot	128
log:[file name]	129
log_net_user:[remote user]	129
log_net_password:[password]	129
progress:[on \| off]	129
Specific options	129
create	129
harddisk:[disk number]	129
partition:[partition number]	129
file_partition:[partition letter]	130
raw	130
exclude_names:[names]	130
exclude_masks:[masks]	130
exclude_hidden	130
before:[pre-data capture command]	130
after:[post-data capture command]	130
use_vss	130
deploy	131
file_partition:[partition letter]	131
harddisk:[disk number]	131
partition:[partition number]	131
target_harddisk:[disk number]	131
target_partition:[partition number]	131
start:[start sector]	131
size:[partition size in sectors]	131
fat16_32	132
type:[active \| primary \| logical]	132
preserve_mbr	132
Options specific for Universal Restore	132
ur_path:[path]	132
ur_username:[username]	132
ur_password:[pwd]	133
ur_driver:[inf-filename]	133
deploy_mbr	133
harddisk:[disk number]	133
target_harddisk:[disk number]	133
filerestore	133
target_folder:[target folder]	133
overwrite:[older \| never \| always]	133
restore_security:[on \| off]	133
original_date:[on \| off]	133
consolidate	133
target_filename:[file name]	133
net_src_user:[username]	134
net_src_password:[password]	134
net_user:[username]	134
net_password:[password]	134
export	134
net_src_user:[username]	134
net_src_password:[password]	134
ftp_src_user:[username]	134
ftp_src_password:[password]	134
target_vault:[target path]	134
target_arc:[target archive name]	135
net_user:[username]	135
net_password:[password]	135
convert	135
target_filename:[file name]	135
harddisk:[disk number]	135
vm_type:[vmware\|esx\|Microsoft\|parallels]	135
ur	135
ur_path:[path]	135
list	136
filename:[file name]	136
vault:[path]	136
arc:[archive name]	136
arc_id:[archive id]	136
explore	137
partition:[partition number]	137
letter:X	137
unplug	137
letter:X	137
letter:all	137
asz_create	137
harddisk:X	137
partition:[partition number]	137
size:[ASZ size in sectors \| unallocated]	137
asz_delete	137
partition:[partition number]	137
clone	138
harddisk:[disk number]	138
target_harddisk:[disk number]	138
trueimagecmd.exe usage examples	138
Image disks and partitions	138
Restore disks and partitions	138
Back up files	139
Restore files	139
Consolidate backups	139
Export backups	140
Convert an image to virtual disk	140
List	140
Check for assigned licenses	141
Acronis Secure Zone: managing backups by archive numbers	141
Acronis Secure Zone: managing backups by file names	142
Acronis Secure Zone: deleting backups	142
Clone	143
Explore image	143
Scripting	143
Script execution parameters	143
Script structure	144
Source	144
Target	144
Options	144
Script usage examples	145
Glossary	146
Acronis Plug-in for WinPE	146
Acronis Startup Recovery Manager (ASRM)	146
Agent (Acronis Backup & Recovery Server OEM Agent)	146
Agent-side cleanup	146
Agent-side validation	146
Archive	146
Backup	147
Backup archive (Archive)	147
Backup operation	147
Backup options	147
Backup plan (Plan)	147
Backup scheme	148
Bootable agent	148
Bootable media	148
Console (Acronis Backup & Recovery Server OEM Management Console)	148
Direct management	148
Disk backup (Image)	149
Disk group	149
Dynamic disk	149
Dynamic volume	150
Full backup	150
Image	150
Local backup plan	150
Local task	151
Machine	151
Managed machine	151
Media builder	151
Personal vault	151
Plan	151
Recovery point	151
Task	151
Universal Restore (Acronis Backup & Recovery Server OEM Universal Restore)	152
Unmanaged vault	152
Validation	152
Validation rules	152
Vault	152