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Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 manual

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  • Page 1

    A c r o n i s B a c k u p & R e c o v e r y 1 1 . 5 Quick Start Guide Applies to the following edit ions:  Advanced Server for Windows  Virtual Edition  Advanced Server SBS E dition  Advanced Workstatio n  Server for Linux  Server for Windows  Workstation[...]

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    2 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000- 201 2 Copyright Statement Copyright © Acronis Int ernational G mbH, 2002-2012. All rights reserved. “Acronis” and “Acr onis Secure Zone ” are registered tr ademarks of Acronis In ternational GmbH. "Acronis Compute with Confidence", “Acr onis Startup Recovery Manager”, “Acr onis Active Res[...]

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    3 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000- 201 2 Table of contents 1 Main compone nts .................................................................................................................. 4 2 Suppo rted operating systems ................................................................................................ .4 2.1 Agent .............[...]

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    4 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000- 201 2 This document describe s how to install and start using the advanced editions of Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5. This document describe s disk-level and file-l evel backup and recovery. If you need information about how to start backing up and recovering Microsoft Exchang e Server data with Ag ent for E[...]

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    5 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000- 201 2 Windows MultiPoint Serv er 2010 No Yes No 2. 2 Man a ge m en t se r ve r a nd ma nag e me nt co ns o le Regardless of the edi tion, you can inst all the manage ment server and the management c onsole on a machine running any of these operating systems:  Windows XP Prof essional SP3 (x8 6, x64).  Windo[...]

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    6 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000- 201 2 Below is an exa mple of how you would distrib ute the compon ents. The commen ts remind you which licenses are requ ired to install each component. You d o not have to enter the li cense key on ea ch individual machine. Just import all the key s when installin g the management s erver and then specify its a[...]

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    7 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000- 201 2  Install the main c omponents of the product.  Back up a machine to a USB drive.  Recover a volume of a machin e.  Create a centraliz ed vault in a network shared folder.  Back up several machines to the vault.  Back up user profil es to each machine's l ocal folder an d replicate the[...]

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    8 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000- 201 2 7. The setup progra m displays the license to be used for installation. Click Next to install the agent with this license. 8. Click Register no w , and then specify:  The name or I P address of the manag ement server.  The user name and pass word of an administra tor of the m achine where the manageme[...]

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    9 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000- 201 2 Details. By defaul t, all of the machine's di sks are selec ted. If you want to back up specific disks, volumes, or files, click Items to back up an d select the necessary objects. Als o, you may want t o exclude the USB dri ve from the bac kup. 3. Under Where to ba ck up , click Locat ion . In Path , [...]

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    10 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000- 201 2 5 . 4 . 2 B a c k i n g u p s e v e r a l m a c h i n e s In this step, you will create and run a centralized backu p plan to back up several machines registe red on the management s erver. 1. Connect the cons ole to the management ser ver. 2. Click Create backup plan . 3. Under What to ba ck up , click It[...]

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    11 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000- 201 2 b. In the Path field, typ e the path to the local folder to s tore the backups. Cli ck OK t o confirm your selection. c. Specify an archive name other than the default one (for exa mple, [Machine_Na me]_Files). Do not remove the [ Machine_Nam e] variable from th e archive name. Details . A differen t name [...]

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    12 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000- 201 2 10. By default, the sof tware overwrit es the existing files with the files stored in the backup. Please, close all applicati ons that use any of the target folder' s files. Otherwise, o verwriting will not be possible and the s oftware may require a reb oot. 11. Click OK to immediat ely start the rec[...]