Acronis Backup for Windows Server - User Guide - Manual (Page 10)

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Basic support for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 (p. 32)
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Install Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 in Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012.
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Boot a machine from bootable media that is based on WinPE 4.
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Use bootable media on a machine where UEFI Secure Boot is enabled.
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Back up and recover (without resize) volumes that have the ReFS file system or any data on these
volumes.
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Back up storage spaces and recover them to the original location, to different storage spaces or
as ordinary disks.
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Back up and recover (at a disk level) volumes where the Data Deduplication feature is enabled.
Other
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Completely disable backup cataloging (p. 78).
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Save a Disaster Recovery Plan (p. 86) to a local or network folder, in addition to sending it via
e-mail.
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Enable VSS Full backup (p. 99) to truncate logs of VSS-aware applications after a disk-level
backup.
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Boot a UEFI machine from bootable media that is based on 64-bit WinPE (p. 170).
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Add the %description% variable (the description shown in system properties of a Windows
machine) to the e-mail notification subject (p. 87).
1.6 What's new in Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5
The following is a summary of the product's new features and enhancements.
Support for various types of storage
Acronis Online Backup Storage
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Replicating or moving backups to Acronis Online Backup Storage (p. 77).
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The Grandfather-Father-Son and Tower of Hanoi backup schemes are now available when
backing up to Acronis Online Backup Storage.
Bootable media
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New Linux kernel version (3.4.5) in Linux-based bootable media. The new kernel makes for better
hardware support.
Usability
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Support for 800x600 screen resolution.
1.7 Acronis Backup components
This section contains a list of Acronis Backup components with a brief description of their
functionality.
Components for a managed machine (agents)
These are applications that perform data backup, recovery and other operations on the machines
managed with Acronis Backup. Agents require a license to perform operations on each managed
machine.