Acronis Backup for Windows Server Essentials - User Guide - Manual (Page 356)

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Standard names for Linux partitions
Names such as /dev/hda1 reflect the standard way of naming IDE hard disk partitions in Linux. The
prefix hd signifies the disk type (IDE); a means that this is the first IDE hard disk on the system, and 1
denotes the first partition on the disk.
In general, the standard name for a Linux partition consists of three components:
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Disk type: hd for IDE drives, sd for SCSI drives, md for software RAID drives (for example,
dynamic volumes)
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Disk number: a for the first disk, b for the second disk, and so on
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Partition number on the disk: 1 for the first partition, 2 for the second partition, and so on
To guarantee backing up selected disks regardless of their type, consider including three entries in
the Data to Back Up dialog box, one for each possible type. For example, to back up the first hard
disk of each Linux machine under a centralized backup plan, you may want to add the following rules:
/dev/hda1
/dev/sda1
/dev/mda1
Names for logical volumes
To back up logical volumes, also known as LVM volumes, specify their full names in the selection
rules. The full name of a logical volume includes the volume group to which the volume belongs.
For example, to back up two logical volumes, lv_root and lv_bin, both of which belong to the volume
group vg_mymachine, specify the following selection rules:
/dev/vg_mymachine/lv_root
/dev/vg_mymachine/lv_bin
To see the list of logical volumes on a machine, run the lvdisplay utility. In our example, the output
would be similar to the following:
--- Logical volume ---
LV Name /dev/vg_mymachine/lv_root
VG Name vg_mymachine
…
--- Logical volume ---
LV Name /dev/vg_mymachine/lv_bin
VG Name vg_mymachine
…
15.3.4 Backup location selection
Specify where to store the archives and define names for the new backup archives.
1. Selecting the archives destination
Choose where to store machines' archives:
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Store all machines' archives in a single location
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To back up data to Acronis Cloud Storage, click Log in and specify the credentials to log in to
the cloud storage. Then, expand the Cloud storage group and select the account.