Acronis Backup for Windows Server Essentials - User Guide - Manual (Page 422)

422 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2014
16.1.10.8 Can I cancel my subscription?
Just wait until the subscription expires. Refunds are not available for the cloud backup subscriptions.
16.2 Where do I start?
Go to http://www.acronis.com/my/cloud-backup/corporate and log in to your account (create one if
you are not registered). This is your account management webpage. Here you can get a trial
subscription, locate an Acronis partner or buy subscriptions online. The newly obtained subscriptions
are listed as available subscriptions on the Manage subscriptions tab.
If you purchased your subscriptions from an Acronis partner, register them manually using the Enter
new registration code link. The registration codes come with the purchase confirmation e-mail.
Next, install Acronis software (if not yet installed) and activate (p. 423) the subscriptions on the
machines that you want to back up. After that, you can start backing up to Acronis Cloud Storage.
16.3 Choosing a subscription
Volume subscriptions
A volume subscription enables you to back up an unlimited number of physical and/or virtual
machines. All backed up machines share a common storage quota. The subscription period begins at
the time of purchase.
Machine subscriptions
A machine subscription enables you to back up either a single physical machine or all virtual
machines managed by one Agent for VMware or Agent for Hyper-V. The storage quota applies to this
physical machine or to all of the virtual machines managed by the agent. The subscription period
begins when the subscription is activated on the machine.
For a physical machine, choose the subscription for server or for PC based on the operating system
that the machine is running. If you doubt whether the machine is a server or a workstation, refer to
the list of the supported operating systems (p. 410).
For virtual machines managed by Agent for VMware or Agent for Hyper-V, use a server subscription.
In addition to backing up virtual machines, this subscription allows you to back up their physical host.
If your backups are likely to exceed the storage quota for the subscription, you may want to use a
server subscription on a workstation. The inverse usage is not possible. You cannot back up a server
by using a subscription for PC.
Trial subscriptions
You can obtain one free trial subscription per account. The trial subscription enables you to back up a
single machine. The subscription period is limited to one month.
Obtaining a trial subscription is possible until you buy a paid subscription. You can use a trial
subscription along with paid ones. The same expiration rules apply to trial and paid subscriptions.
To continue using the service after the trial subscription expires, buy a subscription, and then renew
the trial subscription specifying the paid subscription. Your backed up data will be kept. Regular
backups of your machines will continue uninterrupted. The service will not need to perform a new
full backup.