3 mounting an image, Mounting an image – Acronis Backup for Linux Server - User Guide User Manual

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The software will access the destination using the credentials you specify. Use this option if
the task account does not have access permissions to the destination.
Specify:

User name. When entering the name of an Active Directory user account, be sure to also
specify the domain name (DOMAIN\Username or Username@domain).

Password. The password for the account.

2. Click OK.

According to the original FTP specification, credentials required for access to FTP servers are transferred
through a network as plaintext. This means that the user name and password can be intercepted by an
eavesdropper using a packet sniffer.

8.3 Mounting an image

Mounting volumes from a disk backup (image) lets you access the volumes as though they were
physical disks. Multiple volumes contained in the same backup can be mounted within a single
mount operation. The mount operation is available when the console is connected to a managed
machine running either Windows or Linux.

Mounting volumes in the read/write mode enables you to modify the backup content, that is, save,
move, create, delete files or folders, and run executables consisting of one file. In this mode, the
software creates an incremental backup containing the changes you make to the backup content.
Please be aware that none of the subsequent backups will contain these changes.

You can mount volumes if the disk backup is stored in a local folder (except optical disks), Acronis
Secure Zone, or on a network share.

Usage scenarios

Sharing: mounted images can be easily shared to networked users.

"Band aid" database recovery solution: mount up an image that contains an SQL database from
a recently failed machine. This will provide access to the database until the failed machine is
recovered.

Offline virus clean: if a machine is attacked, the administrator shuts it down, boots with bootable
media and creates an image. Then, the administrator mounts this image in read/write mode,
scans and cleans it with an antivirus program, and finally recovers the machine.

Error check: if recovery failed due to a disk error, mount the image in the read/write mode. Then,
check the mounted disk for errors with the chkdsk /r command.

To mount an image, perform the following steps.

Source

Archive (p. 145)

Specify the path to the archive location and select the archive containing disk backups.

Backup (p. 145)

Select the backup.

Access credentials (p. 145)

[Optional] Provide credentials for the archive location.

Mount settings

Volumes (p. 146)

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