Acronis True Image 9.1 Enterprise Server - User Guide - Manual (Page 4)

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Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction...........................................................................................8
1.1 Acronis® True Image Workstation – a complete solution for corporate users ......................... 8
1.2 Acronis True Image Workstation Architecture ...................................................................... 9
1.3 License policy ................................................................................................................... 9
1.4 New in Acronis True Image 9.1 Workstation ...................................................................... 10
1.5 System requirements and supported media ....................................................................... 11
1.5.1 Minimum system requirements .................................................................................. 11
1.5.2 Supported operating systems..................................................................................... 11
1.5.3 Supported file systems .............................................................................................. 12
1.5.4 Supported storage media .......................................................................................... 12
1.6 Technical support............................................................................................................ 13
Chapter 2. Acronis True Image Workstation installation and starting .................14
2.1 Installing Acronis True Image Workstation components...................................................... 14
2.1.1 Installation of Acronis True Image Workstation local version and Acronis True Image Agent
for Windows ...................................................................................................................... 14
2.1.2 Installation of Acronis Group Server ........................................................................... 15
2.1.3 Acronis Backup Server installation and setup............................................................... 15
2.1.4 Acronis Universal Restore installation.......................................................................... 15
2.2 Extracting Acronis True Image Workstation components..................................................... 16
2.3 Setting up security parameters for Acronis True Image Workstation .................................... 16
2.3.1 Usernames and passwords ........................................................................................ 16
2.3.2 Firewall setup........................................................................................................... 16
2.4 Running Acronis True Image Workstation components ....................................................... 17
2.4.1. Running Acronis True Image Workstation (local version)............................................. 17
2.4.2 Running Acronis True Image Management Console...................................................... 17
2.4.3 Running other Acronis components ............................................................................ 17
2.5 Removing Acronis True Image Workstation components..................................................... 17
Chapter 3. General information and proprietary Acronis technologies ................19
3.1 The difference between file archives and disk/partition images ........................................... 19
3.2 Full, incremental and differential backups.......................................................................... 19
3.3 Acronis Secure Zone........................................................................................................ 20
3.4 Acronis Startup Recovery Manager ................................................................................... 21
3.4.1 How it works ............................................................................................................ 21
3.4.2 How to use .............................................................................................................. 21
3.5 Acronis Backup Server ..................................................................................................... 21
3.5.1 Backup locations, their quotas and time limits ............................................................. 22
3.5.2 Quotas and time limits for computers and users .......................................................... 22
3.5.3 Administrator profiles and User profiles....................................................................... 22
3.5.4 Operations with archives ........................................................................................... 23
3.6 Acronis Snap Restore....................................................................................................... 23
3.6.1 Limitations in using Acronis Snap Restore ................................................................... 23
3.6.2 How it works ............................................................................................................ 23
3.6.3 How to use .............................................................................................................. 24
3.7 Acronis Universal Restore................................................................................................. 24
3.7.1 Acronis Universal Restore purpose.............................................................................. 24
3.7.2 Acronis Universal Restore general principles................................................................ 25
3.7.3 Acronis Universal Restore and Microsoft Sysprep ......................................................... 25
3.7.4 Using Acronis Universal Restore in virtual environment ................................................ 26
3.7.5 Limitations in using Acronis Universal Restore ............................................................. 26
3.7.6 Getting Acronis Universal Restore............................................................................... 26
3.8 Backing up to tape drive .................................................................................................. 26
3.9 Viewing disk and partition information .............................................................................. 27