Document Outline

• 1 Introducing Acronis Backup
  • 1.1 What's new in Update 5
  • 1.2 What's new in Update 4
  • 1.3 What's new in Update 3
  • 1.4 What's new in Update 2
  • 1.5 What's new in Update 1
  • 1.6 What's new in Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5
  • 1.7 Acronis Backup components
    • 1.7.1 Agent for Windows
    • 1.7.2 Agent for Linux
    • 1.7.3 Agent for VMware
    • 1.7.4 Agent for Hyper-V
    • 1.7.5 Agent for SQL
    • 1.7.6 Agent for Active Directory
    • 1.7.7 Components for centralized management
      • 1.7.7.1 Management Server
      • 1.7.7.2 Storage Node
      • 1.7.7.3 Components for Remote Installation
      • 1.7.7.4 PXE Server
      • 1.7.7.5 License Server
    • 1.7.8 Management Console
    • 1.7.9 Bootable Media Builder
    • 1.7.10 Acronis Wake-on-LAN Proxy
  • 1.8 About using the product in the trial mode
  • 1.9 Supported file systems
  • 1.10 Technical Support
• 2 Getting started
  • 2.1 Using the management console
    • 2.1.1 "Navigation" pane
    • 2.1.2 Main area, views and action pages
      • 2.1.2.1 Views
        • Sorting, filtering and configuring table items
      • 2.1.2.2 Action pages
    • 2.1.3 Console options
      • 2.1.3.1 Alert display options
      • 2.1.3.2 Credentials cache
      • 2.1.3.3 Fonts
      • 2.1.3.4 Pop-up messages
      • 2.1.3.5 Startup page
• 3 Understanding Acronis Backup
  • 3.1 Owners
  • 3.2 Credentials used in backup plans and tasks
  • 3.3 User privileges on a managed machine
  • 3.4 List of Acronis services
  • 3.5 Full, incremental and differential backups
  • 3.6 What does a disk or volume backup store?
  • 3.7 About dynamic and logical volumes
    • 3.7.1 Backup and recovery of dynamic volumes (Windows)
    • 3.7.2 Backup and recovery of logical volumes and MD devices (Linux)
      • 3.7.2.1 Backing up logical volumes
      • 3.7.2.2 Backing up MD devices
      • 3.7.2.3 Backing up hardware RAID arrays (Linux)
      • 3.7.2.4 Assembling MD devices for recovery (Linux)
      • 3.7.2.5 Recovering MD devices and logical volumes
        • Creating the volume structure automatically
        • Creating the volume structure manually
  • 3.8 Support for Advanced Format (4K-sector) hard disks
  • 3.9 Support for UEFI-based machines
  • 3.10 Support for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012
  • 3.11 Compatibility with encryption software
  • 3.12 Support for SNMP
• 4 Backup
  • 4.1 Back up now
  • 4.2 Creating a backup plan
    • 4.2.1 Selecting data to back up
    • 4.2.2 Access credentials for source
    • 4.2.3 Source files exclusion
    • 4.2.4 Backup location selection
      • 4.2.4.1 Selecting backup destinations
    • 4.2.5 Access credentials for archive location
    • 4.2.6 Backup schemes
      • 4.2.6.1 Simple scheme
      • 4.2.6.2 Grandfather-Father-Son scheme
      • 4.2.6.3 Custom backup scheme
      • 4.2.6.4 Tower of Hanoi scheme
      • 4.2.6.5 Manual start
      • 4.2.6.6 Initial seeding
    • 4.2.7 Archive validation
    • 4.2.8 Backup plan's credentials
    • 4.2.9 Label (Preserving machine properties in a backup)
    • 4.2.10 Sequence of operations in a backup plan
    • 4.2.11 Why is the program asking for the password?
  • 4.3 Simplified naming of backup files
    • 4.3.1 The [DATE] variable
    • 4.3.2 Backup splitting and simplified file naming
    • 4.3.3 Usage examples
      • 4.3.3.1 Example 1. Daily backup replacing the old one
      • 4.3.3.2 Example 2. Daily full backups with a date stamp
      • 4.3.3.3 Example 3. Hourly backups within a day
      • 4.3.3.4 Example 4. Daily full backups with daily drive swaps
      • 4.3.3.5 Example 5. Daily backups with weekly drive swaps
      • 4.3.3.6 Example 6. Backups within working hours
  • 4.4 Scheduling
    • 4.4.1 Daily schedule
    • 4.4.2 Weekly schedule
    • 4.4.3 Monthly schedule
    • 4.4.4 On Windows Event Log event
    • 4.4.5 Advanced scheduling settings
    • 4.4.6 Conditions
      • 4.4.6.1 User is idle
      • 4.4.6.2 Location's host is available
      • 4.4.6.3 Fits the time interval
      • 4.4.6.4 Users logged off
      • 4.4.6.5 Time since last backup
  • 4.5 Replication and retention of backups
    • 4.5.1 Supported locations
    • 4.5.2 Setting up replication of backups
    • 4.5.3 Setting up retention of backups
    • 4.5.4 Retention rules for the Custom scheme
    • 4.5.5 Usage examples
      • 4.5.5.1 Example 1. Replicating backups to a network folder
      • 4.5.5.2 Example 2. Limiting the age and total size of stored backups
      • 4.5.5.3 Example 3. Replicating backups to the cloud storage
      • 4.5.5.4 Example 4. Moving older backups to tapes
      • 4.5.5.5 Example 5. Backing up to tapes within a narrow backup window
  • 4.6 How to disable backup cataloging
  • 4.7 Default backup options
    • 4.7.1 Additional settings
    • 4.7.2 Archive protection
    • 4.7.3 Backup cataloging
    • 4.7.4 Backup performance
      • 4.7.4.1 Backup priority
      • 4.7.4.2 HDD writing speed
      • 4.7.4.3 Network connection speed
    • 4.7.5 Backup splitting
    • 4.7.6 Compression level
    • 4.7.7 Disaster recovery plan (DRP)
    • 4.7.8 E-mail notifications
    • 4.7.9 Error handling
    • 4.7.10 Event tracing
      • 4.7.10.1 SNMP notifications
      • 4.7.10.2 Windows event log
    • 4.7.11 Fast incremental/differential backup
    • 4.7.12 File-level backup snapshot
    • 4.7.13 File-level security
    • 4.7.14 LVM snapshotting
    • 4.7.15 Media components
    • 4.7.16 Mount points
    • 4.7.17 Multi-volume snapshot
    • 4.7.18 Pre/Post commands
      • 4.7.18.1 Pre-backup command
      • 4.7.18.2 Post-backup command
    • 4.7.19 Pre/Post data capture commands
      • 4.7.19.1 Pre-data capture command
      • 4.7.19.2 Post-data capture command
    • 4.7.20 Replication/cleanup inactivity time
    • 4.7.21 Sector-by-sector backup
    • 4.7.22 Tape management
    • 4.7.23 Task failure handling
    • 4.7.24 Task start conditions
    • 4.7.25 Volume Shadow Copy Service
• 5 Recovery
  • 5.1 Creating a recovery task
    • 5.1.1 What to recover
      • 5.1.1.1 Selecting archive location
      • 5.1.1.2 Data catalog
    • 5.1.2 Access credentials for location
    • 5.1.3 Access credentials for destination
    • 5.1.4 Where to recover
      • 5.1.4.1 Selecting target disks
        • Disk destination
        • NT signature
        • How the automatic mapping works
        • Support for Advanced Format (4K-sector) hard disks
      • 5.1.4.2 Selecting target volumes
        • MBR destination
        • Volume destination
        • Changing volume properties
          • Size and location
          • Type
          • File system
          • Volume (partition) alignment
          • Logical drive letter (for Windows only)
      • 5.1.4.3 Selecting target location for files and folders
        • Recovery exclusions
    • 5.1.5 When to recover
    • 5.1.6 Task credentials
  • 5.2 Recovering BIOS-based systems to UEFI-based and vice versa
    • 5.2.1 Recovering volumes
    • 5.2.2 Recovering disks
  • 5.3 Acronis Active Restore
  • 5.4 Bootability troubleshooting
    • 5.4.1 How to reactivate GRUB and change its configuration
    • 5.4.2 About Windows loaders
  • 5.5 Reverting a Windows system to its factory settings
  • 5.6 Default recovery options
    • 5.6.1 Additional settings
    • 5.6.2 E-mail notifications
    • 5.6.3 Error handling
    • 5.6.4 Event tracing
      • 5.6.4.1 SNMP notifications
      • 5.6.4.2 Windows event log
    • 5.6.5 File-level security
    • 5.6.6 Mount points
    • 5.6.7 Pre/Post commands
      • 5.6.7.1 Pre-recovery command
      • 5.6.7.2 Post-recovery command
    • 5.6.8 Recovery priority
    • 5.6.9 Tape management
• 6 Conversion to a virtual machine
  • 6.1 Conversion methods
  • 6.2 Conversion to an automatically created virtual machine
    • 6.2.1 Considerations before conversion
    • 6.2.2 Setting up regular conversion to a virtual machine
      • 6.2.2.1 Conversion settings
      • 6.2.2.2 Setting up a conversion schedule
      • 6.2.2.3 Selecting a machine that will perform conversion
      • 6.2.2.4 How regular conversion to VM works
    • 6.2.3 Recovery to the ''New virtual machine'' destination
      • 6.2.3.1 Steps to perform
      • 6.2.3.2 Virtual machine type / virtualization server selection
      • 6.2.3.3 Virtual machine settings
  • 6.3 Recovery to a manually created virtual machine
    • 6.3.1 Considerations before conversion
    • 6.3.2 Steps to perform
• 7 Storing the backed up data
  • 7.1 Vaults
    • 7.1.1 Working with vaults
    • 7.1.2 Centralized vaults
      • 7.1.2.1 Actions on centralized vaults
        • Creating a managed centralized vault
          • Vault path
          • Deduplication database path
          • Vault encryption
          • Vault administrators
          • Vault users
        • Creating an unmanaged centralized vault
          • Vault path
        • Attaching a managed vault
    • 7.1.3 Personal vaults
      • 7.1.3.1 Actions on personal vaults
        • Creating a personal vault
        • Merging and moving personal vaults
    • 7.1.4 Changing the default cache folder for catalog files
  • 7.2 Acronis Secure Zone
    • 7.2.1 Creating Acronis Secure Zone
      • 7.2.1.1 Acronis Secure Zone Disk
      • 7.2.1.2 Acronis Secure Zone Size
      • 7.2.1.3 Password for Acronis Secure Zone
      • 7.2.1.4 Result confirmation
    • 7.2.2 Managing Acronis Secure Zone
      • 7.2.2.1 Increasing Acronis Secure Zone
      • 7.2.2.2 Decreasing Acronis Secure Zone
      • 7.2.2.3 Deleting Acronis Secure Zone
  • 7.3 Removable devices
  • 7.4 Tape devices
    • 7.4.1 What is a tape device?
    • 7.4.2 Overview of tape support
      • 7.4.2.1 Compatibility with RSM and third-party software
      • 7.4.2.2 Supported hardware
      • 7.4.2.3 Tape management database
      • 7.4.2.4 Peculiarities of backing up to tapes
      • 7.4.2.5 Parallel operations
      • 7.4.2.6 Limitations
      • 7.4.2.7 Readability of tapes written by the older Acronis products
    • 7.4.3 Getting started with a tape device
      • 7.4.3.1 Backing up a machine to a directly attached tape device
      • 7.4.3.2 Backing up to a tape device attached to a storage node
      • 7.4.3.3 Recovering under an operating system from a tape device
      • 7.4.3.4 Recovering under bootable media from a locally attached tape device
      • 7.4.3.5 Recovering under bootable media from a tape device attached to a storage node
    • 7.4.4 Tape management
      • 7.4.4.1 Detecting tape devices
      • 7.4.4.2 Tape pools
        • Separating filled tapes
      • 7.4.4.3 Operations with pools
        • Creating a pool
        • Editing a pool
        • Deleting a pool
      • 7.4.4.4 Operations with tapes
        • Renaming
        • Changing pool
        • Moving to another slot
        • Ejecting
        • Erasing
        • Rescanning
        • Inventorying
        • Removing
    • 7.4.5 Vaults on tapes
    • 7.4.6 Usage examples
      • 7.4.6.1 Example 1. A tape autoloader and 12 tapes
      • 7.4.6.2 Example 2. Backing up to tapes on a weekly rotational basis
      • 7.4.6.3 Example 3. Disk-to-disk-to tape with sending tapes to an off-site storage
      • 7.4.6.4 Example 4. GFS. Sending full backups to an off-site storage
  • 7.5 Storage nodes
    • 7.5.1 What is a storage node?
    • 7.5.2 Supported types of storage
    • 7.5.3 Operations performed by storage nodes
    • 7.5.4 Getting started with a storage node
    • 7.5.5 User privileges on a storage node
    • 7.5.6 Operations with storage nodes
      • 7.5.6.1 Actions on storage nodes
      • 7.5.6.2 Adding a storage node to a management server
      • 7.5.6.3 Storage node properties
      • 7.5.6.4 Configuring a storage node with Acronis Administrative Template
      • 7.5.6.5 Configuring a storage node with Windows registry
    • 7.5.7 Deduplication
      • 7.5.7.1 Overview
      • 7.5.7.2 How deduplication works
      • 7.5.7.3 When deduplication is most effective
      • 7.5.7.4 Deduplication best practices
      • 7.5.7.5 Deduplication restrictions
• 8 Operations with archives and backups
  • 8.1 Validating archives and backups
    • 8.1.1 Archive selection
    • 8.1.2 Backup selection
    • 8.1.3 Vault selection
    • 8.1.4 Access credentials for source
    • 8.1.5 When to validate
    • 8.1.6 Task credentials
  • 8.2 Exporting archives and backups
    • 8.2.1 Archive selection
    • 8.2.2 Backup selection
    • 8.2.3 Access credentials for source
    • 8.2.4 Destination selection
    • 8.2.5 Access credentials for destination
  • 8.3 Mounting an image
    • 8.3.1 Archive selection
    • 8.3.2 Backup selection
    • 8.3.3 Access credentials
    • 8.3.4 Volume selection
    • 8.3.5 Managing mounted images
  • 8.4 Operations available in vaults
    • 8.4.1 Operations with archives
    • 8.4.2 Operations with backups
    • 8.4.3 Converting a backup to full
    • 8.4.4 Deleting archives and backups
• 9 Bootable media
  • 9.1 How to create bootable media
    • 9.1.1 Linux-based bootable media
      • 9.1.1.1 Kernel parameters
      • 9.1.1.2 Network settings
      • 9.1.1.3 Network port
    • 9.1.2 WinPE-based bootable media
      • 9.1.2.1 Preparation: WinPE 2.x and 3.x
      • 9.1.2.2 Preparation: WinPE 4.0 and WinPE 5.0
      • 9.1.2.3 Adding Acronis Plug-in to WinPE
  • 9.2 Connecting to a machine booted from media
  • 9.3 Working under bootable media
    • 9.3.1 Setting up a display mode
    • 9.3.2 Configuring iSCSI and NDAS devices
  • 9.4 List of commands and utilities available in Linux-based bootable media
  • 9.5 Acronis Startup Recovery Manager
  • 9.6 Acronis PXE Server
    • 9.6.1 Acronis PXE Server Installation
    • 9.6.2 Setting up a machine to boot from PXE
    • 9.6.3 Work across subnets
• 10 Disk management
  • 10.1 Supported file systems
  • 10.2 Basic precautions
  • 10.3 Running Acronis Disk Director Lite
  • 10.4 Choosing the operating system for disk management
  • 10.5 "Disk management" view
  • 10.6 Disk operations
    • 10.6.1 Disk initialization
    • 10.6.2 Basic disk cloning
      • 10.6.2.1 Selecting source and target disks
      • 10.6.2.2 Cloning method and advanced options
    • 10.6.3 Disk conversion: MBR to GPT
    • 10.6.4 Disk conversion: GPT to MBR
    • 10.6.5 Disk conversion: basic to dynamic
    • 10.6.6 Disk conversion: dynamic to basic
    • 10.6.7 Changing disk status
  • 10.7 Volume operations
    • 10.7.1 Creating a volume
      • 10.7.1.1 Types of dynamic volumes
      • 10.7.1.2 Create volume wizard
        • Select the type of volume being created
        • Select destination disks
        • Set the volume size
        • Set the volume options
    • 10.7.2 Delete volume
    • 10.7.3 Set active volume
    • 10.7.4 Change volume letter
    • 10.7.5 Change volume label
    • 10.7.6 Format volume
  • 10.8 Pending operations
• 11 Protecting applications with disk-level backup
  • 11.1 Backing up an application server
    • 11.1.1 Locating database files
      • 11.1.1.1 SQL Server database files
      • 11.1.1.2 Exchange Server database files
      • 11.1.1.3 Active Directory database files
      • 11.1.1.4 SharePoint database files
    • 11.1.2 Truncating transaction logs
      • 11.1.2.1 Transaction log truncation and log file shrinking for SQL Server
      • 11.1.2.2 Transaction log truncation for Exchange Server
    • 11.1.3 Best practices when backing up application servers
      • 11.1.3.1 Exchange Server backup
      • 11.1.3.2 Active Directory backup
      • 11.1.3.3 SharePoint data backup
  • 11.2 Recovering SQL Server data
    • 11.2.1 Recovering SQL Server databases from a disk backup
    • 11.2.2 Accessing SQL Server databases from a disk backup
    • 11.2.3 Attaching SQL Server databases
  • 11.3 Recovering Exchange Server data
    • 11.3.1 Recovering Exchange Server database files from a disk backup
    • 11.3.2 Mounting Exchange Server databases
    • 11.3.3 Granular recovery of mailboxes
  • 11.4 Recovering Active Directory data
    • 11.4.1 Recovering a domain controller (other DCs are available)
    • 11.4.2 Recovering a domain controller (no other DCs are available)
    • 11.4.3 Restoring the Active Directory database
    • 11.4.4 Restoring accidentally deleted information
    • 11.4.5 Avoiding a USN rollback
  • 11.5 Recovering SharePoint data
    • 11.5.1 Recovering a content database
    • 11.5.2 Recovering configuration and service databases
    • 11.5.3 Recovering individual items
• 12 Protecting Microsoft SQL Server with single-pass backup
  • 12.1 General information
    • 12.1.1 Agent for SQL
    • 12.1.2 Supported operating systems
    • 12.1.3 Supported Microsoft SQL Server versions
    • 12.1.4 Permissions for SQL Server backup and recovery
    • 12.1.5 What else you need to know about single-pass backup
  • 12.2 Installation of Agent for SQL
  • 12.3 Backing up Microsoft SQL server
    • 12.3.1 Single-pass backup settings
  • 12.4 Recovering Microsoft SQL Server data
    • 12.4.1 Recovering SQL databases to instances
      • 12.4.1.1 Actions after a master database recovery
      • 12.4.1.2 Using Acronis Active Restore for SQL database recovery
    • 12.4.2 Extracting the database files to folders
  • 12.5 Mounting SQL Server databases from a single-pass backup
    • 12.5.1 Unmounting mounted SQL Server databases
  • 12.6 Protecting clustered SQL Server instances and AAG
• 13 Protecting Microsoft Active Directory with single-pass backup
  • 13.1 Agent for Active Directory
  • 13.2 Supported operating systems
  • 13.3 Installation of Agent for Active Directory
  • 13.4 Backing up Microsoft Active Directory
  • 13.5 Recovering Microsoft Active Directory
    • 13.5.1 Re-promoting the domain controller
    • 13.5.2 Recovering the Active Directory data from a single-pass backup
• 14 Administering a managed machine
  • 14.1 Backup plans and tasks
    • 14.1.1 Actions on backup plans and tasks
    • 14.1.2 States and statuses of backup plans and tasks
      • 14.1.2.1 Backup plan execution states
      • 14.1.2.2 Backup plan statuses
      • 14.1.2.3 Task states
      • 14.1.2.4 Task statuses
    • 14.1.3 Export and import of backup plans
      • 14.1.3.1 Editing the export file
    • 14.1.4 Deploying backup plans as files
    • 14.1.5 Backup plan details
    • 14.1.6 Task/activity details
  • 14.2 Log
    • 14.2.1 Actions on log entries
    • 14.2.2 Log entry details
  • 14.3 Alerts
  • 14.4 Changing a license
  • 14.5 Collecting system information
  • 14.6 Adjusting machine options
    • 14.6.1 Additional settings
    • 14.6.2 Acronis Customer Experience Program
    • 14.6.3 Alerts
      • 14.6.3.1 Alert management
      • 14.6.3.2 Time-based alerts
    • 14.6.4 E-mail settings
      • 14.6.4.1 Alert notifications
    • 14.6.5 Event tracing
      • 14.6.5.1 SNMP notifications
      • 14.6.5.2 Setting up SNMP services on the receiving machine
      • 14.6.5.3 Windows event log
    • 14.6.6 Log cleanup rules
    • 14.6.7 Machine management
    • 14.6.8 Cloud backup proxy
• 15 Centralized management
  • 15.1 Understanding centralized management
    • 15.1.1 Basic concepts
    • 15.1.2 Privileges for centralized management
      • 15.1.2.1 Types of connection to a managed machine
      • 15.1.2.2 Privileges for local connection
      • 15.1.2.3 Privileges for remote connection in Windows
      • 15.1.2.4 Requirements on User Account Control (UAC)
      • 15.1.2.5 Privileges for remote connection in Linux
      • 15.1.2.6 Acronis security groups
      • 15.1.2.7 Management server administrator rights
    • 15.1.3 Communication between Acronis Backup components
      • 15.1.3.1 Secure communication
      • 15.1.3.2 Client and server applications
      • 15.1.3.3 Configuring communication settings
      • 15.1.3.4 Network port configuration
      • 15.1.3.5 SSL certificates
  • 15.2 Back up now
  • 15.3 Creating a centralized backup plan
    • 15.3.1 Selecting data to back up
    • 15.3.2 Selection rules for files and folders
    • 15.3.3 Selection rules for volumes
    • 15.3.4 Backup location selection
    • 15.3.5 Centralized backup plan's credentials
    • 15.3.6 What if a machine does not have data meeting the selection rules
  • 15.4 Administering Acronis Backup Management Server
    • 15.4.1 Dashboard
    • 15.4.2 Machines with agents
      • 15.4.2.1 Machine groups
      • 15.4.2.2 Actions on machines
        • Adding a machine to the management server
        • Synchronizing machines with a text file
        • Adding a machine to another group
        • Moving a machine to another group
        • Adding machines to a group
        • Machine details
      • 15.4.2.3 Actions on groups
        • Creating a custom static or dynamic group
          • Organizational unit criterion
          • Listed in txt/csv file criterion
        • Move one group to another
        • Editing custom groups
        • Group details
    • 15.4.3 Virtual machines
    • 15.4.4 Backup plans and tasks
      • 15.4.4.1 Actions on centralized backup plans and tasks
    • 15.4.5 Storage nodes
    • 15.4.6 Licenses
      • 15.4.6.1 Adding licenses
      • 15.4.6.2 Changing the license server used by the management server
      • 15.4.6.3 Exporting licenses
      • 15.4.6.4 Removing licenses
      • 15.4.6.5 Revoking licenses
      • 15.4.6.6 Using the Acronis License Server Management Tool
    • 15.4.7 Alerts
    • 15.4.8 Reporting
      • 15.4.8.1 Report about the machines
      • 15.4.8.2 Report about the backup plans
      • 15.4.8.3 Report about the tasks
      • 15.4.8.4 Report about the archives and backups
      • 15.4.8.5 Report about the vaults' statistics
      • 15.4.8.6 Report about the tasks' runs
      • 15.4.8.7 Column selection
      • 15.4.8.8 Report view
    • 15.4.9 Log
      • 15.4.9.1 Actions on log entries (centralized)
      • 15.4.9.2 Centralized log entry details
    • 15.4.10 Management server options
      • 15.4.10.1 Acronis WOL Proxy
      • 15.4.10.2 Alerts
        • Alert management
        • Time-based alerts
      • 15.4.10.3 Domain access credentials
      • 15.4.10.4 E-mail settings
        • Alert notifications
      • 15.4.10.5 Event tracing
        • SNMP notifications
        • Windows event log
      • 15.4.10.6 Logging level
        • Log cleanup rules
      • 15.4.10.7 Cloud backup proxy
  • 15.5 Configuring Acronis Backup components
    • 15.5.1 Parameters set through administrative template
      • 15.5.1.1 How to load Acronis Administrative Template
      • 15.5.1.2 Acronis Backup
      • 15.5.1.3 Acronis Backup Agent for Windows
      • 15.5.1.4 Acronis Backup Management Server
      • 15.5.1.5 Acronis Backup Management Console
    • 15.5.2 Parameters set through Windows registry
• 16 Cloud backup
  • 16.1 Introduction to Acronis Cloud Backup
    • 16.1.1 What is Acronis Cloud Backup?
    • 16.1.2 What data can I back up and recover?
    • 16.1.3 How long will my backups be kept in the cloud storage?
    • 16.1.4 How do I secure my data?
    • 16.1.5 How do I back up virtual machines to the cloud storage?
    • 16.1.6 Supported operating systems and virtualization products
    • 16.1.7 Backup and recovery FAQ
      • 16.1.7.1 What backup methods are available?
      • 16.1.7.2 What recovery methods are available?
      • 16.1.7.3 Is the cloud storage available under Acronis bootable media?
      • 16.1.7.4 What if a network connection is lost during cloud backup or recovery?
      • 16.1.7.5 What happens if I run out of space?
      • 16.1.7.6 What is the cleanup task for?
      • 16.1.7.7 How do I make a recovered machine recognize its subscription?
    • 16.1.8 Initial Seeding FAQ
      • 16.1.8.1 What is Initial Seeding?
      • 16.1.8.2 Why would I want to use Initial Seeding?
      • 16.1.8.3 Is Initial Seeding a paid service?
      • 16.1.8.4 What types of hard drive can I use for Initial Seeding?
      • 16.1.8.5 Can I send more than one backup under a single Initial Seeding license?
      • 16.1.8.6 Can I send backups taken from a number of machines on a single hard drive?
      • 16.1.8.7 How to buy an Initial Seeding license?
      • 16.1.8.8 How do I perform initial seeding?
      • 16.1.8.9 How to package a hard drive for shipment?
      • 16.1.8.10 How do I track an Initial Seeding order status?
    • 16.1.9 Large Scale Recovery FAQ
      • 16.1.9.1 What is Large Scale Recovery?
      • 16.1.9.2 Why would I use Large Scale Recovery?
      • 16.1.9.3 Do I need to perform initial seeding to be able to use Large Scale Recovery?
      • 16.1.9.4 Is Large Scale Recovery a paid service?
      • 16.1.9.5 Can I perform large scale recovery on a different machine?
      • 16.1.9.6 Can I obtain backups taken from a number of machines on a single hard drive?
      • 16.1.9.7 How to buy a Large Scale Recovery license?
      • 16.1.9.8 How do I track a Large Scale Recovery order status?
      • 16.1.9.9 How to perform large scale recovery?
    • 16.1.10 Subscription lifecycle FAQ
      • 16.1.10.1 How do I access my account management webpage?
      • 16.1.10.2 Where do I find the subscriptions that I purchased?
      • 16.1.10.3 When does my subscription begin?
      • 16.1.10.4 What happens when my subscription expires?
      • 16.1.10.5 How do I renew a subscription?
        • Renewing a single subscription
        • Renewing a number of activated subscriptions at once
        • What does "Auto-renew" mean?
      • 16.1.10.6 What is the “Group” column for?
      • 16.1.10.7 Can I revoke a subscription from a machine?
      • 16.1.10.8 Can I cancel my subscription?
  • 16.2 Where do I start?
  • 16.3 Choosing a subscription
  • 16.4 Activating cloud backup subscriptions
    • 16.4.1 Activating subscriptions in Acronis Backup Advanced
    • 16.4.2 Reassigning an activated subscription
  • 16.5 Configuring proxy settings
  • 16.6 Retrieving files from the cloud storage by using a web browser
  • 16.7 Limitations of the cloud storage
  • 16.8 Terminology reference
• 17 Glossary
  • Acronis Active Restore
  • Acronis Plug-in for WinPE
  • Acronis Secure Zone
  • Acronis Startup Recovery Manager (ASRM)
  • Activity
  • Agent (Acronis Backup Agent)
  • Archive
  • Backup
  • Backup archive (Archive)
  • Backup operation
  • Backup options
  • Backup plan (Plan)
  • Backup scheme
  • Bootable agent
  • Bootable media
  • Built-in group
  • Cataloging
  • Centralized backup plan
  • Centralized management
  • Centralized task
  • Centralized vault
  • Cleanup
  • Console (Acronis Backup Management Console)
  • Consolidation
  • Data catalog
  • Deduplicating vault
  • Deduplication
  • Differential backup
  • Direct management
  • Disaster recovery plan (DRP)
  • Disk backup (Image)
  • Disk group
  • Dynamic disk
  • Dynamic group
  • Dynamic volume
  • Encrypted archive
  • Encrypted vault
  • Export
  • Full backup
  • GFS (Grandfather-Father-Son)
  • Image
  • Incremental backup
  • Indexing
  • Local backup plan
  • Local task
  • Logical volume
  • Machine
  • Managed machine
  • Managed vault
  • Management server (Acronis Backup Management Server)
  • Media builder
  • Personal vault
  • Plan
  • Recovery point
  • Registered machine
  • Registration
  • Replenishable pool
  • Replication
  • Retention rules
  • Single-pass backup
  • Static group
  • Storage node (Acronis Backup Storage Node)
  • Task
  • Tower of Hanoi
  • Unmanaged vault
  • Validation
  • Vault
  • Virtual machine
  • WinPE (Windows Preinstallation Environment)