Document Outline

• 1 Getting started
  • 1.1 Introduction
    • 1.1.1 What is Acronis Small Office: Server Cloud Backup?
    • 1.1.2 Acronis Small Office Backup basic concepts
    • 1.1.3 FAQ about backup and recovery
    • 1.1.4 System requirements and supported media
      • 1.1.4.1 Minimum system requirements
      • 1.1.4.2 Supported operating systems
      • 1.1.4.3 Supported file systems
      • 1.1.4.4 Supported storage media
      • 1.1.4.5 SSD support
    • 1.1.5 Small Office Backup installation
    • 1.1.6 Small Office Backup activation
    • 1.1.7 Trial subscription information
    • 1.1.8 How to get a subscription
    • 1.1.9 Installing Acronis Hotfixes
    • 1.1.10 Technical Support
  • 1.2 Program workspace
    • 1.2.1 Main window
      • 1.2.1.1 Toolbar
    • 1.2.2 Wizards and notification area icons
    • 1.2.3 Acronis Backup Explorer
      • 1.2.3.1 Disks and partitions tab
      • 1.2.3.2 Files and folders tab
      • 1.2.3.3 Time line
    • 1.2.4 Sign-in menu
    • 1.2.5 Settings menu
    • 1.2.6 Help menu
• 2 Backing up data
  • 2.1 What is a disk/partition image?
  • 2.2 Full, incremental and differential backups
  • 2.3 Backing up partitions and disks
  • 2.4 Making reserve copies of your backups
  • 2.5 How to make bootable removable media with a backup
  • 2.6 Adding an existing backup to the list
  • 2.7 Deleting backups and backup versions
  • 2.8 Backup options
    • 2.8.1 Backup schemes
    • 2.8.2 Single version scheme
    • 2.8.3 Version chain scheme
    • 2.8.4 Custom schemes
      • 2.8.4.1 Managing custom backup schemes
      • 2.8.4.2 Automatic version consolidation
      • 2.8.4.3 Examples of custom schemes
    • 2.8.5 Image creation mode
    • 2.8.6 Backup protection
    • 2.8.7 Pre/Post commands for backup
      • 2.8.7.1 Edit user command for backup
    • 2.8.8 Backup splitting
    • 2.8.9 Backup validation option
    • 2.8.10 Backup reserve copy
    • 2.8.11 Removable media settings
    • 2.8.12 Backup comment
    • 2.8.13 Error handling
    • 2.8.14 Computer shutdown
    • 2.8.15 Windows account
    • 2.8.16 Performance of backup operation
    • 2.8.17 Notifications for backup operation
      • 2.8.17.1 Disaster recovery plan
    • 2.8.18 Excluding items from backup
  • 2.9 Validating backups
  • 2.10 Consolidating backup versions
    • 2.10.1 Archive to consolidate protection
    • 2.10.2 Backup selection
    • 2.10.3 Result location
    • 2.10.4 Consolidation summary
  • 2.11 Cloning backup settings
• 3 Recovering data
  • 3.1 Recovering your system after a crash
    • 3.1.1 Trying to determine the crash cause
    • 3.1.2 Preparing for recovery
    • 3.1.3 Recovering your system
  • 3.2 Recovering partitions and disks
  • 3.3 How to recover more than one partition at once
  • 3.4 Recovering a disk backup to a different disk under rescue media
    • 3.4.1 Recovering a disk with a hidden partition
  • 3.5 Recovering specific files and folders
    • 3.5.1 Recovering file versions
  • 3.6 Acronis Universal Restore
    • 3.6.1 Purpose of Acronis Universal Restore
      • 3.6.1.1 General principles of Acronis Universal Restore
    • 3.6.2 Recovering to different hardware
      • 3.6.2.1 Recovering your system with the help of Acronis Universal Restore
      • 3.6.2.2 Recovering your system with the help of Acronis Universal Restore under rescue media
    • 3.6.3 Limitations in using Acronis Universal Restore
  • 3.7 About recovery of dynamic/GPT disks and volumes
  • 3.8 Backup protection dialog box
  • 3.9 Arranging boot order in BIOS
  • 3.10 Recovery options
    • 3.10.1 Disk recovery mode
    • 3.10.2 Pre/Post commands for recovery
      • 3.10.2.1 Edit user command for recovery
    • 3.10.3 Validation option
    • 3.10.4 Computer restart
    • 3.10.5 File recovery options
    • 3.10.6 Overwrite file options
    • 3.10.7 Performance of recovery operation
    • 3.10.8 Notifications for recovery operation
• 4 Using online backup
  • 4.1 What is Acronis Cloud?
  • 4.2 How it works
  • 4.3 Backing up to Acronis Cloud
  • 4.4 Scheduling
    • 4.4.1 Daily execution parameters
    • 4.4.2 Monthly execution parameters
    • 4.4.3 Weekly execution parameters
    • 4.4.4 Upon event execution parameters
  • 4.5 Online backup options
    • 4.5.1 Acronis Cloud connection attempts
    • 4.5.2 Acronis Cloud cleanup
    • 4.5.3 Encryption key
    • 4.5.4 Windows account for Online backup
    • 4.5.5 Operation priority
    • 4.5.6 Network connection speed limit
    • 4.5.7 Notifications
      • 4.5.7.1 Disaster recovery plan
    • 4.5.8 Exclusions
  • 4.6 Recovery from Acronis Cloud
    • 4.6.1 Recovering data from online backups
    • 4.6.2 Selecting a version to recover
  • 4.7 Removing data from Acronis Cloud
• 5 Tools
  • 5.1 Creating bootable rescue media
    • 5.1.1 Acronis Media Builder
      • 5.1.1.1 Rescue media contents selection
      • 5.1.1.2 Bootable media startup parameters
      • 5.1.1.3 Bootable media selection
      • 5.1.1.4 Destination file selection
      • 5.1.1.5 Bootable media creation summary
      • 5.1.1.6 How to create a bootable USB flash drive
    • 5.1.2 Creating WinPE-based rescue media
      • 5.1.2.1 Creating a new WinPE ISO with the Acronis Plug-in
      • 5.1.2.2 Adding the Acronis Plug-in to the existing WinPE 2.x or 3.0 ISO
      • 5.1.2.3 Adding the Acronis Plug-in to WinPE WIM
      • 5.1.2.4 Creating a custom WinPE 3.0 ISO with your drivers
    • 5.1.3 How to prepare a USB flash drive for Acronis Media Builder
  • 5.2 Adding a new hard disk
    • 5.2.1 Selecting a hard disk
    • 5.2.2 Selecting initialization method
    • 5.2.3 Creating new partitions
      • 5.2.3.1 Partition settings
    • 5.2.4 Add new disk summary
  • 5.3 How to use Acronis Startup Recovery Manager
  • 5.4 Mounting an image
  • 5.5 Unmounting an image
• 6 Useful information
  • 6.1 Protecting your system
  • 6.2 Deciding where to store your backups
    • 6.2.1 FTP connection
    • 6.2.2 Authentication settings
  • 6.3 Making sure that your rescue media can be used when needed
    • 6.3.1 Selecting video mode when booting from the rescue media
  • 6.4 Testing that your backups can be used for recovery
  • 6.5 Migrating your system from an HDD to an SSD
    • 6.5.1 Preparing for migration
      • 6.5.1.1 What to do if Small Office Backup does not recognize your SSD
      • 6.5.1.2 What to do if your SSD does not have enough space for all HDD content
      • 6.5.1.3 Checking SSD partition alignment
      • 6.5.1.4 Fixing SSD partition alignment
    • 6.5.2 Migrating to an SSD using the backup and recovery method
  • 6.6 Scheduling
    • 6.6.1 Daily execution parameters
    • 6.6.2 Monthly execution parameters
    • 6.6.3 Weekly execution parameters
    • 6.6.4 Upon event execution parameters
  • 6.7 Choosing columns for viewing in wizards
  • 6.8 Backup information
  • 6.9 Timeout settings
• 7 Troubleshooting
  • 7.1 Acronis System Report
  • 7.2 Acronis Smart Error Reporting
  • 7.3 How to collect crash dumps
  • 7.4 General recommendations
  • 7.5 Creating a custom rescue CD
  • 7.6 Viewing log
  • 7.7 Acronis Customer Experience Program
• 8 Glossary of Terms
  • Backup
  • Backup operation
  • Backup settings
  • Backup version
  • Backup version chain
  • Bootable media
  • Consolidation
  • Differential backup
  • Differential backup version
  • Disk backup (Image)
  • Full backup
  • Full backup version
  • Image
  • Incremental backup
  • Incremental backup version
  • Online backup
  • Recovery
  • Validation