User manual ACRONIS BACKUP AND RECOVERY 10 ONLINE ADVANCED

[. . . ] Acronis® Backup & Recovery TM Online Advanced User's Guide Table of contents 1 Introduction to Acronis Backup & Recovery Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1. 1 1. 2 1. 3 1. 4 1. 5 1. 6 What is Acronis Backup & Recovery Online?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 What data can I back up and recover?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 How long will my backups be kept in the online storage?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 How to secure my data?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 How to back up virtual machines to the online storage? [. . . ] Make sure the new subscriptions are available on your account management Web page. The confirmation window will summarize which subscriptions will be renewed. If identical subscriptions are not found for some of the machines, you have the option to cancel automatic renewal and renew each subscription individually. 15 Copyright © Acronis, Inc. , 2000-2010 1. 9. 5. 3 What does "Auto-renew" mean? Auto-renewal means that when the current subscription expires, the next subscription will be automatically selected from the available subscriptions. The next subscription must be identical to the current subscription. If an identical subscription is not found, auto-renewal will not take place and your backups may fail. No subscriptions will be bought automatically. Only those subscriptions available at the time of auto-renewal can be used. You can select auto-renewal for each individual subscription or set up bulk auto-renewal of all of the activated subscriptions you have. 1. 9. 6 What is the "Group"column for? So you can apply actions, such as Renew all or Auto-renew all, to your selection of the subscriptions. Specify the desired group name, for example, SalesDept, near each of the subscriptions you want to group. Click the Group column header to sort the subscriptions and then apply the desired actions to the group. 1. 9. 7 Can I revoke a subscription from a machine? You cannot return an activated subscription to the list of available subscriptions, but you can reassign (p. 23) it to a different machine in Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 GUI. 1. 9. 8 Can I cancel my subscription? Just wait until the subscription expires. Refunds are not available for the online backup subscriptions. 2 Where do I start? On the Acronis Web site, log in to your account (create one if you are not registered yet) and navigate to Online backup > For Business. This is your account management Web page. Here you can get a trial subscription, locate an Acronis partner or buy subscriptions online. The newly obtained subscriptions are listed as available subscriptions in 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. 18) (if not yet installed) and assign (p. After that, you can start backing up (p. 25) to Acronis Online Backup Storage. 3 Choosing a subscription Normally, you choose a subscription based on the operating system your machine is running. Server operating systems supported by Acronis Backup & Recovery Online: 16 Windows 2000 Server/Advanced Server Windows Server 2003/2003 R2 - the Standard, Enterprise, Small Business Server editions (x86, x64) Copyright © Acronis, Inc. , 2000-2010 Windows Server 2008 - the Standard, Enterprise, Small Business Server, Foundation editions (x86, x64) Windows Server 2008 R2 - the Standard, Enterprise, Small Business Server, Datacenter, Foundation editions Windows MultiPoint Server 2010 Workstation operating systems supported by Acronis Backup & Recovery Online: Windows 2000 Professional SP4 Windows XP Professional SP2+ (x86, x64) Windows Vista - all editions except for Vista Home Basic and Vista Home Premium (x86, x64) Windows 7 - all editions except for the Starter and Home editions (x86, x64) Virtualization products supported by Acronis Backup & Recovery Online (host-based backup of virtual machines): VMware ESX Infrastructure 3. 5 Update 2+ VMware ESX(i) 4. 0 and 4. 1 (Host-based backup is available only for paid licenses of VMware ESXi. ) Windows Server 2008/2008 R2 (x64) with Hyper-V Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008/2008 R2 If your backups are likely to exceed the storage quota for this type of subscription, you may want to use a subscription with larger storage quota. For example, you can use a server subscription or a subscription for virtual machines on a workstation. [. . . ] For example: Backup splitting Dual destination By using the Backup performance > Network connection speed option, you can vary the transferring speed as kilobytes per second, but not as a percentage. Command-line mode Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 command-line utilities do not support online backup. 14 Upgrading to Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 If you want to use types of storage other than Online Backup Storage, upgrade to Acronis Backup & Recovery 10. Buy one Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 license for each agent you want to upgrade. To continue using centralized management, select any of the following product editions: Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server - for any server operating system Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Small Business Server - for Windows for Small Business Server Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Workstation - for non-server operating systems The upgrade procedure is the same as when upgrading from Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 trial version. For detailed information about upgrading, please refer to the "Changing a license" section of the Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 built-in help. 15 Technical Support Maintenance and Support Program If you need assistance with your Acronis product, please go to http://www. acronis. com/support/ Product Updates You can download the latest updates for all your registered Acronis software products from our website at any time after logging into your Account (https://www. acronis. com/my) and registering the product. [. . . ]