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Basicconcepts
leasefamiliarizeyourselfwiththebasicnotionsusedintheAcronisBackup&Recovery10graphical
P
user
interfaceanddocumentation.Advancedusersarewelcometousethissectionasastep-by-stepquick
start
guide.Thedetailscanbefoundinthecontexthelp.
Backupunderoperatingsystem
1.Toprotectdataonamachine,installAcronisBackup&Recovery10agentonthemachinewhich
becomesamanagedmachinefromthispointon.
.TobeabletomanagethemachineusingGraphicalUserInterface,installAcronisBackup&Recovery
2
10
ManagementConsoleonthesamemachineoranymachinefromwhichyouprefertooperate.Ifyou
have
thestandaloneproductedition,skipthisstepsinceinyourcasetheconsoleinstallswiththeagent.
.Runtheconsole.Tobeabletorecoverthemachine'soperatingsystemifthesystemfailstostart,
3
create
bootablemedia.
4.Connecttheconsoletothemanagedmachine.
5.Createabackupplan.
Todoso,youhavetospecify,attheveryleast,thedatatobeprotectedandthelocationwherethe
ackuparchivewillbestored.Thiswillcreateaminimalbackupplanconsistingofonetaskthatwill
b
create
afullbackupofyourdataeverytimethetaskismanuallystarted.Acomplexbackupplanmightconsist
of
multipletaskswhichrunonschedule;createfull,incrementalordifferentialbackups;performarchive
maintenanceoperationssuchasbackupvalidationordeletingoutdatedbackups(archivecleanup).You
cancustomizebackupoperationsusingvariousbackupoptions,suchaspre/postbackupcommands,
networkbandwidththrottling,errorhandlingornotificationoptions.
6.UsetheBackupplansandtaskspagetoviewinformationaboutyourbackupplansandtasksand
monitortheirexecution.UsetheLogpagetobrowsetheoperationslog.
7.Thelocationwhereyoustorebackuparchivesiscalledavault.NavigatetotheVaultspagetoview
informationaboutyourvaults.Navigatefurthertothespecificvaulttoviewarchivesandbackupsand
performmanualoperationswiththem(mounting,validating,deleting,viewingcontents).Youcanalso
selectabackuptorecoverdatafromit.
hefollowingdiagramillustratesthenotionsdiscussedabove.Formoredefinitionspleaserefertothe
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Glossary.
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Backupusingbootablemedia
oucanbootthemachineusingthebootablemedia,configurethebackupoperationinthesamewayas
Y
a
simplebackupplanandexecutetheoperation.Thiswillhelpyouextractfilesandlogicalvolumesfroma
systemthatfailedtoboot,takeanimageoftheofflinesystemorbackupsector-by-sectoran
nsupportedfile
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system.
nataleControl
Agent
BackupPlan1
Task1Fullbackup
BackupFlan2
Vault
FBackupElFBackup2
ArchiveEBackupÜBacku
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Recoveryunderoperatingsystem
henitcomestodatarecovery,youcreatearecoverytaskonthemanagedmachine.Youspecifythe
W
vault,
thenselectthearchiveandthenselectthebackupreferringtothedateandtimeofthebackupcreation,
or
moreprecisely,tothetimewhenthecreationhasstarted.Inmostcases,thedatawillberevertedtothat
moment.
Examplesofexceptionstothisrule:
Recoveringadatabasefromabackupthatcontainsthetransactionlog(asinglebackupprovidesmultiple
recoverypointsandsoyoucanmakeadditionalselections).
Recoveringmultiplefilesfromafilebackuptakenwithoutsnapshot(eachfilewillberevertedtothemoment
whenitwasactuallycopiedtothebackup).
oualsospecifythedestinationwheretorecoverthedata.Youcancustomizetherecoveryoperation
Y
using
recoveryoptions,suchaspre/postrecoverycommands,errorhandlingornotificationoptions.
hefollowingdiagramillustratesdatarecoveryundertheoperatingsystem(online).Nobackupcan
T
proceed
onthemachinewhiletherecoveryoperationistakingplace.Ifrequired,youcanconnecttheconsoleto
nothermachineandconfigurearecoveryoperationonthatmachine.Thisability(remoteparallel
a
recovery)
firstappearedinAcronisBackup&Recovery10;thepreviousAcronisproductsdonotprovideit.
Archive1
Archive2ECIRZLI
ankup
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Recoveryusingbootablemedia
ecoveryoveravolumelockedbytheoperatingsystem,suchasthevolumewheretheoperating
R
system
resides,requiresareboottothebootableenvironmentwhichisapartoftheagent.Aftertherecoveryis
completed,therecoveredoperatingsystemgoesonlineautomatically.
Ifthemachinefailstobootoryouneedtorecoverdatatobaremetal,youbootthemachineusingthe
ootablemediaandconfiguretherecoveryoperationinthesamewayastherecoverytask.The
b
following
diagramillustratestherecoveryusingthebootablemedia.
Agent
BackupPlan1
Task1Fullbackup
BackupPlan2
Task1 FunbackupTask2Differenlialbackup
Restoretask
Restore|3132‘fomBackup4
Selenbackup
Archive1
FBackupElFBackup1 FBackup2
Archive2BackupEl
ackup ackun2ackup3
|FBackup5
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FBackupElFBackup1 FBackup2
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