ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE ECHO - FOR LINUX Podręcznik Użytkownika

User’s Guide Acronis® True Image Echo Server for Linux

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009 Support shall consist of supplying telephone or other electronic support to you in order to help you locate and,

Chapter 2. Acronis True Image Echo Server installation and startup 2.1 System requirements 2.1.1 Minimum hardware requirements Acronis True Image

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009 2.4 Removing Acronis True Image Echo Server To remove Acronis True Image Echo Server, do the following: 1. Exe

Chapter 3. General information and proprietary Acronis technologies 3.1 The difference between file archives and disk/partition images A backup ar

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009 A standalone full backup may be an optimal solution if you often roll back the system to the initial state (like

In case you remove Acronis True Image Echo Server from the system, there is an option to keep Acronis Secure Zone along with its contents (which wil

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009 Physical drives that are part of hardware disk arrays are listed alongside other available drives as if they h

3.8 Backing up to tape drive Acronis True Image Echo Server supports SCSI tape drives. It can store backups on the tape and restore data from the t

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009 Chapter 4. The program interface under X Window System Acronis True Image Echo Server features both the conso

• Add New Disk – add a new disk for data storage leaving the OS and applications on the old one. 4.1.2 The menu The menu bar features the Operatio

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Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009 4.2 Viewing disk and partition information You can change the way of data representation in all schemes you see

Chapter 5. Creating backup archives To be able to restore the lost data or roll back your system to a predetermined state, you should first create

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009 You can also apply custom filters, using the common masking rules. For example, to exclude all files with extens

The “farther” you store the archive from the original folders, the safer it will be in case of data damage. For example, saving the archive to ano

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009 7. Select the backup options (that is, backup file splitting, compression level, password protection, pre/post

11. You may want to see the log when the task is completed. To view the log, click the Show Operation Logs button on the toolbar. If you burn an a

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009 If you are going to create a full backup, type the file name in the File Name line, or use the file name generat

You can also close the progress window by clicking Hide. The backup creation will continue, but you will be able to start another operation or close

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009 Encryption The preset is 128 bit. Once the password has been set, you can choose to encrypt the backup for advan

you can browse folders to find the respective scripts. A single command can be specified in the same window along with its arguments and working dir

Table of Contents Chapter 1. Introduction ... 6 1.1 Acronis® T

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009 If you frequently backup data to network drives, think of limiting the network usage used by Acronis True Image

If you do not have enough space to store the backup on your hard disk, the program will warn you and wait for your decision as to how you plan to fi

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009 Corporate administrators need an option to continue back up on all errors, despite what that errors may be, with

A full backup, when created on a tape drive, overwrites all data stored on the tape (see 3.8 Backing up to tape drive for more information). In thi

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009 Chapter 6. Restoring the backup data under X Window system This chapter describes data recovery using Acronis T

6.2 Restoring files and folders from file archives Here we describe how to restore files/folders from a file backup archive. You can restore the de

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009 To restore data from an incremental backup, you must have all previous incremental backups and the initial full

All of these settings will take effect for the current task. How to set the default filters that will be called each time you restore data, see 6.5

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009 9. At the final step, the restoration summary is displayed. Up to this point, you can click Back to make change

If the archive is located on removable media, e.g. CD, first insert the last CD and then insert disks in reverse order when Restore Data Wizard pr

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009 6.1.1 Restore under OS or boot from CD? ...

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009 Restore disks or partitions Having selected a usual way of disks/partitions recovery, you will have to make all

All the data stored on the target partition will be replaced by the image data, so be careful and watch for non-backed-up data that you might need

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009 If you restore a system partition to another hard disk with its own partitions and OS, most probably you will ne

6.3.10 Setting restore options Select the options for the restoration process (that is, pre/post restoration commands, restoration process priority

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009 #/sbin/lilo GRUB: #/sbin/grub-install /device_name (/device_name is hd: hda, hdal, hda2, sdal, sda2 etc) 6.4 Re

6.5.1 Files to exclude from restoration The preset is Restore all files. You can set the default filters for the specific types of files that are

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009 Unchecking the Do not perform operations until the commands execution is complete box, checked by default, will

6.5.7 Error handling 1. Do not show messages and dialogs while processing (“silent” mode) The preset is disabled. With the silent mode enabled, the

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009 Chapter 7. Scheduling tasks Acronis True Image Echo Server allows you to schedule periodic backup and archive

• Manually later – the task will be saved, but not launched automatically. You will be able to launch it later by clicking Run in the Scheduled Ta

12.2 Automatic image creation using cron service ... 75 12.3 Restoring files wit

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009 If the computer is off when the scheduled time comes, the task won’t be performed, but you can force the missed

7.1.3 Setting up monthly execution If you select monthly execution, set the Start time and days on which to execute the task: • Day – on the speci

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009 If the computer is off when the scheduled time comes, the task won’t be performed, but you can force the missed

Chapter 8. Managing Acronis Secure Zone The Acronis Secure Zone is a hidden partition for storing archives on the computer system itself. For more

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009 The minimum size is about 35MB, depending on the geometry of the hard disk. The maximum size is equal to the di

3. Select partitions from which free space will be used to increase Acronis Secure Zone or that will receive free space after the zone is reduced.

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009 Zone deletion might take several minutes or more. Please wait until the whole procedure is finished.

Chapter 9. Creating bootable media You can run Acronis True Image Echo Server on a bare metal or on a crashed computer that cannot boot. You can al

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009 When using 3.5” diskettes, you will be able to write on a diskette (or a set of the diskettes) only one compone

Chapter 10. Operations with archives 10.1 Validating backup archives To be certain that your archives are not damaged, you can check their integri

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009 Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1 Acronis® True Image Echo Server – a complete solution for corporate users You h

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009 If you added a comment to the archive, it will be displayed to the right of the drives tree. If the archive was

5. Select whether you want to mount image in Read-only or Read/Write mode. 6. If you select Read/Write mode, the program assumes that the connected

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009 3. The program displays a list of backups belonging to the selected archive with the backups creation date and t

5. The program displays the summary window. Click Proceed to start consolidation. In our example, when consolidation is completed, the folder Backup

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009 Chapter 11. Notifications and event tracing Sometimes a backup or restore procedure can last for 30 minutes or

11.2 WinPopup notification To set up WinPopup notification, select Tools -> Options -> Notifications -> WinPopup: Provide the name of th

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009 The left panel can contain up to 50 logs. If there are more, you can browse the list using the More and Less but

Chapter 12. Console mode Console is a natural part of Linux OS. Acronis True Image Echo Server supports it through the trueimagecmd command line to

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009 deploy_mbr Restores MBR from a disk or partition image /filename:[file name] /password:[password] /asz /index:N

12.1.2 Common options (options common for most trueimagecmd commands) Option Description Archive location Access to archives filename:[filename]*

Leverages Existing Technology Investments The product can leverage your current storage infrastructure by supporting a wide variety of storage media

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009 follows: --partition:1-1,1-2,1-3 or --oss_numbers --partition:1-1,1-5,1-6 log:[filename]* Create a log file of t

filebackup include:[names] Files and folders to be included in the backup (comma separated). For example: --include:'/home/bot/ATIESsafe.iso,/

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009 other primary partitions, the restored partition will be set active - if the target disk is the 1st according to

list filename:[filename] With this option, the image contents is displayed. When listing image contents, partition numbers may not coincide with th

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009 trueimagecmd --list --filename:backup.tib • This will create an image named backup.tib of partition 1-1: trueim

trueimagecmd --deploy_mbr --filename:/usr/backups/D1.tib \ --harddisk:1 12.2 Automatic image creation using cron service As a rule, disk/partitio

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009 12.3 Restoring files with trueimagemnt The trueimagemnt tool is designed to restore files from partition/disk i

trueimagemnt -m /mnt/md1 -f nfs://dhcp6-223.acronis.com/sdb3/nfs_root:/mike/md1.tib -i 2 mounts /mike/md1.tib archive, located on dhcp6-223.acronis.

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009 Chapter 13. Transferring the system to a new disk 13.1 General information Sooner or later any computer user f

13.2 Security Please note the following: if the power goes out or you accidentally press RESET during the transfer, the procedure will be incomplet

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009 Backup Archive Store Places A wide variety of IDE, SCSI, USB, FireWire, and PC Card (formerly PCMCIA) storage me

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009 You can determine the source and destination using the information provided in this window (disk number, capaci

13.3.4 Partitioned destination disk At this point, the program checks to see if the destination disk is free. If not, you will be prompted by the N

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009 • Destroy data – destroy all data on the old disk. If you are going to sell or give away your old disk, we rec

The second method takes more time, but makes it impossible to recover data afterwards, even with special equipment. The first method is less secure,

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009 Having completed the required steps, you will add a new partition. To create another one, simply repeat those st

If the cursor turns to two vertical lines with left and right arrows, it is pointed at the partition border and you can drag it to enlarge or reduce

Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009 Chapter 14. Adding a new hard disk If you don't have enough space for your data, you can either replace th

If the cursor turns to two vertical lines with left and right arrows, it is pointed at the partition border and you can drag it to enlarge or reduce

CLI features MBR restore Backup to FTP server Allow logs on net share 1.4 Supported file systems and storage media 1.4.1 Supported file systems •