378 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2010Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Online might be unavailable in your region. To find more information, click here:http://www.acronis.eu/my/backup-recovery-online/To configure backup to the online storage or recovery from the storage, follow the regular stepsdescribed in the corresponding sections:Creating a backup plan (p. 198)Creating a backup policy (p. 356)Recovering data (p. 222)The main difference is that you select the online storage as the backup destination.Host-based backups of virtual machines are possible with Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 VirtualEdition. You can back up all virtual machines managed by Agent for ESX/ESXi or Agent for Hyper-Vwith a single subscription for virtual machines.8.1 Introduction to Acronis Backup & Recovery 10OnlineThis section contains a brief overview of Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Online and answers questionsthat may arise during evaluation and usage of this product.8.1.1 What is Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Online?Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Online is a service that enables you to back up data to Acronis OnlineBackup Storage. To use this service, you need to buy a subscription that determines the amount ofstorage space reserved for your backups (storage quota) and how long the online service will beavailable to you.A separate subscription is required for each physical machine you are going to back up. The server orworkstation subscription that you buy will depend on the Windows operating system that themachine is running. Other operating systems are not supported by Acronis Backup & Recovery 10Online.Virtual machines hosted on a VMware ESX(i) or Microsoft Hyper-V host can be backed up using asingle subscription for virtual machines.Example: A 250 GB/ 1 year workstation subscription means that you can back up data from amachine running a non-server Windows operating system for a period of 1 year. The backups canoccupy no more than 250 GB.8.1.2 What data can I back up and recover?You can back up files, volumes, disks, or the entire physical machine as often as you wish. Unlikemost online backup solutions, Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Online enables bare metal recoverydirectly from the online storage. Files can be recovered from disk-level backups as well as from file-level backups.For information about backing up virtual machines see "How to back up virtual machines to theonline storage? (p. 379)"
