ACRONIS BACKUP AND RECOVERY 10 ONLINE STAND-ALONE User Manual

15 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-20101.8.5.3 What does "Auto-renew" mean?Auto-renewal means that when the current subscription expires, the next subscription will beautomatically selected from the available subscriptions. The next subscription must be identical tothe 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 ofauto-renewal can be used. You can select auto-renewal for each individual subscription or set up bulkauto-renewal of all of the activated subscriptions you have.1.8.6 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 togroup. Click the Group column header to sort the subscriptions and then apply the desired actions tothe group.1.8.7 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. 19) it to a different machine in Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 GUI.1.8.8 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) andnavigate to Online backup > For Business. This is your account management Web page. Here you canget a trial subscription, locate an Acronis partner or buy subscriptions online. The newly obtainedsubscriptions are listed as available subscriptions in the Manage Subscriptions tab.If you purchased your subscriptions from an Acronis partner, register them manually using the Enternew registration code link. The registration codes come with the purchase confirmation e-mail.Next, install Acronis software (p. 17) (if not yet installed) and assign (p. 19) each subscription to amachine. The subscriptions become activated. After that, you can start backing up (p. 20) to AcronisOnline Backup Storage.3 Choosing a subscriptionNormally, you choose a subscription based on the operating system your machine is running.Server operating systems supported by Acronis Backup & Recovery Online: Windows 2000 Server/Advanced Server Windows Server 2003/2003 R2 - the Standard, Enterprise, Small Business Server editions (x86,x64)