ACRONIS BACKUP AND RECOVERY 10 ONLINE STAND-ALONE User Manual

7 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2010Acronis uploads the backup to the online storage. After that, you can add incremental backups to thisfull backup, either manually or on a schedule.The hard disk drive is sent back to you but it is not possible to recover from it. However, recoveryfrom a locally attached device is possible with the Large scale recovery (p. 11) option.1.6.2 Why would I want to use Initial Seeding?This service helps you save time and network traffic during the initial full backup. It is useful whenbacking up very large volumes of data or entire machines to the online storage.1.6.3 Is Initial Seeding a paid service?Yes, you need to buy one Initial Seeding license per machine.1.6.4 What types of hard drive can I use for Initial Seeding?Acronis accepts hard disk drives of the following interface types: IDE, ATA, SATA, USB connecteddrives. SCSI drives are not accepted.You can back up directly to the device or back up to a local or network folder and then copy thebackup to the device. Make sure that the device has only one volume and that the file system on thatvolume is NTFS or FAT32.1.6.5 Can I send more than one backup under a single InitialSeeding license?Yes, if the backups are taken on the same machine and sent on the same disk.For example, you may want to upload a volume backup and a number of file backups. Do as many"initial seeding" backups as you wish and then send them to Acronis on the same disk. The InitialSeeding license gets used when uploading to the online storage starts. You will receive an e-mailnotification informing you about this. Afterwards, creating a new "initial seeding" backup on thesame machine will require a new Initial Seeding license.1.6.6 Can I send backups taken from a number of machines on asingle hard drive?Yes. However, the number of required licenses is still one per machine.1.6.7 How to buy an Initial Seeding license?You can buy an Initial Seeding license from an Acronis partner or in Acronis online store. Follow thelink www.acronis.com/my/backup-recovery-online/#buyhttp://www.acronis.com/my/backup-recovery-online/#buy to locate a partner or to buy online.Having purchased a license from an Acronis partner, you receive a confirmation e-mail with aregistration code. Click Enter new registration code on the same web page and register the license.The license becomes available on the Initial Seeding / Recovery tab.