Table of ContentsCHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................... 71.1 A CRONIS TRUE I MAGE ENTERPRISE S ERVER – A COMPLETE SOLUTION FOR CORPORATE USERS ................... 71.2 A CRONIS TRUE I MAGE ENTERPRISE S ERVER A RCHITECTURE ....................................................................... 81.3 N EW IN A CRONIS TRUE I MAGE 9.1 ENTERPRISE S ERVER .............................................................................. 91.4 S YSTEM REQUIREMENTS AND SUPPORTED MEDIA ....................................................................................... 101.4.1 Minimum system requirements ........................................................................................................... 101.4.2 Supported operating systems.............................................................................................................. 101.4.3 Supported file systems ........................................................................................................................ 111.4.4 Supported storage media.................................................................................................................... 111.5 TECHNICAL SUPPORT .................................................................................................................................. 11CHAPTER 2. ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE ENTERPRISE SERVER INSTALLATION AND STARTING.............................................................................................................................................................................. 132.1 I NSTALLING A CRONIS TRUE I MAGE E NTERPRISE S ERVER COMPONENTS .................................................... 132.2 EXTRACTING A CRONIS TRUE I MAGE ENTERPRISE S ERVER COMPONENTS .................................................. 142.3 S ETTING UP SECURITY PARAMETERS FOR A CRONIS TRUE I MAGE ENTERPRISE S ERVER .............................. 142.3.1 Usernames and passwords ................................................................................................................. 142.3.2 Firewall setup..................................................................................................................................... 152.4 RUNNING A CRONIS TRUE I MAGE ENTERPRISE S ERVER COMPONENTS ........................................................ 152.4.1 Running Acronis True Image Enterprise Server (local version) ........................................................ 152.4.2 Running Acronis True Image Management Console.......................................................................... 152.5 REMOVING A CRONIS TRUE I MAGE ENTERPRISE S ERVER COMPONENTS ...................................................... 15CHAPTER 3. GENERAL INFORMATION AND PROPRIETARY ACRONIS TECHNOLOGIES ...... 163.1 THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FILE ARCHIVES AND DISK /PARTITION IMAGES .................................................. 163.2 F ULL, INCREMENTAL AND DIFFERENTIAL BACKUPS .................................................................................... 163.3 A CRONIS S ECURE ZONE .............................................................................................................................. 173.4 A CRONIS S TARTUP RECOVERY M ANAGER .................................................................................................. 183.4.1 How it works....................................................................................................................................... 183.4.2 How to use.......................................................................................................................................... 183.5 A CRONIS BACKUP S ERVER ......................................................................................................................... 183.5.1 Backup locations, their quotas and time limits................................................................................... 193.5.2 Quotas and time limits for computers and users ................................................................................ 193.5.3 Administrator profiles and User profiles............................................................................................ 193.5.4 Operations with archives.................................................................................................................... 203.6 A CRONIS S NAP R ESTORE ............................................................................................................................ 203.6.1 How it works....................................................................................................................................... 203.6.2 How to use.......................................................................................................................................... 213.7 A CRONIS U NIVERSAL R ESTORE .................................................................................................................. 213.7.1 How to use.......................................................................................................................................... 223.7.2 Using Acronis Universal Restore in virtual environment................................................................... 233.7.3 Hints on using Acronis Universal Restore ......................................................................................... 233.7.4 Benefits............................................................................................................................................... 233.8 U SING DYNAMIC DISKS AND VOLUMES ....................................................................................................... 243.9 BACKING UP TO TAPE DRIVE ....................................................................................................................... 243.10 V IEWING DISK AND PARTITION INFORMATION ........................................................................................... 25CHAPTER 4. USING ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE MANAGEMENT CONSOLE....................................... 264.1 G ENERAL INFORMATION ............................................................................................................................. 264.2 I NSTALLING /UPDATING A CRONIS COMPONENTS ON A REMOTE MACHINE ................................................... 264.3 MANAGING A SINGLE REMOTE COMPUTER .................................................................................................. 274.3.1 Connecting to a remote computer ...................................................................................................... 274.3.2 Backup and recovery tasks ................................................................................................................. 284.4 MANAGING GROUPS OF COMPUTERS ........................................................................................................... 294.4.1 Group server management ................................................................................................................. 294.4.2 Creating new group backup tasks ...................................................................................................... 314.4.3 Group tasks management ................................................................................................................... 334 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2006