User manual ACRONIS BACKUP AND RECOVERY 10 ONLINE STAND-ALONE

[. . . ] Acronis® Backup & Recovery TM Online Stand-alone User's Guide Table of contents 1 Introduction to Acronis Backup & Recovery Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1. 1 1. 2 1. 3 1. 4 1. 5 What is Acronis Backup & Recovery Online?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 What data can I back up and recover?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 How long will my backups be kept in the online storage?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 How to secure my data?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Backup and recovery FAQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 What backup methods are available? [. . . ] A license purchased in Acronis online store becomes available immediately after the payment is processed. 1. 7. 8 12 How do I track a Large Scale Recovery order status? On the Acronis Web site, the Initial Seeding / Recovery tab shows you the status of all your orders. In addition, you will receive e-mail notifications about most important events. Available ­ The license can be used for any machine. Copyright © Acronis, Inc. , 2000-2010 An order was created ­ This status is set upon completion of the Large Scale Recovery order form. The order is being processed - Order processing in the datacenter started. Writing data has been completed ­ Your backups have been successfully written to the media. Ready to ship the media ­ Your order has been processed and the media will be shipped shortly. The media has been shipped ­ The media has been shipped to you (the carrier and the tracking number are specified). [Occasional] The order is on hold ­ Your order was placed on hold due to technical difficulties processing the order. [Occasional] The order has been cancelled ­ The order has been cancelled. [Occasional] Address is undeliverable ­ Acronis cannot send the disk. On the same Web page, click Change my delivery address and specify the correct address for the order. [Occasional] Address has been updated ­ This status is set after you have updated the delivery address on Acronis web site. 1. 7. 9 How to perform large scale recovery? The recovery procedure (p. For detailed information about recovery please refer to the context-sensitive help. 1. 8 Subscription lifecycle FAQ This section explains a subscription lifecycle and subscription operations that you can perform on your account management Web page. 1. 8. 1 How to access my account management Web page? To access this Web page from the Acronis Web site: 1. Log in to your account (create one if you are not registered yet). 1. 8. 2 Where do I find the subscriptions that I purchased? If you purchased your subscriptions from an Acronis partner, you should have received an e-mail confirming the registration codes for each subscription. Create an account on the Acronis web site, if you do not have one already, and log in to it. This is your 13 Copyright © Acronis, Inc. , 2000-2010 account management Web page. The subscriptions will appear in the list of available subscriptions under the Manage Subscriptions tab. If you purchased your subscriptions online using the Acronis Web site, they are available immediately on your account management Web page. The newly obtained subscriptions are listed at the Manage Subscriptions tab. 1. 8. 3 When does my subscription begin? Your subscription begins when you choose to have it begin, not at the time of purchase. The first activation occurs when you assign a subscription to a certain machine. To do so, you need to have Acronis software installed. 1. 8. 4 What happens when my subscription expires? A month before the subscription expiration date you receive an e-mail notification with an alert. In addition, you can see this alert on the account management web page near the machine. [. . . ] Under Where to recover, select the disk where the master boot record (MBR) will be recovered to. Map each volume selected for recovery to a volume or an unallocated space on the destination disk. For detailed information about recovery please refer to the context-sensitive help. 10 Limitations of the online storage Unlike other types of storage available in Acronis Backup & Recovery 10, the online storage has the following limitations. Operations The following operations are not possible. Backup operations: Backing up from bootable media Backing up under Linux Creating differential backups Using the Grandfather-Father-Son (GFS), Tower of Hanoi, and Custom backup schemes Simplified naming of backup files Converting a backup to a virtual machine Recovery operation: Recovering a backup as a virtual machine Operations with backups: Exporting a backup Mounting a backup Operation with archives (an archive is a set of backups): Exporting an archive These limitations also apply to backing up data using Initial Seeding and to recovering data using Large Scale Recovery. Backup and recovery options Some backup and recovery options are not supported by online backups. [. . . ]