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Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2006 3 Contents Table of Contents CHAPTER 1. 1.1 1.2 1.3 INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................... 7 ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE SERVER FOR LINUX­ A COMPLETE SOLUTION FOR CORPORATE USERS ........................................ 7 FEATURES OF ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE SERVER FOR LINUX ............................................................................................. 8 TECHNICAL SUPPORT ................................................................................................................................................... 9 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION ............................................................................. 10 CHAPTER 2. 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS............................................................................................................................................. 10 INSTALLING ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE SERVER FOR LINUX ............................................................................................. 10 RUNNING ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE SERVER FOR LINUX ................................................................................................. 10 REMOVING THE PROGRAM.......................................................................................................................................... 11 GENERAL INFORMATION AND PROPRIETARY ACRONIS TECHNOLOGIES............... 12 CHAPTER 3. 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FILE ARCHIVES AND DISK/PARTITION IMAGES.................................................................... 12 FULL, INCREMENTAL AND DIFFERENTIAL BACKUPS ..................................................................................................... 12 ACRONIS SECURE ZONE ............................................................................................................................................. 13 ACRONIS STARTUP RECOVERY MANAGER .................................................................................................................. 14 3.4.1 3.4.2 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 How it works ................................................................................................................................... 14 How to use....................................................................................................................................... 14 WORKING FROM A RESCUE CD................................................................................................................................... 14 WORKING FROM A REMOTE TERMINAL ....................................................................................................................... 15 BACKING UP SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE RAID ARRAYS ........................................................................................... 15 BACKING UP TO TAPE DRIVE ....................................................................................................................................... 15 MAIN PROGRAM INTERFACE UNDER X WINDOW SYSTEM ...................................... 17 CREATING BACKUP ARCHIVES UNDER X WINDOW SYSTEM ................................... 20 CHAPTER 4. CHAPTER 5. 5.1 5.2 5.3 BACKING UP FILES AND FOLDERS (FILE BACKUP) ........................................................................................................ 20 BACKING UP DISKS AND PARTITIONS (IMAGE BACKUP) ................................................................................................ 24 SETTING BACKUP OPTIONS ......................................................................................................................................... 28 5.3.1 5.3.2 5.3.3 5.3.4 5.3.5 5.3.6 5.3.7 5.3.8 5.3.9 5.3.10 5.3.11 CHAPTER 6. 6.1 6.2 6.3 Archive protection ........................................................................................................................... 28 Source files exclusion...................................................................................................................... 29 Pre/post commands.......................................................................................................................... 29 Before/after data capture commands ............................................................................................... 29 Compression level ........................................................................................................................... 30 Backup performance........................................................................................................................ 30 Fast incremental/differential backup ............................................................................................... 31 Archive splitting .............................................................................................................................. 31 File-level security settings ............................................................................................................... 32 Media components ....................................................................................................................... 32 Additional settings ....................................................................................................................... 33 RESTORING THE BACKUP DATA UNDER X WINDOW SYSTEM.................................. 34 NETWORK SETTINGS IN RESCUE MODE ........................................................................................................................ 34 RESTORING FILES AND FOLDERS FROM FILE ARCHIVES ................................................................................................ 34 RESTORING DISKS/PARTITIONS OR FILES FROM IMAGES ............................................................................................... 39 6.3.1 6.3.2 6.3.3 6.3.4 6.3.5 6.3.6 6.3.7 6.3.8 6.3.9 6.3.10 6.3.11 6.4 4 Starting the Restore Data Wizard .................................................................................................... 39 Archive selection ............................................................................................................................. 39 Restoration type selection................................................................................................................ 40 Selecting a disk/partition to restore ................................................................................................. 40 Selecting a target disk/partition ....................................................................................................... 41 Changing the restored partition type................................................................................................ 42 Changing the restored partition file system ..................................................................................... 42 Changing the restored partition size and location............................................................................ 43 Restoring several partitions at once ................................................................................................. 44 Setting restore options.................................................................................................................. 44 Restoration summary and executing restoration .......................................................................... 44 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2006 RESTORING DATA WITH A RESCUE CD ........................................................................................................................ 45 Contents 6.5 SETTING RESTORE OPTIONS ........................................................................................................................................ 46 6.5.1 6.5.2 6.5.3 6.5.4 6.5.5 6.5.6 CHAPTER 7. 7.1 Files to restore exclusion ................................................................................................................. 46 Files overwriting mode.................................................................................................................... 47 Pre/post commands.......................................................................................................................... 47 Restoration priority.......................................................................................................................... 47 File-level security settings ............................................................................................................... 47 Additional settings........................................................................................................................... 48 SCHEDULING TASKS ................................................................................................. 49 CREATING SCHEDULED TASKS ......... ...