
Contents
4
Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2005
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................ 6
1.1 WHAT IS ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE SERVER 8.0 FOR WINDOWS .................................................................... 6
1.2 WHAT'S NEW IN ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE SERVER 8.0 FOR WINDOWS ......................................................... 7
1.3 WHAT IS A DISK IMAGE.............................................................................................................................. 7
1.4 SOFTWARE USAGE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.............................................................................................. 8
CHAPTER 2. INSTALLATION AND RUNNING............................................................................................ 9
2.1 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS............................................................................................................................ 9
2.2 SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEMS.............................................................................................................. 9
2.3 ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE SERVER 8.0 FOR WINDOWS INSTALLATION ........................................................... 9
2.4 RUNNING ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE SERVER 8.0 FOR WINDOWS ................................................................. 10
2.5 REMOVING THE PROGRAM ....................................................................................................................... 10
CHAPTER 3. GENERAL PROGRAM INFORMATION.............................................................................. 11
3.1 MAIN PROGRAM WINDOW........................................................................................................................ 11
3.2 ACRONIS SECURE ZONE .......................................................................................................................... 13
3.2.1 Creating Acronis Secure Zone ............................................................................................................ 14
3.2.2 Resizing Acronis Secure Zone ............................................................................................................ 15
3.2.3 Deleting the images in Acronis Secure Zone ......................................................................................16
3.2.4 Deleting Acronis Secure Zone ............................................................................................................ 17
3.3 ACRONIS STARTUP RECOVERY MANAGER .............................................................................................. 18
3.4 SUPPORTED FILE SYSTEMS....................................................................................................................... 19
3.5 USING DYNAMIC DISKS AND VOLUMES .................................................................................................... 19
3.6 BACKING UP TO TAPE DRIVE .................................................................................................................... 20
CHAPTER 4. CREATING A PARTITION (DISK) IMAGE......................................................................... 21
4.1 SELECTING PARTITIONS ........................................................................................................................... 21
4.2 SELECTING IMAGE LOCATION .................................................................................................................. 21
4.3 SELECTING IMAGE MODE ......................................................................................................................... 22
4.3.1 Creating an incremental image............................................................................................................ 23
4.4 SELECTING IMAGE FILE SIZE .................................................................................................................... 24
4.5 SELECTING DATA COMPRESSION LEVEL................................................................................................... 25
4.6 PROTECTING IMAGES WITH PASSWORDS .................................................................................................. 26
4.7 PROVIDING COMMENTS ........................................................................................................................... 26
4.8 IMAGE CREATION SCRIPT ......................................................................................................................... 27
4.9 SELECTING IMAGE CREATION PRIORITY................................................................................................... 28
4.10 OPERATION RESULTS NOTIFICATION .................................................................................................... 28
4.10.1 Email notification ............................................................................................................................ 28
4.10.2 WinPopup notification..................................................................................................................... 29
CHAPTER 5. RESTORING A DISK (PARTITION) FROM AN IMAGE................................................... 30
5.1 SELECTING AN IMAGE TO RESTORE FROM ................................................................................................ 30
5.2 CHECKING IMAGE INTEGRITY BEFORE RESTORATION .............................................................................. 31
5.3 SELECTING A PARTITION TO RESTORE...................................................................................................... 32
5.4 SELECTING A LOCATION TO RESTORE TO ................................................................................................. 33
5.5 SELECTING PARTITION TYPE .................................................................................................................... 34
5.6 SELECTING A FILE SYSTEM ...................................................................................................................... 34
5.7 SELECTING RESTORED PARTITION SIZE .................................................................................................... 35
5.8 ASSIGNING A LETTER TO A PARTITION ..................................................................................................... 36
5.9 CHECKING FILE SYSTEM INTEGRITY......................................................................................................... 37
5.10 RESTORING SEVERAL PARTITIONS AT ONCE ......................................................................................... 38
5.11 RESTORATION SCRIPT .......................................................................................................................... 38
CHAPTER 6. BROWSING AND RESTORING PARTICULAR FILES ..................................................... 40
6.1 CONNECTING A VIRTUAL DISK................................................................................................................. 40
6.1.1 Selecting an image .............................................................................................................................. 40
Comentarios a estos manuales