ACRONIS BACKUP AND RECOVERY 10 SERVER FOR LINUX - User manual

Acronis®Backup & Recovery™10
Advanced Workstation / Advanced Server / Advanced Server Virtual Edition
Main Features
Fast and easy recovery
OS, applications and all
data can be fully recovered in
minutes, instead of hours or days.
Centralised management
Policy-based management of all backup
and recovery operations from a single
console.
Enhanced support for virtual
environments
Comprehensive backup and recovery
of VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix
XenServer and Parallels virtual
environments.
Data deduplication
File and block level deduplication
functionality, eliminating backup
copies of the same data and resulting
in substantial storage cost savings.
Scaleability
Supports a few to thousands of machines
backing up to multiple storage nodes.
Monitoring
Dashboard provides an overview of all
configured and running operations.
Advanced scheduling capabilities
Event-triggered backups and templates
for backup rotation schemes (such as
Tower of Hanoi and Grandfather-Father-
Son).
Security
Authentication of users and data
encryption secure data access and
transmissions.
Acronis®Backup & Recovery™10 simplifies and automates backup and
disaster recovery processes of workstations and servers in Windows and
Linux environments, across physical and virtual platforms. Based on patented
disk imaging and bare metal restore technologies, these products are the
next generation of Acronis®True Image. They provide medium-sized to large
organisations a simple, cost-effective solution to centrally manage all backup
and restore activities across the network.
Fast restore of OS and data to meet Recovery Time Objectives
With Acronis Backup & Recovery 10, the entire hard drive contents including
the operating system, applications and data can be fully recovered in minutes,
instead of hours or days. In addition, with the Acronis®Backup & Recovery™
10 Universal Restore option, it is easy to restore a backup image to different
hardware, including virtual machines.
Centralised management of local and remote systems
Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 enables policy-based management of all backup
and restore operations from a single console anywhere on the network. In
addition, a centralised dashboard provides an overview of the configured and
running operations on all systems, enhancing control and decision making.
Enhanced support for virtual environments
Acronis®Backup & Recovery™10 Advanced Server Virtual Edition is a
virtualisation-centric solution to backup and recover VMware, Microsoft
Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer and Parallels environments. It allows agent-less,
VCB or agent-based backup and recovery of files, volumes, virtual disks and
entire virtual machines, all from the centralised management console.
Storage and network savings through data deduplication
Eliminating backup copies of the same data from multiple computers results in
substantial storage and network bandwidth cost savings. The Acronis®Backup
& Recovery™10 Deduplication option provides affordable file and block level
software deduplication capability for both workstations and servers, helping
organisations of all sizes to maximise use of their storage infrastructure and
save expenses.
DATA SHEET

DATA SHEET
Features
Supported Operating Systems
Backup Options
Block level image backup•
File level backup•
Full backup•
Incremental backup•
Differential backup•
Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) support•
Dual destination backup•
Backup Targets
Local attached disk, Network Attached Storage (NAS) and•
Storage Area Network (SAN)
Acronis• ®Secure Zone® partition for local restore capability
FTP server•
Optical devices•
Tape•
Storage and Network Utilisation Optimisation
File and block level deduplication•
Selective source level deduplication•
Target level deduplication•
Recovery Options
Bare-metal restore•
Acronis• ®Universal Restore™option for recovering
to dissimilar hardware
Data recovery to different host or destination•
Single file restore•
Acronis• ®Active Restore™for priority application restore
Manageability
Centralised management console•
Event-based backup scheduling including log on, log off•
or time elapsed from previous backup and availability of
backup destination
Policy-based operation•
Graphical dashboard for operational status•
Virtual Machine Support
VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer and Parallels•
virtual machine (VM) support
Backup and recovery of files, volumes, virtual disks and•
even entire virtual machines
Agent-less backup through VMware Consolidated Backup•
(VCB)
Backup agent can be installed in each virtual machine•
allowing image based backup
Backup and restore from host•
Security
Encrypted backup images•
Encrypted network communications•
Single sign-on•
Backup agent authentication•
Easy to implement in firewall protected environments•
Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Workstation
Windows 2000 SP (Service Pack) 4+•
Windows XP SP2+ x32 and x64 Editions•
Windows Vista all SP x32 and x64 Editions•
Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server Virtual Edition Agent
Microsoft Hyper-V Windows Server 2008•
VMware ESX/ESXi version 3.5 and above•
Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server
Windows 2000 Server SP (Service Pack) 4+•
Windows Server 2003 SP 2+ x32 and x64 Editions•
Windows Server 2008 all SP x32 and x64 Editions•
Red Hat Enterprise 5 & 4•
CentOS 5 & 4•
Fedora 10 & 9•
Ubuntu 8.10 & 9.04•
Debian 4•
SLES 10•
OpenSUSE 11•
Asianux 3.0•
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