ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE - FOR MICROSOFT WINDOWS SMALL BUSINESS... User manual

User’s Guide
Acronis®
True Image
for Microsoft®Windows
Small Business Server

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Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction ..........................................................................................7
1.1 Acronis® True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server – a complete solution for corporate
users 7
1.2 Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server components.....................................9
1.3 New in Acronis for Microsoft Small Business Server...............................................................9
1.4 Supported file systems and storage media.........................................................................11
1.4.1 Supported file systems ..............................................................................................11
1.4.2 Supported storage media...........................................................................................11
1.5 License policy..................................................................................................................12
1.6 Technical support............................................................................................................12
Chapter 2. Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server installation
and startup .............................................................................................................13
2.1 System requirements.......................................................................................................13
2.1.1 Minimum hardware requirements ...............................................................................13
2.1.2 Supported operating systems.....................................................................................13
2.2 Security parameters.........................................................................................................13
2.2.1 Credentials...............................................................................................................13
2.2.2 Firewall setup...........................................................................................................14
2.2.3 Encrypted communication..........................................................................................14
2.2.4 Security parameters in Acronis Administrative Template ...............................................15
2.3 Installing Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server components.....................16
2.3.1 Installation of Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server local version and
Acronis True Image Agent for Windows................................................................................17
2.3.2 Installation of Acronis Group Server............................................................................18
2.3.3 Acronis Backup Server installation and setup...............................................................18
2.3.4 Acronis Universal Restore installation..........................................................................22
2.4 Extracting Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server components....................22
2.5 Running Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server components......................22
2.5.1 Running Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server (local version).............22
2.5.2 Running Acronis True Image Management Console......................................................23
2.5.3 Running other Acronis components.............................................................................23
2.6 Removing Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server components....................23
Chapter 3. General information and proprietary Acronis technologies ................24
3.1 The difference between file archives and disk/partition images............................................24
3.2 Full, incremental and differential backups..........................................................................24
3.3 Acronis Secure Zone®......................................................................................................25
3.4 Acronis Startup Recovery Manager....................................................................................26
3.4.1 How it works ............................................................................................................26
3.4.2 How to use...............................................................................................................26
3.5 Acronis Backup Server .....................................................................................................27
3.5.1 Backup locations.......................................................................................................27
3.5.2 Quotas and time limits for computers and users...........................................................28
3.5.3 Administrators and Users...........................................................................................29
3.5.4 Operations with archives............................................................................................29
3.6 Acronis Active restore ......................................................................................................29
3.6.1 Limitations in using Acronis Active restore...................................................................29
3.6.2 How it works ............................................................................................................30
3.6.3 How to use...............................................................................................................30
3.7 Acronis Universal Restore.................................................................................................31
3.7.1 Acronis Universal Restore purpose..............................................................................31
3.7.2 Acronis Universal Restore general principles................................................................31
3.7.3 Acronis Universal Restore and Microsoft Sysprep..........................................................32
3.7.4 Limitations in using Acronis Universal Restore..............................................................32

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3.7.5 Getting Acronis Universal Restore...............................................................................32
3.8 Backing up to tape libraries and tape drives.......................................................................33
3.8.1 Backing up to a locally attached tape device................................................................34
3.8.2 Understanding backup to tape devices attached to the Backup Server ...........................35
3.8.3 Backing up to a tape device through Acronis Backup Server..........................................36
3.8.4 Restoring data from archives located on tape devices...................................................37
3.9 Viewing disk and partition information...............................................................................37
Chapter 4. Using Acronis True Image Management Console................................39
4.1 General information.........................................................................................................39
4.2 Installing/updating Acronis components on remote machines..............................................39
4.3 Managing a single remote computer..................................................................................42
4.3.1 Connecting to a remote computer ..............................................................................42
4.3.2 Backup and recovery tasks.........................................................................................43
4.4 Managing groups of computers.........................................................................................46
4.4.1 Group status display..................................................................................................46
4.4.2 Creating new group tasks ..........................................................................................48
4.4.3 Group tasks management..........................................................................................50
4.4.4 Acronis Group Server options.....................................................................................51
4.5 Managing backup server ..................................................................................................52
4.5.1 Default settings.........................................................................................................53
4.5.2 Set up Administrator profiles......................................................................................54
4.5.3 Adding Users and Administrators to the Acronis Backup Server database .......................55
4.5.4 Changing User profiles...............................................................................................57
4.5.5 Configuring Backup Locations.....................................................................................58
4.5.6 Managing Archives....................................................................................................59
4.5.7 Limiting access to Acronis Backup Server ....................................................................60
Chapter 5. Using Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server (local
version) ..................................................................................................................61
5.1 Main program window .....................................................................................................61
5.2 Managing a local computer...............................................................................................63
Chapter 6. Creating backup archives ....................................................................66
6.1 Backing up files and folders (file backup)...........................................................................66
6.2 Backing up disks and partitions (image backup).................................................................70
6.3 Setting backup options.....................................................................................................72
6.3.1 Archive protection.....................................................................................................73
6.3.2 Source files exclusion ................................................................................................73
6.3.3 Pre/post commands ..................................................................................................74
6.3.4 Database support......................................................................................................74
6.3.5 Compression level.....................................................................................................75
6.3.6 Backup performance .................................................................................................76
6.3.7 Fast incremental/differential backup ...........................................................................77
6.3.8 Archive splitting........................................................................................................77
6.3.9 File-level security settings..........................................................................................77
6.3.10 Media components ..................................................................................................78
6.3.11 Error handling.........................................................................................................79
6.3.12 Dual destination backup...........................................................................................79
6.3.13 Wake On LAN .........................................................................................................80
6.3.14 Additional settings...................................................................................................80
Chapter 7. Restoring the backup data ..................................................................82
7.1 Considerations before recovery.........................................................................................82
7.1.1 Restore under Windows or boot from CD?...................................................................82
7.1.2 Network settings in rescue mode................................................................................82
7.1.3 Recovering dynamic volumes .....................................................................................83
7.2 Restoring files and folders from file archives ......................................................................84

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7.3 Restoring disks/partitions or files from images ...................................................................86
7.3.1 Starting the Restore Data Wizard................................................................................87
7.3.2 Archive selection.......................................................................................................87
7.3.3 Restoration type selection..........................................................................................88
7.3.4 Selecting a disk/partition to restore ............................................................................89
7.3.5 Selecting a target disk/partition..................................................................................90
7.3.6 Changing the restored partition type...........................................................................91
7.3.7 Changing the restored partition file system..................................................................92
7.3.8 Changing the restored partition size and location.........................................................92
7.3.9 Assigning a letter to the restored partition...................................................................93
7.3.10 Restoring several disks or partitions at once ..............................................................93
7.3.11 Using Acronis Universal Restore................................................................................93
7.3.12 Setting restore options.............................................................................................94
7.3.13 Restoration summary and executing restoration.........................................................94
7.4 Setting restore options.....................................................................................................94
7.4.1 Files to exclude from restoration.................................................................................95
7.4.2 Files overwriting mode...............................................................................................95
7.4.3 Pre/post commands ..................................................................................................95
7.4.4 Restoration priority....................................................................................................96
7.4.5 File-level security settings..........................................................................................96
7.4.6 Specifying mass storage drivers..................................................................................96
7.4.7 Additional settings.....................................................................................................97
7.4.8 Error handling...........................................................................................................98
7.5 Creating dynamic disks and volumes.................................................................................98
7.5.1 Creating dynamic volumes.........................................................................................98
Chapter 8. Scheduling tasks................................................................................101
8.1 Creating scheduled tasks................................................................................................101
8.1.1 Setting up daily execution........................................................................................103
8.1.2 Setting up weekly execution.....................................................................................104
8.1.3 Setting up monthly execution...................................................................................105
8.1.4 Setting up one-time execution..................................................................................105
8.1.5 Setting up event-driven execution ............................................................................106
8.2 Managing scheduled tasks..............................................................................................106
Chapter 9. Managing the Acronis Secure Zone ...................................................107
9.1 Creating Acronis Secure Zone.........................................................................................107
9.2 Resizing the Acronis Secure Zone....................................................................................109
9.3 Changing the password for Acronis Secure Zone ..............................................................110
9.4 Deleting Acronis Secure Zone.........................................................................................111
Chapter 10. Creating bootable media .................................................................112
10.1 Creating Acronis rescue media......................................................................................112
10.2 Creating a Win PE ISO with Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server .........114
Chapter 11. Operations with archives.................................................................115
11.1 Validating backup archives ...........................................................................................115
11.2 Exploring archives and mounting images .......................................................................115
11.2.1 Exploring an archive..............................................................................................116
11.2.2 Mounting an image................................................................................................117
11.2.3 Unmounting an image ...........................................................................................119
11.3 Consolidating backups..................................................................................................119
Chapter 12. Notifications and event tracing .......................................................123
12.1 Email notification.........................................................................................................123
12.2 WinPopup notification ..................................................................................................124
12.3 Viewing logs................................................................................................................124
12.4 Event tracing...............................................................................................................125

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12.4.1 Windows event log................................................................................................125
12.4.2 SNMP notifications.................................................................................................126
12.5 Managing System Restore ............................................................................................126
Chapter 13. Working with a virtual environment ...............................................128
13.1 Backing up data on virtual machines .............................................................................128
13.2 Recovering data on virtual machines .............................................................................128
13.3 Using the disk conversion feature..................................................................................129
13.3.1 Recover data on the VM.........................................................................................129
13.3.2 Recover both data and the VM ...............................................................................129
13.3.3 Physical to virtual migration ...................................................................................129
13.3.4 Converting workloads ............................................................................................130
13. 4 Converting disk images to virtual disks .........................................................................130
Chapter 14. Transferring the system to a new disk............................................132
14.1 General information.....................................................................................................132
14.2 Security......................................................................................................................133
14.3 Executing transfers......................................................................................................133
14.3.1 Selecting Clone mode ............................................................................................133
14.3.2 Selecting source disk .............................................................................................133
14.3.3 Selecting destination disk.......................................................................................134
14.3.4 Partitioned destination disk ....................................................................................135
14.3.5 Old and new disk partition layout............................................................................135
14.3.6 Old disk data ........................................................................................................135
14.3.7 Destroying the old disk data...................................................................................136
14.3.8 Selecting partition transfer method.........................................................................137
14.3.9 Partitioning the old disk .........................................................................................138
14.3.10 Old and new disk partition layouts ........................................................................138
14.3.11 Cloning summary.................................................................................................139
14.4 Cloning with manual partitioning...................................................................................139
14.4.1 Old and new disk partition layouts..........................................................................139
Chapter 15. Adding a new hard disk ...................................................................141
15.1 Selecting a hard disk....................................................................................................141
15.2 Creating new partitions ................................................................................................141
15.3 Disk add summary.......................................................................................................142
Chapter 16. Command-line mode and scripting .................................................143
16.1 Working in the command-line mode..............................................................................143
16.1.1 Supported commands............................................................................................143
16.1.2 Common options (options common for most trueimagecmd commands) ....................146
16.1.3 Specific options (options specific for individual trueimagecmd commands)..................147
16.1.4 trueimagecmd.exe usage examples.........................................................................152
16.1.5 Command-line mode usage under DOS...................................................................158
16.2 Scripting.....................................................................................................................158
16.2.1 Script execution parameters...................................................................................158
16.2.2 Script structure .....................................................................................................159
16.2.3 Script usage examples...........................................................................................160

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Chapter 1. Introduction
1.1 Acronis® True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server – a
complete solution for corporate users
Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server is a comprehensive backup and
recovery solution for heterogeneous computer infrastructure that may include any
combination of physical and virtual, networked and standalone, Windows- and Linux-
based servers.
Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server creates a transportable image,
independent of the hardware platform that can be restored directly to and from any
virtual or physical environment.
Minimizes downtime
Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server enables you to restore systems in
minutes, not hours or days. An entire system can be restored from an image that includes
everything the system needs to run: the operating system, applications, databases, and
configurations. it is not necessary to reinstall software or reconfigure your system or
network settings. The complete system restoration can be performed to an existing
system, to a new system with different hardware, or to virtual machines. With the Acronis
Active restore feature, users can access the server and begin working during the restore
process, further decreasing downtime. File-level backups provide you with the flexibility to
only backup specific, critical files.
Eases Administration
Wizards guide users through backup and recovery tasks, ensuring the product can be
implemented with minimal user training. A central management console provides remote
administration, ensuring that all systems in the network, regardless of the domain or
workgroup structure, can be managed from one location. Complete, unattended restores
from remote locations are supported with a remote bootable agent.
Automates Backup
With the scheduling capability in Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server,
you simply create backup tasks, tailored by group, or certain times or events.
To ensure that backups have occurred, or if user intervention is required, you can request
notifications via email or Windows Pop-up. You can view Acronis events in the Windows
Application Events Log or Acronis own log files. Log messages can be automatically sent
out to SNMP clients.
The product also supports the creation of custom commands before and after backups.
For example, users can automatically run anti-virus products before an image is created
and verify the validity of backups after the image has been created. And because these
tasks can be scheduled, you need not recreate the script to run the pre- and post-event
tasks each time; you can set the scheduled events once and they will run each time
automatically.
Ensures 24 X 7 Uptime
With Acronis’ patented drive snapshot technology, systems can be imaged while they are
in use, ensuring 24-by-7 system availability. This technology enables the product to
backup and image critical operating system files, the master boot record and any
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you to limit the amount of CPU usage for the application to maximize the CPU’s
availability for mission critical applications. Additionally, users can control hard disk drive
writing speeds and control network bandwidth used during backups, allowing minimal
disruption of business operations.
A feature that allows you to suspend database activity for several seconds is provided so
that you can create a valid image of mission-critical applications such as Microsoft
Exchange Server, Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle. This database suspension process
supports Microsoft’s Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS). If your database or operating
system does not support VSS, Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server will
execute your custom commands to execute database suspension.
Supports Leading Edge Technology
Businesses today are moving to leverage the latest technologies, including dual-core, 64-
bit processors and 64-bit operating systems. With Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small
Business Server, you can protect these new machines, as well as legacy servers, running
a single application with a common interface.
Leverages Existing Technology Investments
The product can leverage your current storage infrastructure by supporting a variety of
storage media, so you can avoid costly hardware purchases to implement the solution.
The product supports key storage technologies such as: Direct Attached Storage (DAS),
Network Attached Storage (NAS), Storage Area Networks (SAN), Redundant Arrays of
Independent Disks (RAID), tapes, USB and IEEE-1394 (FireWire) compliant storage
devices, CDs, DVDs, removable drives (Floppy, Zip, etc.) and shared storage. Moreover,
the product ensures that you maximize the space on these resources with four levels of
compression.
Disk cloning and new disk deployment
Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server can be used to clone an image
onto multiple servers. For example, let’s say a company purchased several servers and
needs similar environments on each of them. Traditionally, the IT manager would install
the operating system and programs on every server. With Acronis True Image for
Microsoft Small Business Server, the IT manager would configure a single server, then
create a disk image of the system. That image can then be duplicated onto multiple
servers.
If you need to upgrade the server hard disk drive, Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small
Business Server simplifies the task to few mouse clicks creating the exact copy of your old
disk to a new one and adjusting partitions size to fit a new hard disk.
Volumes conversion
Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server can back up and recover dynamic
volumes.
Dynamic volume as is can be recovered over the same volume or unallocated space of a
dynamic group. Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server has necessary
tools for any-to-any disks conversion in terms of basic disks and dynamic volumes of any
type (simple, spanned, striped, mirrored or RAID 5). The tools are available in bootable
program version as well. Having booted the Acronis environment, you can easily prepare
the desired dynamic group on bare metal or a computer with non-Windows operating
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1.2 Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server
components
Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server includes the following
components.
1. Acronis True Image Management Console is a tool for remote access to Acronis
components. Administrator uses the console to install, configure and control the
components from remote.
2. Acronis True Image Agent is an application that resides on client computers and
performs Acronis operations such as data backup or restore.
3. Acronis Group Server is a management tool that provides ability to schedule,
monitor and manage group backup tasks. It deploys group tasks to the agents, polls the
agents for the status of running tasks and provides the administrator with the summary
tasks state display over the network.
4. Acronis Backup Server is an application for centralized storage and management of
enterprise backup archives.
The administrator can set space quotas and backup schemes, schedule check tasks that
consolidate backups in case of quota violation, perform one-time backups consolidation.
This ensures optimal usage of the storage capacity. Acronis Backup Server also enables
users to access a tape library, connected to the server.
5. Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server (local version) is a
locally controlled server management tool with additional functionality as compared to
Acronis True Image Agent. The local version supports, besides backup and recovery
operations, exploring archives, mounting images as virtual drives, cloning hard disks data
and formatting partitions on new hard disks, creating dynamic volumes, command-line
mode and scripts execution.
6. Acronis Universal Restore is an add-on to Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small
Business Server that automatically configures Windows drivers in a system, recovered on
dissimilar hardware. This enables the seamless system start and operation.
7. Acronis Bootable Rescue Media Builder - creates bootable media, its ISO image or
the RIS package thus enabling data recovery over bare metal, non-Windows or corrupted
operating systems.
1.3 New in Acronis for Microsoft Small Business Server
Management console
Reconnect (last connect) option
Centralized installation and update of Acronis components on multiple computers
Group server
Import and export computers through txt/csv files
Run, stop, restart, edit, check group tasks
Group validation tasks
Set how often to check the computers state (status refresh rate)
Wake on LAN for backup

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Backup server
Import/export archives from external locations
Limit number of connections
Limit bandwidth used per connection
Access to tape library for every user
Backup
Backup and restore of 2+TB volumes
Encrypting backups with industry-standard AES cryptographic algorithm (key size 128,
192, 256 bit)
Multi-volume snapshot for databases spread on several disks
Control network bandwidth usage when backing up to FTP
Error handling: ignore bad sectors, silent mode (no pop-ups, continue on all errors)
Dual destination backup: Acronis Secure Zone + network share
Support for VMware Consolidated backup
Archive bit reset (file-level backup only)
Generating time-based names for backup files
Recovery
Recovery of dynamic volumes
Recovery of system dynamic volumes on dissimilar hardware using Acronis Universal
Restore or Acronis Active restore
Scheduling
Schedule archive validation
Start every N hours within daily schedule
Start on free disk space change by the specified amount
Cloning a task
Notification via e-mail
Multiple e-mail addresses
From and Subject fields
Logon to incoming mail server
Operations with archives
Convert disk images to virtual disks for VMware, Microsoft, XenServer and Parallels virtual
machines
Consolidate backup files (create a consistent copy of archive while deleting selected
backups)
Explore archives (open in read-only mode any image or file-level backup)
Operations with hard disks
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Create dynamic volumes
CLI features
MBR restore
Backup to FTP server
Allow logs on net share
Merge unallocated space by moving partitions and create Acronis Secure Zone on the
space
Security
Encrypted (SSL) communication between Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business
Server components
1.4 Supported file systems and storage media
1.4.1 Supported file systems
FAT16/32
NTFS
Ext2/Ext3
ReiserFS
Reiser4
Linux SWAP
XFS
JFS
DFS
If a file system is not supported or is corrupted, Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small
Business Server can copy data using a sector-by-sector approach.
For XFS and JFS file systems the partition resizing feature is not supported.
1.4.2 Supported storage media
Hard disk drives
Networked storage devices such as Storage Area Networks (SANs) and Network Attached
Storage (NAS)
Tape libraries, autoloaders, SCSI tape drives
IDE and SCSI RAID controllers of any level
FTP-servers*
CD-R/RW, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R (including double-layer DVD+R), DVD+RW, DVD-RAM**
USB 1.0 / 2.0, FireWire (IEEE-1394) and PC card storage devices
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* - an FTP-server must allow passive mode for file transfers. Data recovery directly from
FTP-server requires the archive to consist of files no more than 2GB in size. It is
recommended that you change the source computer firewall settings to open ports 20
and 21 for both TCP and UDP protocols and disable the Routing and Remote Access
Windows service.
** - Burned rewritable discs cannot be read in Linux without kernel patch.
1.5 License policy
Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server licensing is based on number of
servers on which Acronis True Image Agent and/or Acronis True Image for Microsoft
Small Business Server local version are to be installed. This means you need one license
for each server you are going to backup, whether you will control it on-site (with the local
program version) or remotely (using Acronis True Image Agent), or use both ways of
control. The number of Acronis True Image Management Console, Acronis Group Server
and Acronis Backup Server installations is not counted.
Acronis Universal Restore is an option to Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business
Server and has its own serial number.
1.6 Technical support
As part of a purchased annual Support charge you are entitled to Technical Support as
follows: to the extent that electronic services are available, you may electronically access
at no additional charge, Support services for the Software, which Acronis shall endeavor
to make available twenty four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days per week. Such electronic
services may include, but are not limited to: user forums; software-specific information;
hints and tips; bug fix retrieval via the internet; software maintenance and demonstration
code retrieval via a WAN-accessible FTP server; and access to a problem resolution
database via Acronis customer support system.
Support shall consist of supplying telephone or other electronic support to you in order to
help you locate and, on its own, correct problems with the Software and supplying
patches, updates and other changes that Acronis, at its sole discretion, makes or adds to
the Software and which Acronis makes generally available , without additional charge, to
other licensees of the Software that are enrolled in Support. Upon mutual agreement by
both parties, Acronis shall: (i) supply code corrections to you to correct Software
malfunctions in order to bring such Software into substantial conformity with the
published operating specifications for the most current version of the Software unless
your unauthorized modifications prohibit or hamper such corrections or cause the
malfunction; or (ii) supply code corrections to correct insubstantial problems at the next
general release of the Software.
More information about contacting Acronis Technical Support is available at the following
link: http://www.acronis.com/support/

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Chapter 2. Acronis True Image for
Microsoft Small Business Server
installation and startup
2.1 System requirements
2.1.1 Minimum hardware requirements
Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server requires the following hardware:
Pentium processor or higher
512MB RAM
FDD or CD-RW drive for bootable media creation
Mouse (recommended).
2.1.2 Supported operating systems
Acronis True Image Management Console
Windows Small Business Server 2003, 2008
Windows Professional 2000 SP4/XP Professional SP3
Windows Server 2000/Advanced Server 2000/Server 2003/ Server 2008
Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions, Windows Server 2008 x64 Editions
Windows Vista all Editions (except for installation of Acronis components on remote
machines running Vista)
Acronis True Image Agent for Windows
Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server
Acronis Backup Server
Acronis Group Server
Acronis Universal Restore (optional)
Windows Small Business Server 2003
Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server bootable version enables disk-
level backup and recovery on a computer running any PC-based operating system.
2.2 Security parameters
2.2.1 Credentials
Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server fully supports all security
standards used in Windows.
To install Acronis components on a computer, the user must be a member of the
Administrators group on the computer.
To get access to Acronis True Image Agent, installed on a computer, the user must be a
member of the Administrators or Backup operators group on the computer.

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The Acronis Group Server uses administrator’s credentials to perform data backup tasks
on the computers. You will be asked for the credentials during the Acronis Group Server
installation. The credentials you provide will be used for running the Acronis Group Server
service and also applied to all networked computers.
Therefore, it is recommended that you have a uniform account for all computers where
the Acronis True Image Agent is installed. Domain administrators can use the domain
administrator account. In a workgroup, it would make sense to create identical accounts
in the Administrators group on each computer with Acronis True Image Agent.
If you do not wish to create a uniform account, provide credentials for each computer
after Acronis Group Server installation as described in point 4 of
4.4.1 Group status
display
.
You can combine both methods, for example, to set up a uniform account for domain
members and set individual accounts for members of a workgroup.
2.2.2 Firewall setup
Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server uses the following ports and IP
addresses for remote operation:
server (Acronis True Image Agent) UDP port: 9876
server (Acronis True Image Agent) TCP port: 9876, if busy choose a port at random
client (Acronis True Image Management Console) UDP port: 9877, if busy choose a port
at random
IPv4 multicast address: 239.255.219.45
IPv6 multicast address: FF05::fAA5:741E.
You might have to set the appropriate firewall access options. Options for the Windows
Firewall, included in Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows 2003 Server, are set
automatically during Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server components
installation. However, make sure that the option File and Printer Sharing in the
Control panel -> Windows Firewall -> Exceptions is enabled on the remote
computer, before the remote operation starts.
2.2.3 Encrypted communication
Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server provides capability to secure all
data transferred between Acronis components within local net and through DMZ,
including the backup stream.
Encryption starts on the first (earliest) stage of connection attempt, so all data transferred
on the next steps (including data required for client authentication) is encrypted.
Once Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server components are installed,
encrypted communication between the components is enabled automatically.
The earlier versions of Acronis True Image Enterprise Server did not support encrypted
communication, therefore connection to such components, if they present on the
network, will not be encrypted. You have an option to completely disable non-encrypted
communication with some or all Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server
components. In this case, the components will not be able to communicate with
components of earlier versions. For how to disable non-encrypted communication, see the
next section.

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The earlier versions of Acronis True Image Management Console cannot communicate
with Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server agents. The console must be
upgraded to the Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server console.
Encryption is provided with Secure Socket Layer mechanism. There are two stakeholders
of the encryption operation:
Client application – the application that tries to establish (initiates) connection. This
could be the Acronis True Image Management Console or Acronis Group Server.
Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server local version can also be a
client when it performs backup to Acronis Backup Server.
Server application – the application to which the client tries to connect. This could be
Acronis True Image Agent, Acronis Group Server, Acronis Backup Server.
2.2.4 Security parameters in Acronis Administrative Template
As stated above, encryption generally does not require setting up. However, connection to
Acronis components of earlier versions will not be encrypted. To completely disable non-
encrypted communication with some or all Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small
Business Server components, use the Administrative Template, provided by Acronis.
Through the Microsoft Group Policy mechanism, the template can be applied to a single
computer as well as to a domain.
How to apply Acronis Administrative Template
1. Run Windows Group Policy Objects Editor (\WINDOWS\system32\gpedit.msc).
2. Open the Group Policy object you want to edit, and in the console tree right-click
Administrative Templates.
3. Click Add/Remove Templates.
4. Click Add.
5. Browse to the Acronis Administrative Template
(\Program files\Common Files\Acronis\Agent \acronis_agent.adm or \Program
files\Acronis\TrueImageConsole\acronis_agent.adm), and click Open.
6. Once the template is added, open it and edit the desired settings.
For detailed information about Windows GPO Editor please see:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa374163.aspx
For detailed information about Group Policies please see:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa374177.aspx
The Acronis Administrative Template contains the following settings.

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Encryption Options
Server Requires Encryption
This option defines the server behavior in case the client does not support encryption.
When enabled, connection to the client will be terminated. When disabled, the client will
be allowed to establish non-encrypted connection.
Client Requires Encryption
When connecting to server applications, the Acronis client applications always attempt to
establish an encrypted connection. The Client Requires Encryption option defines the
client behavior in case the server does not support encryption. When disabled, the non-
encrypted connection will be established. When enabled, the connection will be
terminated.
After applying the template or editing the encryption options, you should restart the
Remote Agent(s).
2.3 Installing Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server
components
To install Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server components, run the
Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server setup file.
If you have the trial version of Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server
installed on your system, you must uninstall it before installing the commercial version of
the product.
Select the program to install and follow instructions on the screen.

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Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server Install Window
It is recommended that you install Acronis True Image Management Console first. After
that you will be able to install Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server
(local version) and Acronis True Image Agent for Windows remotely to networked
computers.
2.3.1 Installation of Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business
Server local version and Acronis True Image Agent for Windows
For Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server and Acronis True Image
Agent for Windows, Typical, Custom and Complete installation is available. Having
pressed Custom, you can choose to install, besides the main component, Rescue Media
Builder and Bart PE plug-in for Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business
Server, or Acronis Secure Zone manager for Acronis True Image Agent.
With Rescue Media Builder you can create bootable rescue disks or RIS packages (see
details in
Chapter 10. Creating bootable media ). Installing the Bootable Rescue Media
Builder will allow you to create bootable media, its ISO image or a bootable RIS package
at any time from the main program window or running Bootable Rescue Media
Builder on its own.
The widely used Bart PE utility provides a Windows-like operating environment invoked
via removable bootable media. Applications are installed into Bart PE in the form of plug-
ins. Choosing Bart PE plug-in installation (disabled by default) provides the ability to
include Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server into a Bart PE plug-in tab.
The plug-in files will be placed into the component installation folder along with other
program files.
Acronis Secure Zone manager lets you create, delete and resize a special partition for
storing backup archives (see
3.3 Acronis Secure Zone ).
When installed, Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server (local version)
creates a new device in the Device Manager list (Control Panel -> System ->
Hardware -> Device Manager -> Acronis Devices -> Acronis TrueImage
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connecting image backups as virtual disks (see 11.2.2 Mounting an image ).
2.3.2 Installation of Acronis Group Server
The Acronis Group Server only can be installed locally on a computer by running the setup
program.
When installing Acronis Group Server, you will be asked for credentials. The credentials
you provide are used for running the Acronis Group Server service and also applied to all
networked computers.
Enter the uniform account information discussed in
2.2.1 Credentials . If you do not use a
uniform account, provide credentials for each computer after the Acronis Group Server
installation as described in point 4 of
4.4.1 Group status display .
2.3.3 Acronis Backup Server installation and setup
The Acronis Backup Server only can be installed locally on a computer by running the
setup program.
Before starting installation of this component, please read section
3.5 Acronis Backup
Server
to get understanding of this component functionality and define the storage policy
advantageous to your network.
We suggest that you start using Acronis Backup Server as follows:
1. Set up a server with a system drive and a high capacity storage drive.
2. Install Acronis Backup Server on the system drive. Reboot on prompt.
In Windows XP SP2 or Windows 2003 Server, the option Control panel -> Windows
Firewall -> Exceptions -> File and Printer Sharing must be enabled. Otherwise
remote users will not be able to back up on the backup server.
3. Connect the console to Acronis Backup Server.
When connecting to a backup server inside a domain, mind whether your domain or
local account is saved on the backup server. If you used your local account to install the
backup server, and then logged in Windows on the console computer using your domain
account, enter the local user name along with the backup server name (for example,
Server1\username). Otherwise the name will be identified as a domain one.

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4. Acronis Backup Server Management -> Specify Default Settings -> Set
Backup Location -> specify path to the storage drive. You can create a folder for the
backup location on the storage drive. To see the folder in the tree and add it to the path,
collapse and expand the drive.
5. Click Back -> Configure Backup Locations -> make sure that the new default
location is created and delete the location in \Documents and Settings.
6. Set limitations to disk space and storage period for the location, if needed,
according to the selected policy.
To do so, select Configure Backup Locations -> select location -> Quotas and
time limits. The maximum backup location size can be set to the storage drive capacity
minus the estimated size of the largest backup (some space must be reserved for the
temporary file created at consolidation).
7. Set the default limitations for users/computers, if needed, according to the
selected policy.
To do so, select Acronis Backup Server Management -> Specify Default Settings
-> Set Quotas and time limits. The maximum disk space allowed for a user/computer
can be set as the max location size divided by total number of users and computers.
Generally, value of this setting can reach the maximum location size.
8. Read about administrators and users profiles in
3.5.3 Administrators and Users .
Define if you need more than one administrator on the backup server. If yes, add
administrators as follows:
Add the person’s local or domain account to the AcronisBackupServerUsers group on the
backup server.
Click Set up User profiles -> Add.
Choose the user name.

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Select from the local backup server users or the domain users
Choose Create user with administrator’s rights.
Click Proceed.
User or administrator?
9. Define which users will be allowed to back up data on the backup server. Add the
users as follows:
Add the person’s local or domain account to the AcronisBackupServerUsers group on the
backup server.
Click Set up User profiles -> Add.
Choose the user name.
Choose Use default settings.
Click Proceed.