Overview

Top Benefits

• High level backup protection for mission-critical servers

  Enhanced archive validation, data encryption and dual-destination backup provide a high level of protection and security for mission-critical data and information.

• Minimises downtime and helps administrators meet challenging recovery time objectives

  Advanced recovery technologies help recover files, folders or entire systems in minutes.

• Recover an entire system, single file or folder

  Image-based recoveries capture everything you need to protect so you can be back in business in a hurry.

• Automate recovery with a simple, guided process

  An easy-to-use interface allows users to recover very quickly using an easy-to-follow recovery path.

• Free IT personnel from recovery-related tasks

  Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 makes it easy to carry out a recovery, freeing administrators for other work.

• Intuitive management interface promotes greater efficiency

  Acronis software can require less training to master than competing solutions and its ease-of-use is designed to enhance productivity.

Key Features

• Acronis  Advantage^SM support and maintenance program

  The Acronis  Advantage^SM program is an enhanced, multi-level subscription-based support and maintenance program. The first year of Acronis Advantage is included in the license price.

• Enhanced archive validation makes restorations reliable

  Powerful checking tools make it easier to return to business and know all your data is available and accurate.

• Live disk snapshots with support for databases and server applications

  Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 takes a snapshot of the disk using Acronis patented disk imaging technologies, eliminating the need to take a server offline for a backup.

• Advanced encryption technology ensures data security

  Provides the extra data protection you need with supplied industry-standard algorithms or your own customised variants.

• Advanced backup scheduling meets specific organisational needs

  Specify timeframes, frequency and intervals for each type of data, and each type of machine. Fine tune parameters to support varying backup priorities, whether for fast-changing databases or for relatively static data stores.

Key features and technologies

Backup options

• Compression

  Compress backups to optimize your storage space.

• Excluding files during backup

  Save storage space and time by excluding non-essential files and folders from backups.

• Dual destination backup

  Store backups into two different locations backup to a local disk and a copy to a network share.

• Automatic or manual splitting of backups

  Split backups into volumes to fit media.

Recovery options

• Acronis Startup Recovery Manager

  If your system wont boot properly, press F11 during the system startup to start Acronis Backup & Recovery .

• Bare-metal restore

  Restore your server from scratch in the event of a hard disk failure restore an exact copy of your computer on a new hard drive.

• Remote restore

  Perform remote restores of your networked machines.

• Restore to dissimilar hardware

  With Acronis Universal Restore, migrate or restore the whole system to dissimilar hardware or a virtual machine.

Virtualization support

• Converting image backups to virtual machine formats

  Convert backup images to virtual machine formats compatible with VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer and Parallels environments.

Backup management

• Templates for backup rotation schemes

  Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 has a set of pre-defined industry-standard schemes like Grandfather-Father-Son or Tower-of-Hanoi.

• Pre/post commands

  Define pre/post backup and data capture commands to integrate Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 with other applications or to temporarily stop some.

• Event-based backup

  Create backups triggered by various conditions a user logs on, a computer shuts down, or others.

• Conditions for backup

  Configure backup operations to wait until specified conditions are met like a pre-defined time interval or a user logs off.

• Customizable backup scheme

  Configure specific events and conditions for each task.

Centralized management

• Grouping machines into static or dynamic groups

  Operational overview of the backup and restore processes on a single screen.

• Policy-based management

  Store Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 events in Windows Event Logs together with events from other applications. This allows for integration with system management tools like MOM.

• Wake-on-LAN support

  If a machine is off when a backup is scheduled to start, the machine can be powered on automatically with Wake-on-LAN functionality.

• Distributing backups within time interval

  Avoid overloading networks by distributing backup activities within an allowed time window. Automatically shift task start times on each machine.

Reporting and monitoring

• Centralized dashboard

  Operational overview of all configured machines on a single screen.

• Shipping log events into centralized log

  See events from all managed machines in the Acronis Management Server log, even if the event is from a machine that is not available.

Backup administration

• Automated deletion of outdated backups

  Specify rules to automatically delete backups that are no longer needed.

• Backup validation and consolidation by Acronis Storage Node

  Validation and consolidation can be performed by Acronis Storage Node to offload these resource-intensive operations from the production machine.

• Consolidating incremental or differential backups

  Consolidate incremental and differential backups to save space.

Deployment and upgrade options

• Remote installation and configuration

  Remotely install clients and updates on your networked machines.

• No reboot

  No reboot required to complete installation.

User interface

• Command line with scripting support

  Execute tasks and create backups from a command-line interface.

• Centralized management console

  Centrally manage all operations from a single console on the network.

Security

• User group to control remote access

  Assign access to specific groups ensure only authorized groups can access machines remotely.

• Password-protection for Acronis Secure Zone

  Protect your backups stored in Acronis Secure Zone from unauthorized access.

• User group to allow centralized management

  Set a security group that is allowed access to the Acronis Management Server.

• Encrypted network communications

  Ensure data is safe during backups across the network all remote communications are encrypted by default.

• Backup encryption by Acronis Storage Node

  In addition to client-side encryption, Acronis Storage Node can also centrally encrypt archives.

• Configurable ports

  All port numbers used may be changed.

System Requirements

Supported operating systems

• Windows Small Business Server 2003 x32 and x64 Editions
• Windows Small Business Server 2008 x32 and x64 Editions

Supported file systems

• FAT16/32
• NTFS

Supported storage

• Hard disk drives
• Networked storage devices
• CD-R(W)
• DVD-RW, DVD+R(W)
• ZIP, Rev and other removable media
• P-ATA (IDE), S-ATA, SCSI, IEEE1394 (Firewire) and USB 1.1 / 2.0 drives, PC card storage devices
• Tape drives and tape autoloaders*