Acronis Backup & Recovery Server

Features

Backup

• Image Backup - the disk-level backup is based on saving an image of either the disk or volume as a whole, along with operating systems, applications and data
• File Backup - the file-level data protection is based on backing up the user's selection of files and folders. You can recover all files and folders that were backed up or select which of them to recover
• Full or Fast Incremental or Differential Backups - save storage requirements, backup time and traffic by employing differential and incremental backups that store only data that changed
• Broad Storage Support - Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 supports a wide array of storage devices and location including local disk, Network Attached Storage (NAS), Storage Area Network (SAN), FTP server, optical devices and tapes, as well as the unique Acronis Secure Zone
• Store backups in up to five destinations - store backups in multiple different locations — for example backup to a local disk and a copy to a network share
• Acronis Secure Zone - a special protected partition on a hard disk to store backups in
• Advanced backup scheduling - 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
• Snapshot - Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 takes a ‘snapshot’ of the disk using Acronis’ patented disk imaging technologies, eliminating the need to take a server offline for a backup
• Sector-by-sector backup - stores exact copies of a disk or volume, sector-by-sector, including unused space
• Excluding files during backup - save storage space and time by excluding non-essential files and folders from backups
• Compression and encryption - compress backups to optimize your storage space or encrypt them for additional level of security
• Pre/post commands - define pre/post backup and data capture commands to integrate Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 with other applications or to temporarily stop some
• Automatic or manual splitting of backups - split backups into multiple files to fit media
• Network bandwidth and disk write speed throttling - limit impact on a disk or network by limiting the bandwidth that is allowed to be used by backup operation.

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
• Restore to dissimilar hardware - with optional Acronis Universal Restore, migrate or restore the whole system to dissimilar hardware or a virtual machine
• Restore files from disk backup - you can recover individual folders or files from disk image backup
• P2V, V2P and V2V Migrations - backup physical machine – restore to virtual, backup virtual – restore to physical, or even restore virtual machines from one hypervisor to another. This flexibility opens a way to unlimited migrations across physical machines and various virtualization platforms.
• Disaster Recovery Plan - document that is automatically generated when each backup completes with detailed step-by-step instructions
• Mounting backups - disk image can be mounted as a disk in read-only or read/write mode.

Bare metal

• Acronis Bootable Media - use Acronis Bootable Media Builder to build a bootable media to boot from in a case of disaster using CD, DVD or USB flash drive
• Acronis Startup Recovery Manager - if your system won’t boot properly, press F11 during the system startup to start Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.

Management

• Automated deletion of outdated backups - specify rules to automatically delete backups that are no longer needed
• Staging to 2nd tier storage - automatically move backups to another location instead of deleting them. Up to five stages are supported
• Manual or scheduled validation - enhanced archive validation confirms that your backups are complete and your server and data will be recoverable
• Alerts - a customisable alerts notifies administrator about critical issues and potential problems, such as tasks failures or low disk space
• Tasks History - for a backup plan see what was running in the past and with what result
• Import and Export of Backup Plans - export backup plans from a file on one machine and import on another. The file is in XML format and can be customized manually. Import of backup plans can be automated by placing the file to a dedicated directory on a machine
• Consolidating incremental or differential backups - consolidate incremental and differential backups to save space
• Command line with scripting support - execute tasks and create backups from a command-line interface.

Security

• Encrypted backup images - encrypt your backups using industry-standard 256-bit AES algorithm to ensure data security
• Password-protection for Acronis Secure Zone - protect your backups stored in Acronis Secure Zone from unauthorised access.

System Req.

Supported operating systems - Windows

• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP4

Supported operating systems - Linux

• Linux with kernel 2.4.20 or later and glibc 2.3.2 or later, examples of distributions include:
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.x 5.x and 6.x
• Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) and 10.04 (Lucid Lynx)
• Fedora 11, 12, 13, 14
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 and 11
• Debian 4 (Lenny) and 5 (Etch)
• CentOS 5
• Asianux

Platforms

• x86 (32 bit)
• x64 (64 bit)

Boot methods

• BIOS
• UEFI

Virtual Machines

• VMware vSphere / ESX / ESXi and Workstation
• Microsoft Hyper-V and Virtual PC
• Citrix XenServer
• Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) and KVM
• Parallels Workstation and Server 4 Bare Metal

File Systems - Windows

• FAT16/32
• NTFS

File Systems - Linux

• FAT16/32
• NTFS
• Ext2/Ext3/Ext4
• ReiserFS3 - particular files cannot be recovered from volume backups
• XFS - volume recovery without the volume resize ability, particular files cannot be recovered from volume backups
• JFS - particular files cannot be recovered from volume backups.

Support

Acronis Advantage - Corporate Support Options

Acronis Advantage Standard

• 12x5 support, Monday through to Friday via chat, phone and email
• First response time for critical errors within one business day
• Unlimited support within subscription period (for current version plus one version back)
• Includes software updates and upgrades to new versions during the term of the subscription
• Includes general online training sessions.

Acronis Advantage Premier

• 24x7 support via chat, phone and email
• First response time for critical errors within one hour
• Unlimited support within subscription period (for current version plus one version back)
• Includes software updates and upgrades to new versions during the term of the subscription
• Includes general online training sessions, private sessions available.