Optional] Universal Restore for Windows/Linux

Applies to: system disk or volume recovery. Using Acronis Universal Restore requires a separate license.

Universal Restore for Windows/Linux (p. 143)

Use Acronis Universal Restore when you need to recover and boot up an operating systems on dissimilar hardware.

After you complete all the required steps, click OK to create the recovery task.

5.1.1 What to recover

1. Specifying the archive location

In the Data path field, specify the archive location path or click Browse and select the required location as described in "Selecting archive location" (p. 129).

In the advanced editions of Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5, you can select either to specify the archive location path as described above, or use the centralized data catalog.

2. Selecting data

The backed up data can be selected using the Data view tab, or the Archive view tab. The Data view tab displays all the backed up data by versions (the date and time of backup creation) within the selected archive location. The Archive view tab displays the backed up data by the archives.

Selecting data using the Data view

Since the Data view tab shares the same functionality with the data catalog, selecting data on the Data view tab is performed in the same way as in the catalog. For more information about selecting data, see "Data catalog" (p. 130).

Selecting data using the Archive view

1. Expand the required archive and select one of the successive backups by its creation date and time. Thus, you can revert the disk data to a certain moment in time.

If the list of archives is not displayed (for example, if the archive metadata has been lost), click Refresh.

If the list of archives is too long, you can filter the archives by selecting only the required type of archives to display. To do this, select the required archive type in the Show list.

Note for Microsoft Exchange users: For information about selecting Microsoft Exchange data, refer to the

"Selecting the Exchange data by using the Archive view" section of the "Backing up Microsoft Exchange Server data" documentation.

2. For disk or volume backups only: in the Backup contents, select the type of data to display from the drop-down box:

 Disks - to recover disks as a whole (with all their volumes).

 Volumes - to recover individual basic and/or dynamic volumes.

 Files - to recover individual files and folders.

3. In the Backup contents, select the check boxes for the items you need to recover.

4. Click OK.

Selecting MBR

When recovering a system volume, you will usually select the disk's MBR if:

 The operating system cannot boot.

 The disk is new and does not have MBR.

 You are recovering custom or non-Windows boot loaders (such as LILO and GRUB).

 The disk geometry is different to that stored in the backup.

There are probably other times when you may need to recover the MBR, but the above are the most common.

When recovering the MBR of one disk to another Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 recovers Track 0, which does not affect the target disk’s partition table and partition layout. Acronis Backup &

Recovery 11.5 automatically updates Windows loaders after recovery, so there is no need to recover the MBR and Track 0 for Windows systems, unless the MBR is damaged.

5.1.1.1 Selecting archive location

Location Details

Online backup storage

If the archive is stored in Acronis Online Backup Storage, click Log in and specify the credentials to log in to the online storage. Then, expand the Online backup storage group and select the account.

Exporting and mounting are not supported for backups stored in Acronis Online Backup Storage.

Personal If the archive is stored in a personal vault, expand the Personal group and click the required vault.

Centralized If the archive is stored in a centralized vault, expand the Centralized group and click the appropriate vault.

Machine name Local machine

Local folders If the archive is stored in a local folder on the machine, expand the <Machine name>

group and select the required folder.

CD, DVD, BD If the archive is stored on optical media such as CD, DVD, or Blu-ray Discs (BD), expand the

<Machine name> group, then select the required drive. First insert the last disc. Then insert the discs in order starting from the first one when the program prompts.

RDX, USB If the archive is stored on an RDX drive or USB flash drive, expand the <Machine name>

group, then select the required drive. For information about using these drives, see the

"Removable devices (p. 191)" section.

Tape device If the archive is stored on a locally attached tape device, expand the Tape devices group, then click the required device.

In stand-alone editions of Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5, tape devices are available only if you have upgraded from Acronis Backup & Recovery 10. For information about using tapes, see the "Tape devices" (p. 192) section.

Network folders If the archive is stored on a network share, expand the Network folders group, then select the required networked machine and then click the shared folder. If the network share requires access credentials, the program will ask for them.

Note for Linux users: To specify a Common Internet File System (CIFS) network share which is mounted on a mount point such as /mnt/share, select this mount point instead of the network share itself.

Location Details

FTP, SFTP If the archive is stored on an FTP or SFTP server, type the server name or address in the Path field as follows:

ftp://ftp_server:port _number or sftp://sftp_server:port number To establish an active mode FTP connection, use the following notation:

aftp://ftp_server:port _number

If the port number is not specified, port 21 is used for FTP and port 22 is used for SFTP.

After entering access credentials, the folders on the server become available. Click the appropriate folder on the server.

You can access the server as an anonymous user if the server enables such access. To do so, click Use anonymous access instead of entering credentials.

According to the original FTP specification, credentials required for access to FTP servers are transferred through a network as plaintext. This means that the user name and password can be intercepted by an eavesdropper using a packet sniffer.

Storage nodes When working in the operating system, access a storage node by selecting the respective centralized vault. When operating on a machine booted with bootable media:

 To access a managed vault, type the following string in the Path field:

bsp://node_address/vault_name/

 To access an unmanaged centralized vault, type the full path to the vault's folder.

NFS drives If the archive is stored on an NFS share, expand the NFS drives group and click the folder.

Available only in Linux and under Linux-based bootable media.

5.1.1.2 Data catalog

Data catalog lets you easily find the required version of data and select it for recovery. On a managed machine, the data catalog functionality is available through the Data view tab for any vault accessible from this machine. On the management server, the catalog functionality is available through both Data view and the centralized Data catalog. The centralized data catalog displays in a single place all the data stored in the centralized managed vaults.

Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 may upload data catalog files from a vault to a local cache folder. By default, this folder is located on the disk where the operating system is installed. For information about changing the default cache folder, refer to the "Changing the default cache folder for catalog files" (p. 186) section.

In document Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 User Guide (Page 127-130)