9 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2015
14.6.5 Event tracing ................................................................................................................................................ 342
14.6.6 Log cleanup rules ......................................................................................................................................... 344
14.6.7 Machine management................................................................................................................................ 345
14.6.8 Cloud backup proxy ..................................................................................................................................... 345
15 Centralized management ....................................................................................... 347
15.1 Understanding centralized management ..............................................................................347
15.1.1 Basic concepts ............................................................................................................................................. 347
15.1.2 Privileges for centralized management ..................................................................................................... 348
15.1.3 Communication between Acronis Backup components .......................................................................... 352
15.2 Back up now ...........................................................................................................................356
15.3 Creating a centralized backup plan ........................................................................................357
15.3.1 Selecting data to back up ............................................................................................................................ 357
15.3.2 Selection rules for files and folders ............................................................................................................ 359
15.3.3 Selection rules for volumes ........................................................................................................................ 361
15.3.4 Backup location selection ........................................................................................................................... 363
15.3.5 Centralized backup plan's credentials ....................................................................................................... 365
15.3.6 What if a machine does not have data meeting the selection rules ....................................................... 365
15.4 Administering Acronis Backup Management Server .............................................................366
15.4.1 Dashboard .................................................................................................................................................... 366
15.4.2 Machines with agents ................................................................................................................................. 367
15.4.3 Virtual machines .......................................................................................................................................... 380
15.4.4 Backup plans and tasks ............................................................................................................................... 381
15.4.5 Storage nodes .............................................................................................................................................. 383
15.4.6 Licenses ........................................................................................................................................................ 383
15.4.7 Alerts ............................................................................................................................................................ 386
15.4.8 Reporting ..................................................................................................................................................... 387
15.4.9 Log ................................................................................................................................................................ 392
15.4.10 Management server options ...................................................................................................................... 394
15.5 Configuring Acronis Backup components ..............................................................................399
15.5.1 Parameters set by using Acronis Administrative Template ..................................................................... 399
15.5.2 Parameters set by using Windows registry ............................................................................................... 414
16 Cloud backup ......................................................................................................... 415
16.1 Introduction to Acronis Cloud Backup ...................................................................................415
16.1.1 What is Acronis Cloud Backup? .................................................................................................................. 415
16.1.2 What data can I back up and recover? ...................................................................................................... 415
16.1.3 How long will my backups be kept in the cloud storage? ........................................................................ 415
16.1.4 How do I secure my data? .......................................................................................................................... 416
16.1.5 How do I back up virtual machines to the cloud storage? ....................................................................... 416
16.1.6 Supported operating systems and virtualization products ...................................................................... 417
16.1.7 Backup and recovery FAQ .......................................................................................................................... 418
16.1.8 Initial Seeding FAQ ...................................................................................................................................... 419
16.1.9 Large Scale Recovery FAQ .......................................................................................................................... 425
16.1.10 Subscription lifecycle FAQ .......................................................................................................................... 426
16.2 Where do I start? ...................................................................................................................429
16.3 Choosing a subscription .........................................................................................................429
16.4 Activating cloud backup subscriptions ..................................................................................430
16.4.1 Activating subscriptions in Acronis Backup Advanced ............................................................................. 430
16.4.2 Reassigning an activated subscription ....................................................................................................... 431
16.5 Configuring proxy settings .....................................................................................................432
16.6 Retrieving files from the cloud storage by using a web browser ..........................................432
