11 Glossary of Terms
A
Acronis Secure Zone
A secure partition for storing backups (p. 222)
on a hard disk. Advantages:
enables recovery of a disk to the same
disk where the disk's backup resides
offers a cost-effective and handy method
for protecting data from software
malfunction, virus attack, operator error
eliminates the need for a separate media
or network connection to back up or
recover the data
Limitations:
1) The Acronis Secure Zone cannot be created
on a dynamic disk or a disk using the GPT
partitioning style.
2) The Acronis Secure Zone is not available as
a location for backups in the recovery
environment when you start Acronis True
Image Home 2011 from bootable rescue
media, through Acronis Startup Recovery
Manager or BartPE.
Acronis Startup Recovery Manager
A protection tool that allows to start
standalone version of Acronis True Image
Home 2011 at boot time when F11 is pressed.
Acronis Startup Recovery Manager eliminates
the need for rescue media.
Acronis Startup Recovery Manager is
especially useful for mobile users. If a failure
occurs, the user reboots the machine, hits F11
on prompt "Press F11 for Acronis Startup
Recovery Manager…" and performs data
recovery in the same way as with ordinary
bootable media.
Limitations: cannot be organized on a dynamic
disk; requires manual configuration of boot
loaders, such as LILO and GRUB; requires re-
activation of third-party loaders.
B
Backup
1. The same as Backup operation (p. 222).
2. A set of backup versions created and
managed by using backup settings. A
backup can contain multiple backup
versions created using full (p. 223) and
incremental (p. 223) backup methods.
Backup versions belonging to the same
backup are usually stored in the same
location.
Backup operation
An operation that creates a copy of the data
that exists on a machine's hard disk for the
purpose of recovering or reverting the data to
a specified date and time.
Backup settings
A set of rules configured by a user when
creating a new backup. The rules control the
backup process. Later you can edit the backup
settings to change or optimize the backup
process.
Backup version
The result of a single backup operation (p.
222). Physically, it is a file or a set of files that
contains a copy of the backed up data as of a
specific date and time. Backup version files
created by Acronis True Image Home 2011
have a TIB extension. The TIB files resulting
from consolidation (p. 223) of backup versions
are also called backup versions.
Backup version chain
Sequence of minimum 2 backup versions (p.
222) that consist of the first full backup
version and the subsequent one or more
incremental or differential backup versions.
Backup version chain continues till the next
full backup version (if any).
