{"id":5621,"date":"2020-10-02T20:39:49","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T18:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/?p=5621"},"modified":"2020-10-02T20:39:51","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T18:39:51","slug":"acronis-backup-and-recovery-software-features-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/acronis-backup-and-recovery-software-features-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Acronis backup and recovery software: Features to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time-approximately:<\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A long-time cloud backup proponent, Acronis tries to make the selection and use of its data backup products easier with a Backup Purchase Wizard and Universal Restore technology.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ttgtmedia.com\/rms\/onlineImages\/posey_brien.jpg\" alt=\"Brien Posey\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techtarget.com\/contributor\/Brien-Posey\">Brien Posey<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With a reputation as stable, easy to use and innovative, Acronis backup and recovery software products are the go-to data backup offerings for many organizations. And since approximately 2012, the company has allowed customers to\u00a0back up their data to the cloud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The\u00a0Acronis backup and recovery software line\u00a0has been designed to use a minimal amount of CPU and memory to\u00a0lessen the impact of the backup process. Backups can also be written to up to five different destinations, such as storage arrays, the cloud, tape and so on. This gives administrators great flexibility with regard to mixing and matching media and destination types within their backups.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Acronis enterprise cloud offerings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Organizations that want to back up to the cloud can choose between the Acronis Backup to Cloud offering or the Acronis Backup Service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ttgtmedia.com\/rms\/editorial\/sDataBackup_BackuptoCloud_052016.png\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption><strong>Acronis Backup to Cloud allows users to create a customized online backup plan.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Acronis Backup to Cloud is a cloud subscription add-on that offers AES 256-bit encryption,\u00a0initial seeding services\u00a0and large-scale recovery services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Acronis Backup Service is a hybrid backup product that can be managed using a browser-based interface. The online management dashboard is accessible from any device. Other features include\u00a0256-bit AES encryption\u00a0and Universal Restore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Universal Restore<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Universal Restore technology, built into all currently offered Acronis backup and recovery products, allows backups to be easily restored to a dissimilar system. For example, you could restore a backup of a physical server to a virtual server, or a physical server backup to dissimilar hardware.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many other vendors offer similar capabilities, but Acronis makes the recovery process a little more seamless. For example, some vendors will not let you restore a backup to a hard disk that is smaller than the original one, even if the new disk has sufficient capacity to accommodate the restored data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"How to recover with Acronis Universal Restore\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qbe8yTOaVGg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption><em><strong>This Acronis video explains how to<br>recover your system using Universal<br>Restore technology.<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Acronis&#8217; Universal Restore technology is designed to help administrators avoid manually reconfiguring systems that have been restored to a dissimilar environment. The software automatically detects the machine type and then installs the correct Hardware Abstraction Layer and required device drivers. Like many other backup vendors, Acronis also offers an\u00a0instant recovery feature\u00a0that launches a virtual machine from backup so the VM is available while the restoration takes place behind the scenes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Backup Purchase Wizard<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If customers are still unsure of which\u00a0Acronis backup and recovery product\u00a0is right for their environment, they can use the Acronis Backup Purchase Wizard. Customers can go to the Acronis website and enter information about their infrastructure into the wizard. The\u00a0wizard\u00a0then determines which products should be used and automatically adds those products to the customer&#8217;s shopping cart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While many observers may think the Backup Purchase Wizard is nothing more than another way to drive sales of Acronis backup and recovery products, it is helpful for two reasons:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>It answers questions about the licensing process in no uncertain terms.<\/strong>\u00a0For instance, if you need to back up an Exchange Server, do you have to purchase Acronis Backup Advanced to back up the server OS and buy Acronis Backup Advanced for Exchange, or can you just purchase Acronis Backup Advanced for Exchange? The wizard lets you know exactly what you need. (In this example, you would only need Acronis Backup Advanced for Exchange.)<\/li><li><strong>Ease of pricing.<\/strong>\u00a0Users are given an on-the-spot quote for what it will\u00a0cost to back up the resources\u00a0they need to protect. There is no guessing and no waiting on a sales call.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time-approximately:<\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>A long-time cloud backup proponent, Acronis tries to make the selection and use of its data backup products easier with a Backup Purchase Wizard and Universal Restore technology. By Brien Posey With a reputation as stable, easy to use and innovative, Acronis backup and recovery software products are the go-to data backup offerings for many organizations. And since approximately 2012,<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/acronis-backup-and-recovery-software-features-to-know\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,109,4,30,16,3,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-backup-and-archival-tools","category-backup-and-recovery-software","category-datacenter-news","category-expert-advise-and-opinion","category-how-tos-and-other-useful-tips-and-tricks","category-industry-news-and-expert-advise","category-tekmart-enterprise-hardware-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5621"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5622,"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5621\/revisions\/5622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}