Save storage space and time by excluding non-essential files and folders from backups.
Dual destination backup
Store backups into two different locations — backup to a local disk and a copy to a network share.
Automatic or manual splitting of backups
Split backups into volumes to fit media.
Recovery options
Acronis Startup Recovery Manager
If your system won’t boot properly, press F11 during the system startup to start Acronis Backup & Recovery 10
.
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.
Remote restore
Perform remote restores of your networked machines.
Restore to dissimilar hardware
With Acronis® Universal Restore™, migrate or restore the whole system to dissimilar hardware or a virtual machine.
Virtualization support
Converting image backups to virtual machine formats
Convert backup images to virtual machine formats compatible with VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer and Parallels environments.
Manage virtual machines protection with policies
Centrally managed protection of virtual machines, including grouping and policy-based.
Install Agent on unlimited number of virtual machines
Back up and recover an unlimited number of virtual machines on a physical server — machines in VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer and Parallels virtual formats.
Agent-less backups of entire host machines
Backup management
Templates for backup rotation schemes
Acronis Backup & Recovery 10
has a set of pre-defined industry-standard schemes like Grandfather-Father-Son or Tower-of-Hanoi.
Pre/post commands
Define pre/post backup and data capture commands to integrate Acronis Backup & Recovery 10
with other applications or to temporarily stop some.
Event-based backup
Create backups triggered by various conditions — a user logs on, a computer shuts down, or others.
Conditions for backup
Configure backup operations to wait until specified conditions are met like a pre-defined time interval or a user logs off.
Customizable backup scheme
Configure specific events and conditions for each task.
Centralized management
Grouping machines into static or dynamic groups
Put machines into nested groups, manually or by other criteria such as OS, IP range, or membership in an Active Directory.
Policy-based management
Apply backup policies to a machine or a group of machines.
Wake-on-LAN support
If a machine is off when a backup is scheduled to start, the machine can be powered on automatically with Wake-on-LAN functionality.
Distributing backups within time interval
Avoid overloading networks by distributing backup activities within an allowed time window. Automatically shift task start times on each machine.
Reporting and monitoring
Centralized dashboard
Operational overview of all configured machines on a single screen.
Shipping log events into centralized log
See events from all managed machines in the Acronis Management Server log, even if the event is from a machine that is not available.
Backup administration
Automated deletion of outdated backups
Specify rules to automatically delete backups that are no longer needed.
Backup validation and consolidation by Acronis Storage Node
Validation and consolidation can be performed by Acronis Storage Node to offload these resource-intensive operations from the production machine.
Consolidating incremental or differential backups
Consolidate incremental and differential backups to save space.
Deployment and upgrade options
Remote installation and configuration
Remotely install clients and updates on your networked machines.
No reboot
No reboot required to complete installation.
User interface
Command line with scripting support
Execute tasks and create backups from a command-line interface.
Centralized management console
Centrally manage all operations from a single console on the network.
Security
User group to control remote access
Assign access to specific groups — ensure only authorized groups can access machines remotely.
Password-protection for Acronis® Secure Zone™
Protect your backups stored in Acronis® Secure Zone™ from unauthorized access.
User group to allow centralized management
Set a security group that is allowed access to the Acronis Management Server.
Encrypted network communications
Ensure data is safe during backups across the network — all remote communications are encrypted by default.
Backup encryption by Acronis Storage Node
In addition to client-side encryption, Acronis Storage Node can also centrally encrypt archives.
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