Acronis 11.5: Creating a recovery disk image for storing on E: Type III and Type IV
This task applies to the Type III and Type IV FT
Server model. Do the following at the local server to create a disk image of the C: partition
and the D: partition and store the image file on the E: partition:
- Disconnect the AC power cabling from the bottom CPU/IO module.
- Perform the steps in this procedure on the top CPU/IO module.
- Make sure that media access is stopped and that the system on which you are working is not being used.
- Startup and in BIOS setup, disable OS Boot Monitoring.
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Do the following:
- Insert the Acronis flash drive, which also contains the FT image, into the front USB port.
- Restart the machine. The system will reboot a couple of times. If there is a problem restarting, hold the standby button down for five seconds to force a hard shutdown. Then press the standby button again to startup.
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Press Enter when prompted with "Press any key to boot from flash
drive" on the screen.
The system boots from the flash drive.
It will take about 3 minutes before the system boots into the Acronis application.
The Acronis program loads. -
On the Acronis Rescue Media page, do the
following:
- Use the keyboard arrow keys to select Acronis Backup and Recovery 11.5 (64-bit...) and then press Enter.
- Wait while Acronis fully loads. This can take a few minutes. When loaded, the Acronis Backup and Recovery page opens.
- On the Acronis Backup and Recovery page, select Back up now. The Back up now page opens.
- On the Back up now page, under What to back up, select Item to back up. The Select item to back up dialog box opens.
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On the Select item to back up dialog box, do
the following:
- Under Disk 1 select C and D. Clear other check boxes.
- Click OK.
- On the Back up now page, under Where to back up, select Location. The Select location back up dialog box opens.
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On the Select location back up
dialog box, do the following:.
- Expand the tree-view Local folders node and select E:.
- Enter a name for your backup.
- Click OK.
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On the Back up now page, under
How to back up, do the following:
- Set Backup type to Full.
- This is recommended for your first backup. For subsequent backups, you can optionally set this to Incremental or Differential.
- Set Validation to Validate a backup as soon as it is created.
- On the Back up now page, click OK. The backup begins and the Backup Details page opens.
- On the Backup Details page, select the Progress tab to view the progress.
- Verify when the data is successfully backed up.
- Close all Acronis pages and the Acronis main window. The machine restarts automatically.
- Remove the recovery media while the machine is shutting down.
- Wait until startup processes are complete on the top CPU/IO module. Leave the module running.
- On the bottom CPU/IO module, connect AC power cabling. The module starts up.
- Restart and in BIOS setup, enable OS Boot Monitoring.