To create a backup image of your server disk:
The list of partitions shows the hard disk structure of your server, including the relative path point and the type of disk file systems (Mount point and File system type column). You must select at least one partition for backup. You can select a random set of partitions.
/backup
or /var/backup
. You can configure Acronis True Image Server to save backup files on both hard and removable drives.
The name can contain only latin symbols, digits, and "-_,." symbols. The name must start with a letter only. The maximum number of symbols is 200.
The items in this drop-down list range from 0 (no compression) to 9 (maximum compression). If you select 0, the backup will be imaged without any compression, which will increase the backup file size. If you select the maximum compression level, it will take longer for the application to create the backup. It is recommended that you set the compression level to medium values, for example 4 or 5.
Complete backup images contain all sectors within the selected partition(s), including operating system files and your data. Incremental backup images includes only the data that have changed since the last time a backup was created. Incremental backup file names are created as follows: if the first complete backup file is tmp.tib
, the subsequent incremental backup files will be named as tmp1.tib
, tmp2.tib
, etc.
Thus, if you are creating a backup for this partition(s) for the first time or you have made significant changes to the system after the last time the backup was created, it is better to create a complete backup. If you have recently created a backup image of the selected partition(s), incremental backup is recommended.
The maximum password length is 30 symbols.