Acronis Backup and Recovery 11.5 Technical FAQs (designed for technical engineer)

1. .
What’s New
An Introduction to What’s New in Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5

2. 01 Agenda
1. What’s New in ABR11.5
2. ABR11.5 for Microsoft Exchange
3. Other New Features
4. Contact Us
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3. Features of Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5
1. WHAT’S NEW IN ABR11.5
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4. 01 ABR11.5 Advanced Platform
Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 Advanced Platform is a unified solution for
backup, disaster recovery and data protection in physical-virtual environments for
Windows and Linux systems and applications.
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5. 01 ABR11.5 Features
 Disk image-based backup for fast backup of entire Windows or
Linux systems or files/folders on physical and virtual machines
 Centralized management capabilities to manage, monitor and report
on backups of multiple servers and workstations
 Catalog and search functionality to quickly locate user files for easy
recovery from backups
 Acronis Universal Restore for recovery to dissimilar hardware or
VM for reliable recovery and P2P, P2V, V2V and V2P migration
 Deduplication of backups to save on network utilization and storage
space
 Acronis Cloud Backup enables backup to the cloud for secure off-
site storage of critical data
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6. 01 What’s New in ABR11.5
 Integrated Microsoft Exchange backup
 Enables granular recovery of Exchange application items such as emails
from database level backups
 Support for Microsoft Exchange 2003, 2007 and 2010
 Support for Exchange clusters – SCC, CCR and DAG
 New Express Full backup type for faster backups
 New CDP backup scheme for recoverability up to point of failure
 New recovery destinations to disk and .pst for more flexibility
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7. 01 What’s New in ABR11.5
 Support for RHEV virtualization platform
 Remote installation of ABR11.5 Agent for Linux
 Support for Linux kernel 3.x
 Staging to Acronis Online for D2D2C backups
 File recovery from disk image backups stored on tape
 Support for UEFI-based VMs (vSphere 5)
 Support for CBT for faster backups of VMware VMs
 Bare Metal Recovery for Microsoft Hyper-V
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8. 01 What’s New in ABR11.5
 Change in positioning to better reflect capabilities:
 Advanced Edition and Virtual Edition is now collectively referred to as the
ABR11.5 Advanced Platform
 New platform and hypervisor specific per machine licensing
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9. 01 New ABR11.5 Licensing
Types ABR11 Licenses ABR11.5 Licenses
Standalone Workstation Workstation
(Individual) Server for Windows Server for Windows
1 license per machine Server for Linux Server for Linux
Centralized Advanced Workstation Advanced Workstation
Management Advanced Server Advanced Server for Windows
(Advanced Platform) NEW!
Advanced Server for Linux
1 license per machine Advanced Server Multi-Platform*
*Only available to existing Advanced Server SBS Edition Advanced Server SBS Edition
customers on valid
maintenance, free upgrade to Virtual Edition Virtual Edition for VMware
NEW!
ABR11.5 Advanced Server
Virtual Edition for Hyper-V
Multi-Platform license
Virtual Edition for RHEV
**Only available to existing
customers on valid Virtual Edition for Citrix Xen
maintenance, free upgrade
to ABR11.5 Virtual Edition Virtual Edition for Parallels
Multi-Hypervisor license
Virtual Edition Multi-Hypervisor**
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10. 01 Comparison Table
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11. 01 Comparison Table
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12. 01 ABR11.5 Target Users
Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5
One Solution, Multiple Possibilities
For SMBs For Enterprises
Server for Windows ABR11.5 Advanced Platform
Server for Linux Advanced Server for Windows Virtual Edition for VMware
Workstation Advanced Server for Linux Virtual Edition for Hyper-V
Advanced Server for SBS Advanced Workstation Virtual Edition for RHEV
For Microsoft Exchange For Microsoft Exchange Virtual Edition for Citrix Xen
Acronis Online Acronis Online Virtual Edition for Parallels
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13. How ABR11.5 for Microsoft Exchange works
2. ABR11.5
FOR MICROSOFT EXCHANGE
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14. 02 ABR11.5 Application Backup
ABR11.5 supports backup and restore of various applications such as MS Active
Directory, MS SQL Server, MS Sharepoint and MS Exchange as part of a disk or
volume backup
With ABR11.5 for Microsoft Exchange, application backup is improved by
introducing granular restore for Microsoft Exchange through ABR11.5 Agent for
Microsoft Exchange
Files/Folders
.TIB file
Information Store/
Exchange Database
Applications/Databases
Backup
Microsoft Exchange
Mailboxes
System/Disks/
Partitions
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15. 02 Integration with ABR11.5
ABR11.5 for Microsoft Exchange replaces the legacy product, Acronis Recovery
for Microsoft Exchange (ARX) and is fully integrated with the ABR11.5 Advanced
Platform:
 Centralized management via Management Server
 Catalog and search for individual Exchange items
 Deduplication of Exchange backups
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16. 02 Licensing
ABR11.5 for Microsoft Exchange is licensed on a per Microsoft Exchange server
basis and is available as the following SKU:
 ABR11.5 for Microsoft Exchange Server
 ABR11.5 Advanced Server SBS (included)
For single servers 1x = 1 license per server
Exchange Server
Exchange Server
For clusters 1x = 1 license per node
E.g., 3 node cluster = 3 licenses
Exchange ServerExchange Server
Exchange Cluster
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17. 02 Supported Exchange Versions
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003
 All editions, SP2 or later (including SBS 2003 R2)
 MAPI hotfix must be installed (MS ID: 908072)
Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
 All editions, all service packs (including SBS 2011)
 MAPI and CDO objects (ver. 1.2.1) package must be installed
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
 All editions, all service packs (including SBS 2008)
 MAPI and CDO objects (ver. 1.2.1) package must be installed
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18. 02 Supported Exchange Clusters
Single Copy Cluster (SSC) Active Node Passive Node
 Failover cluster solution based on
a shared storage (usually SAN)
 A single copy of a storage group
on storage that is shared between
the cluster nodes is used
 Active node has access to shared
data
 Passive node has no access to
shared data
DB1
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19. 02 Supported Exchange Clusters
Cluster Continuous Replication Active Node Passive Node
(CCR)
 Failover cluster solution based on
a non-shared storage
 Two copies (active and passive for
each storage group are used
 Each copy is hosted on its own
node
 Active copy is the copy currently in
use and active node hosts the
active copy
 Passive copy is created and DB1 DB1 Replica
maintained on the passive node
using continuous and
asynchronous log shipping
technology
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20. 02 Supported Exchange Clusters
Database Availability Node 1 Node 2 Node 3
Group (DAG)
 Failover cluster solution
providing high availability
and site resilience
 Cluster Continuous
Replication and Standby
Continuous Replication
are used DB1 DB2 DB2 DB3 DB3 DB1
Active Passive Active Passive Active Passive
 Group of up to 16
Exchange 2010 Mailbox
servers
 Any node can host passive and active database from any
other node
 Each node can host passive and active database copies
 Up to 16 copies of each database can be created
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21. 02 What can be backed up?
ABR11.5 for Microsoft Exchange can back up the Information Store (database-
level) or Mailbox (brick-level)
Information Store Mailbox
The backup can include: The backup can include:
 The entire Information Store  All mailboxes, individual mailboxes or
mailbox folders
 Individual databases (for Exchange 2010)
 All public folders or individual public folders
 Individual storage groups (for Exchange
2003/2007)
What is Information Store?
The entire Information Microsoft Exchange Server stores its data in a single repository called Information Store (in
Exchange 2003/2007) or Exchange Store (in Exchange 2010). The primary logical components of the information store are
storage groups (for Exchange 2003/2007) and Exchange databases (in Exchange 2010), which in turn are divided to
mailboxes and public folders.
Physically the database data is stored in .edb file.
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22. 02 Information Store Backup
Information Store
.TIB
Backup
Full backup
 Stores the selected storage groups/databases + transaction logs and
Exchange-related information from AD
 Choice of regular Full, Express-Full or Copy-only backup
Transaction Log backup
 Stores transaction logs + checkpoint files and other files required for
recovery
 Creates a chain of backups similar to incremental backups with a Full backup
as the base
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23. 02 Mailbox Backup
Mailbox
.TIB
Backup
Full backup
 Stores the content and folder structure of the mailboxes or public folders
selected for backup
Incremental backup
 Stores changes to the data against the last backup
 First backup will be a Full backup
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24. 02 Express-Full Backup Type
ABR11.5 for Microsoft Exchange with deduplication add-on can perform
Express-Full backups of the Information Store to a deduplicating vault
Express-Full backup intelligently backs up only changes in the Information Store
since the previous backup and results in:
 Faster and smaller backup file sizes
 I/O requests to Exchange server is significantly reduced
Exchange Database Backup File
Full Backup
Express-Full Backup
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25. 02 CDP Backup Scheme
ABR11.5 for Microsoft Exchange also provides features that were existing in
ARX such as the CDP (Continuous Data Protection) backup scheme.
CDP backup scheme allows reverting the Exchange to any point in time prior to
failure. With the CDP scheme, the following happens:
 Full backups of the database configured by user
 Transaction logs backed up automatically as soon as they are created
Full backup per schedule
set by the user
Transaction
Automated backup as soon
Logs as new log is available
Exchange Database
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26. 02 What and where to restore?
Depending on the type of backup, the items available for recovery and the
possible recovery destinations are as follows.
Information Store Mailbox
 Storage groups for  Emails  Mailboxes  Contacts NEW!
Exchange 2003/2007
 Calendar events NEW!  Public folders  Notes NEW!
 Database for
Exchange 2010  Tasks NEW!  Public folders items  Journal entries NEW!
 Mailboxes  Contacts NEW!  Emails
 Public folders  Notes NEW!  Calendar events NEW!
 Public folders items  Journal entries NEW!  Tasks NEW!
Backup created can be restored to: Backup created can be restored to:
 Original path (to the original Exchange server)  Exchange (any Exchange server)
 Custom (to a new Exchange or over existing  .pst file (to .pst email archive file) NEW!
databases
 Specified folder (to disk) NEW!
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27. Other new features and enhancements of ABR11.5
3. OTHER NEW FEATURES
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28. 03 Staging to the Cloud
ABR11.5 Advanced Platform adds cloud storage support to staging and
replication allowing copying or moving of backups to the cloud automatically
1st step: 2nd step:
Backup locally Copy to Cloud
Requires Acronis Online subscription purchased and activated for the machine
to be backed up
Staging and replication to the cloud can be scheduled during non-business
hours to lower impact on network utilization
Initial seeding is recommended for large sized backups before using incremental
backups to transfer smaller backup sizes subsequently to the cloud
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29. 03 File Restore From Tape
ABR11.5 Advanced Platform supports restoring of files from disk/volume backup
residing on Tape
Restore: Backup on HDD Backup on Tape
Files from file backup Yes Yes
Files from disk/partition backup Yes New in ABR11.5
When backing up to tape, ABR11.5 creates supplementary files on the local disk
of the machine with the tape device attached containing information on the
location of files on the tape.
This allows searching for and recovery of files from disk/volume backups stored
on tapes.
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30. 03 Support for RHEV
ABR11 RHEV branch functionality was merged back into ABR11.5 Advanced
Platform with the following key features now available:
 Auto-discover and display RHEV VMs through integration with RHEV
Manager
 Backup entire system including RedHat Enterprise Linux together with
applications and data
 Recover an entire VM or just selected files and folders using the search
functionality of ABR11.5
 Remotely deploy ABR11.5 Agents for Linux to Linux VMs
 Unlimited P2V, V2V and V2P migrations for moving production workloads to
RHEV
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31. 03 CBT for VMware
ABR11.5 for will now use CBT to track changes of disk sectors that a VM uses
and greatly speeds up incremental backups of VMs running on VMware vSphere
How it was How it will be
Standard way: CBT way:
 Read every block of data and compare with  Track changes of disk sectors in real-time
what it was and create the list of changes for the next
backup
Fast Incremental way:
 Compare file attributes (causes problems
with open files, disabled in ABR11 U0)
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32. 03 Bare Metal Recovery of Hyper-V
ABR11.5 Advanced Platform enables disk-level backups of an entire Hyper-V
host with the ability to perform bare-metal recovery to the same or dissimilar
hardware
Disk Backup Restore
Requires:
 VSS backup option in ABR11.5 is enabled
 Hyper-V integration services are installed on every VM
In cases of recovery to the same hardware/configuration, VMs may be resumed
immediately. If recovered to dissimilar machine, re-assignment of virtual
network adapters
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33. Acronis Backup & Recovery® 11.5
One Solution, Multiple Possibilities
The best backup, disaster recovery and data protection
for physical, virtual and cloud. One solution is all you
need to access data anytime, anywhere.

34. Sales contact information for APAC countries
4. CONTACT US
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35. 04 Contact Us
Australia India, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines,
Simon Bills Indonesia
Sales and Alliance Manager (ANZ) Gary Gee
Simon.Bills@acronis.com Business Development Manager (Asia
+61 2 8458 0844 South)
Gary.Gee@acronis.com
Singapore +65 6496 9212
Eunice Yeo
Channel Manager (Singapore) Hong Kong, China
Eunice.Yeo@acronis.com Rita Wong |黃慧儀
+65 6496 9216 Country Sales Manager (China) |業務總監
(中國大陸及港澳地區)
Malaysia Rita.Wong@acronis.com
Lee Kok Koon +852 3153 4333
Country Sales Manager (Malaysia)
KokKoon.Lee@acronis.com
+60 3 2096 9779
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36. 04 Contact Us
China
Angela Liu | 刘欣
Channel Sales Manager (China) | 业务展经理
(中国大陆地区)
Angela.Liu@acronis.com
+86 136-0139-5163
Taiwan
Ken Yang
Country Sales Manager (Taiwan)
Ken.Yang@acronis.com
+886 2 2764 3355
South Korea
Charles Cho
Channel Manager
Charles.Cho@acronis.com
+82 2 501 1882
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