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15 Centralized management ....................................................................................... 342
15.1 Understanding centralized management ..............................................................................342
15.1.1 Basic concepts ............................................................................................................................................. 342
15.1.2 Privileges for centralized management ..................................................................................................... 343
15.1.3 Communication between Acronis Backup components .......................................................................... 347
15.2 Back up now ...........................................................................................................................351
15.3 Creating a centralized backup plan ........................................................................................352
15.3.1 Selecting data to back up ............................................................................................................................ 352
15.3.2 Selection rules for files and folders ............................................................................................................ 354
15.3.3 Selection rules for volumes ........................................................................................................................ 356
15.3.4 Backup location selection ........................................................................................................................... 359
15.3.5 Centralized backup plan's credentials ....................................................................................................... 360
15.3.6 What if a machine does not have data meeting the selection rules ....................................................... 360
15.4 Administering Acronis Backup Management Server .............................................................361
15.4.1 Dashboard .................................................................................................................................................... 361
15.4.2 Machines with agents ................................................................................................................................. 362
15.4.3 Virtual machines .......................................................................................................................................... 375
15.4.4 Backup plans and tasks ............................................................................................................................... 376
15.4.5 Storage nodes .............................................................................................................................................. 378
15.4.6 Licenses ........................................................................................................................................................ 379
15.4.7 Alerts ............................................................................................................................................................ 381
15.4.8 Reporting ..................................................................................................................................................... 382
15.4.9 Log ................................................................................................................................................................ 387
15.4.10 Management server options ...................................................................................................................... 389
15.5 Configuring Acronis Backup components ..............................................................................394
15.5.1 Parameters set by using Acronis Administrative Template ..................................................................... 394
15.5.2 Parameters set by using Windows registry ............................................................................................... 409
16 Cloud backup ......................................................................................................... 411
16.1 Introduction to Acronis Cloud Backup ...................................................................................411
16.1.1 What is Acronis Cloud Backup? .................................................................................................................. 411
16.1.2 What data can I back up and recover? ...................................................................................................... 411
16.1.3 How long will my backups be kept in the cloud storage? ........................................................................ 411
16.1.4 How do I secure my data? .......................................................................................................................... 412
16.1.5 How do I back up virtual machines to the cloud storage? ....................................................................... 412
16.1.6 Supported operating systems and virtualization products ...................................................................... 413
16.1.7 Backup and recovery FAQ .......................................................................................................................... 414
16.1.8 Initial Seeding FAQ ...................................................................................................................................... 415
16.1.9 Large Scale Recovery FAQ .......................................................................................................................... 421
16.1.10 Subscription lifecycle FAQ .......................................................................................................................... 422
16.2 Where do I start? ...................................................................................................................425
16.3 Choosing a subscription .........................................................................................................425
16.4 Configuring proxy settings .....................................................................................................426
16.5 Checking the firewall settings ................................................................................................426
16.6 Activating cloud backup subscriptions ..................................................................................427
16.6.1 Activating subscriptions in Acronis Backup Advanced ............................................................................. 427
16.6.2 Reassigning an activated subscription ....................................................................................................... 427
16.7 Retrieving files from the cloud storage by using a web browser ..........................................429
16.8 Limitations of the cloud storage ............................................................................................430
16.9 Terminology reference ..........................................................................................................430
