Physical machines

Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 lets the administrator protect data and perform management operations on multiple machines. The administrator adds a machine to the management server using the machine’s name or IP address, imports machines from Active Directory, or from text files. Once a machine is registered on the management server, it becomes available for grouping, applying backup policies and monitoring the activities related to data protection.

To estimate whether the data is successfully protected on a managed machine, the management server administrator checks its status. A machine’s status is defined as the most severe status of all backup plans (both local and centralized) existing on the machine and all backup policies applied to the machine. It can be “OK”, “Warnings” or “Errors”. 

  Groups

The management server administrator has the ability to group machines. A machine can be a member of more than one group. One or more nested groups can be created inside any group created by the administrator.

Grouping helps organize data protection by the company departments, by the Active Directory domains or organizational units within a domain, by various populations of users, by the site locations, etc.

The main goal of grouping is protection of multiple machines with one policy. Once a machine appears in a group, the policy applied to the group is applied to the machine and the new tasks are created by the policy on the machine. Once a machine is removed from a group, the policy applied to the group will be revoked from the machine and the tasks created by the policy will be removed.

Built-in group – a group that always exists on a management server. The group cannot be deleted or renamed. A built-in group cannot include nested groups. A backup policy can be applied to a built-in group. The example of a built-in group is the Acronis Backup & Recovery 2660 Physical machines All physical machines group, that contains all the machines registered on the management server.

Custom groups – groups created manually by the management server administrator.

  • Acronis Backup & Recovery 2658 Physical machines Static groups

    Static groups contain machines manually added to the group by the administrator. A static member remains in the group until the administrator removes the member from the group or deletes the corresponding managed machine from the management server.

  • Acronis Backup & Recovery 2652 Physical machines Dynamic groups

    Dynamic groups contain machines added automatically according to the criteria specified by the administrator. Once the criteria are specified, the management server starts to analyze the existing machines’ properties and will analyze every newly registered machine. The machine that meets a certain dynamic criterion will appear in all groups that use this dynamic criterion.

To learn more about grouping machines, see the Grouping the registered machines section.

To learn more about how policies are applied to machines and groups, see the Policies on machines and groups section. 

  Way of working with machines
  • First, add machines to the management server. Adding machines is available, when selecting the Acronis Backup & Recovery 1679 Physical machines Physical machines view, or the Acronis Backup & Recovery 2660 Physical machines All physical machines group in the Navigation tree.
  • Select the group the required machine is in, then select the machine.
  • Use the toolbar‘s operational buttons to take actions on the machine.
  • Use the Information panel’s tabs to view detailed information about the selected machine and perform additional operations, such as start/stop tasks, revoke policies, explore the policy inheritance, etc. The panel is collapsed by default. To expand the panel, click the Acronis Backup & Recovery 2732 Physical machines chevron. The content of the panel is also duplicated in the Machine details window.
  • Use filtering and sorting capabilities for easy browsing and examination of the machines in question. 
  Way of working with groups
  • In the Acronis Backup & Recovery 1679 Physical machines Physical machines view, select the group.
  • Use the toolbar’s operational buttons to perform actions on the selected group.
  • Use the Information panel’s tabs to view detailed information about the selected group and perform additional operations, such as revoke policies or explore policy inheritance. The panel is collapsed by default. To expand the panel, click the Acronis Backup & Recovery 2732 Physical machines chevron. The content of the panel is also duplicated in the Group details
    window.

Physical machines