Label (Preserving machine properties in a backup)

Any time data on a machine is backed up, information about the machine name, operating system, Windows service pack and security identifier (SID) is added to the backup, along with the user-defined text label. The label may include the department or machine owner’s name or similar information that can be used as a tag or a key.

If you recover the machine to a VMware ESX Server using Agent for ESX/ESXi, or convert the backup to a ESX/ESXi virtual machine, these properties will be transferred to the virtual machine’s configuration. You can view them in the virtual machine settings: Edit settings > Options > Advanced > General > Configuration parameters. You can select, sort and group the virtual machines with the help of these custom parameters. This can be useful in various scenarios.

Example:

Let’s assume you migrate your office or datacenter to a virtual environment. By using third-party software that can access configuration parameters through VMware API, you can automatically apply security policies to each machine even before powering it on.

To add a text label to a backup:

  1. In the Create backup plan or Create backup policy page, select the Advanced view check box.
  2. In Label, enter the text label or select it from the drop-down menu. 
  Parameters specification

Parameter

Value

Description

acronisTag.label

<string>

A user-defined label.

The label can be set by a user when creating a backup plan or backup policy.

acronisTag.hostname

<string>

Host name (FQDN)

acronisTag.os.type

<string>

Operating system

acronisTag.os.servicepack

0, 1, 2…

The version of the Service Pack installed in the system.

For Windows OS only.

acronisTag.os.sid

<string>

Machine’s SID.

For example: S-1-5-21-874133492-782267321-3928949834.

For Windows OS only. 

  Values of the "acronisTag.os.type" parameter

Windows NT 4

winNTGuest

Windows 2000 Professional

win2000ProGuest

Windows 2000 Server

win2000ServGuest

Windows 2000 Advanced Server

win2000ServGuest

Windows XP All Editions

winXPProGuest

Windows XP All Editions (64 bit)

winXPPro64Guest

Windows Server 2003, All Editions

winNetStandardGuest

Windows Server 2003, All Editions (64 bit)

winNetStandard64Guest

Windows 2008

winLonghornGuest

Windows 2008 (64 bit)

winLonghorn64Guest

Windows Vista

winVistaGuest

Windows Vista (64 bit)

winVista64Guest

Windows 7

windows7Guest

Windows 7 (64 bit)

windows7_64Guest

Windows Server 2008 R2 (64 bit)

windows7Server64Guest

Linux

otherLinuxGuest

Linux (64 bit)

otherLinux64Guest

Other Operating System

otherGuest

Other Operating System (64 bit)

otherGuest64 

  Example

acronisTag.label = “DEPT:BUCH; COMP:SUPERSERVER; OWNER:EJONSON”

acronisTag.hostname = “superserver.corp.local”

acronisTag.os.type = “windows7Server64Guest”

acronisTag.os.servicepack = “1”

acronisTag.os.sid = “S-1-5-21-874133492-782267
321-3928949834”

Label (Preserving machine properties in a backup)