Upgrading to stand-alone editions of Acronis Backup & Recovery 10

This section describes how to upgrade the following editions of Acronis True Image Echo:

  • Acronis True Image Echo Server for Windows to Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Server for Windows
  • Acronis True Image Echo Server for Linux to Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Server for Linux. 
  Preparation

Before proceeding with the upgrade, make sure that:

  • You have a license key for the corresponding Acronis True Image Echo edition.
  • You have an upgrade license key for the corresponding Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 edition. 
  Installing components
  1. In Windows: Run the Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 setup file.

    In Linux: Run the setup file of Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Agent for Linux: AcronisAgentLinux.i686

  2. Specify the upgrade license key and the license key for the currently installed product.
  3. Confirm deletion of the currently installed product components.
  4. In Windows, select the Import existing tasks check box if you want to import old tasks during installation. In Linux, you can import them after installation. For details, see “Importing tasks” later in this section.
  5. Follow the on-screen instructions. For details, see “Local installation (Windows)“.

Result:

  • The Acronis True Image Echo components are replaced with the Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 components. 
  Importing tasks

You might want to import Acronis True Image Echo backup tasks and validation tasks to Acronis Backup & Recovery 10. If you do not import them, these tasks will no longer run. You can import the tasks at any time.

Note: The tasks that back up data to Acronis Backup Server or validate archives stored on it will not be imported to Acronis Backup & Recovery 10.

To import the old tasks, use the Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Upgrade Tool command-line utility:

In Windows:

  1. Install the upgrade tool by running the Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 setup file.
  2. Change the current folder to the folder where the upgrade tool is installed—by default: C:\Program Files\Acronis\UpgradeTool

    If Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 is installed in a folder other than the default folder, change the path accordingly.

  3. Run the following command:

    cscript UpgradeTool.vbs Agent

In Linux:

  1. Install the upgrade tool by running its setup file: AcronisUpgradeToolLinux.i686
  2. Change the current directory to: /usr/lib/Acronis/UpgradeTool
  3. Run the following command:

    ./UpgradeTool.sh Agent

Result:

  • Tasks that were present in Acronis True Image Echo are converted to Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 tasks and appear in the Backup plans and tasks view.
  • Each backup task’s schedule, items to back up, and backup destination are the same as before, but the task will create a new archive to perform further backups.
  • Each backup task is part of a backup plan. You can edit the backup plan to change the task’s schedule or other parameters. 
  Importing old options

The upgrade tool enables you to import the default backup options, default restoration options, notification options, and event tracing options of Acronis True Image Echo to the default backup and recovery options of Acronis Backup & Recovery 10.

To import the old options (both in Windows and Linux):

  1. Change the current folder (directory) to the one where the upgrade tool is installed.
  2. In Windows, run the following command:

    cscript UpgradeTool.vbs Options

    In Linux, run the following command:

    ./UpgradeTool.sh Options

The old options are imported as follows:

  • Notifications is imported as Notifications in both Default backup options and Default recovery options.
  • Event tracing is imported as Event tracing in both Default backup options and Default recovery options.
  • Archive splitting is imported as Backup splitting.
  • In Media components, if Place Acronis One-Click Restore on media is the only check box selected, it is imported as Acronis Bootable Agent and One-Click Restore.
  • Validate backup archive upon its creation completion is not imported from Additional settings in Default backup options or Default recovery options.
  • In Default recovery options, Files to exclude from restoration, Files overwriting mode, and Restore files and folders without restoring full path (in Additional settings) are not imported.
  • Other options are imported as the corresponding options in Default backup options and Default recovery options. 
  Using backup archives created with Acronis True Image Echo

After the upgrade to Acronis Backup & Recovery 10, you have the ability to recover data from backups created with Acronis True Image Echo.

To facilitate access to these backups, you may want to create a personal vault where the backups are located. For instructions on how to create a personal vault, see the “Actions on personal vaults” section in the User’s Guide.

A personal vault can store both Acronis True Image Echo archives and Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 archives. You can specify this vault as a destination for new backup plans.

Upgrading to stand-alone editions of Acronis Backup & Recovery 10