To be able to back up a machine to the online storage, you need to purchase and activate a subscription to the Acronis Backup & Recovery Online service. You can purchase subscriptions on the Acronis Web site or from an Acronis reseller.
Before activating a subscription, please take into account the following considerations.
As soon as a subscription is activated, its subscription period starts. To avoid losing subscription time, activate the subscription only when you are ready to back up the machine.
If a machine already has a subscription, the new subscription will replace the old one. You can reassign the old subscription to a different machine—see “Reassigning an activated subscription”.
Before activating the first subscription for your account, check the country selected in your profile. Depending on this country, the service determines the data center where your future backups will be sent. Make sure to select the country where all or most of the machines you want to back up to the online storage are located. Otherwise, the data may unnecessarily travel a long way. Later, you will not be able to change the data center even if you change the country in your profile.
To access your profile, go to the Acronis Web site, select User Login, log in to your account, and then click Personal Profile.