Online backup storage

If the archive is stored in Acronis Online Backup Storage, click Log in and specify the credentials to log in to the online storage. Then, expand the Online backup storage group and select the account.

Exporting and mounting are not supported for backups stored in Acronis Online Backup Storage.

Personal

If the archive is stored in a personal vault, expand the Personal group and click the required vault.

Centralized

If the archive is stored in a centralized vault, expand the Centralized group and click the appropriate vault.

Machine name

This is the local machine name.

    Local folders

If the archive is stored in a local folder on the machine, expand the <Machine name> group and select the required folder.

    CD, DVD, etc.

If the archive is stored on optical media such as CD or DVD, expand the <Machine name> group, then select the required drive. First insert the last DVD. Then insert the discs in order starting from the first one when the program prompts.

    Tape device

If the archive is stored on a locally attached tape device, expand the Tape drives group, then click the required device.

In stand-alone editions of Acronis Backup & Recovery 11, tape devices are available only if you have upgraded from Acronis Backup & Recovery 10. For information about using tapes, see the "Tape devices" section.

Network folders

If the archive is stored on a network share, expand the Network folders group, then select the required networked machine and then click the shared folder. If the network share requires access credentials, the program will ask for them.

Note for Linux users: To specify a Common Internet File System (CIFS) network share which is mounted on a mount point such as /mnt/share, select this mount point instead of the network share itself.

FTP, SFTP

If the archive is stored on an FTP or SFTP server, type the server name or address in the Path field as follows:

ftp://ftp_server:port _number or sftp://sftp_server:port number

If the port number is not specified, port 21 is used for FTP and port 22 is used for SFTP.

After entering access credentials, the folders on the server become available. Click the appropriate folder on the server.

You can access the server as an anonymous user if the server enables such access. To do so, click Use anonymous access instead of entering credentials.

According to the original FTP specification, credentials required for access to FTP servers are transferred through a network as plaintext. This means that the user name and password can be intercepted by an eavesdropper using a packet sniffer.

Storage nodes

When working in the operating system, access a storage node by selecting the respective centralized vault. When operating on a machine booted with bootable media:

• To access a managed vault, type the following string in the Path field:

  bsp://node_address/vault_name/

• To access an unmanaged centralized vault, type the full path to the vault's folder.

NFS drives

If the archive is stored on an NFS share, expand the NFS drives group and click the folder.

Available only in Linux and under Linux-based bootable media.