ACRONIS Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server User's Guide download pdf (Page 230)

1. Connect to the management server and remove the storage node from it.

Note: All vaults managed by the storage node will also be removed from the management server. No

archives will be lost.

2. Add the storage node to the management server again, by specifiying the machine on which

the recovered storage node is installed.

3. Re-create the necessary managed vaults.

6.4 Validating vaults, archives and backups

Validation is an operation that checks the possibility of data recovery from a backup.

Validation of a file backup imitates recovery of all files from the backup to a dummy destination.

Validation of a disk or volume backup calculates a checksum for every data block saved in the

backup. Both procedures are resource-intensive.

Validation of an archive will validate all the archive's backups. A vault (or a location) validation will

validate all archives stored in this vault (location).

While successful validation means high probability of successful recovery, it does not check all factors

that influence the recovery process. If you back up the operating system, only a test recovery in

bootable environment to a spare hard drive can guarantee success of the recovery. At least ensure

that the backup can be successfully validated using the bootable media.

Different ways to create a validation task

Using the Validation page is the most general way to create a validation task. Here you can validate

immediately or set up a validation schedule for any backup, archive or location you have permission

to access.

Validation of an archive or of the latest backup in the archive can be scheduled as part of the backup

plan. For more information see the Creating a backup plan (p. 192) section.

You can access the Validation page from the Vaults (p. 125) view. Right-click the object to validate

(archive, backup or vault) and select Validate from the context menu. The Validation page will be

opened with the pre-selected object as a source. All you need to do is to select when to validate and

(optionally) provide a name for the task.

To create a validation task, perform the following steps.

General

Task name

[Optional] Enter a unique name for the validation task. A conscious name lets you quickly

identify the task among the others.

Credentials (p. 231)

[Optional] The validation task will run on behalf of the user who is creating the task. You can

change the task credentials if necessary. To access this option, select the Advanced view

check box.

What to validate

Validate

Choose an object to validate:

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