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Advice on restoration please

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Hi there.

I use True Image 2018 in an Office environment that is installed on my W7 PC. It is used to back up business data created by staff (such as Word/Excel files etc) that is held on various NAS devices/shares.

The backed up data is stored on a single 'local' NAS device. This NAS is then replicated offsite to another NAS (via VPN & built in replication software) to cover disaster eventualities such as fire or flood etc. The Acronis backups are encrypted (against possible Network Crypto attacks etc), so both local backup repository & the offsite contain encrypted backup data.

This is working absolutely perfectly, however I have a query regarding Restoration options.....which I would be interested in your thoughts. Obviously, while 'all is good' restoration is simple via the software, however.....

Q1: How do I restore files if my PC should die.....obviously the data is not simply 'copied' to another destination as it is encrypted????

Q2: In the event of flood/fire the local backup NAS could be damaged (as well as my PC), how would I access data from the remote NAS? Both NAS's are on static's if the local should fail the replicated could be renamed etc and relocated as a local device...

Many thanks

 

Dave

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You can restore such data either using the Recover option in the Windows installed main GUI or using the Recovery Media which you should create using the Media Builder tool found in the Tools section of the application.  Either way you will be asked to supply user-password information when you perform such tasks.

Dave...welcome to these user forums.  

You are wise to sort this out in advance.  I think I can help.

Quote: "The Acronis backups are encrypted (against possible Network Crypto attacks etc), so both local backup repository & the offsite contain encrypted backup data."

How are the backups encrypted?  True Image can encrypt the .tib files up to 256 AES.  Are you using additional encryption using third party software?  If so, then that complicates the restore.  

For the .tib files stored on the local NAS, I believe the encryption provided by True Image would be sufficient.  In this case, you would create the rescue media (covered on page 18 of the user manual)...or you could use the MVP rescue media, which is described here:

https://forum.acronis.com/forum/acronis-true-image-2018-forum/mvp-tool-…

I would recommend the MVP rescue media as it is more robust.Using either rescue media, you should be able to access the local NAS and perform a restore directly from the NAS to your computer.  Under this scenario, I would recommend creating a small file/folder  backup to the local NAS.  Then boot using rescue media and restore that small backup.

If you are using third party encryption for the .tib files, then I would recommend a hardware solution.  You could use a laptop that has True Image and the third party software loaded.  You would attach a USB hard drive to the laptop, copy/decrypt the .tib files to the USB drive, attach the USB drive to your computer, boot your computer using rescue media and perform the restore.

Another hardware option is to have a spare OS hard drive that contains True Image and the third party software.  

Whichever way you go, I would strongly recommend a trial run using a small file/folder backup.

 

Regards,

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