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Hi all

I have backuped some big file to the Acronis cloud. It seems that I have to open the tib file on the dashboard of Acronis and select the folders I want to restore. It is not save for me to enter my password of the tib file on this side. I would like to download all the tib file as a container and restore the files locally. Is that possible?

Thanks for help

Daniel

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Hi Danvon,

Unfortunately no, it is a file/folder download from the cloud.  However, if you have encrypted the backup with a password, the download is secure.  1) the website is using https secure protocol and requires an account to logon first.  2) if you have a password on the backup as a second precaution, the backup is encryped with 256 AES encryption and you must then enter the encryption password to access the backup file.  When you select he backup and "download" it then downloads as a .zip file, but this is a standard .zip file that has no encryption on it once it is downloaded to the machine.

Personally, I would not recommend using the Cloud as your primary backup source.  It's much slower in both backup and recovery than a local backup to another internal hard drive, USB 3.0 external hard drive or a local NAS device.  Cloud is great for off-site disaster recovery, but isn't ideal for primary backups (in most cases).  However, if you have a catastrophic situation (flood, fire, theft, total hardware failure, etc), then you have the remote Cloud backups to rely on.  In most cases, the IT standard for backups is the rule of  3-2-1.  At a minimum, you should probably have one local backup and 1 offiste (cloud backup).  If you have a local backup, then you'll be dealing with .tibs and faster backup/recovery for those too. 

Hi

thanks for your answer. The Cloud backup isn't my primary backup. It is for a catastrophe situation as you write. Before I trust a solution I test it. I dont't understand why I cannot download the backup as a tib file. That would be the best way. If a catastrophe happens I need all the files anyway.

kind regards

Daniel

Yeah, I think it would be a good feature too.  Definitely submit feedback through the app as that's the only real way to register the request with Acronis.

If/when you need to do a full disk restore from the cloud, you can do it directly from the offline recovery media - just pick the date and let it rip. 

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