How to create "unrelated" backup versions
There is a chain of several full versions of copies(which include several incremental versions). If I copy one of these "full" versions(and if it is not the very first copy) to another computer (with ATI installed), then when I try to open this version, I get the error:
"An error occurred while opening the backup archive. Cannot continue the operation because the backup is corrupted, or it is being used by another process, or you do not have enough permissions to perform the operation. "
it turns Out that all these copies can only exist and function together? These are" full " copies, aren't they? This is not an isolated error, it always happens when I try to take the last copy, for example, and save it to another computer...What am I doing wrong?


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Steve Smith wrote:Sergei, assuming that your backup version chains are using the new .tibx format files, then these are indeed now interdependent on each other due to the use of metadata, and cannot be moved separately!
To take these files to another computer, you would need to take all of the files plus would need to have the same version (or later) of ATI installed.
Once you have the files on the second computer, you could then use the 'Clean up versions' tool to remove the unwanted chains / files to leave only the one chain you want to keep.
See the following KB documents published by Acronis with regards to .tibx files.
KB 63518: Acronis True Image 2020: do not delete first tibx file
KB 63227: Acronis True Image: Do not delete .TIB or .TIBX files outside of Acronis True Image
KB 63498: Acronis True Image 2020: new tibx backup format FAQ
KB 63425: Acronis True Image 2020: Limitations of tibx backups
KB 63445: Acronis True Image 2020: how to view and manage backup versions in new backup format
KB 63444: Acronis True Image 2020: tibx backups in local destinations
KB 63613: Acronis True Image: local backups are not available for recovery if "metadata" file appears in the backup destination - if you see metadata file(s).
Now I understand that this is the idea of the developer, and this is not some bug. I'm only concerned about file security. In previous versions of the program, it was so that if one copy was damaged, the rest were safe. Now, it is not entirely clear, with this interdependence, how the other copies will behave. They probably can't be restored if a single file is damaged, or maybe the developers have come up with some way to ensure security if the integrity of the chain is violated...
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Sergei, assuming that your backup version chains are using the new .tibx format files, then these are indeed now interdependent on each other due to the use of metadata, and cannot be moved separately!
To take these files to another computer, you would need to take all of the files plus would need to have the same version (or later) of ATI installed.
Once you have the files on the second computer, you could then use the 'Clean up versions' tool to remove the unwanted chains / files to leave only the one chain you want to keep.
See the following KB documents published by Acronis with regards to .tibx files.
Now I understand that this is the idea of the developer, and this is not some bug. I'm only concerned about file security. In previous versions of the program, it was so that if one copy was damaged, the rest were safe. Now, it is not entirely clear, with this interdependence, how the other copies will behave. They probably can't be restored if a single file is damaged, or maybe the developers have come up with some way to ensure security if the integrity of the chain is violated...
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