Command Line automation / scripting
Does Acronis 2015 support imaging (backup) automation from command line? Or maybe it will support scripting, to automate backups?
Thanks


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Just to add, if command line scripting is important, only the Corporate versions (AB11.5) allow this directly.
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Pat L wrote:You can use a command line batch file to trigger a backup task, but this is about it. This feature allows you for example to use the Windows task scheduler or other custom scripts doing file manipulation around the backup task (note that ATI also allows you to run customer scripts before and after the task built into the tool).
Well there's a batch file that runs weekly on my computer:
- clears up garbage
- defrag disks
- runs antivirus
- ** run a disk image on drive C: **
- ** run a disk image on drive E: **
- shutdown computer
In this scenario the batch file should run ATI 2015 unattended, without user interaction. Can I achieve this with ATI 2015
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If such a script file curreently runs in True Image version TI 2014 with success, then 2015 should produce the same result.
You can test the 2015 via the trial version but be sure you have a full and complete disk image backup with your 2014 TI,
before installing 2015 trial or purchased, so you have a recovery option in case you wish to revert back to 2014.
However, the bat file example involves a lot of waiting for a program to complete before proceeding to the next step and that is difficult to achieve via a bat file.
The Windows Scheduler is also an option.
As TrueImage tracks disk sector usage, as a result of the defrag, the next backup will need to always be a full backup.
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GroverH wrote:If such a script file curreently runs in True Image version TI 2014 with success, then 2015 should produce the same result.
However, the bat file example involves a lot of waiting for a program to complete before proceeding to the next step and that is difficult to achieve via a bat file.
The Windows Scheduler is also an option.
No preblem here, each task in the bat file (fired by task scheduler), will run accordingly. Each subsequent command will run only when the previous task has completed
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