Software update: Acronis Backup 12.5 update 2

Acronis Backup is a comprehensive backup program that targets enterprise environments. The pack contains many different options to secure data on physical and virtual servers and can also integrate with various cloud environments, such as Office 365, Azure and Amazon EC2. Also can blockchaintechnology can be deployed with Acronis Notary, which is available through a comprehensive license† Acronis Backup 12.5 Update 2 has received build number 8690 and the following announcement:

What’s new in Update 2

New features available in all on-premise deployments

administration

• Administering user accounts is available on a management server that is installed in Linux

Installation and infrastructure

• Acronis Backup appliance for automatic deployment of Linux, the management server, Agent for Linux, and Agent for VMware (Linux) on a dedicated virtual machine
• When adding a Windows machine in the web interface, it is possible to select the name or IP address that the agent will use to access the management server
• Automatic and manual checks for updates

Security

• The backup console supports the HTTPS protocol out of the box
• The management server can use a certificate issued by a trusted certificate authority, instead of the self-signed certificate
• Non-root users can be added as administrators to a management server that is installed in Linux

Schedule backups

• New scheduling options:
  • Waking up a machine for backup from the sleep or hibernation mode
  • Prevention of the sleep or hibernation mode during a backup
  • The option to prohibit running missed backups on a machine startup
• New backup start conditions, handy for backing up Windows laptops and tablets:
  • Save battery power
  • Do not start when on metered connection
  • Do not start when connected to the following Wi-Fi networks
  • Check device IP address
• In the Monthly schedule, selection of individual months during which backups will run
• The capability to start a differential backup manually

Backup locations

• Storing each machine’s backups in a folder defined by a script (for machines running Windows)
• A locally deployed Acronis Storage can be used as a backup location

Applications

• Recovering Microsoft Office 365 mailboxes and mailbox items to Microsoft Exchange Server and vice versa

Support for new operating systems and virtualization platforms

• macOS High Sierra 10.13
• Debian 9.1 and 9.2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4
• CentOS 7.4
• ALT Linux 7.0
• Red Hat Virtualization 4.1

usability improvements

• Renaming locations on the Backups tab (except for locations managed by a storage node)
• The capability to change the vCenter Server or ESXi that is managed by Agent for VMware in Settings > Agents > agent details

New features available with the Advanced licenses only

administration

• Creating units is available on a management server that is installed in Linux

Installation and infrastructure

• When adding a managed location, it is possible to select whether the agents will access the storage node by using the server name or IP address

usability improvements

• Adding a managed location can be initiated from the storage node properties panel

Tape support

• Full support for the LTO-8 technology. See Hardware Compatibility List for the exact names of the tested devices.