Backups created in Acronis True Image 2020 or later

Acronis True Image 2020 introduced a new backup format - TIBX, which is even more reliable and convenient. The TIBX format is used for disk backups created to internal drives, external drives, network storage.

Backup file naming

With .tibx files, the file name has only the backup name and an incremental counter. It does not contain any additional information such as backup method, backup chain number, backup version number, or volume number, which were used with the TIB format.

A backup name may look like:

1. my_archive.tibx
2. my_archive_0001.tibx
3. my_archive_0002.tibx
4. my_archive_0003.tibx

Backup schemes

Backing up in the TIBX format supports all backup schemes. As opposed to the TIB format, which saves every backup version as a separate file, the TIBX format saves full and differential backup versions as separate files, while incremental backup versions are automatically merged into their base backups (full or differential).

Cleaning up TIBX format backups

If you’d like to clean up backup versions you do not need anymore, use automatic and manual cleanup methods.

In case automatic or manual cleanups are configured, some small auxiliary files may stay in the storage after the cleanup. Windows may show the size of these files bigger than the real one. You can see the physical size by checking Windows file properties.

Please do not delete any files manually!

Cleaning up local backups manually has the following scheme:

• Full backups can be deleted with the dependent versions only.
• Differential backup versions can be deleted independently of any other backup versions.
• Incremental backups:
  • If it is the last backup chain, then any incremental backup can be deleted to free up the space.
  • If it is not the last backup chain, any incremental backup version can be deleted only together with all other incremental versions of the same chain.

Which backups retain TIB format

The following backups continue to use the TIB format:

• File-level backups
• Nonstop backups
• Notarized backups
• Backups which use CD/DVD/Blu-ray, FTP, or Acronis Secure Zone as their destination

To compare naming of a .tibx archive with a .tib archive in detail, please refer to Backup file naming.

Refer to Cleaning up backups, backup versions, and replicas for more details about automatic cleanup.

For more details about manual cleanup, refer to Cleaning up backup versions manually.

Mounting Images

You can mount only backups in .tib format. The .tibx format is not supported.

See Mounting an image