Files

Backing up files and folders

  • Backing up a file. The backup will be saved to a local folder.

    acrocmd backup file --include=C:\documents\my_thesis.doc --loc=E:\backups\my_thesis --arc=my_thesis

  • Creating a backup of network folders. The backup will be saved to a local folder. The archive will be protected by a password and encrypted.

    acrocmd backup file --include=\\srv1\folder1,\\srv2\folder2 --password=123 --encryption=aes256 --loc=D:\backups --arc=my_archive

  • Creating a backup of a local folder. The backup will be saved to network folder. The disk snapshot must be taken. If taking a snapshot is not possible, the backup will fail.

    acrocmd backup file --include=D:\documents --snapshot=always --loc=\\bkpsrv\backups --credentials=netuser,pass --arc=my_archive

  • Backing up the user home directory in Linux. The backup will be saved to a SAMBA share.

    acrocmd backup file --include=/home/anna --loc=\\bkpsrv\backups\anna --credentials=netuser1,pass1 --arc=home_dir

  • Creating a backup of a local folder. The backup will be placed to Acronis Cloud Storage, with encryption enabled.

    acrocmd backup file --include=c:\work --password=123 --encryption=aes256 --loc=online:// --credentials="user@mail.com",pass --arc=my_archive

Recovering files and folders

  • Recovering a file from a backup stored in a local folder to the original folder. Since the --overwrite parameter is not specified, the existing file will be overwritten.

    acrocmd recover file --loc=E:\backups\my_thesis --arc=my_thesis --backup=XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX --file=C:\documents\my_thesis.doc

  • Recovering a folder and its contents from the latest backup of an archive residing in Acronis Secure Zone to a local folder.

    acrocmd recover file --loc=atis:///asz --arc=my_archive --file=C:\Documents --target=D:\my_folder

  • Recovering a folder and its contents from a backup. The archive is specified by the file name of a backup that belongs to the archive (my_machine3.tib). This syntax is useful for archives created using the --plain_archive parameter.

    Please be aware that the command will apply to the backup specified in the --backup parameter rather than to the one specified in the --arc parameter.

    acrocmd recover file --loc=E:\backups\my_machine --arc=my_machine3.tib --backup=XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX --file=C:\Documents --target=D:\my_folder

  • Recovering all contents of the latest backup of an archive residing in a network folder to the original folder. The existing files and folders will not be overwritten. The files' security settings and original dates will be preserved.

    acrocmd recover file --loc=nfs://server/backups:/ --arc=my_data --overwrite=never --recover_security=true --original_date

  • Recovering the user home directory in Linux from a backup stored on a SAMBA share.

    acrocmd recover file --loc=\\bkpsrv\backups\anna --credentials=netuser1,pass1 --arc=home_dir --backup=XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX --file=/home/anna

  • Recovering the contents of the latest backup of an archive residing in a network folder. The software will recover all files and folders except for the *.tmp and *.bak files.

    acrocmd recover file --loc=\\srv1\folder1 --credentials=user1,pass1 --arc=my_docs --exclude=*.tmp,*.bak