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I use their 2017 edition, and have been using them since 2015. I have had occasion to recover both the entire system drive and sets of files from a backup, and it worked in all cases like a charm.
I understand that it uses the "shadow copy" mechanism for the backup, so it can take a snapshot of the drive at a paticular instant. However, I set the backup process to run when I'm not using the computer, so I don't know if this really stresses the backup system.
Being paranoid, I've set it to verify the backup after every backup. No problems reported, yet.
EDIT: I don't use VMs very often, so I have no idea how Acronis handles imaging of live VMs.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
modified 26-Oct-17 1:28am.
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Imaging virtual machines is trivial. You just copy the container file. I use VMs, and I have done the copy operations. Jeremy has a good idea there.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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If the VM is running, it may be more difficult - part of the VM's state may be in memory, rather than on the disk.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Oh sure, didn't mean to imply one would copy a live virtual machine - that would be bad. 
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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Haven't tried the newest version but I had to revert to the 2013 version. The product has gone to crap.
Someone's therapist knows all about you!
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It is terrible! Run, run, run as fast as you can away from that product.
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Hi,
I have been using Acronis for a while, but dumped them because I was not able to recover properly from an image. My portable at that time used part of a mSATA SSD to cache OS files, and my guess was that Acronis can't handle that. I contacted the tech support, and only got vague responses.
Then I switched to ToDo Backup Workstation. I once had an issue with another software from them (EaseUS) called Partition Master, and tech support has been very helpful in resolving the issue.
Gilles Plante
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I use 2018, and have been an Acronis user for years.
I do NOT trust any live image copy, but the boot from CDROM copies have always worked. I upgraded both my SSDs recently in my laptop.
I use their backup, and have not had any issues with restoring, and rebooting the stored images.
(I have a spare duplicate laptop I fire up, and do full restores to, from LIVE backups, and using the CDROM to boot from. I feel it is the only way to know your backups work).
I no longer run ORACLE or MSSQL on my HD (all in VMs now). I have MySQL running locally, but nothing using it in the background. To me, DB systems have the highest risk of screaming about corruption. Oracle uses a syncronized time stamp inside the files. If you try to startup with a single files timestamp wrong... Good luck! (which is a good thing)...
YMMV... But I am happy with Acronis.
I am NOT happy with their cloud storage PRICING, and had to move a customer away from that.
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I am still using the 2017 version, but I will probably upgrade in due course. Acronis had some fairly major issues a few years ago (?2013ish) around data corruption in backups and other problems, but my experiences with the last couple of versions have been good. I use it primarily for image backup of my system drives - I use CrashPlan Pro for my documents, because the latter utility handles versioning much better.
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I've had severe problems with Acronis 2017. RAM usage in my server went to 100% and stayed there for 1/2 hour then slowly went down to normal levels. This occurred after boot then randomly throughout the day. Took me many days to figure this out. I had to uninstall programs one by one to nail it. And it was definitely Acronis. The server is now working perfectly without it. So I do not use it anymore nor will I ever use another one of their products. Thus, I cannot recommend it whatsoever.
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Does a chameleon that can't change colour have a reptile dysfunction?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Leapin' Lizards! I'm not sure where this is heading, but,
Let me give you a stiff warning: nothing good will cum from that type of remark.
(and labia lesson for you !)
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Iguana pretend you never said that!
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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We really have to monitor these threads.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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nah, go ahead, he deserves a good licking for comments like that
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I komodo your attention to detail.
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I managed to kill a chameleon once by placing it on a tartan.
Terrible experience.
"I'm neither for nor against, on the contrary." John Middle
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And the punishment to fit that crime:
Play Karma Chameleon 150 times on repeat without any breaks. (about 10 hours.)
That'll get some Culture Clubbed into ya.
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Ok, if you insist... Beginning now.
"I'm neither for nor against, on the contrary." John Middle
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Are you OK?
Should we send EMTs?
30 minutes of Boy George is surely banned by the Geneva Convention - that's worse than Nickelback...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Actually, my neighbours sent the SWAT (I have a loud voice).
"Put your mouse on the floor! Now!", they said.
I may go into custody if my attorney doesn't stop from persuading them I'm guilty.
I'll keep you updated.
"I'm neither for nor against, on the contrary." John Middle
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Perhaps it suffers from chromophobia?
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Obligatory music [^]
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If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Off-colour jokes belong elsewhere.
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