Acronis True Image WISH-LIST thread

Discussion in 'Acronis True Image Product Line' started by Dysthymia, Aug 10, 2004.

  1. h1uke

    h1uke Registered Member

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    just bought the TruImage Home. The goal is trivial and wide known -- to upgrade my thinkpad A31 with the Hitachi 60G harddrive by making a clone of a
    a system disk.
    Not sure if I'll be able to get a bootable copy yet, but at the current stage
    (6-7 hours of operation) it shows ~70% in a progress bar, 15 _days_ remaining.
    'Days remaining' varied from 26 days downto 10 days during these 6 hours.

    Guys: your product is really great. But I think the above has to be fixed, even
    in the code which is sold just for $49.99 per copy.
     
  2. Michel Merlin

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    At each operation, check that priority is "normal"

    I got the same sort of behavior in the first True Images I made. OTOH the last I made (yesterday) were oppositely very fast, while working quite well, and tested; imaging a whole 2.5" HD (image is a 2-file set, 4GB + 3GB) took only 8 minutes, restoring completely on a new 2.5" HD (80GB HD, with MBR, 3 partitions: one 40-GB NTFS, one 500-MB non-DOS, one 35-GB FAT32) took only 5 minutes - and the test showed that "restored" HD was working quite well (it's my Notebook's main HD).

    It seems this is due to my choice of priority level = normal, where TI9 insists chosing its default (priority level = low). User has to check and restore his option each time he prepares a Backup or Restore operation.

    In addition in my yesterday case the imaged and restored 2.5" HD are relatively fast (Toshiba 80GB UDMA100 5400rpm, one MK8032GAX with 8MB cache, one MK8026GAX with 16MB), and this imaging and restoring were done to/from another fast HD (Hitachi 125GB 3.5" 7200rpm ATA100), all in a desktop PC well equipped for this (3 ATA racks, ATA133 PCI controller).

    Paris, Thu 8 Jun 2006 09:06:30 +0200
     
  3. jeremyotten

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  4. Rich Faulkner

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    Two rudimentary items True-Image needs now!

    I am new to this forum and product, but it seems to me that Acronis needs to add the following two items, that seem like a natural thing for backup SW:

    1) Have an "Unattended mode" option! This is so rudimentary to Backup SW. Have an option setting that allows the user to preset "Abort, Retry, or Ignore" as the default to that prompt for files that are locked, or inaccessible. I understand this would not be do-able for writing to the backup file, but it certainly seems like a no-brainer for errors while reading source data.

    2) When the user cancels an operation, write whatever is in the log file up to the cancel point. Don't just throw out all that data that was collected! How can a problem be fixed without the log file? Another silly blemish for what appears to be a fine product. . . .
     
  5. Xpilot

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    Using the existing facilities in True Image it is already possible to do what you are suggesting. Within the existing facilities I could go away on holiday and backups would happen to schedule or would catchup when the computer was next switched on. All I do from time to time is to look at the Acronis log to make sure that my scheduled automatic backups have run successfully.
    OTOH I may have not understood what you are asking to be included. It may be relevant to include the fact that my pre-prandial Cabernet/Merlot slipped down deliciously!

    Cheers! Xpilot.
     
  6. Rich Faulkner

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    Using the existing facilities in True Image it is already possible to do what you are suggesting. Within the existing facilities I could go away on holiday and backups would happen to schedule or would catchup when the computer was next switched on. All I do from time to time is to look at the Acronis log to make sure that my scheduled automatic backups have run successfully.
    OTOH I may have not understood what you are asking to be included. It may be relevant to include the fact that my pre-prandial Cabernet/Merlot slipped down deliciously!

    Cheers! Xpilot.


    When I run (for now) a workstation copy (I am still at the "sticking my toes in the water" stage - Enterprise server is the next step), if the backup comes across a file that Domain Admins don't have rights to (I inherited this mess), Acronis halts with an A/R/I msg. I have to click on "Ignore" for each file it can't do. So a process started at midnight that should take only an hour, ends up having a/many prompt(s) awaiting my attention when I walk in in the morning. And, (problem #2) if I give up and press cancel, the ENTIRE file list in the error log is discarded so I can't even examine to the culrpit files because the list is destroyed. Grrrr.


    (Thanks for the reply)
    Rich
     
  7. dekkar

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    My servers do not have CD-RWs or A:\..... I would like to be able to create a bootable CD image (ISO or whatever) so that I can then burn a bootable CD from a workstation. Who burns CDs from production servers!!!!


    At the moment all I get when I go into the "create bootable media" is an error saying I dont have a floppy drive, and that I need one.


    Thanks,
    Dekkar
     
  8. illyrian

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    Can you please add the ability to pass the name of the just created image as a parameter on the command line of the 'After backup process' command.

    I make differential backups, so each time I do a backup the name of the image is different. Therefore I cannot use the batch file which has been posted on another thread to rename the image (because this batch file assumes the image will always have the same name)

    I use TrueImage Home v9

    Thanks
     
  9. jelenko

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    Also, if you backup to CD or DVD, even if the correct CD or DVD is in the drive, Acronis first opens the drawer - requiring the operator to intervene. And, if you've set the option to verify the backup, Acronis once again opens the drawer requiring user intervention again.
     
  10. jelenko

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    I would like to see the ability to copy a backup 'script' or the ability to choose more than one backup location for the same script.

    I always backup to more than one location [e.g., second internal harddrive, external USB and/or CD/DVD].

    Thanks
     
  11. dkaleky

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    maximize option for wizard windows
     
  12. arthurw

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    Very important:

    The Connect and Operation Progress windows in the Management Console need to be multi-threaded. Right now the only option is to minimise these task windows, but once a new connection or task is started, one cannot do anything else with Management Console until that single task is completed or that connection ended.

    In a corporate environment one can't afford to have the entire Management Console tied up and 'locked' just because a single task has been started on a single machine.

    Some other niggles that eventually deserve attention:

    * Why is file size limited to 2 147 483 648 bytes (2GB) in Backup Server?
    * It would be nice to click on an archive in Backup Server and restore to image source machine (or elsewhere)
    * Have the ability to append computer name to archives in Backup Server
    * Easier way to edit/delete tasks in Group Tasks
     
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  13. Rich Faulkner

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    Does Acronis actually read this Wish-List thread? Acronis - You out thereo_O?
     
  14. Xpilot

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    Unfortunately they do. This probably has a lot to do with the fact that the program has doubled in size and now has more options and other hazards strewn in the paths of the unwary than one can shake a stick at.

    I would like to see a stripped down Version of True Image Home which could be called True image Basic . Cloning, DVD writing direct would be two prime candidates for the bin. The way image verifications are done on a pass/fail basis with no indication of the error cause is poor in the extreme. I could quite well live without the verification module in its present form and I have not used it for ages, there are better ways of checking images.

    Xpilot
     
  15. Rich Faulkner

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    Amen to that. . .
     
  16. jelenko

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    Well, the reason I just bought TI 9 is because it finally has direct writing to DVD.
     
  17. dingwap

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    I'm sure some of these have been posted already, but if Acronis have multiple requests for a feature then they'll realise how important it is! I would like...

    To edit Group Tasks in Group Server
    To have the Run Now option on Group Tasks in Group Server
    To remove or edit computers in the Group Status part of Group Server

    I've also noticed that if a device has multiple IP addresses Group Server always uses whichever address it can resolve via DNS. I have a 'corporate' and 'backup' LAN on most Servers and wanted to use the Backup Lan for all Acronis traffic. However, if i added a Server with the backup Lan address Group Server would initially contact the Server on this address and then, once it had the host name, resolve it and contact it on it's DNS resolvable address. So, a checkbox to choose to use DNS to resolve the hostname would be useful.

    Thanks

    Peter
     
  18. Cornell Cummings

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    Hi I am a Newbie when it comes to TI but one feature I would like is to be able to mount Images from the restore disk. Also if the media is a Read Write Disk, I would like to be able to delete files from the archive just in case. I am ghost user (2003) and prefer doing things in a dos/linux enviornment (No os needed). I used an old Desktop with no o.s to save data from a EIDE Disk from a NAS device that was a linux partion and the only drives I had to save the data were USB. No other tools would mount the drive. Ghost mounted it but I couldn't get access to USB drives. Your product save the day. I have other issues but I got to comb the forum to see if any of them has been solved first. I think you guys have a formula for a really great product. Thanks
     
  19. Cornell Cummings

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    Features I would like to see (especially in the recovery disk)

    1. A more robust Partitioning tool that can add and move, convert partitions without losing Data.

    2. Be able to mount Images from the recovery disk. Also, be able and extract files and folders. If posible also to add and delete files from it as well

    3. Same thing as item 2 for File and Folder Images. Currently it's all or nothing.


    When asked to work on systems, There are many situations that the system is not recoverable, I may make changes that the system can't handle well or the use doesn't want. Over 90% of the systems I've been asked to look at, there is only 1 hard drive with one partiton. I use partition magic and Ghost 2003 (soon to be TI) to create a partition for the image I'm going to create so the user can pull files from the image or to go back to their system's original state. It would be nice if I could have that in one neat package. Item 2 and 3 are important because, right now with ghost I have to install it on their computer in order for them to salvage their data.

    Thanks
     
  20. hansorian

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    ummmmm I wish....

    I think it is essential that the backup process is as automated as it can be.

    A monthly backup should be that but when the month is up you should be able to keep a rolling month going..deleting the older backups as you go along, or a weeks worth or however long you want the history. I am surprised that TI doesnt already have this facility... its not a cheap program afterall


    I think someone else wanted this too...


    Cmon Acronis

    Ian
     
  21. Xpilot

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    If you use the secure zone you can have exactly what you require. You should however have the secure zone located on a slave drive, not on the one you are backing up!

    Xpilot
     
  22. Limerick

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    I wish that someday, Acronis design the one BartPE plugin for Acronis True Image and Acronis Disk Director Suite :D
     
  23. shieber

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    Often folks post about scheduling backups, and limiting the number of backups before aolder files are overwritten. The suggestions in reply are to do batch files. It would be nice if some of the more common operations were built into Acronis or some batch files provided.
     
  24. Howard Kaikow

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    User's Guide

    I've made these comments before, yet Acroinis does not correct either problem.

    1. Each edition of the User's Guide is given the same file name, so we have no way of knowing when the document has been updated. FYI, there was an update on 16 June 2006. The changes mostlt reflect the added DVD support, but there's lots of itty bitty changes throughout.

    Acronis needs to provide a list that we can check to learn of documentation updates.

    2. Acronis continues to output the document in pDF 1,5 format (version 6). Not everyone can install the Acrobat 6, or later, Reader. Distiller allows one to choose the version of Acrobat in which to save the document. The document should be saved in the oldest PDF level that supports the features used to allow the most users to be able to print/display the User's Guide.
     
  25. bteamfox

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    Hi Don't know if this has been asked for as there is a lot to read!

    Add Realtime back. So if a trigger is hit new files are backed up. Triggers being a time interval (eg. evey 2 hours) or a set amount of new data on the hard drive (eg. 500MB new data). Final realtime trigger every time a file is altered or added. This last one may also need an amount of data to be new before it starts or I think you could get to many backups. The realtime backup could be applied only to File Backups not Patition Backups this may be better.

    Great product keep up the fantastic work!!! :D
     
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