This guide details how to back up a computer equipped with Microsoft Windows using Acronis on Swiss Backup Infomaniak, the backup solution in an independent Swiss cloud.

It is also possible to back up Windows installed on a virtual machine such as VMware, Virtuozzo or Microsoft Hyper-V.

Prerequisites

• Check the Windows versions supported by the Acronis Agent.
• Have a Swiss Backup space with available device quota (min. 1) for Windows (read below).
  
• If necessary, increase the device quota according to your needs.
• Add the device to the Infomaniak Manager to receive the login credentials.

Differences between devices

Workstation

• 1 license per physical machine to be backed up.
• Note: this license does NOT support the backup of Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft SQL Server or Active Directory.
• If you want to back up Microsoft applications installed on a workstation operating system, a server license is required.

Server

• 1 license per physical or virtual machine running Windows.
• Supports Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft SharePoint and Active Directory.
• Supports the backup of a server acting as a virtualization host (Hyper-V, VMware ESXi, etc.).

Virtual Machine

• 1 license per virtual machine to back up.
• Supports Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft SharePoint and Active Directory.
• When Acronis is installed on a cluster (e.g. Hyper-V), each host in the cluster requires a VM license.
• If you have installed Windows in a virtual machine, it is necessary to add a device of this type.

Set up the backup

To configure the backup with Acronis:

1. Click here to access the Acronis Console with the credentials obtained after adding the device (need help?).
2. Click on Devices in the left sidebar.
3. Select full machine protection:
   
4. Select the agent for Windows:
   
5. Download the Acronis application for Windows:
   
6. Install the Acronis application for Windows, click on the Register Workload button:
   
7. If necessary, select the user concerned by this backup:
   
8. Wait for the screen to refresh and display your new machine:
   
9. Enable computer protection:
   
10. Create a backup plan:
    
11. Configure the desired settings for your backup plan:
    
12. Enable encryption for the backup:
    
13. Set a password that you must never lose, or you will not be able to restore your machine:
    
14. Continue and complete the installation:
    
15. Downloading a boot file in .iso format is not necessary (you can always do it from another computer in case your machine becomes unusable in the future):
    
16. The protection will run in the background at the times scheduled in your backup plan:
    

Restore the backup

For a restoration (partial or complete) refer to this other guide.