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

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 an available device quota (min. 1) for Windows (see 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 back up.
• Note: this license does NOT support the backup of Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft SQL Server, or Active Directory.
• If you wish to back up Microsoft applications installed on a workstation operating system, a server license is required.

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.

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.).

Configure 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 menu.
3. Choose the agent for Windows:
   
4. Then install the Acronis application for Windows:
   
5. Click the Save Workload button:
   
6. Select the user concerned by this backup if necessary:
   
7. Continue to finish and activate the selected protection plan:
   
8. Wait for the Acronis interface to display your new machine:
   
9. Check the backup plan in effect or replace it with a new one to activate, if necessary, the encryption of the backup by setting a password that you must never lose, otherwise you will not be able to restore your machine.
10. 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).
11. Protection will run in the background at the times configured in your backup plan.

Restore backup

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