I think you should ask Acronis. Any opinions here would be just that, and not really worth a whole lot.
Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 4:23 PM Subject: Legal question How would you interpret this licensing? We are wanting to buy a single license copy for use at clients as the situation rises. If one were to purchase a single server license with Acronis Universal Restore and would simply use it once to backup the images and restore them back to a server without installing the software on the machine. We use the boot disk. Would that legally be allowed to use it on multiple machines as the need dictates or would one have to buy a license for each server even though usage will be limited to just this one function once. Specifically it would be use to backup Dynamic Disk volumes to an external and restore the image back to Basic Disks on the same server with larger partitions. One time use, no regular backups or such. Acronis works perfectly, but at 1k per server for both components that's a bit steep. Most of the other software we have evaluated does not work well or at all with Dynamic Disks and failed dismally in our testing. 1.5 License policy Acronis True Image Echo Enterprise Server licensing is based on number of servers on which Acronis True Image Agent and/or Acronis True Image Echo Enterprise Server local version are to be installed. This means you need one license for each server you are going to backup, whether you will control it on-site (with the local program version) or remotely (using Acronis True Image Agent), or use both ways of control. The number of Acronis True Image Management Console, Acronis Group Server and Acronis Backup Server installations is not counted. Acronis Universal Restore is an option to Acronis True Image Echo Enterprise Server and has its own serial number. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
