Manually start a backup via the Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Portal

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NOTICE: The steps in this section of the guide can only be completed by an Acronis portal user with Cyber Protection Administrator or User permissions.

However, a Cyber Protection User will only be able to view protected workloads associated with his or her self.

  1. Log in to the Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud portal, found here:
    https://backup.aci.servercontrol.com.au/login

    The default tenant username can be found in the MySAU portal, as shown in this guide:
    How to access the Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud portal

  1. On the left-hand navigation bar, click “Devices”.

  2. Select the relevant server from the device list.

  3. On the right-hand actions bar, click “Protect”.

  4. To start a backup, click “Run now”.


    The backup operation should begin.
    This is indicated by the light blue status box shown below:

    If you can see the “Backing up” text, a backup has successfully started on the Acronis agent!