1689: Backup archive compatibility across different product versions

Last update: 15-08-2022

This article gives description of how backup archives are compatible with different versions of Acronis backup software

Please take a look at the compatibility table:

Acronis  Business Products Can restore, mount and explore (deploy) backups created with:
Acronis Cyber Protect 15

Acronis Backup 12.5
Acronis Backup 12
Acronis Backup 11.7
Acronis Backup 11.5
Acronis Backup Cloud
Acronis Backup for VMware 9 (always incremental archives)*
Acronis Backup for VMware 9 (legacy archives)*
Acronis Backup for VMware 9 (ESX(i) configuration backups)*
Acronis Backup & Recovery 11*
Acronis Backup & Recovery 10*
Acronis vmProtect 8*
Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office*
Acronis True Image 2021*
Acronis True Image 2020*

Acronis Cyber Backup 12.5 Acronis Backup 12
Acronis Backup 11.7
Acronis Backup 11.5
Acronis Backup Cloud
Acronis Backup for VMware 9 (always incremental archives)*
Acronis Backup for VMware 9 (legacy archives)*
Acronis Backup for VMware 9 (ESX(i) configuration backups)*
Acronis Backup & Recovery 11*
Acronis Backup & Recovery 10*
Acronis vmProtect 8*
Acronis True Image 2017*
Acronis True Image 2016*
Acronis True Image 2015*
Acronis Backup 12 Acronis Backup 11.7
Acronis Backup 11.5
Acronis Backup Cloud
Acronis Backup for VMware 9 (always incremental archives)
Acronis Backup for VMware 9 (legacy archives)*
Acronis Backup for VMware 9 (ESX(i) configuration backups)*
Acronis Backup & Recovery 11*
Acronis Backup & Recovery 10*
Acronis vmProtect 8*
Acronis True Image 2016*
Acronis True Image 2015*
Acronis Backup (Advanced) 11.7 Acronis Backup (Advanced) 11.7
Acronis Backup (Advanced) 11.5, Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5
Acronis Backup & Recovery 11
Acronis Backup & Recovery 10
Acronis True Image Echo
Acronis True Image 9.1
Acronis True Image 8.0 Corporate Editions

Acronis Backup Advanced 11.7 for Exchange

Acronis Backup Advanced 11.7 for Exchange
Acronis Backup Advanced 11.5 for Exchange
(Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 for MS Exchange Server)
Acronis Recovery for Microsoft Exchange*
Acronis Backup Advanced 11.7 for SQL Acronis Backup Advanced 11.7 for SQL
Acronis Backup Advanced 11.5 for SQL
(Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 for MS SQL Server)
Acronis Backup (Advanced) 11.5 (Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5) Acronis Backup (Advanced) 11.5, Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5
Acronis Backup & Recovery 11
Acronis Backup & Recovery 10
Acronis True Image Echo
Acronis True Image 9.1
Acronis True Image 8.0 Corporate Editions

Acronis Backup Advanced 11.5 for Exchange
(Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 for MS Exchange Server)

Acronis Backup Advanced 11.5 for Exchange
(Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 for MS Exchange Server)
Acronis Recovery for Microsoft Exchange*
Acronis Backup Advanced 11.5 for SQL
(Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 for MS SQL Server)
Acronis Backup Advanced 11.5 for SQL
(Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 for MS SQL Server)
Acronis Recovery for Microsoft Exchange Acronis Recovery for Microsoft Exchange
Acronis Recovery for MS SQL Server Acronis Recovery for MS SQL Server
Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Acronis Backup 12.5
Acronis Backup 12
Acronis Backup 11.7
Acronis Backup 11.5
Acronis Backup Cloud
Acronis Backup for VMware 9 (always incremental archives)*
Acronis Backup for VMware 9 (legacy archives)*
Acronis Backup for VMware 9 (ESX(i) configuration backups)*
Acronis Backup & Recovery 11*
Acronis Backup & Recovery 10*
Acronis vmProtect 8*
Acronis True Image 2021*
Acronis True Image 2020*
Acronis Backup for VMware 9 (Acronis vmProtect 9)

Acronis Backup for VMware 9 (Acronis vmProtect 9)
Acronis vmProtect 8
Acronis vmProtect 7
Acronis vmProtect 6
Acronis Backup & Recovery 11*
Acronis Backup 11.5 (Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5*)

Acronis Snap Deploy 6

Acronis Snap Deploy 6
Acronis Snap Deploy 5
Acronis Snap Deploy 4
Acronis Snap Deploy 3
Acronis Cyber Backup 12.5 (only Version 11/TIB backup format; Version 12/TIBX files are not supported)

Acronis Cyber Protect: TIBX format - supported starting from Update 1 (Build 3640)

Acronis Cyber Protect 15: TIBX format - supported starting from Update 1 (Build 3640)

Acronis Snap Deploy 5

Acronis Snap Deploy 5
Acronis Snap Deploy 4
Acronis Snap Deploy 3
Acronis True Image Home
(also VHD files created with Acronis True Image Home 2010/2011/2012)
Acronis Backup 11.5 (Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5)*
Acronis Backup & Recovery 11*
Acronis Backup & Recovery 10*

Acronis Personal Products Can restore, mount and explore (deploy) backups created with:
Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office (formerly Acronis True Image) on Windows

backups of Windows computers created with:
Acronis True Image 2021, Acronis True Image Subscription,
Acronis True Image 2020, Acronis True Image Subscription,
Acronis True Image 2019, Acronis True Image Subscription,
Acronis True Image 2018, Acronis True Image Subscription
Acronis True Image 2017, Acronis True Image Subscription
Acronis True Image 2016, Acronis True Image Cloud (Release 2016)
Acronis True Image 2015
Acronis True Image 2014*
True Image 2013 by Acronis*
Acronis True Image Home 2012*
Acronis True Image Home 2011*
Acronis True Image Home 2010*
Acronis True Image Home 2009*
Acronis True Image Home 11*

Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office (formerly Acronis True Image) on Mac

backups of Macs created with:
Acronis True Image 2020, Acronis True Image Subscription
Acronis True Image 2019, Acronis True Image Subscription
Acronis True Image 2018, Acronis True Image Subscription
Acronis True Image 2017, Acronis True Image Subscription
Acronis True Image 2016, Acronis True Image Cloud (Release 2016)
Acronis True Image 2015 for Mac

Acronis True Image 2020 Essential, Advanced, Premium and Standard on Windows

backups of Windows computers created with:
Acronis True Image 2019, Acronis True Image Subscription,
Acronis True Image 2018, Acronis True Image Subscription
Acronis True Image 2017, Acronis True Image Subscription
Acronis True Image 2016, Acronis True Image Cloud (Release 2016)
Acronis True Image 2015
Acronis True Image 2014*
True Image 2013 by Acronis*
Acronis True Image Home 2012*
Acronis True Image Home 2011*
Acronis True Image Home 2010*
Acronis True Image Home 2009*
Acronis True Image Home 11*

Acronis True Image 2021 Essential, Advanced, Premium and Standard on Windows

backups of Windows computers created with:
Acronis True Image 2020, Acronis True Image Subscription,
Acronis True Image 2019, Acronis True Image Subscription,
Acronis True Image 2018, Acronis True Image Subscription
Acronis True Image 2017, Acronis True Image Subscription
Acronis True Image 2016, Acronis True Image Cloud (Release 2016)
Acronis True Image 2015
Acronis True Image 2014*
True Image 2013 by Acronis*
Acronis True Image Home 2012*
Acronis True Image Home 2011*
Acronis True Image Home 2010*
Acronis True Image Home 2009*
Acronis True Image Home 11*

Acronis True Image 2021 Essential, Advanced, Premium and Standard on Mac

backups of Macs created with:
Acronis True Image 2020, Acronis True Image Subscription
Acronis True Image 2019, Acronis True Image Subscription
Acronis True Image 2018, Acronis True Image Subscription
Acronis True Image 2017, Acronis True Image Subscription
Acronis True Image 2016, Acronis True Image Cloud (Release 2016)
Acronis True Image 2015 for Mac

Acronis True Image 2020 Essential, Advanced, Premium and Standard on Windows

backups of Windows computers created with:
Acronis True Image 2019, Acronis True Image Subscription,
Acronis True Image 2018, Acronis True Image Subscription
Acronis True Image 2017, Acronis True Image Subscription
Acronis True Image 2016, Acronis True Image Cloud (Release 2016)
Acronis True Image 2015
Acronis True Image 2014*
True Image 2013 by Acronis*
Acronis True Image Home 2012*
Acronis True Image Home 2011*
Acronis True Image Home 2010*
Acronis True Image Home 2009*
Acronis True Image Home 11*

Acronis True Image 2020 Essential, Advanced, Premium and Standard on Mac

backups of Macs created with:
Acronis True Image 2019, Acronis True Image Subscription
Acronis True Image 2018, Acronis True Image Subscription
Acronis True Image 2017, Acronis True Image Subscription
Acronis True Image 2016, Acronis True Image Cloud (Release 2016)
Acronis True Image 2015 for Mac

Acronis True Image 2019 Standard, Advanced and Premium on Windows

backups of Windows computers created with:
Acronis True Image 2018, Acronis True Image Subscription
Acronis True Image 2017, Acronis True Image Subscription
Acronis True Image 2016, Acronis True Image Cloud (Release 2016)
Acronis True Image 2015
Acronis True Image 2014*
True Image 2013 by Acronis*
Acronis True Image Home 2012*
Acronis True Image Home 2011*
Acronis True Image Home 2010*
Acronis True Image Home 2009*
Acronis True Image Home 11*

Acronis True Image 2019 Standard, Advanced and Premium on Mac

backups of Macs created with:
Acronis True Image 2018, Acronis True Image Subscription
Acronis True Image 2017, Acronis True Image Subscription
Acronis True Image 2016, Acronis True Image Cloud (Release 2016)
Acronis True Image 2015 for Mac

Acronis True Image 2018 Standard, Advanced and Premium on Windows

backups of Windows computers created with:
Acronis True Image 2017, Acronis True Image Subscription
Acronis True Image 2016, Acronis True Image Cloud (Release 2016)
Acronis True Image 2015
Acronis True Image 2014*
True Image 2013 by Acronis*
Acronis True Image Home 2012*
Acronis True Image Home 2011*
Acronis True Image Home 2010*
Acronis True Image Home 2009*
Acronis True Image Home 11*

Acronis True Image 2018 Standard, Advanced and Premium on Mac

backups of Macs created with:
Acronis True Image 2017, Acronis True Image Subscription
Acronis True Image 2016, Acronis True Image Cloud (Release 2016)
Acronis True Image 2015 for Mac

Acronis True Image 2017, Acronis True Image Subscription
on Windows

backups of Windows computers created with:
Acronis True Image 2016, Acronis True Image Cloud (Release 2016)
Acronis True Image 2015

Acronis True Image 2017, Acronis True Image Subscription
on Mac

backups of Macs created with:
Acronis True Image 2016, Acronis True Image Cloud (Release 2016)
Acronis True Image 2015 for Mac

Acronis True Image 2016, Acronis True Image Cloud (Release 2016)
on Windows

backups of Windows computers created with:
Acronis True Image 2016, Acronis True Image Cloud (Release 2016)
Acronis True Image 2015
Acronis True Image 2014
True Image 2013 by Acronis

Acronis True Image 2016, Acronis True Image Cloud (Release 2016)
on Mac

backups of Macs created with:
Acronis True Image 2016, Acronis True Image Cloud (Release 2016)
Acronis True Image 2015 for Mac
Acronis True Image for Mac

Acronis True Image 2015 Acronis True Image 2015 (except for Acronis True Image 2015 for Mac
and Acronis True Image for Mac)
Acronis True Image 2014
True Image 2013 by Acronis
Acronis True Image Home 2012*
Acronis True Image Home 2011*
Acronis True Image Home 2010*
Acronis True Image Home 2009*
Acronis True Image Home 11*
Acronis True Image 2015 for Mac Acronis True Image 2015 for Mac
Acronis True Image for Mac
Acronis True Image 2014 Acronis True Image 2014
True Image 2013 by Acronis
Acronis True Image Home 2012*
Acronis True Image Home 2011*
Acronis True Image Home 2010*
Acronis True Image Home 2009*
Acronis True Image Home 11*

* Backups can only be restored. Other operations can be limited. It is necessary to create a new backup plan / archive.

(!) Archives in .tibx format are supported starting from Acronis True Image 2020. Earlier versions of Acronis True Image will not recognize this format.

(!) Acronis does not guarantee forward compatibility. Backups created with a newer build/version of the product may not be supported by older builds/versions. For example, restoring a backup created with Acronis True Image Build 8163 may fail with Acronis True Image Build 8076, or restoring a backup created with Acronis True Image Home 2019 may fail with Acronis True Image Home 2018.

(!) Acronis guarantees backup compatibility for different Acronis backup products within the same version. E.g. Acronis Backup Advanced 11.5 for Linux Server will work with backups created by Acronis Backup Advanced 11.5 for PC.

(!) Acronis Snap Deploy works only with images of the whole hard disk.

(!) Backups created with Acronis Recovery for MS SQL Server are not compatible with Acronis Backup Advanced 11.5 for SQL (Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 for MS SQL Server).

 

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