Backup software for data backup and disaster recovery in Windows and Linux - Acronis
Glossary
- Bugfix – a change to a product that fixes the unwanted behavior exhibited by a bug.
- Hotfix – a cumulative package that resolves some specific issues found within the current release.
- Patch – a separate package designed to fix issues or improve the current release.
- Severity – the measure of the impact caused by the issue. There are four levels:
- Severity A (Critical): Key aspects of backup systems are down or non-operational. These key aspects include backup creation, backup recovery, backup validation, deployment, disk management, product installation failures, unbootable/crashing system, and significant system performance degradation preventing backup core functions.
- Severity B (High): Major product functions do not work, such as problems with the connection, centralized management, the scheduler, boot management, cloning, bootable media/secure zone/vault creation, and pre/post operations.
- Severity C (Moderate): Product functionality is impacted, but most operations continue. Examples of Severity C issues include product performance degradation, logging errors, undocumented behavior, and notification failures.
- Severity D (Low): Product functionality is not impacted. Examples of Severity D issues include problems with customer service, pre-sales, and website-related queries; minor usability, the GUI (Graphical User Interface), how-to questions, product information requests (functionality, requirements, setup, etc.), and feedback.
- Acronis Support reserves the right to amend the severity of the incident if it was not reasonably categorized when first reported.
- Complete details are provided at Acronis Customer Support.
- Update (minor version) – a newer build within the same version of Acronis software. Updates are usually free of charge and can be downloaded from your Personal Account.
- Upgrade – a new major, standalone version of an Acronis product.
- Workaround – temporary fix allowing you to bypass a recognized product problem. A workaround is used when a permanent solution is not available or yet included in a release.