Installation Instructions

 %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Acronis\BackupAndRecoveryConsole in 64-bit Windows

Order of installation

First, install the management console. When you install the agent, first install the Agent Core

component, then the agent itself.

Installation procedure

To install or update a component in the unattended mode

1. Start the setup program.

2. Click Extract installation files.

3. Extract the component's installation package.

4. If you are installing a component that uses a transform, create the transform by running the

configuration script. Otherwise, skip this step.

For example:

 The following command creates a transform to install the Agent Core component:

mst_gen.vbs /msi_path C:\AcronisAgentCore.msi

 The following command creates a transform to install Agent for Windows with the license

key ABCDE-54321:

mst_gen.vbs /msi_path C:\AcronisAgentWindows.msi /serial ABCDE-54321

The complete syntax of the configuration script is described in "Configuration script parameters

(p. 10)".

5. Do either of the following, depending on whether you are installing or updating the component:

 If you are installing the component, run Windows Installer (the msiexec program) as

follows:

When installing a component that uses a transform (in this example, Agent for Windows):

msiexec /i c:\AcronisAgentWindows.msi TRANSFORMS=AcronisAgentWindows.mst /qb

Otherwise (in this example, when installing the management console):

msiexec /i c:\AcronisManagementConsole.msi /qb

 If you are updating the component, run Windows Installer as follows:

When updating a component that uses a transform (in this example, Agent for Windows):

msiexec /i C:\AcronisAgentWindows.msi TRANSFORMS=C:\AcronisAgentWindows.mst

ADDLOCAL=ALL /qb

Otherwise (in this example, when updating the management console):

msiexec /i C:\AcronisManagementConsole.msi ADDLOCAL=ALL /qb /l*v C:\log.log

2.4 Configuration script parameters

The configuration script mst_gen.vbs creates an .mst file (known as a transform, a modification, or

a modification file) for the installation package of an Acronis component such as Acronis Backup

Agent for Windows.

By using the transform together with the installation package, you can install the component in the

unattended mode.

The following is the complete syntax of the configuration script: