Installation Instructions

You can now create centralized backup plans that will simultaneously back up several machines to a

single location.

4 Checking for software updates

Each time you start the management console, Acronis Backup checks whether a new version of the

software is available on the Acronis website. If so, the software provides a link for downloading a

setup program of the new version.

To check for updates manually, start the management console and then click Help > Check for

updates. In that window, you also can disable the automatic checks for updates.

For information about updating Acronis Backup, see the “Update” section (p. 12).

5 Uninstallation

5.1 Interactive uninstallation

To uninstall Acronis Backup, we recommend using the following procedure instead of the Add or

Remove Programs or Programs and Features tool of Windows.

To uninstall Acronis Backup

1. Click Start -> All Programs -> Acronis -> Uninstall Acronis Backup.

2. To remove the log and tasks of Acronis Backup, select the Remove the product's log, tasks,

vaults and configuration settings check box. Leave this check box cleared if you are planning to

reinstall the product later.

3. Click Remove.

5.2 Unattended uninstallation

To uninstall Acronis Backup in the unattended mode, you need to run the msiexec utility. This utility

uses the product’s installation packages (.msi files).

When you uninstall Acronis Backup Agent for Windows, we recommend first uninstalling its features,

then the agent itself and then the Acronis Backup Agent Core component.

To uninstall Acronis Backup

1. Extract the installation packages to a folder or a network share.

2. Run the following commands (here, the location of the installation packages is assumed to be

\\myserver\share):

msiexec /uninstall \\myserver\share\AcronisTrayMonitor.msi /qb

msiexec /uninstall \\myserver\share\AcronisAgentWindows.msi /qb

msiexec /uninstall \\myserver\share\AcronisBootableComponentsMediaBuilder.msi /qb

msiexec /uninstall \\myserver\share\AcronisAgentCore.msi /qb

msiexec /uninstall \\myserver\share\AcronisManagementConsole.msi /qb

5.3 Deleting Acronis Secure Zone

Uninstallation of Acronis Backup does not affect Acronis Secure Zone and its contents. You will still

be able to recover data from Acronis Secure Zone on booting from bootable media.