Installation Instructions

Preparation

Licenses. Ensure that you have a sufficient number of licenses. You need one license per Exchange

server. If you have an Exchange cluster, we recommend obtaining licenses for each node of the

cluster.

Agent for Exchange requires one of the following licenses:

 Acronis Backup Advanced for Exchange

 Acronis Backup for Windows Server Essentials

 Acronis Backup Advanced for VMware / Hyper-V / RHEV / Citrix XenServer / Oracle VM

 Acronis Backup Advanced Universal License

Each of these licenses enables you to install Agent for Windows on the same machine. Therefore, you

can back up the entire machine in addition to Exchange databases and mailboxes.

If Agent for Windows is already installed, you can install Agent for Exchange by using the Acronis

Backup Advanced for Exchange Add-On license.

To use the product in the trial mode, you do not need licenses.

Requirements. Ensure that the Exchange server meets the following requirements:

 For Microsoft Exchange Server 2013: Cumulative Update 1 (CU1) or later must be installed.

 For Microsoft Exchange Server 2007/2010: The MAPI Client and Collaboration Data Objects

(version 1.2.1) package must be installed. To download and install this package, visit

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36771.

 For Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 SP2: Hotfix http://support.microsoft.com/kb/908072 must

be installed.

 The Exchange writer for VSS must be turned on. In Windows Small Business Server 2003, the

writer is turned off by default. For instructions on how to turn it on, see the following Microsoft

Knowledge Base article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/838183/.

Installation procedure

Remote installation of Agent for Exchange is not possible, because the agent setup has certain requirements

that can be checked in the local interactive installation mode only.

Installing the agent on an Exchange server

1. Run the setup program.

2. Proceed to the window where you are asked how you want to use this machine and select the

Back up this machine's data check box.

3. Follow the on-screen instructions (p. 20). If you installed the management server, choose to

Installing agents on Exchange cluster nodes

To back up data in an Exchange cluster, install the agent on each node of the cluster. When installing

the agent on a cluster node, specify an existing account of a domain user for the agent service. With

this account, the agent will be able to access the clustered data on any of the nodes. The account

must have administrative privileges on each of the cluster nodes.

To install the agent on a cluster node

1. Run the setup program.