Installation Instructions

You can specify all these packages in a single rpm command. Installing any of these packages may

require installing additional packages to resolve dependencies.

2.2.1.3 Installation files

Download the installation files and assign them necessary access permissions:

1. Go to the Acronis website.

2. Download the installation file (when installing Acronis Backup) or files (when installing Acronis

Backup Advanced). Depending on the machine platform (x86 or x86_64), you need either

the .i686 or .x86_64 files.

3. Copy the installation files to a directory on the machine where you want to install the product.

4. Go to the directory where you copied the installation files, and then run the following command:

chmod 755 AcronisBackup*

2.2.2 Interactive installation of Acronis Backup Advanced

To install Acronis Backup Agent for Linux

1. Ensure that you have a license for Acronis Backup Advanced. You can import the licenses to the

Acronis License Server.

To install the agent in the trial mode (p. 4) or for cloud backup only, you do not need licenses.

2. Run the appropriate installation file (an .i686 or an .x86_64 file) as the root user.

3. Accept the terms of the license agreement.

4. Do either of the following:

 To install the product in the trial mode, select Install in trial mode.

 To install the product for cloud backup only, select Install for cloud backup only.

 To install the product in the full mode, specify the license keys in either of these ways:

 Select Select Acronis License Server, and then type the name or IP address of the license

server.

 Select Enter the license key, and then type your Acronis Backup Advanced license key.

5. Specify whether you want to register the machine on the management server. You can add the

machine to the management server later by using the machine's name or IP address.

6. If you install the software in Red Hat Enterprise Linux or CentOS, the setup program may notify

you about the absence of some of the required Linux packages. Select Continue to try to install

these packages automatically (recommended), or select Skip to skip the package installation. For

more detailed information about the required packages, see the "Linux packages" (p. 39) section.

7. The setup program tries to automatically compile the SnapAPI module for your Linux kernel. If it

fails to do so, please refer to the file: /usr/lib/Acronis/BackupAndRecovery/HOWTO.INSTALL.

To install Acronis Backup Management Console or Acronis Bootable Media Builder

1. Run the installation file of the management console or bootable media builder (an .i686 or

an .x86_64 file) as the root user.

2. Follow the on-screen instructions.

2.2.3 Installation in the unattended mode

To install a component in the unattended mode (without asking for confirmations), run the

component’s installation file with the -a command-line parameter. You may need to use other

parameters (p. 43) to specify how to perform the installation.