Installation guide

3. Specify the name or IP address of the Acronis License Server, or type a trial license key. You can

use a single trial license key for remote installation to multiple machines.

4. If the license server has licenses for multiple Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 editions, select the

edition to install.

5. Select the location of the installation files. The default selection Registered Components will use

setup files from the default folder: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Acronis\RemoteInstall.

6. Specify the components that you want to install and their features. Please keep in mind that the

features, or add-ons, cannot be installed if the main component is not installed or selected for

installation.

7. If you selected to install the agent, specify whether to register the machines on the management

server after agent installation.

8. Select machines on which the components are to be installed. This can be done by:

 browsing the network. When browsing the network, you can select individual machines, as

well as entire workgroups or domains

 typing machine names or IP addresses (click Next then add machines to the list)

 importing the list of the machines from .txt or .csv files.

9. Provide the administrator's user name and password for each machine. If there is a universal

administrator account on the network, enter the account credentials for one machine and set

the option to apply it to all the machines that you select. Domain administrator credentials and

universal credentials for workgroups can be applied in this way.

If you do not specify credentials for all machines involved, or if the credentials are not valid for

some machines, you will have an option to provide credentials during installation (there is an

option Other user in the user name and password error prompt).

10. If a trial product version is installed on some of the selected machines, a list of such machines is

displayed. Select the machines where you want to upgrade the product to a full version. Make

sure that the license server contains enough license keys.

11. If you selected to install the agent, specify whether to create a new account for the agent service

or use an existing one. See "Specifying credentials for Acronis services (p. 13)" for details.

The summary window displays a list of machines where the components will be installed.

Once the installation starts, the program displays the operation progress and the name of the

machine on which the components are being installed.

Update

To update one or more components on a remote machine, repeat the installation procedure.

Upgrade to a full version

To upgrade one or more components from a trial to a full version, import the full license keys for

these components to the license server, and then repeat the installation procedure.

2.3 Unattended installation in Windows

Acronis components, such as Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Agent for Windows, can be installed in

the unattended mode, as opposed to the interactive mode.

You will need the configuration script mst_get.vbs, which is located in the folder where Acronis

Backup & Recovery 10 Management Console is installed—by default, C:\Program