User guide
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Creating a bootable media
We recommend creating a bootable media at this point.
1. Start Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5.
2. In the welcome screen, under Tools, click Create bootable media. The Acronis Bootable Media
Builder wizard will open.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions.
Installing the agents
Perform these steps on each machine that you will back up.
1. Log on as an administrator and start the setup program.
2. Click Install Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5.
3. Accept the terms of the license agreement, and then click Next.
4. Select the Back up this machine's data check box, and then click Next.
5. Click Next, and then click Yes in the confirmation window.
6. Click Register now, and then specify:
The name or IP address of the management server.
The user name and password of an administrator of the machine where the management
server is installed.
Click Next to continue.
Details. The setup program will automatically register the machine on the management server.
Or, you can add the machine to the management server later.
7. Choose whether the machine will participate in the Acronis Customer Experience Program (CEP).
Click Next to continue.
8. Click Install to proceed with installation.
9. On successful installation, click Finish to close the wizard window.
5 Starting Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5
To start the management console, select from the start menu: Acronis > Acronis Backup & Recovery
11.5 Management Console > Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5.
When in the management console, you can manage a machine where the agent is installed in either
of two ways:
By connecting to the machine directly
By using the management server
To connect to a machine directly
1. Click Manage this machine or Manage a remote machine.
2. If you chose to manage a remote machine, enter its name or IP address.
3. If prompted for credentials, specify the user name and password. If you chose to manage a
remote machine, the user has to be a member of the Acronis Remote Users group on that
machine.
To connect to the management server
1. Click Connect to a management server.