User Guide

1. Go to the Add Products section.

2. Download the setup program of Acronis Backup & Recovery 10, by clicking Download edition

with centralized/remote management capability.

Installing the management server and management console

Perform these steps on any Windows machine that has a network connection to the machines that

you will back up.

1. Start the setup program.

2. Click Install Acronis Backup & Recovery 10.

3. Click Next.

4. Accept the terms of the license agreement.

5. Click Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 for online backup only.

6. In the list of components, select Management Server, Management Console, and (optionally)

Bootable Media Builder. Clear the selection of any other components.

Details. Acronis Bootable Media Builder enables you to create a bootable CD, DVD or other

media. Using this media, you can recover a corrupted operating system or an entire machine

from a disk or volume backup. If you are planning file-level backups only, you need not install the

media builder.

7. Leave the default setting at Install to.

8. When prompted about credentials for the Acronis services, leave the default setting: Create a

new account.

Details. This account is needed to run the management server's service.

9. Confirm the opening of the Microsoft Windows Firewall port.

10. When prompted about the Microsoft SQL Servers that the management server will use, leave the

default settings.

11. Proceed with the installation.

12. After the installation, click Close to exit the setup program.

Creating a bootable media

If you installed Acronis Bootable Media Builder, we recommend creating a bootable media at this

point.

1. Start Acronis Backup & Recovery 10.

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. For detailed information about the settings please refer to the

context-sensitive help.

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. (Skip this step if continuing installation

on the same machine.)

2. Click Install Acronis Backup & Recovery 10.

3. Click Next.

4. Accept the terms of the license agreement.

5. Click Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 for online backup only.