Installation guide

Based on Windows PE

1 GB

410 MB

Linux-based

370 MB

490 MB

2 Installing Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5

This section helps answer questions that might arise during the product installation.

2.1 Installation in Windows

This section describes installation of Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 components on a machine

running Windows.

2.1.1 Ways of installation in Windows

Components of advanced editions of Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 can be installed in different

ways. Based on the size and structure of your environment, choose any of the ways of installation

described in this section.

You can combine two or more ways of installation. For example, you can perform interactive

installation of the management console and the management server, and then remotely install the

agents to multiple machines.

By using interactive or Web-based installation, you can install any component. Other ways of

installation are intended primarily for installing the agents.

Interactive installation (p. 20)

In this way of installation, you run a self-contained setup program and follow the on-screen

instructions.

Advantages: The setup program includes all components for Windows.

Disadvantages: Large size of the setup program.

Usage examples:

 Installing the management console, management server and storage nodes.

 Installing agents on a small number of machines.

Web-based installation (p. 26)

In this way of installation, you run a lightweight setup program and follow the on-screen instructions.

The setup program downloads from the Acronis Web site only the components that you selected to

install.

Advantages: Small size of the setup program.

Disadvantages: Large amounts of the same data may be transferred over the Internet (for example,

when installing the agent on many machines). To overcome this disadvantage, save the downloaded

installation packages (p. 26) to a network folder.