Installation guide

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Table of contents

1 Before installation .................................................................................................................4

1.1 About using the product in the trial mode ................................................................................ 4

1.2 Types of licenses (stand-alone and advanced editions) ............................................................ 4

1.3 Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 components .......................................................................... 5

1.3.1 Agent for Windows ......................................................................................................................................... 6

1.3.2 Agent for Linux ................................................................................................................................................ 6

1.3.3 Agent for VMware vSphere ESX(i) ................................................................................................................. 7

1.3.4 Agent for Hyper-V ........................................................................................................................................... 8

1.3.5 Agent for Microsoft Exchange Server ............................................................................................................ 8

1.3.6 Agent for Microsoft SQL Server (single-pass) ................................................................................................ 8

1.3.7 Agent for Microsoft Active Directory (single-pass) ....................................................................................... 9

1.3.8 Components for centralized management ................................................................................................... 9

1.3.9 Management Console ................................................................................................................................... 10

1.3.10 Bootable Media Builder ................................................................................................................................ 11

1.4 Licensing of advanced editions ................................................................................................11

1.4.1 How many licenses do I need? ..................................................................................................................... 12

1.4.2 Licensing for virtual machines ...................................................................................................................... 12

1.5 Supported operating systems ..................................................................................................13

1.6 System requirements ...............................................................................................................16

2 Installing Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 ............................................................................ 18

2.1 Installation in Windows ...........................................................................................................18

2.1.1 Ways of installation in Windows .................................................................................................................. 18

2.1.2 Local installation ............................................................................................................................................ 20

2.1.3 Installing the agent through Group Policy ................................................................................................... 29

2.1.4 Configuration script parameters .................................................................................................................. 33

2.1.5 Installation from the management server Web page ................................................................................ 35

2.1.6 Installing Acronis License Server .................................................................................................................. 40

2.2 Installation in Linux ..................................................................................................................40

2.2.1 Preparation .................................................................................................................................................... 40

2.2.2 Interactive installation in advanced editions .............................................................................................. 43

2.2.3 Installation in the unattended mode ........................................................................................................... 43

2.2.4 Command-line parameters .......................................................................................................................... 44

2.3 Remote installation ..................................................................................................................47

2.3.1 Prerequisites .................................................................................................................................................. 47

2.3.2 Preparation .................................................................................................................................................... 48

2.3.3 Installation procedure ................................................................................................................................... 49

2.4 Installation of Agent for ESX(i) .................................................................................................52

2.4.1 Importing Agent for ESX(i) (Virtual Appliance) ............................................................................................ 54

2.4.2 Updating Agent for ESX(i) (Virtual Appliance) ............................................................................................. 56

2.5 Installation of Agent for Hyper-V .............................................................................................57

2.6 Installation for other virtualization platforms .........................................................................58

2.7 Installation of Agent for Exchange ...........................................................................................59

2.8 Installation of Agent for SQL (single-pass) ...............................................................................61

2.9 Installation of Agent for Active Directory (single-pass) ...........................................................61