Installation guide

mechanism available in Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and later Windows server operating

systems.

In this section, you will find out how to set up a Group Policy object to deploy Acronis Backup &

Recovery 11.5 Agent for Windows onto machines in an entire domain or in its organizational unit.

Every time a machine logs on to the domain, the resulting Group Policy object will ensure that the

agent is installed on the machine.

2.1.3.1 Prerequisites

Before proceeding with agent deployment, make sure that:

 You have an Active Directory domain with a domain controller running Microsoft Windows

Server 2003 or later.

 You are a member of the Domain Admins group in the domain.

 You know the license key or the name or IP address of a machine where Acronis License Server is

installed.

 You have a machine running Windows, with Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 Management

Console installed on the machine.

2.1.3.2 Preparing the agent's deployment

Step 1: Extracting installation packages

You need to create a shared folder that will contain the installation packages (provided as .msi files),

and extract the packages there.

1. On the domain controller (or any other machine in the domain), create a folder—for example:

D:\Acronis

2. Start the Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 setup program.

3. Click Extract installation files.

4. Select the Agent for Windows (AcronisAgentWindows.msi) and Agent Core

(AcronisAgentCore.msi) check boxes.

5. If you are installing Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 Deduplication, select the Deduplication

(AcronisDeduplication.msi) check box.

6. If you are installing Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 Universal Restore, select the Universal

Restore (AcronisUniversalRestore.msi) check box.

Note: In Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 Virtual Edition and Advanced Server SBS Edition, the Universal

Restore feature is already enabled, so you do not need to install it separately.

7. In Extract to, type the name of the folder that you just created, or click Browse and select the

folder.

8. Click Extract.

9. Share the folder where you placed the installation packages. Make sure that domain users can

access the shared folder—for example, by leaving the default sharing settings for Everyone.

Step 2: Configuring the installation packages

Important: Skip this step when reinstalling or updating the agent.