Installation guide

Recommended for large Exchange organizations where multiple Exchange servers are integrated

into a cluster. The following features can be used only in advanced Acronis Backup & Recovery

11.5 configurations:

 Comprehensive protection of Exchange clusters

Requires installation of Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 Management Server and installation

of Agent for Exchange on each cluster node.

 Using the Express full backup method

Requires installation of Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 Management Server and Acronis

Backup & Recovery 11.5 Storage Node. Requires installation of the "Deduplication for

Microsoft Exchange Server" add-on to Agent for Exchange.

The add-on is purchased separately. You do not need to purchase and install this add-on if

Agent for Windows and its deduplication add-on are already installed on your Exchange

server.

Installation from the setup program for stand-alone editions

Run the setup program and follow the on-screen instructions.

Installation from the setup program for advanced editions

Remote installation of Agent for Exchange is not possible, because the agent setup has certain requirements

that can be checked in the local interactive installation mode only.

Installing the agent on an Exchange server

1. Run the setup program.

2. Proceed to the window where you are asked how you want to use this machine and select the

Back up this machine's data check box.

3. Follow the on-screen instructions (p. 20). If you installed the management server, choose to

Installing agents on Exchange cluster nodes

To back up data in an Exchange cluster, install the agent on each node of the cluster. When installing

the agent on a cluster node, specify an existing account of a domain user for the agent service. With

this account, the agent will be able to access the clustered data on any of the nodes. The account

must have administrative privileges on each of the cluster nodes.

To install the agent on a cluster node

1. Run the setup program.

2. Proceed to the window where you are asked how you want to use this machine and select the I

want to manually select the Acronis components and customize the installation process check

box.

3. In the components tree, select Agent for Exchange.

4. Follow the on-screen instructions.

Details. When prompted to assign logon accounts to the Acronis services, in Acronis Managed

Machine Service (agent), select Use an existing account and specify the account that has

administrative privileges on each of the cluster nodes. Alternatively, you can choose to create a

new account for the agent. Then, when creating centralized backup plans or recovery tasks, you

will need to specify credentials for the domain account that has the necessary privileges.

If you installed the management server, choose to register Agent for Exchange on it during

installation.