Acronis Backup Version 11.
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Table of contents 1 Before installation ...........................................................................................................4 1.1 About using the product in the trial mode ................................................................................4 1.2 Licenses for Acronis Backup and Acronis Backup Advanced .....................................................4 1.3 Acronis Backup components ...................................................................................
1 Before installation This section answers questions that might arise before the product installation. 1.1 About using the product in the trial mode Before buying an Acronis Backup license, you may want to try the software. This can be done without a license key. To install the product in the trial mode, run the setup program locally or use the remote installation functionality. Unattended installation and other ways of installation are not supported.
Disk and file backup Centralized management Deduplication Backup to tape Application backup Acronis Backup Advanced for Windows Server + + + + - Acronis Backup Advanced for Linux Server + + + + - + + + + - + + + + Exchange + + + + SQL Acronis Backup Advanced for SharePoint + + + + SQL, SharePoint Acronis Backup Advanced for Active Directory + + + + Active Directory Acronis Backup Advanced for VMware / Hyper-V / RHEV / Citrix XenServer / Oracle VM + + + + All
Components for a managed machine (agents) These are applications that perform data backup, recovery and other operations on the machines managed with Acronis Backup. Agents require a license to perform operations on each managed machine. Console The console provides Graphical User Interface to the agents. Usage of the console is not licensed. The console is installed together with the agent and cannot be disconnected from it.
1.4 Supported operating systems Acronis Backup Management Console, Acronis Backup Agent for Linux Linux with kernel from 2.4.20 to 3.13 and glibc 2.3.2 or later Various x86 and x86_64 Linux distributions, including: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.x, 5.x, and 6.x Ubuntu 9.10, 10.04, 10.10, 11.04, 11.10, 12.04, 12.10, 13.04, and 13.10 Fedora 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 and 11 Debian 4, 5, 6, 7.0, 7.2, 7.4, and 7.5 CentOS 5.x and 6.x Oracle Linux 5.x and 6.
2.1.1 RPM Package Manager Make sure that the RPM Package Manager (RPM) is installed in your system. Before installing the product on a Linux distribution that does not use RPM, such as Ubuntu, you need to install RPM manually; for example, by running the following command: sudo apt-get install rpm Linux distributions where RPM is already installed include Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Fedora, and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. 2.1.
Linux distribution Package names How to install Red Hat Enterprise Linux kernel-devel gcc make The setup program will download and install the packages automatically by using your Red Hat subscription. CentOS kernel-devel gcc make The setup program will download and install the packages automatically.
Linux version 2.6.35.6-45.fc14.i686 gcc version 4.5.1 2. Obtain the kernel-devel and gcc packages that correspond to this kernel version: kernel-devel-2.6.35.6-45.fc14.i686.rpm gcc-4.5.1-4.fc14.i686.rpm 3. Obtain the make package for Fedora 14: make-3.82-3.fc14.i686 4. Install the packages by running the following commands as the root user: rpm -ivh kernel-devel-2.6.35.6-45.fc14.i686.rpm rpm -ivh gcc-4.5.1.fc14.i686.rpm rpm -ivh make-3.82-3.fc14.
./AcronisBackupL.i686 -a -l 12345-67890-ABCDE 2.4 Command-line parameters When running the installation file of Acronis Backup, you can specify one or more of command-line parameters. Common parameters -a or --auto Performs installation in the so-called unattended setup mode, as opposed to the default interactive mode. The setup program will proceed without asking for interaction, such as typing the license key or clicking the Next buttons. Specify the license key by using the -l parameter.
Displays the product version and then exits. -? or --help Displays help and then exits. --usage Displays a brief usage message and then exits. Parameters that determine the installation mode To install the product in the trial mode, use the -T parameter. To install the product in the full mode, use the -l parameter. To install the product for cloud backup only, do not specify any of these parameters. -T or --trial Installs the product in the trial mode.
The licenses previously assigned to the machine will be revoked and the management console will restart. Now, you can connect the console to a remote machine and connect to this machine from a remote location. Step 2. Downloading the setup program Download the setup program of Acronis Backup Advanced from the Acronis website as described at http://kb.acronis.com/content/1642. Step 3. Installing the management server Install Acronis Backup Management Server on a machine running Windows.
4 Checking for software updates Each time you start the management console, Acronis Backup checks whether a new version of the software is available on the Acronis website. If so, the software provides a link for downloading a setup program of the new version. To check for updates manually, start the management console and then click Help > Check for updates. In that window, you also can disable the automatic checks for updates.
