Acronis Backup Version 11.
Table of contents 1 Before installation ...........................................................................................................3 1.1 About using the product in the trial mode ................................................................................3 1.2 Licenses for Acronis Backup and Acronis Backup Advanced .....................................................3 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.
1.3.3 Bootable Media Builder Acronis Bootable Media Builder is a dedicated tool for creating bootable media. The media builder that installs on Windows can create bootable media based on either Windows Preinstallation Environment, or Linux kernel. 1.4 Supported operating systems Important: Refer to "Support for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012" in the product Help or the User Guide for details and limitations of this support.
Product Memory (above the OS and running applications) Disk space required Disk space occupied Additional during installation or by the component(s) update Acronis Backup for Windows 420 MB Server (complete installation) 2.6 GB 2.4 GB Acronis Backup for PC (complete installation) 420 MB 2.9 GB 2.4 GB Bootable Media Builder (Windows) 480 MB 1.
The summary page displays a list of components that will be installed according to the previously entered license key(s). Note: When canceling the installation process, only the last component is removed. Other components, if any, remain installed. 2.2.1 Installation mode Choose the full installation mode if you have a license key or a cloud backup subscription. Choose the trial mode if you have neither. Installing in the trial mode Select I want to start a free trial.
The account is granted the Full Control permission on the folder %PROGRAMDATA%\Acronis (in Windows XP and Server 2003, %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\Acronis) and on its subfolders. The account is granted the Full Control permission on registry keys in the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Acronis. The account is assigned the Log on as a service, Adjust memory quotas for a process, Replace a process level token, and Modify firmware environment values user rights.
Installation procedure To install or update a component in the unattended mode 1. 2. 3. 4. Start the setup program. Click Extract installation files. Extract the component's installation package. If you are installing a component that uses a transform, create the transform by running the configuration script. Otherwise, skip this step. For example: The following command creates a transform to install the Agent Core component: mst_gen.vbs /msi_path C:\AcronisAgentCore.
Brackets ([]) denote parameters that are optional or that apply only to some components. Braces ({}) denote mutually exclusive sets of parameters; each set is separated by a pipe (|). The following is the description of each parameter and the list of components it applies to. Parameters that apply to any component /msi_path Specifies a full path to the component's installation package. Enter a local path, such as D:\folder\AcronisAgentWindows.
/current_user Specifies that the component will be installed for the current user only and not for all users on a machine. 2.5 Update To update one or more Acronis Backup components: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Run the setup program of the updated version of Acronis Backup. Click Install Acronis Backup. Click Update. If prompted, type the product license key. Follow the on-screen instructions.
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. For information about updating Acronis Backup, see the “Update” section (p.
To delete Acronis Secure Zone 1. On the Actions menu, click Manage Acronis Secure Zone. 2. In the Delete Acronis Secure Zone window, select volumes to which you want to add the space freed from the zone and then click OK. If you select several volumes, the space will be distributed proportionally to each partition. If you do not select any volume, the freed space becomes unallocated. After you click OK, Acronis Backup will start deleting the zone.
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