Acronis® Backup & Recovery ™ 10 Advanced Server Virtual Edition Installation Guide
Table of Contents 1. Installation of Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 ............................................................ 3 1.1. 1.1.1. 1.1.2. 1.1.3. 1.1.4. 1.1.5. 1.1.6. 1.1.7. Agent for Windows .................................................................................................................................. 3 Bootable components and media builder............................................................................................... 4 WinPE ISO Builder .......................
1. Installation of Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 installation documentation helps answer questions that might arise before and during the product installation. 1.1. Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 components This section contains a list of Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 components with a brief description of their functionality. Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 includes three types of components.
Other operations Conversion to a virtual machine Rather than converting a disk backup to a virtual disk file, which requires additional operations to bring the virtual disk into use, Agent for Windows performs the conversion by recovering a disk backup to a new virtual machine of any of the following types: VMware Workstation, Microsoft Virtual PC, Parallels Workstation or Citrix XenServer virtual appliance. Files of the fully configured and operational machine will be placed in the folder you select.
The Universal Restore add-on enables you to use the restore to dissimilar hardware functionality on the machine where the agent is installed, and create bootable media with this functionality. Universal Restore handles differences in devices that are critical for Windows start-up, such as storage controllers, motherboard or chipset. 1.1.3. WinPE ISO Builder Acronis WinPE ISO Builder is a dedicated tool for creating bootable media based on Windows preinstallation environment.
The agent installs on VMware ESX Infrastructure 3.5 Update 2. The agent is delivered as a virtual appliance. To install the agent, extract the virtual appliance files and import the virtual appliance to the VMware ESX server. For more information please see "Installing ESX/ESXi Virtual Appliance (p. 20)". VMware Tools have to be installed on the guest systems. 1.1.6.
1.1.6.2. Storage Node Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Storage Node is a server aimed to optimize usage of various resources (such as the corporate storage capacity, the network bandwidth, or the managed machines' CPU load) required for the enterprise data protection. This goal is achieved through organizing and managing the locations that serve as dedicated storages of the enterprise backup archives (managed vaults).
Encryption A managed vault can be configured so that anything written to it is encrypted and anything read from it is decrypted transparently by the storage node, using a vault-specific encryption key stored on the node server. In case the storage medium is stolen or accessed by an unauthorized person, the malefactor will not be able to decrypt the vault contents without access to this specific storage node.
Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Console • • Windows Professional 2000 SP4/XP Professional SP2 • • Windows XP Professional x64 Edition/Home Edition, Windows Server 2003/2008 x64 Editions Windows Server 2000/Advanced Server 2000/Server 2003/ SBS 2003/ SBS 2008/ Server 2008 Windows Vista all Editions Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Server and Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Storage Node • Windows Professional 2000 SP4/XP Professional SP2 • • • Windows Server 2000/Advanced Server 2000/Serve
These packages should be available in the repository of your Linux distribution. 1.3. License policy Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 licensing is based on the number of machines managed and protected by the product. Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 agents require a license to perform operations on each managed machine. The method of license check is different for stand-alone product editions and editions that enable centralized management.
To specify the standard license key for a stand-alone product edition, run the installation package and follow the wizard's instructions. For editions with centralized management you need to install Acronis License Server and import the standard license keys. 1.5. Local installation (Windows) You have a choice between downloading a full installation package and a small executable package that will download from Acronis Web site, only those components that you select to install. 1.5.1.
1.5.3. Specifying credentials for Acronis services The Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Agent for Windows, Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Server, and Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Storage Node components run as services. When installing any of these components, you need to specify the account under which the component's service will run. For each service, you can either create a dedicated user account (recommended in most cases) or specify an existing account of a local or domain user—for example: .
Recommendations For the operational SQL server, we recommend selecting a server that resides on the same machine as the management server—for example, Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express that comes with the installation package. For the reporting SQL server, you can choose the same server as for the operational SQL server, or a different server—not necessarily on the same machine. 1.5.5.
1.5.7. Update To update one or more Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 components: 1. Run the installation package, containing the updated version of Acronis Backup & Recovery 10. 2. Click Install Acronis Backup & Recovery 10. 3. Specify the name or IP address of Acronis License Server. 4. Click Update. 5. Follow the on-screen instructions. 1.6. Remote installation (Windows) Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Agent for Windows can be installed remotely.
Installation of the Deduplication and the Universal Restore add-ons To install the agent with these add-ons, repeat the installation procedure twice. First install the agent and then install the add-ons. Do the same if you are not sure whether the agent is installed. Successful remote installation of the agent and the add-ons in one pass is not guaranteed. 5. Specify the name or IP address of the Acronis License Server, or type a trial license key.
o o o o o Agent for Linux (AcronisAgentLinux.i686) Bootable Media Builder (AcronisBootableComponentsMediaBuilderLinux.i686) Management Console for Linux (AcronisManagementConsoleLinux.i686) Deduplication (AcronisDeduplication.i686) UpgradeTool (AcronisUpgradeToolLinux.i686) Note: You need Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Upgrade Tool only if you are upgrading from Acronis True Image Echo. 4. Copy the installation files (.i686 files) to a directory on the machine where you want to install the components. 5.
o o For Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management AcronisManagementConsoleLinux.i686 For Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Upgrade Tool: AcronisUpgradeTool.i686 Console: 2. Follow the on-screen instructions. 1.7.2. Command-line parameters By using command-line parameters, you can choose between the interactive and unattended installation modes. When running any of the installation files: • AcronisAgentLinux.i686 (Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Agent for Linux) • AcronisBootableComponentsMediaBuilderLinux.
-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. When using this parameter, you need to specify the component to install, by using the -i parameter. When running the installation files AcronisAgentLinux.i686 or AcronisBootableComponentsMediaBuilderLinux.
1: Use authentication -C ManagementServer or --ams=ManagementServer Applies only to the installation file AcronisAgentLinux.i686. Specifies the name or IP address of the Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Server. When using this parameter, you need to specify the user name and password of a management server administrator by using the -g and -w parameters, respectively. The machine will be registered on the management server after the installation is complete.
Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server Virtual Edition: VE -? or --help Displays help and then exits. --usage Displays a brief usage message and then exits. 1.7.3. Uninstalling components To uninstall Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Do the following as the root user: 1. Run the following commands to uninstall the Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 components: # cd /usr/lib/Acronis/BackupAndRecovery/uninstall # ./uninstall 2.
3. Click Import from file, then click Browse, and then select the virtual appliance's OVF package— normally, the file: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Acronis\ESXAppliance\AcronisESXAppliance.ovf 4. Click Next, and then type a name for the appliance—for example: AcronisESXAppliance 5. Click Next, and then click Finish.
First, the domain administrator configures the agent's setup file by specifying such parameters as the license key to use for the deployments, and the name of Acronis License Server to verify the license key's validity. Then, the domain administrator assigns the setup file for centralized deployment, by creating a Group Policy object.
Step 2: Sharing the folder You now need to share the folder that you created in Step 1. 1. Right-click the folder's name, and then click Sharing and Security. 2. In the folder properties dialog box, click Share this folder. In Share name, you can type an alternative name for the shared folder instead of the default one if necessary. 3. Click Permissions. 4. In the share permissions dialog box, click Add. 5. In the Select Users or Groups dialog box, type Authenticated Users and then click OK. 6.
[/remote_users User1 User2 ... UserN] [/ams_address Management_Server /ams_user Admin_Name Password] The script parameters are the following: /msi_path Full_Path Specifies a full path to the agent's installation package. Enter a local path, such as D:\Acronis\AgentWindows.msi; or a universal naming convention (UNC) path, such as \\server\Acronis\AgentWindows.msi. /serial License_Key Specifies the license key to use when installing the package.
/remote_users User1 User2 ... UserN Specifies the user names that will be added to the Acronis Remote Users group. With this parameter, only the specified users will be added to the group. Separate the user names by spaces. Without this parameter, all members of the Administrators group on the particular machine will be added to the group. Members of the Acronis Remote Users group are allowed to connect to the agent remotely.
Step 2: Configuring the Group Policy object 1. In the Group Policy Object Editor snap-in, expand User Configuration, and then expand Software Settings. 2. Right-click Software installation, then point to New, and then click Package. 3. Select the agent's setup file in the shared folder that you previously created, and then click Open. 4. In the Deploy Software dialog box, click Advanced, and then click OK. 5. On the Deployment tab, under Deployment type, click Assigned. 6.
3. To display more information about used licenses, select Manage used licenses on the sidebar. (This item does not appear while all licenses are free). The Used mode lists all licenses that are acquired. Right-click on the column headings bar to choose the details to display: Product Name, Host Name, Host Address, Serial Number, Acquire Date (date of deployment or installation that used the license) and Renewal Date. You can sort any list using View > Arrange Icons by.
• Acronis True Image Echo Virtual Edition to Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server Virtual Edition • Acronis True Image for Microsoft Windows Small Business Server to Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server SBS Edition. The advanced editions of Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 include Acronis License Server that has to be installed prior to the Echo agents and local versions upgrade. The advanced editions of Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 do not have local versions.
2. Click Install Acronis Backup & Recovery 10. 3. Click Install Acronis License Server on this machine and follow the on-screen instructions. 4. Import the upgrade license keys for Acronis Backup & Recovery 10. 5. If you have not used a license server before, import the old license keys. Result: • The license server contains the old license keys and the newly imported upgrade license keys. 1.11.3.
4. Follow the on-screen instructions. To import the group server's group tasks 1. On the machine where the management server is installed, log on as a member of the Administrators group. 2. Change the current folder to the folder where the upgrade tool is installed—by default: C:\Program Files\Acronis\UpgradeTool If Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 is installed in a folder other than the default folder, change the path accordingly. 3.
1.11.5. Upgrading Acronis Backup Server to Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Storage Node You can install Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Storage Node on the same machine as the Acronis Backup Server, or on a different machine. If you want to import the backup server's locations as the storage node's centralized vaults, you must install the storage node on the same machine as the backup server.
• The storage node accesses the corresponding centralized vaults in the read-only mode: you can view the vaults' contents and recover data from their archives, but no archives can be deleted from the vaults. When restarting the machine or manually restarting services, make sure that the backup server service starts before the storage node service. Otherwise, the backup server may not work.
Upgrading tasks You might want to import the old backup tasks and validation tasks to Acronis Backup & Recovery 10. If you do not import them, these tasks will no longer run. Note: The tasks that back up data to Acronis Backup Server or validate archives stored on it will not be imported to Acronis Backup & Recovery 10. You can import the old tasks at the time of agent installation (see the installation instructions earlier in this section), or later by using Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Upgrade Tool.
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