Installation guide

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.

Editions with centralized management

These are the following editions:

Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server (ABR10 AS)

Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server Virtual Edition (ABR10 AS VE)

Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server SBS Edition (ABR10 AS SBS)

Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Workstation (ABR10 AW)

These editions include Acronis License Server that has to be installed prior to agent installation.

License keys can be imported to the Acronis License Server from .txt or .eml files during the server

installation or later on. For ABR10 AS, ABR10 AS SBS, ABR10 AW, one license key enables installation

of the agent on a physical host and four virtual machines. For ABR10 AS VE, one license key enables

installation of the agent on a physical host and on an unlimited number of hosted virtual machines.

Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 agent connects to Acronis License Server every time the agent service

is started and then every 1–5 days, as specified by the agent configuration parameters. If the agent is

unable to connect to the license server or does not find the appropriate license key for 1-60 days (as

specified by the configuration parameters), it stops working until there has been a successful license

check.

By default, the agent tries to connect to the license server every day and keeps working without a

license server or license for 30 days.

1.4. Trial product version

Installation of Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 trial version does not require a license server. The trial

key required at installation can be obtained on the Acronis Web site.

The Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 trial version has the following limitation:

• Universal Restore functionality is disabled.

Additional limitations for bootable media:

• The disk management functionality is available, but there is no option to commit the changes

• Besides disk management, only the recovery functionality is available.

To upgrade from the trial version to the standard product you do not need to re-download the

software. When the trial period is over, the product GUI displays a notification offering to specify a

standard license key.