Installation guide

Table of Contents
1. Installation of Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 ............................................................ 3
1.1. Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 components ...................................................................... 3
1.1.1. Agent for Windows .................................................................................................................................. 3
1.1.2. Bootable components and media builder............................................................................................... 4
1.1.3. WinPE ISO Builder .................................................................................................................................... 5
1.1.4. Agent for Linux ......................................................................................................................................... 5
1.1.5. Agent for ESX/ESXi ................................................................................................................................... 5
1.1.6. Components for centralized management ............................................................................................. 6
1.1.7. Management Console .............................................................................................................................. 8
1.2. Supported operating systems ............................................................................................. 8
1.3. License policy .................................................................................................................... 10
1.4. Trial product version ......................................................................................................... 10
1.5. Local installation (Windows) ............................................................................................. 11
1.5.1. Preparation ............................................................................................................................................. 11
1.5.2. Installation procedure ............................................................................................................................ 11
1.5.3. Specifying credentials for Acronis services............................................................................................ 12
1.5.4. Specifying Microsoft SQL servers .......................................................................................................... 12
1.5.5. Registering components on the management server .......................................................................... 13
1.5.6. Specifying users allowed to connect remotely ..................................................................................... 13
1.5.7. Update .................................................................................................................................................... 14
1.6. Remote installation (Windows) ........................................................................................ 14
1.7. Installation in Linux ........................................................................................................... 15
1.7.1. Installation procedure ............................................................................................................................ 15
1.7.2. Command-line parameters .................................................................................................................... 17
1.7.3. Uninstalling components ....................................................................................................................... 20
1.8. Installing ESX/ESXi Virtual Appliance ................................................................................ 20
1.9. Installing components using Group Policy ........................................................................ 21
1.9.1. Preparing the agent's deployment ........................................................................................................ 22
1.9.2. Setting up the Group Policy object ........................................................................................................ 25
1.10. Using Acronis License Server ............................................................................................. 26
1.11. Upgrading to advanced editions of Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 ................................. 27
1.11.1. Before the upgrade ................................................................................................................................ 28
1.11.2. Installing or upgrading the Acronis License Server ............................................................................... 28
1.11.3. Installing Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Console ......................................................... 29
1.11.4. Upgrading Acronis Group Server to Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Server ................. 29
1.11.5. Upgrading Acronis Backup Server to Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Storage Node .......................... 31
1.11.6. Upgrading Acronis True Image Echo agents and local versions ........................................................... 32
2. Index....................................................................................................................... 34