Installation guide

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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 .................................................................................................................................... 4

1.1.4. Components for centralized management ............................................................................................. 5

1.1.5. Management Console .............................................................................................................................. 7

1.2. Supported operating systems ............................................................................................. 7

1.3. License policy ...................................................................................................................... 8

1.4. Trial product version ........................................................................................................... 8

1.5. Local installation (Windows) ............................................................................................... 9

1.5.1. Preparation ............................................................................................................................................... 9

1.5.2. Installation procedure .............................................................................................................................. 9

1.5.3. Specifying credentials for Acronis services............................................................................................ 10

1.5.4. Specifying Microsoft SQL servers .......................................................................................................... 10

1.5.5. Registering components on the management server .......................................................................... 11

1.5.6. Specifying users allowed to connect remotely ..................................................................................... 11

1.5.7. Update .................................................................................................................................................... 12

1.6. Remote installation (Windows) ........................................................................................ 12

1.7. Installing components using Group Policy ........................................................................ 13

1.7.1. Preparing the agent's deployment ........................................................................................................ 14

1.7.2. Setting up the Group Policy object ........................................................................................................ 17

1.8. Using Acronis License Server ............................................................................................. 18

1.9. Upgrading to advanced editions of Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 ................................. 19

1.9.1. Before the upgrade ................................................................................................................................ 20

1.9.2. Installing or upgrading the Acronis License Server ............................................................................... 20

1.9.3. Installing Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Console ......................................................... 21

1.9.4. Upgrading Acronis Group Server to Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Server ................. 21

1.9.5. Upgrading Acronis Backup Server to Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Storage Node .......................... 22

1.9.6. Upgrading Acronis True Image Echo agents and local versions ........................................................... 24

2. Index....................................................................................................................... 26