User guide

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Service name Purpose Account used
by the service
Privileges added to the account
User rights Group
membership
Permissions on registry
keys
Acronis
Managed
Machine Service
(Main service)
Backing up and
recovering data
on the machine
Acronis Agent
User (new
account) or
user-specified
account
Log on as a
service
Adjust memory
quotas for a
process
Replace a
process level
token
Modify
firmware
environment
values
Backup
Operators
(for any account)
Administrators
(for new account
only)
BackupAndRecovery
Encryption
Global
MMS
Acronis VSS
Provider
(Auxiliary
service; created
only in a
Windows Server
operating
system)
Using a Volume
Shadow Copy
(VSS) provider
(p. 97) that
comes with
Acronis Backup
& Recovery 11.5
Local System
No additional privileges
Acronis
Removable
Storage
Management
Service
(Auxiliary
service)
Managing locally
attached tape
devices
Local System
No additional privileges
Common services for Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 and other Acronis products
The following services are shared with other Acronis products installed on the machine. These
services run under a system account. No additional privileges are given to the account.
Service name Purpose Account used by the service
Acronis
Remote Agent
Service
Providing connectivity among Acronis components
Local System
(Windows Vista and later)
or
NetworkService
(earlier than Windows Vista)
Acronis
Scheduler2
Service
Providing scheduling for tasks performed by Acronis
components
Local System