User Guide

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Table of Contents

1. Before installation .................................................................................................. 4

1.1. Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 components ...................................................................... 4

1.1.1. Agent for Windows ...................................................................................................................................... 4

1.1.2. Agent for Linux ............................................................................................................................................. 5

1.1.3. Bootable components and media builder ................................................................................................. 6

1.1.4. Components for centralized management ................................................................................................ 6

1.1.5. Management Console ................................................................................................................................. 9

1.1.6. Acronis Wake-On-LAN Proxy ...................................................................................................................... 9

1.2. Supported operating systems ............................................................................................. 9

1.3. Hardware requirements .................................................................................................... 10

1.4. License policy .................................................................................................................... 12

1.5. Using Acronis License Server ............................................................................................. 13

2. Installation of Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 ........................................................ 14

2.1. Local installation (Windows) ............................................................................................. 14

2.1.1. Preparation ................................................................................................................................................. 15

2.1.2. Installation procedure ............................................................................................................................... 15

2.1.3. Specifying credentials for Acronis services .............................................................................................. 16

2.1.4. Specifying Microsoft SQL servers .............................................................................................................. 16

2.1.5. Registering components on the management server ............................................................................ 17

2.1.6. Specifying users allowed to connect remotely ........................................................................................ 17

2.1.7. Update ........................................................................................................................................................ 18

2.2. Remote installation (Windows)......................................................................................... 18

2.3. Unattended installation in Windows ................................................................................ 19

2.4. Configuration script parameters .......................................................................................

2.5. Installing components using Group Policy ........................................................................ 23

2.5.1. Preparing the agent's deployment ........................................................................................................... 23

2.5.2. Setting up the Group Policy object ........................................................................................................... 24

2.6. Installation in Linux ........................................................................................................... 25

2.6.1. Installation procedure ............................................................................................................................... 25

2.6.2. Command-line parameters ....................................................................................................................... 27

2.6.3. Uninstalling components .......................................................................................................................... 30

3. Upgrading from trial to full product version .......................................................... 30

3.1. Changing a license ............................................................................................................. 31

3.2. Upgrading components for Windows ............................................................................... 32

3.3. Upgrading components for Linux ...................................................................................... 32

4. Upgrading to advanced editions of Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 ......................... 33

4.1. Before the upgrade ........................................................................................................... 33

4.2. Installing or upgrading the Acronis License Server ........................................................... 34

4.3. Installing Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Console ...................................... 34