User Guide

This document describes how to install and start using Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Server for

Linux.

1. Supported operating systems

• Linux with kernel 2.4.18 or later (including 2.6.x kernels) and glibc 2.3.2 or later

• Various Linux distributions, including:

o Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5

o CentOS 4 and 5

o Fedora 9 and 10

o Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) and 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope)

o Debian 4 (Lenny) and 5 (Etch)

o SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10

o openSUSE

o Asianux

• x64 versions of the above Linux distributions and other Linux distributions are also supported.

The agent for Linux is in fact a 32-bit executable. For authentication, the agent uses system

libraries, 32-bit versions of which are not always installed by default with 64-bit distributions.

When using the agent on a 64-bit RedHat based distribution, such as RHEL, CentOS, Fedora or

Scientific Linux, make sure that the following 32-bit packages are installed in the system:

pam.i386

libselinux.i386

libsepol.i386

These packages should be available in the repository of your Linux distribution.

2. What you need to get started

Make sure that you have:

• A machine running one of the supported Linux distributions, with at least 512 MB of physical

memory.

• A license key for the product

• The installation file, which you can download from the product download Web page

http://www.acronis.com/enterprise/download/. To download the installation file, sign in to your

Acronis account (create it if you do not have one). Use this link regardless of whether you have a

trial or a full license key.

3. Installing and starting to use the product

The following steps will guide you through the installation and basic use of Acronis Backup &

Recovery 10.