Acronis® Backup & Recovery ® 10 Advanced Server SBS Edition Update 5 Installation Guide
Table of contents 1 Before installation .................................................................................................................4 1.1 Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 components .............................................................................4 1.1.1 1.1.2 1.1.3 1.1.4 1.1.5 2 1.2 Supported operating systems ....................................................................................................8 1.3 System requirements.....................................
5.3 3 Deleting Acronis Secure Zone ..................................................................................................
1 Before installation This section answers questions that might arise before the product installation. 1.1 Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 components This section contains a full list of Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 components with a brief description of their functionality. Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 includes the following main types of components.
Other operations Conversion to a virtual machine Rather than converting a disk backup to a virtual disk file, which requires additional operations to bring the virtual disk into use, Agent for Windows performs the conversion by recovering a disk backup to a new virtual machine of any of the following types: VMware Workstation, Microsoft Virtual PC, Parallels Workstation, Citrix XenServer Open Virtual Appliance (OVA) or Red Hat KVM.
The management server's databases The management server uses three Microsoft SQL databases: The configuration database that stores the list of registered machines and other configuration information, including backup policies created by the administrator. The synchronization database used for synchronization of the management server with registered machines and storage nodes. This is a database with rapidly changing operational data. The reporting database that stores the centralized log.
specify the path to the vault, the storage node that will manage the vault, and the management operations to be performed on the vault. A managed vault can be organized: on the hard drives local to the storage node on a network share on a Storage Area Network (SAN) on a Network Attached Storage (NAS) on a tape library locally attached to the storage node. The management operations are as follows.
1.1.2.4 License Server The server enables you to manage licenses of Acronis products and install the components that require licenses. For more information about Acronis License Server please see "Using Acronis License Server (p. 11)". 1.1.
Windows Small Business Server 2008 (x64) Windows Small Business Server 2011 Windows Server 2008 R2 - the Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Foundation editions Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Windows MultiPoint Server 2010 Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Console Windows XP Professional SP2+ (x86, x64) Windows 2000 SP4 – all editions except for the Datacenter edition Windows Server 2003/2003 R2 - the Standard and Enterprise editions (x86, x64) Windows Small Business Serve
Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 can back up and recover operating systems if they are installed in BIOS/MBR mode, even if they run on EFI-capable servers. Most servers have BIOS settings that allow booting the installation CD in BIOS/MBR mode instead of EFI mode. The MBR mode ensures that after installation the boot disk is partitioned in MBR standard, not GPT. 1.
1.4 Licensing policy Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 licensing is based on the number of machines managed and protected by the product. Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 agents require a license to perform operations on each managed machine. Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server SBS Edition (ABR10 AS SBS) Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Workstation (ABR10 AW) These editions include Acronis License Server that has to be installed prior to agent installation.
2. Click Manage licenses. Connect to the machine where Acronis License Server is installed. This will display all license keys available on the license server. One license key can contain multiple licenses. Right-click on the column headings bar to choose the details to display: Product name, License key, Import date, Expiration date and Total number of licenses assigned to each license key, as well as how many of them are available (i.e. free) and used.
--status [servername or server IP-address] Displays the status of the specified license server, i.e. the number of total/free licenses for each Acronis product. --import [servername] [license key] Adds a new license key to the specified license server. You can specify multiple license keys (space separated). --import-file [servername] [filename] Imports license keys from a .txt or .eml file. --help Shows usage.
1. Run the Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 setup file. 2. Click Install Acronis Backup & Recovery 10. 3. Do either of the following: To install the product with full functionality (including online backup), click Fully-functional Acronis Backup & Recovery 10. 4. 5. 6. 7. To install the product for online backup only, click Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 for online backup only. If you chose to install the fully-functional product, specify the name or IP address of the Acronis License Server.
For the Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Storage Node service, ASN User The newly created accounts are given the following privileges: All three accounts are assigned the Log on as a service user right. The Acronis Agent User and ASN User user accounts are included in the Backup Operators group. The Acronis Agent User user account is assigned the Adjust memory quotas for a process and Replace a process level token user rights.
2.1.5 Registering components on the management server When installing Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Agent for Windows or Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Storage Node (or both), you need to specify whether to register these components on Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Server. After the agent is registered on the management server, the machine can be centrally managed by management server administrators. Such machine is called a registered machine.
Updating components in the unattended mode For information about updating a component in the unattended mode, see "Unattended installation in Windows (p. 18)". 2.2 Remote installation (Windows) Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 components can be installed remotely. To perform remote installation, you need administrator privileges on the target machines. Preparation 1. Install Acronis License Server and import the licenses.
5. Specify the components that you want to install and their features. Please keep in mind that the features, or add-ons, cannot be installed if the main component is not installed or selected for installation. 6. If you selected to install the agent, specify whether to register the machines on the management server after agent installation. 7. Select machines on which the components are to be installed. This can be done by: browsing the network.
Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Agent for Windows AcronisAgentWindows.msi Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Console for advanced editions: AcronisManagementConsole.msi Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Console for stand-alone editions: AcronisStandaloneManagementConsole.msi Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Universal Restore: AcronisUniversalRestore.msi Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Deduplication: AcronisDeduplication.
Example of creating a transform Consider the following command, which creates a transform for the installation package of the agent for Windows: mst_gen.vbs /msi_path C:\AcronisAgentWindows.msi /license_server licensesrv /product AS /account mydomain\agentuser MyPassWd /ams_address managementsrv /ams_user adminname AdminPassWd After unattended installation with that transform: The agent will use a license for the Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server edition, by taking it from the license server
This parameter is not effective for components that run as services: Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Agent for Windows, Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Server, and Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Storage Node. Avoid using this parameter when installing the component through Group Policy, because the “current user” in such installation is typically a system account. /target_dir Installation_Folder Specifies the folder where to install the component.
Specifies the user names that will be added to the Acronis Remote Users group. With this parameter, only the specified users will be added to the group. Separate the user names by spaces. Without this parameter, all members of the Administrators group on the particular machine will be added to the group. Members of the Acronis Remote Users group are allowed to connect to the agent remotely. /ams_address Management_Server Specifies the name or IP address of the Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Server.
Step 1: Extracting installation packages You need to create a shared folder that will contain the agent's installation package (provided as an .msi file), and extract the package there. 1. On the domain controller (or any other machine in the domain), create a folder—for example: D:\Acronis 2. Start the Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 setup program. 3. Click Extract installation files. 4. Select the Agent for Windows (AcronisAgentWindows.msi) check box. 5.
For the complete syntax of the configuration script, see Configuration script parameters (p. 20). The agent's installation package is ready for deployment. You now need to create a Group Policy object, as described in Setting up the Group Policy object (p. 24). 2.5.2 Setting up the Group Policy object Use this procedure to set up a Group Policy object (GPO) for agent deployment in the entire domain or in its organizational unit.
If you are installing the agent, do the following: on the Modifications tab, click Add, and then select the transform that you previously created; the transform file has the name AcronisAgentWindows.mst and is located in the same folder as the agent's installation package. 6. Click OK to close the Deploy Software dialog box. 7. If you are installing Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Deduplication and/or Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Universal Restore, do the following for the appropriate installation package: a.
Acronis Deduplication is always enabled in trial product versions. If you want to continue using this functionality, please do not forget to: 1. Purchase Acronis Deduplication licenses 2. Import the Acronis Deduplication license keys to the license server 3. Use one Acronis Deduplication license for every machine where Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 is upgraded to the full version. You can do this later at any time, however, until that time backup to deduplicating vaults will fail.
5. If you selected the first option, proceed with adding or removing components. If you selected the second option, click Close to exit the setup program.
4.2 Installing or upgrading the Acronis License Server If an earlier version of the license server is already installed, upgrade it by installing the new license server on the same machine. In this case, the old license keys will be present on the upgraded license server. If you have not used a license server before, import both old license keys and upgrade license keys to the newly installed license server. To install or upgrade the license server 1. 2. 3. 4.
Note: The tasks that back up data to Acronis Backup Server or validate archives stored on it will not be imported to the management server. To install the management server 1. Run the Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 setup file. 2. In the list of components to install, select the Management Server check box. If conversion of group tasks is required, select to install Upgrade Tool. 3. Select the Convert group tasks to backup policies check box if you want to convert group tasks during installation.
The imported group tasks become the management server's backup policies and appear in the Backup policies view. (After you upgraded tasks on a machine and if you did not specify the -r parameter.) When a machine to which a group task was originally applied registers on the management server, the corresponding backup policy will become applied to that machine. 4.
The backup server continues working as before: Acronis True Image Echo components can back up data to and recover data from the locations; the backup server cleans up the location according to quotas and time limits. The storage node accesses the corresponding centralized vaults in the read-only mode: you can view the vaults' contents and recover data from their archives, but no archives can be deleted from the vaults.
The Acronis True Image Echo agents and local versions are replaced with Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 components. Upgrading tasks You might want to import the old backup tasks and validation tasks to Acronis Backup & Recovery 10. If you do not import them, these tasks will no longer run. Note: The tasks that back up data to Acronis Backup Server or validate archives stored on it will not be imported to Acronis Backup & Recovery 10.
The old options are imported as follows: Notifications is imported as Notifications in both Default backup options and Default recovery options. Event tracing is imported as Event tracing in both Default backup options and Default recovery options. Archive splitting is imported as Backup splitting. Validate backup archive upon its creation completion is not imported from Additional settings in Default backup options or Default recovery options.
As a result, the task is imported as an Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 task and becomes part of a backup plan. 5 Uninstalling advanced editions of Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 When you uninstall a component that uses a license, Acronis License Server revokes the license from the machine. You can revoke the license manually (p. 11) later, if the license server was unavailable during uninstallation. 5.
Uninstalling Acronis License Server Because Acronis License Server may be used by other Acronis products, you need to uninstall it separately from Acronis Backup & Recovery 10. To uninstall Acronis License Server 1. Start the Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 setup program. 2. Click Repair/remove Acronis License Server. 3. Click Remove. 5.2 Unattended uninstallation in Windows To uninstall a component or feature of Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 in the unattended mode, you need to run the msiexec utility.
2. In the Delete Acronis Secure Zone window, select volumes to which you want to add the space freed from the zone and then click OK. If you select several volumes, the space will be distributed proportionally to each partition. If you do not select any volume, the freed space becomes unallocated. After you click OK, Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 will start deleting the zone. 36 Copyright © Acronis, Inc.
