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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. If you are installing Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Deduplication, select the Deduplication

(AcronisDeduplication.msi) check box.

6. If you are installing Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Universal Restore, select the Universal

Restore (AcronisUniversalRestore.msi) check box.

Note: In Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server Virtual Edition, the Universal Restore feature is

already enabled, so you do not need to install it separately.

7. In Extract to, type the name of the folder that you just created, or click Browse and select the

folder.

8. Click Extract.

9. Share the folder where you placed the installation packages. Make sure that domain users can

access the shared folder—for example, by leaving the default sharing settings for Everyone.

Step 2: Configuring the agent's installation package

Important: Skip this step when reinstalling or updating the agent.

You need to configure the agent's installation package by running the configuration script, which is

installed along with the management console. By default, the script is located in the folder

%ProgramFiles%\Acronis\BackupAndRecoveryConsole. If the management console is installed on a

different machine, you can simply copy the configuration script from that machine.

The configuration script creates a transform (also known as a modification, a modification file, or an

.mst file) for the installation package.

1. In the Start menu, click Run, and then type: cmd

2. Click OK.

3. Change the current folder to the one where the configuration script mst_gen.vbs is located, by

running commands such as:

cd "C:\Program Files\Acronis\BackupAndRecoveryConsole"

4. Run the configuration script.

For example, the following command creates a transform for the file

D:\Acronis\Acronis\AgentWindows.msi and uses licenses for the Acronis Backup & Recovery 10

Advanced Server edition from the license server installed on mylicensesrv; the agent will run

under the user account mydomain\AgentUser:

mst_gen.vbs /msi_path D:\Acronis\AgentWindows.msi /license_server mylicensesrv

/product AS /account mydomain\AgentUser MyPassWd

Note: You must include a complete path to the installation package, even if the package is in the same

folder as the configuration script.