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If you choose to specify an existing user account for the storage node service, make sure that this
account is a member of the Administrators group before proceeding with the installation. Otherwise,
the service may lack access to some Windows resources.
If you choose to specify an existing user account for the management server service, this account will
be added to the Acronis Centralized Admins group automatically.
When installing an agent on a failover cluster node, such as a Hyper-V cluster node, specify an
existing account of a domain user for the agent service. The account must have administrative
privileges on each of the cluster nodes. With this account the agent will be able to access the
clustered resources on any of the nodes. Alternatively, you can choose to create a new account for
the agent. Then, when creating centralized backup plans or recovery tasks, you will need to specify
credentials for the domain account with the necessary privileges.
Tips for further usage
 If the machine is part of an Active Directory domain, make sure that the domain's security
policies do not prevent the accounts described in this section (whether existing or newly created)
from having the above listed user rights.
 After the installation, do not specify a different user account for a component's service.
Otherwise, the component may stop working.
Specifying Microsoft SQL servers
When installing Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 Management Server, you need to specify the
Microsoft SQL servers for the management server's databases:
 The operational SQL server ensures synchronization of the Acronis Backup & Recovery 11
components. It stores a database with rapidly changing operational data.
 The reporting SQL server stores the operation log and statistics. The databases stored on this
server may become considerably large over time.
For each SQL server, select one of the following:
 Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express that comes with the installation package and installs on the
same machine. In this case, an SQL server instance will be created on the machine.
 Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (any edition) previously installed on any machine.
 Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (any edition) previously installed on any machine.
Recommendations
For the operational SQL server, we recommend selecting a server that resides on the same machine
as the management server—for example, Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express that comes with the
installation package.
For the reporting SQL server, you can choose the same server as for the operational SQL server, or a
different server—not necessarily on the same machine.
Registering components on the management server
When installing Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 Agent for Windows, Acronis Backup & Recovery 11
Agent for VMware vSphere ESX(i) (Windows), or Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 Storage Node, you
need to specify whether to register these components on Acronis Backup & Recovery 11
Management Server.