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3. [Optional] Re-create local backup plans that previously existed on the VA if you want to continue
using them.
4. [Optional] Re-establish the machines' membership in dynamic groups that use the All VMs
backed up by agent criterion. To do this, specify the updated VA as a criterion for the group.
Details. The machines' membership in such dynamic groups is lost because the old VA is removed
from the management server during update.
You do not need to re-add either static or dynamic custom groups to the centralized backup plans. As
soon as the machines' membership in the groups is re-established, the appropriate backup plans will
continue protecting the machines.
2.4 Installation of Agent for Hyper-V
Agent for Hyper-V enables you to back up and recover virtual machines from a Hyper-V host without
installing agents on the virtual machines.
Preparation
Licenses. Make sure that you have a sufficient number of licenses for Virtual Edition. You need one
license per Hyper-V host. If you have a Hyper-V cluster (also called a failover cluster), we recommend
obtaining licenses for each node of the cluster.
Management server. We recommend installing Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 Management Server
and importing the licenses. If you have a Hyper-V cluster, installing the management server will
enable you to back up clustered virtual machines whatever node they are running on.
Installation
Install the agent on the Hyper-V host. In a Hyper-V cluster, install the agent on each node of the
cluster.
 In Windows 2008/2008 R2, you can install the agent from the setup program (p. 17). Select the
Back up this machine's data check box and follow the onscreen instructions.
 In Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008/2008 R2, you can install the agent remotely (p. 24).
When installing the agent, provide the license key, either manually, or by specifying the management
server or the license server.
If prompted for the Acronis Managed Machine Service (agent) account, specify an account of a
domain user who has administrative privileges on all nodes of your Hyper-V cluster. With this
account the agent will be able to access virtual machines 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.
If you installed the management server, choose to register the agent on it during installation.
3 Upgrading from trial to full product version
The trial key required at installation can be obtained on the Acronis Web site.