Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 Server for Linux Update 0 Installation Guide
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Table of contents 1 Before installation ...................................................................................................................... 4 1.1 Types of licenses (stand-alone and advanced editions).......................................................... 4 1.2 Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 components .......................................................................... 4 1.2.1 1.2.2 1.2.3 2 3 Agent for Linux...................................................................
1 Before installation This section answers questions that might arise before the product installation. 1.1 Types of licenses (stand-alone and advanced editions) Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 licensing is based on the number of machines backed up by the product.
Components for a managed machine (agents) These are applications that perform data backup, recovery and other operations on the machines managed with Acronis Backup & Recovery 11. Agents require a license to perform operations on each managed machine. Agents have multiple features, or add-ons, that enable additional functionality and so might require additional licenses. Console The console provides Graphical User Interface to the agents. Usage of the console is not licensed.
1.2.3 Bootable Media Builder Acronis Bootable Media Builder is a dedicated tool for creating bootable media. The media builder that installs on Linux creates bootable media based on Linux kernel. The Universal Restore (p. 5) add-on enables you to create bootable media with the restore to dissimilar hardware functionality. Universal Restore handles differences in devices that are critical for the operating system start-up, such as storage controllers, motherboard or chipset. 1.
2.1 Preparation RPM Package Manager Make sure that the RPM Package Manager (RPM) is installed in your system. Before installing the product on a Linux distribution that does not use RPM, such as Ubuntu, you need to install RPM manually; for example, by running the following command: sudo apt-get install rpm Linux distributions where RPM is already installed include Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Fedora, and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.
2.3 Installation in the unattended mode To install the product or any of its components in the unattended mode (without asking for confirmations), run the installation file with the -a command-line parameter. You may need to use other parameters (p. 8) to specify how to perform the installation. The following example assumes that the name of the installation file is ABR11ServerForLinux.i686.
-i or --id= Specifies the name of the component being installed: For Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 Agent for Linux: BackupAndRecoveryAgent For Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 Bootable Components and Media Builder: BackupAndRecoveryBootableComponents For Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 Management Console: ManagementConsole The names are case-sensitive. Without this parameter, all components will be installed. --aur Enables the Universal Restore feature.
The recovery functionality is available, but the backup functionality is not. To try the backup functionality, install the software in the operating system. 3.2 Changing a license By changing the license, you switch to a different version or edition of the product. The following table summarizes the available options.
To uninstall all components in the unattended mode, run each of the ./uninstall commands with the -a parameter. 6 Deleting Acronis Secure Zone Uninstallation of Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 does not affect Acronis Secure Zone and its contents. You will still be able to recover data from Acronis Secure Zone on booting from bootable media. If you need to delete Acronis Secure Zone, perform the following steps in the operating system (before the agent uninstallation) or under bootable media.
