Operation Manual

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 Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 – all editions, SP2 or later.
Hotfix http://support.microsoft.com/kb/908072 must be installed.
2.4 Activating the account
When an administrator creates an account for you, an email message is sent to your email address.
The message contains the following information:
 An account activation link. Сlick the link and set the password for the account. Remember your
login that is shown on the account activation page.
 A link to the backup console login page. Use this link to access the console in future. The login
and password are the same as in the previous step.
2.5 Accessing the backup service
You can log in to the backup service if you activated your account.
To log in to the backup service
1. Go to the backup service login page. The login page address was included in the activation email
message.
2. Type the login and password of the account.
3. Click Log in.
2.6 Installing the software
2.6.1 Preparation
Step 1
Choose the agent, depending on what you are going to back up. The following table summarizes the
information, to help you decide.
Note that Agent for Windows is installed along with Agent for Exchange and Agent for SQL. If you
install, for example, Agent for SQL, you also will be able to back up the entire machine where the
agent is installed.
What are you going to
back up?
Which agent do I need?
Where to install it?
Physical machines
running Windows
Agent for Windows
On the machine that will be backed up.
Physical machines
running Linux
Agent for Linux
On the machine that will be backed up.
Physical machines
running OS X
Agent for Mac
On the machine that will be backed up.
VMware ESXi virtual
machines
Agent for VMware
On a Windows machine that has network access to
vCenter Server and to the virtual machine storage.*
Hyper-V virtual
machines
Agent for Hyper-V
On the Hyper-V host.
Virtuozzo virtual
machines and containers
Agent for Virtuozzo
On the Virtuozzo host.