Operation Manual

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 Agent for Hyper-V backs up Hyper-V virtual machines without installing agents into the guest
systems. The agent is installed on a Hyper-V host.
 Agent for Virtuozzo backs up Virtuozzo virtual machines and containers without installing agents
into the guest systems. The agent is installed on a Virtuozzo host.
 Agent for Exchange backs up Microsoft Exchange Server databases.
 Agent for SQL backs up Microsoft SQL Server databases.
 Agent for Linux backs up disks, volumes, and files on a machine running Linux.
 Agent for Mac backs up disks, volumes, and files on a machine running OS X.
The agents can be installed by users or by administrators.
On the data-center side
The servers are located in Acronis data centers.
 Account server stores the user account hierarchy and enables administering the backup service
from the account management console. Only administrators can access this console.
 Backup management server manages the agents. It enables users and administrators to set up
and monitor backups from the backup management console.
The backup storages are located in Acronis data centers. End users have the option to store backups
either in a data center or within their local networks.
The following diagram illustrates the default backup service architecture. Blue arrows ( ) show the
software component interactions. Black arrows ( ) show how administrators and end users access
the backup service.