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2 Step-by-step instructions
The following steps will guide you through the installation and basic use of the backup service. They
describe how to:
 Activate the backup service subscription
 Create a group
 Create a backup account
 Activate a backup account
 Install and register software on the end-user machines
 Access the backup management console
 Set up backup plans
 Recover files from a backup
 Recover a machine from a backup
 Create a report about the service usage
2.1 Activating the backup service subscription
1. Go to https://www.acronis.com/my/backup-service/.
2. Log in to your Acronis account. If you do not have an Acronis account, create one.
3. Enter the backup service registration codes.
4. Click Register.
5. To access the account management console, click Manage your backups.
At a later time, you can access the management console at https://www.backup.acronis.com/
2.2 Creating a group
Skip this step if you do not want to organize accounts into groups.
To create a group
1. Log in to the account management console.
2. On the bottom of the Groups pane, click "+".
3. In Name, specify a name for the group being created.
4. [Optional] In Identifier, type a string that will act as the identifier for the group. This identifier
will appear in monthly reports together with the group's usage data. You can use this identifier to
refer to this group in other programs, such as in your billing or monitoring systems.
The identifier can consist of up to 256 Unicode characters (for example, numbers and Latin
letters). It does not need to be unique across groups.
5. In Language, select the default language of notifications, reports and backup software that will
be used within this group.
6. [Optional] Specify the storage quota and the maximum number of machines the unit is allowed
to back up.
 Physical workstations
 Physical servers
 Virtual machines