Acronis Backup Version 11.
Table of contents 1 Before installation ...........................................................................................................3 1.1 About using the product in the trial mode ................................................................................3 1.2 Licenses for Acronis Backup and Acronis Backup Advanced .....................................................3 1.3 Acronis Backup components ...................................................................................
1 Before installation This section answers questions that might arise before the product installation. 1.1 About using the product in the trial mode Before buying an Acronis Backup license, you may want to try the software. This can be done without a license key. To install the product in the trial mode, run the setup program locally or use the remote installation functionality. Unattended installation and other ways of installation are not supported.
Disk and file backup Centralized management Deduplication Backup to tape Application backup Acronis Backup Advanced for Windows Server + + + + - Acronis Backup Advanced for Linux Server + + + + - + + + + - + + + + Exchange + + + + SQL Acronis Backup Advanced for SharePoint + + + + SQL, SharePoint Acronis Backup Advanced for Active Directory + + + + Active Directory Acronis Backup Advanced for VMware / Hyper-V / RHEV / Citrix XenServer / Oracle VM + + + + All
Components for a managed machine (agents) These are applications that perform data backup, recovery and other operations on the machines managed with Acronis Backup. Agents require a license to perform operations on each managed machine. Console The console provides Graphical User Interface to the agents. Usage of the console is not licensed. The console is installed together with the agent and cannot be disconnected from it.
1.3.3 Bootable Media Builder Acronis Bootable Media Builder is a dedicated tool for creating bootable media. The media builder that installs on Windows can create bootable media based on either Windows Preinstallation Environment, or Linux kernel. 1.4 Supported operating systems Important: See "Support for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012" for details and limitations of this support.
Acronis Backup for Windows 420 MB Server (complete installation) 2.6 GB 2.4 GB Acronis Backup for PC (complete installation) 420 MB 2.9 GB 2.4 GB Bootable Media Builder (Windows) 480 MB 1.3 GB 930 MB Media type Memory ISO image size Additional Based on Windows PE 1 GB 410 MB Linux-based 370 MB 490 MB Screen resolution 800*600 pixels or higher Bootable media 2 Installing Acronis Backup This section helps answer questions that might arise during the product installation. 2.
2.2.1 Installation mode Choose the installation mode depending on whether you have a license key or subscription. Installing in the trial mode Select I want to start a free trial. The product will be installed in the trial mode (p. 3). Installing for cloud backup only 1. Select I purchased a license or a subscription, and then click Next. 2. In License for backup of disks/files, select Cloud backup only - license not required. 3. Click Next, and then click Yes in the confirmation window.
Tips for further usage The new account has the name Acronis Agent User. After the installation, avoid specifying a different account for the service. Otherwise, the product may stop working. If you must specify a different account, make sure that the new account is granted the above listed privileges.
For example: The following command creates a transform to install the Agent Core component: mst_gen.vbs /msi_path C:\AcronisAgentCore.msi The following command creates a transform to install Agent for Windows with the license key ABCDE-54321: mst_gen.vbs /msi_path C:\AcronisAgentWindows.msi /serial ABCDE-54321 The complete syntax of the configuration script is described in "Configuration script parameters (p. 10)". 5.
Specifies a full path to the component's installation package. Enter a local path, such as D:\folder\AcronisAgentWindows.msi; or enter a universal naming convention (UNC) path, such as \\server\folder\AcronisAgentWindows.msi. /target_dir Specifies the folder where to install the component. Without this parameter, the component will be installed to the default folder: %ProgramFiles%\Acronis (in a 32-bit version of Windows) or %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Acronis (in a 64-bit version of Windows).
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Run the setup program of the updated version of Acronis Backup. Click Install Acronis Backup. Click Update. If prompted, type the product license key. Follow the on-screen instructions. Updating components in the unattended mode For information about updating a component in the unattended mode, see "Unattended installation (p. 9)".
Step 3. Installing the management server Install Acronis Backup Management Server on a machine running Windows. The machine must have at least 8 GB of RAM and 4.5 GB of free space on a system disk. It is acceptable to install the management server on one of the machines where you have upgraded the product. To do this: 1. 2. 3. 4. Run the setup program, and then click Install Acronis Backup. After accepting the terms of the license agreement, click Modify. In the components tree, select Management Server.
5 Uninstallation 5.1 Interactive uninstallation To uninstall Acronis Backup, we recommend using the following procedure instead of the Add or Remove Programs or Programs and Features tool of Windows. To uninstall Acronis Backup 1. Click Start -> All Programs -> Acronis -> Uninstall Acronis Backup. 2. To remove the log and tasks of Acronis Backup, select the Remove the product's log, tasks, vaults and configuration settings check box.
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