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 for Windows Server Essentials + + + + All supported* 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 fo
1.3 Acronis Backup components This section contains a list of Acronis Backup components with a brief description of their functionality. 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.
Disk management Agent for Windows includes Acronis Disk Director Lite - a handy disk management utility. Disk management operations, such as cloning disks; converting disks; creating, formatting and deleting volumes; changing a disk partitioning style between MBR and GPT or changing a disk label, can be performed either in the operating system or using bootable media. 1.3.2 Management Console Acronis Backup Management Console is an administrative tool for local access to Acronis Backup agent.
Windows 8/8.1 – all editions except for the Windows RT editions (x86, x64) Windows 10 – Home, Pro, Education, and Enterprise editions Remote connection to the agent is not possible. 1.5 System requirements The products installed in Windows To calculate the total required disk space, add up the values specified in the third and fourth columns of the table for the components you are planning to install.
4. Choose the installation mode (trial or full) (p. 8). 5. Specify the folder where the product will be installed. 6. Specify credentials for the account under which the agent service will run. By default, the setup program will create a dedicated user account for the service. See information about the Acronis Agent User account in "Specifying credentials for the Acronis service" (p. 8). 7. Choose whether the machine will participate in the Acronis Customer Experience Program (CEP).
Privileges for the account The account (whether existing or newly created) is given the following privileges: The account is included in the Backup Operators group. The new account for the service is also included in the Administrators group. For security reasons, the setup program does not automatically include the existing account in this group.
%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Acronis\BackupAndRecoveryConsole in 64-bit Windows Order of installation First, install the management console. When you install the agent, first install the Agent Core component, then the agent itself. Installation procedure To install or update a component in the unattended mode 1. 2. 3. 4. Start the setup program. Click Extract installation files. Extract the component's installation package.
mst_gen.vbs /msi_path [/target_dir ] [/account ] [/cep_enabled] {/serial [/old_serial ] } [/current_user] Brackets ([]) denote parameters that are optional or that apply only to some components. Braces ({}) denote mutually exclusive sets of parameters; each set is separated by a pipe (|). The following is the description of each parameter and the list of components it applies to.
When upgrading from Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 or 11, specifies the license key for that product. Use this parameter with the /serial parameter. Note If the /serial parameter is not specified, the agent will be installed for cloud backup only. Parameter that applies only to the management console The following parameter applies only to the installation package AcronisManagementConsole.msi.
2. On the Help menu, click Change license. 3. Click Change to the right of License for backup of disks/files, click Change, and then click Use the following license keys. 4. Enter the new license keys for this machine. 5. Click OK to apply the new licenses, click Yes in the warning message, and then click OK. The licenses previously assigned to the machine will be revoked and the management console will restart.
You can now create centralized backup plans that will simultaneously back up several machines to a single location. 4 Checking for software updates Each time you start the management console, Acronis Backup checks whether a new version of the software is available on the Acronis website. If so, the software provides a link for downloading a setup program of the new version. To check for updates manually, start the management console and then click Help > Check for updates.
If you need to delete Acronis Secure Zone, perform the following steps in the operating system (before the agent uninstallation) or under bootable media. To delete Acronis Secure Zone 1. On the Actions menu, click Manage Acronis Secure Zone. 2. In the Delete Acronis Secure Zone window, select volumes to which you want to add the space freed from the zone and then click OK. If you select several volumes, the space will be distributed proportionally to each partition.
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