User`s guide

2.12.7 Privileges for centralized management

This section describes the users' privileges that are required to manage a machine locally and

remotely, to manage a machine registered on Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Server,

and to access and manage Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Storage Node.

2.12.7.1 Types of connection to a managed machine

There are two types of connection to a managed machine: local connection and remote connection.

Local connection

The local connection is established between Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Console on

a machine and Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Agent on the same machine.

To establish a local connection

 On the toolbar, click Connect, then point to New connection, and then click This machine.

Remote connection

A remote connection is established between Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Console on

one machine and Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Agent on another machine.

You might need to specify logon credentials to establish a remote connection.

To establish a remote connection

1. On the toolbar, click Connect, then point to New connection, and then click Manage a remote

machine.

2. In Machine, type or select the name or IP address of the remote machine to which you want to

connect; or click Browse to select the machine from the list.

3. To specify credentials for connection, click Options and then type the user name and password in

the User name and Password boxes respectively. In Windows, if you leave the User name box

empty, the credentials under which the console is running will be used.

4. To save the password for the specified user name, select the Save password check box; the

password will be saved in a secure storage on the machine where the console is running.

2.12.7.2 Privileges for local connection

Local connection on a machine running Windows can be established by any user who has the "Log on

locally" user right on the machine.

2.12.7.3 Privileges for remote connection in Windows

To establish a remote connection to a machine running Windows, the user must be a member of the

Acronis Remote Users security group on that machine.

After remote connection is established, the user has management rights on the remote machine as

described in User rights on a managed machine (p. 32).

Note: On a remote machine running Windows Vista with enabled User Account Control (UAC)—and which is not

part of a domain—only the built-in Administrator user can back up data and perform disk management

operations. To overcome the restriction, include the machine into a domain or disable UAC on the machine (by

default, UAC is enabled). The same applies to machines running Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7.