Installation guide

Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server Virtual Edition: VE

-? or --help

Displays help and then exits.

--usage

Displays a brief usage message and then exits.

1.7.3. Uninstalling components

To uninstall Acronis Backup & Recovery 10

Do the following as the root user:

1. Run the following commands to uninstall the Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 components:

# cd /usr/lib/Acronis/BackupAndRecovery/uninstall

# ./uninstall

2. Run the following command to delete the source files of the SnapAPI module:

# rm -rf /usr/src/snapapi*

1.8. Installing ESX/ESXi Virtual Appliance

The Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Agent for ESX/ESXi is delivered as a virtual appliance. This

component enables you to back up and recover virtual machines hosted on a VMware ESX Server

without installing agents on the virtual machines.

To install the ESX/ESXi Virtual Appliance

Perform the following steps on a machine running Windows.

Step 1: Extracting the virtual appliance's files

1. Run the Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 setup file.

2. Click Extract installation files. Then, in the list of installation packages, select the ESX/ESXi Virtual

Appliance (AcronisVirtualAppliance.msi) check box.

Tip: Alternatively, you can click Install Acronis Backup & Recovery 10, and then select the ESX/ESXi Virtual

Appliance check box in the list of components.

3. In Extract to, specify the folder to which you want to extract the virtual appliance's installation

package, and then click Extract.

4. Run the installation package.

After the installation is complete, the virtual appliance's files will be located in the folder

%CommonProgramFiles%\Acronis\ESXAppliance.

Step 2: Importing the virtual appliance

1. Start the VMware Infrastructure client and log on to the VMware ESX Server.

2. On the File menu, point to Virtual Appliance, and then click Import.