Installation; Starting Acronis Backup & Recovery 10; Backing Up A Volume - ACRONIS BACKUP AND RECOVERY 10 SERVER FOR LINUX Quick Start Manual

3.1 Installation

In this step, you will install two main components of Acronis Backup & Recovery 10: the agent to
back up and recover data, and the management console to create and manage the tasks that the
agent should perform.
Before the installation, assign the attribute Executable to the setup file.
You can choose between the interactive and unattended installation modes. In the unattended mode
the installation will proceed without asking for interaction, such as typing the license key or selecting
the Next buttons.
Unattended mode
The following command installs Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Agent for Linux and Acronis Backup &
Recovery 10 Management Console in the unattended mode and uses the license key 12345-7890-
ABCDE:
./AcronisBackupRecoveryServerLinux.i686 -a -i
BackupAndRecoveryAgent,ManagementConsole -l 12345-67890-ABCDE
Default interactive mode
1. Run the AcronisBackupRecoveryServerLinux.i686 installation file.
2. Accept the terms of the license agreement.
3. Select Enter the license key, and then type your Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 license key.
4. When prompted to select the edition to install, select Next.
5. Select the components that you want to install (Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management
Console and Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Agent for Linux).
Note: You need Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Upgrade Tool only if you are upgrading from Acronis True
Image Echo.
6. The setup program may ask you to compile the SnapAPI module for your Linux kernel. Select
Continue to compile the module now (recommended), or select Skip to compile it manually later.
Note: If the setup program could not compile the necessary module for your Linux distribution, or if you
have chosen to compile the module manually later, please refer to the file:
/usr/lib/Acronis/BackupAndRecovery/HOWTO.INSTALL
3.2 Starting Acronis Backup & Recovery 10
To begin working with the product
1. Log in as root user.
2. Start the management console with the following command:
/usr/sbin/acronis_console

3.3 Backing up a volume

In this step, you will perform full backup of a volume and save the archive to a folder you specify.
Assume there are two volumes (/dev/sda1 mounted as /boot, and /dev/sda2 mounted as /backups)
on your hard disk and you need to back up the first volume (/boot) to the second (/backups).
1. In the management console, click Back up.
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