Preparing The Agent's Deployment - ACRONIS BACKUP AND RECOVERY 10 ADVANCED SERVER - INSTALLATION UPDATE 3 Installation Manual

2.5.1

Preparing the agent's deployment

In this and the following sections, you will find out how to set up a Group Policy object to deploy
Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Agent for Windows onto machines in an entire domain or in its
organizational unit.
Every time a machine logs on to the domain, the resulting Group Policy object will ensure that the
agent is installed and operational on the machine.
Prerequisites
Before proceeding with agent deployment, make sure that:
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You have an Active Directory domain with a domain controller running Microsoft Windows
Server 2003 or later.
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You are a member of the Domain Admins group in the domain.
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You know the license key or the name or IP address of a machine where Acronis License Server is
installed.
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You have a machine running Windows, with Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Console
installed on it.
Step 1: Extracting installation packages
You need to create a shared folder that will contain the agent's installation package (provided as an
.msi file), and extract the package there.
1. On the domain controller (or any other machine in the domain), create a folder—for example:
D:\Acronis
2. Start the Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 setup program.
3. Click Extract installation files.
4. Select the Agent for Windows (AcronisAgentWindows.msi) check box.
5. If you are installing Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Deduplication, select the Deduplication
(AcronisDeduplication.msi) check box.
6. If you are installing Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Universal Restore, select the Universal
Restore (AcronisUniversalRestore.msi) check box.
Note: In Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server Virtual Edition, the Universal Restore feature is
already enabled, so you do not need to install it separately.
7. In Extract to, type the name of the folder that you just created, or click Browse and select the
folder.
8. Click Extract.
9. Share the folder where you placed the installation packages. Make sure that domain users can
access the shared folder—for example, by leaving the default sharing settings for Everyone.
Step 2: Configuring the agent's installation package
Important: Skip this step when reinstalling or updating the agent.
You need to configure the agent's installation package by running the configuration script, which is
installed along with the management console. By default, the script is located in the folder
%ProgramFiles%\Acronis\BackupAndRecoveryConsole. If the management console is installed on a
different machine, you can simply copy the configuration script from that machine.
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