Client And Server Applications; Configuring Communication Settings - ACRONIS BACKUP AND RECOVERY 10 ADVANCED SERVER SBS EDITION - UPDATE 3 User Manual

Note: The components of earlier Acronis products, including those of the Acronis True Image Echo family,
cannot connect to the Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 components, regardless of the secure authentication and
data encryption settings.
2.12.8.2

Client and server applications

There are two stakeholders of the secure communication process:

Client application, or client, is an application that tries to establish connection.

Server application, or server, is an application to which the client tries to connect.
For example, if Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Console is connecting to Acronis Backup
& Recovery 10 Agent on a remote machine, the former is the client and the latter is the server.
An Acronis component can act as a client application, a server application, or both, as shown in the
following table.
Component name
Acronis Backup & Recovery 10
Management Console
Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Agent
Acronis Backup & Recovery 10
Management Server
Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Storage
Node
Acronis PXE Server
Acronis Backup & Recovery 10
Bootable Agent
2.12.8.3

Configuring communication settings

You can configure communication settings, such as whether to encrypt transferred data, for Acronis
Backup & Recovery 10 components installed on one or more machines, by using Acronis
Administrative Template. For information on how to load the Administrative Template, see How to
load Acronis Administrative Template (p. 329).
When applied to a single machine, the Administrative Template defines the communication settings
for all the components on the machine; when applied to a domain or an organizational unit, it
defines the communication settings for all the components on the machines in that domain or
organizational unit.
To configure communication settings
1. Click Start, then click Run, and then type gpedit.msc
2. In the Group Policy console, expand Computer Configuration, then expand Administrative
Templates, and then click Acronis.
3. In the Acronis pane to the right, double-click a communication option that you want to configure.
The Administrative Template contains the following options (each option is explained later in this
topic):
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Can be Can be
client server
Yes No
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
No Yes
Yes Yes
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