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Acronis® Backup & Recovery ™ 10
Advanced Server SBS Edition
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  • Page 1 Acronis® Backup & Recovery ™ 10 Advanced Server SBS Edition Installation Guide...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    4.4. Upgrading Acronis Group Server to Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Server26 4.5. Upgrading Acronis Backup Server to Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Storage Node ..28 4.6. Upgrading Acronis True Image Echo agents and local versions ........29 4.6.1.

  • Page 3: Before Installation

    This section answers questions that might arise before the product installation. 1.1. Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 components This section contains a list of Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 components with a brief description of their functionality. Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 includes three main types of components.

  • Page 4: Bootable Components And Media Builder

    Restore handles differences in devices that are critical for Windows start-up, such as storage controllers, motherboard or chipset. 1.1.1.2. Deduplication This add-on enables the agent to back up data to deduplicating vaults managed by Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Storage Node. 1.1.2. Bootable components and media builder Bootable components of the agent enable operations with reboot, such as recovery of the volume containing the currently active operating system.

  • Page 5: Management Server

    Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 in the vCenter. Integration is available in all Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 advanced editions; a license for Virtual Edition is not required. No software installation is required on the vCenter Server.

  • Page 6: Storage Node

    1.1.3.2. Storage Node Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Storage Node is a server aimed to optimize usage of various resources (such as the corporate storage capacity, the network bandwidth, or the managed machines' CPU load) required for the enterprise data protection. This goal is achieved through organizing and managing the locations that serve as dedicated storages of the enterprise backup archives (managed vaults).

  • Page 7: Management Console

    Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Console is an administrative tool for remote or local access to Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 agents, and in the product editions that include the centralized management capability, to the Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Server.

  • Page 8: Supported Operating Systems

    • Windows 7 - all editions except for the Starter and Home editions* Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Storage Node handles tape libraries and autoloaders by using Removable Storage Management (RSM). Since Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 do not support RSM, a storage node installed in these operating systems does not support tape libraries and autoloaders.
  • Page 9 50 MB Other hardware Mouse Network interface card or a virtual network adapter CD-RW/ DVD-RW drive for bootable media creation Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Agent for Windows Item Minimum requirements Recommended System memory 256 MB 512 MB or more...

  • Page 10: License Policy

    These editions include Acronis License Server that has to be installed prior to agent installation. License keys can be imported to the Acronis License Server from .txt or .eml files during the server installation or later on. One license key enables installation of the agent on a physical host and four virtual machines.
  • Page 11 When an agent is uninstalled, its license is revoked from the license server if the license server is accessible at the time of uninstallation. This is the case for all agents except for Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Agent for ESX/ESXi.

  • Page 12: Installation Of Acronis Backup & Recovery 10

    Acronis Web site. 2.1.1. Preparation Install Acronis License Server and import the licenses. You can skip this step when using a trial license key or when installing only components that do not require license keys. To install the license server: 1.

  • Page 13: Installation Procedure

    2. Click Install Acronis Backup & Recovery 10. 3. Specify the name or IP address of the Acronis License Server, or type your trial license key. 4. Select the components and specify the component features that you want to install.

  • Page 14: Specifying Microsoft Sql Servers

    • All three accounts are assigned the Log on as a service user right. • The Acronis Agent User user account is assigned the Adjust memory quotas for a process and Replace a process level token user rights. • The Acronis Agent User and ASN User user accounts are included in the Backup Operators group.

  • Page 15: Specifying Users Allowed To Connect Remotely

    It can be the local machine—for example, when the management server is among the components you are installing. 3. Specify the user name and password of a user who is a member of the Acronis Centralized Admins group on the management server's machine. If you are installing the management server on the local machine, specify the user name and password of a member of the Administrators group.

  • Page 16: Remote Installation (Windows)

    Specify location). The default selection Registered Components will use setup files from the default folder: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Acronis\RemoteInstall. 4. Specify the name or IP address of the Acronis License Server, or type a trial license key. You can use a single trial license key for remote installation to multiple machines.

  • Page 17: Unattended Installation In Windows

    2.3. Unattended installation in Windows Acronis components, such as Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Agent for Windows, can be installed in the unattended mode, as opposed to the interactive mode.

  • Page 18: Configuration Script Parameters

    /ams_user adminname AdminPassWd After unattended installation with that transform: • The agent will use a license for the Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server edition, by taking it from the license server installed on the licensesrv machine. • The agent's service will run under the agentuser domain user account (of the mydomain domain) whose password is MyPassWd.

  • Page 19: General Parameters

    Specifies the name or IP address of the machine where Acronis License Server is installed. /product Edition_Code Specifies the code of your edition of Acronis Backup & Recovery 10. Use this parameter with the /license_server parameter. The codes are the following: Acronis Backup &...

  • Page 20: Installing Components Using Group Policy

    • You are a member of the Domain Admins group in the domain. • You know the license key or the name or IP address of a machine where Acronis License Server is installed. • You have a machine running Windows, with Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Console installed on it.
  • Page 21 1. On the domain controller (or any other machine in the domain), create a folder—for example: D:\Acronis 2. Run the Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 setup file. 3. Click Extract installation files. 4. Select the Agent (AcronisAgentWindows.msi) check box. You can clear the remaining check boxes.

  • Page 22: Setting Up The Group Policy Object

    2. Right-click the name of the domain or organizational unit, and then click Properties. 3. In the dialog box, click the Group Policy tab, and then click New. 4. Type the name of the new Group Policy object—for example: Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Agent 5.

  • Page 23: Upgrading From Trial To Full Product Version

    6. Click OK to close the Deploy Software dialog box. 3. Upgrading from trial to full product version Installation of Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 trial version does not require a license server. The trial key required at installation can be obtained on the Acronis Web site.

  • Page 24: Upgrading Components For Windows

    Before upgrading to the full product version, you need to install Acronis License Server and import the product license keys to it. If you are planning to use Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Deduplication, import the license key for this feature too.

  • Page 25: Upgrading To Advanced Editions Of Acronis Backup & Recovery 10

    Acronis True Image for Microsoft Windows Small Business Server to Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server SBS Edition. The advanced editions of Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 include Acronis License Server that has to be installed prior to the Echo agents and local versions upgrade.

  • Page 26: Installing Or Upgrading The Acronis License Server

    4.3. Installing Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Console You can install Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Console on the same machine as Acronis True Image Echo Management Console, or on a different machine. In either case, you can continue using Acronis True Image Echo Management Console with Acronis True Image Echo components if these still exist in your infrastructure.
  • Page 27 After the management server is installed, you can import the group server's group tasks as the management server's backup policies—even after you uninstall the group server. Note: The tasks that back up data to Acronis Backup Server or validate archives stored on it will not be imported to the management server.

  • Page 28: Upgrading Acronis Backup Server To Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Storage Node

    2. Change the current folder to the folder where the upgrade tool is installed—by default: C:\Program Files\Acronis\UpgradeTool If Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 is installed in a folder other than the default folder, change the path accordingly. 3. Run the following command: cscript UpgradeTool.vbs BS...

  • Page 29: Upgrading Acronis True Image Echo Agents And Local Versions

    Note: To upgrade an Acronis True Image Echo agent using the console’s remote installation functionality, you need either Acronis True Image Echo or Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 agent on the machine you operate from. Otherwise, at least one full (not upgrade) license must be available (i.e. free) on the license server. This may be a license for any edition of Acronis True Image Echo or Acronis Backup &...
  • Page 30 You might want to import the old backup tasks and validation tasks to Acronis Backup & Recovery 10. If you do not import them, these tasks will no longer run. Note: The tasks that back up data to Acronis Backup Server or validate archives stored on it will not be imported to Acronis Backup & Recovery 10.

  • Page 31: Importing A Task

    Instead of importing the tasks from Acronis True Image Echo as a whole, you can use the upgrade tool to import a particular backup or validation task. Note: The tasks that back up data to Acronis Backup Server or validate archives stored on it cannot be imported. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...
  • Page 32 Acronis True Image Echo stores each task as a .tis file. By default, these files are located in the folder C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Acronis\TrueImage\Scripts. The names of the .tis files are Universally Unique Identifiers (UUIDs), such as 6AED5F49-7EED-4E3E- 939E-19360A44137F.tib.tis. Each file has the XML format. The <display> tag in the file specifies the task name as it appears in the list of tasks.

  • Page 33: Index

    Hardware requirements • 8 Unattended installation in Windows • 15, Importing a task • 31 Universal Restore • 4 Installation of Acronis Backup & Recovery Update • 15 10 • 12 Upgrading Acronis Backup Server to Installation procedure • 13 Acronis Backup &...
  • Page 34 Upgrading to advanced editions of Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 • 25 Using Acronis License Server • 7, 10 VMware vCenter integration • 5 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...

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