Setting Up Centralized Data Protection In A Heterogeneous Network - ACRONIS Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server SBS Edition User Manual

backup traffic and saving storage space. The storage node also undertakes operations with archives
(such as validation and cleanup), which otherwise are performed by the agent, and thus relieves the
managed machines from unnecessary computing load. Last but not least, Acronis Backup & Recovery
10 Storage Node enables using a tape library as a centralized vault for storing backup archives.
More than one storage node, each managing a number of vaults, can be set up and controlled
centrally from the Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Server.
For more detailed information about storage nodes please refer to Acronis Backup & Recovery 10
Storage Node (p. 18).
2.11.2 Setting up centralized data protection in a heterogeneous
network
Assume that the network infrastructure includes servers (1, 2, 9) and workstations (3, 5-8) running
Windows and Linux. You also have a VMware ESX server (4) that hosts two guest systems.
You have to protect each server as a whole, the users' data on the workstations, and the virtual
machines. You want to be able to track the health of the data protection, be sure that the backup
archives do not store duplicated information and that the obsolete backups are deleted from the
storage in a timely manner. These goals can be achieved by regular backup of the desired data items
to a centralized vault with deduplication.
Setting up the Acronis infrastructure
1. Install Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Console [Console] on the machine which you
prefer to operate from (3). The console enables you to access and manage other Acronis
components through Graphical User Interface.
2. Install Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Server [AMS] on one of the Windows servers
(2). The management server is your single entry point to the Acronis infrastructure.
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