Importing Machines From A Text File; Adding A Machine To Another Group; Moving A Machine To Another Group; Adding Machines To A Group - ACRONIS Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server Virtual Edition User Manual


{username password} belong to a user who is a member of the Administrators group on all
machines listed in the file. If not specified, the single sign-on mechanism is used to operate
on all the machines.

Importing machines from a text file

To import machines from a file
1. In the Navigation tree, select
2. Click Import machines from file on the toolbar.
3. In the Path field, enter a path to the .txt or .csv file, or click Browse and select the file in the
Browse window.
A .txt or .csv file should contain machine names or their IP addresses, beginning from a new line
for each of the machines.
Example:
Machine_name_1
Machine_name_2
192.168.1.14
192.168.1.15
4. Under Logon settings, specify the user name and password of a user who is a member of the
Administrators group on all machines that are listed in the file.
5. Click OK to start import.

Adding a machine to another group

To add the selected machine to another group
1. Select the group the machine will be added to.
2. Click OK.
The machine being added becomes a member of more than one group. As a result, the backup
policies applied to the first group will remain on the machine, and the backup policies applied to the
second, third, etc. group will be deployed to the machine.

Moving a machine to another group

To move the selected machine to another group
1. In the group tree, select the group the machine will be moved to.
2. Click OK.
The machine being moved leaves one group and becomes a member of another group. As a result,
the backup policies applied to the first group will be revoked from the machine, and the backup
policies applied to the second group will be deployed to the machine.

Adding machines to a group

To add machines to the selected group
1. In the groups tree, select the group whose machines you need to add.
2. In the right part of the window, select the machines.
3. To add more machines from other groups, repeat the steps 1 and 2 for each group.
4. Click OK to add machines.
298
Physical machines, or All physical machines.
Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2010