Specifying Credentials For Acronis Services; Update - ACRONIS Backup & Recovery 10 Workstation Installation Manual

5. Specify credentials for the Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Agent for Windows service. By default,
the setup program will create a dedicated user account for the service. See "Specifying
credentials for Acronis services (p. 7)".
Note: When canceling the installation process, only the last package is removed. Other components, if any,
remain installed.
1.5.3.

Specifying credentials for Acronis services

Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Agent for Windows runs as service. When installing this component,
you need to specify the account under which the agent's service will run.
You can either create a dedicated user account or specify an existing account of a local or domain
user.
If you choose to create a dedicated user account for the service (recommended), the setup program
will create the following user account:
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Acronis Agent User
For security purposes, this account will be assigned only the user rights that are necessary to run the
corresponding service and perform backup and recovery:
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The account is assigned the Log on as a service user right.
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The account is additionally assigned the Log on locally, Back up files and directories, Restore files
and directories, and Shut down the system user rights.
If you choose to specify an existing local or domain user account—for example, .\LocalUser or
DomainName\DomainUser—make sure that the account is assigned the user rights listed above.
The agent service additionally uses an auxiliary user account—by default, the newly created Acronis
Service User account (called "__acro_subst_user__" in the registry and in the list of users); you can
specify an existing user account instead. This auxiliary account is assigned the Log on as a service user
right and need not have any other user rights. In an Active Directory domain, we recommend using an
existing domain user account instead of the default account.
If the machine is part of an Active Directory domain, make sure that the domain's security policies do
not prevent the accounts described in this section (whether existing or newly created) from having
the user rights that were assigned to them.
Important: After the installation, do not specify a different user account for the agent service and do not change
the password for the auxiliary account. Otherwise, the agent may stop working.
1.5.4.

Update

To update one or more Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 components:
1. Run the installation package, containing the updated version of Acronis Backup & Recovery 10.
2. Click Install Acronis Backup & Recovery 10.
3. Click Update.
4. Follow the on-screen instructions.
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