Privileges For Centralized Management - ACRONIS BACKUP AND RECOVERY 10 ADVANCED SERVER - UPDATE 3 User Manual

2.14.7 Privileges for centralized management

This section describes the users' privileges that are required to manage a machine locally and
remotely, to manage a machine registered on Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Server,
and to access and manage Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Storage Node.
2.14.7.1 Types of connection to a managed machine
There are two types of connection to a managed machine: local connection and remote connection.
Local connection
The local connection is established between Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Console on
a machine and Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Agent on the same machine.
To establish a local connection
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On the toolbar, click Connect, then point to New connection, and then click This machine.
Remote connection
A remote connection is established between Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Console on
one machine and Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Agent on another machine.
You might need to specify logon credentials to establish a remote connection.
To establish a remote connection
1. On the toolbar, click Connect, then point to New connection, and then click Manage a remote
machine.
2. In Machine, type or select the name or IP address of the remote machine to which you want to
connect; or click Browse to select the machine from the list.
3. To specify credentials for connection, click Options and then type the user name and password in
the User name and Password boxes respectively. In Windows, if you leave the User name box
empty, the credentials under which the console is running will be used.
4. To save the password for the specified user name, select the Save password check box; the
password will be saved in a secure storage on the machine where the console is running.
2.14.7.2 Privileges for local connection
Windows
Local connection on a machine running Windows can be established by any user who has the "Log on
locally" user right on the machine.
Linux
Establishing a local connection on a machine running Linux, and managing such machine, requires
the root privileges on it.
To establish a local connection as the root user
1. If you are logged on as the root user, run the following command:
/usr/sbin/acronis_console
Otherwise, run the following command:
su -c /usr/sbin/acronis_console
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