Installing Components Using Group Policy; Preparing The Agent's Deployment - ACRONIS Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server Installation Manual

2.5. Installing components using Group Policy

You can centrally install, or deploy, Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Agent for Windows onto machines
that are members of an Active Directory domain, by using Group Policy, a mechanism available in
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and later Windows server operating systems.
2.5.1.

Preparing the agent's deployment

In this and the following sections, you will find out how to set up a Group Policy object to deploy
Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Agent for Windows onto machines in an entire domain or in its
organizational unit.
Every time a machine logs on to the domain, the resulting Group Policy object will ensure that the
agent is installed and operational on the machine.
Prerequisites
Before proceeding with agent deployment, make sure that:
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You have an Active Directory domain with a domain controller running Microsoft Windows Server
2003 or later.
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You are a member of the Domain Admins group in the domain.
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You know the license key or the name or IP address of a machine where Acronis License Server is
installed.
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You have a machine running Windows, with Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Console
installed on it.
Step 1: Extracting the installation package
First, you need to create a shared folder that will contain the agent's installation package (provided as
an .msi file), and extract the package there.
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.
5. In Extract to, type the name of the folder that you just created, or click Browse and select the
folder.
6. Click Extract.
Step 2: Sharing the folder
You now need to share the folder that you created in Step 1.
1. Right-click the folder's name, and then click Sharing and Security.
2. In the folder properties dialog box, click Share this folder. In Share name, you can type an
alternative name for the shared folder instead of the default one if necessary.
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