Remote Installation (Windows) - ACRONIS Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server SBS Edition Installation Manual

2.2. Remote installation (Windows)

Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 components can be installed remotely.
To perform remote installation, you need administrator privileges on the target machines.
Preparation
1. Install Acronis License Server and import the licenses. You can skip this step when using a trial
license key.
2. Install Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Console.
3. For successful installation on a remote machine running any Windows XP version, the option
Control panel > Folder options > View > Use simple file sharing must be disabled on that
machine.
4. For successful installation on a remote machine running Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or
Windows 2003 Server, the option Control panel > Windows Firewall > Exceptions > File and
Printer Sharing must be enabled on that machine.
5. Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 uses TCP ports 445 and 25001 for remote installation. Make sure
that these ports are added to exceptions in the firewall settings on the remote machines.
Tip: If the remote machines are members of an Active Directory domain and use no firewall other than
Windows Firewall, you can add TCP port 25001 to exceptions by using Group Policy. On a domain controller,
create a Group Policy object, then go to Administrative Templates -> Network -> Network Connections ->
Windows Firewall -> Domain Profile -> Windows Firewall: Define port exceptions, and then add the
following port exception:
25001:tcp:*:enabled:Acronis remote install
TCP port 445 is added to exceptions automatically by Windows Firewall when you enable File and Printer
Sharing.
You can exclude both ports from exceptions after the remote installation is complete.
Installation
1. Run Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Console.
2. Click Install Acronis components.
3. Select the installer location from the list (Registered Components, Search removable media or
Specify location). The default selection Registered Components will use setup files from the
default folder: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Acronis\RemoteInstall.
4. Specify the name or IP address of the Acronis License Server, or type a trial license key. You can
use a single trial license key for remote installation to multiple machines.
5. Specify the components that you want to install and their features.
6. Select machines on which the components are to be installed. This can be done by:
browsing the network. When browsing the network, you can select individual machines, as
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well as entire workgroups or domains
typing machine names or IP addresses (click Next then add machines to the list)
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importing the list of the machines from .txt or .csv files.
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7. Provide the administrator's user name and password for each machine. If there is a universal
administrator account on the network, enter the account credentials for one machine and set the
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