Setting Up The Group Policy Object - ACRONIS Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server SBS Edition Installation Manual

C:
cd "C:\Program Files\Acronis\BackupAndRecoveryConsole"
4. Run the configuration script.
For example,
\\server\Acronis\AgentWindows.msi and uses licenses for the Acronis Backup & Recovery 10
Advanced Server edition from the license server installed on mylicensesrv; the agent will run
under the user account mydomain\AgentUser:
mst_gen.vbs /msi_path \\server\Acronis\AgentWindows.msi /license_server
mylicensesrv /product AS /account mydomain\AgentUser MyPassWd
For the complete syntax of the configuration script, see Configuration script parameters (p. 18).
The agent's setup file is ready for deployment. You now need to create a Group Policy object, as
described in Setting up the Group Policy object (p. 22).
2.5.2.

Setting up the Group Policy object

Use this procedure to set up a Group Policy object for agent deployment in the entire domain or in its
organizational unit. The agent will be installed on each machine which is a member of the domain or
the organizational unit immediately after Windows starts on that machine.
Prerequisites
•
You must be logged on to the domain controller as a domain administrator; if the domain has
more than one domain controller, log on to any of them as a domain administrator.
•
If you are planning to deploy the agent in an organizational unit, make sure that the
organizational unit exists in the domain.
•
Make sure that you have completed the steps described in Preparing the agent's deployment (p.
20).
Step 1: Creating a Group Policy object
1. In the Start menu, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Active Directory Users and
Computers.
2. Right-click the name of the domain or organizational unit, and then click Properties.
3. In the dialog box, click the Group Policy tab, and then click New.
4. Type the name of the new Group Policy object—for example: Acronis Backup & Recovery 10
Agent
5. Click Edit. The Group Policy Object Editor snap-in will open. You can now close the dialog box by
clicking Close.
Step 2: Configuring the Group Policy object
1. In the Group Policy Object Editor snap-in, expand Computer Configuration, and then expand
Software Settings.
2. Right-click Software installation, then point to New, and then click Package.
3. Select the agent's setup file in the shared folder that you previously created, and then click Open.
4. In the Deploy Software dialog box, click Advanced, and then click OK.
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