Where Do I Start; Choosing A Subscription - ACRONIS BACKUP AND RECOVERY 10 SERVER FOR WINDOWS - UPDATE 3 User Manual

7.2 Where do I start?

On the Acronis Web site, log in to your account (create one if you are not registered yet) and
navigate to Online backup > For Business. This is your account management Web page. Here you can
get a trial subscription, locate an Acronis partner or buy subscriptions online. The newly obtained
subscriptions are listed as available subscriptions in the Manage Subscriptions tab.
If you purchased your subscriptions from an Acronis partner, register them manually using the Enter
new registration code link. The registration codes come with the purchase confirmation e-mail.
Next, install Acronis software (if not yet installed) and assign (p. 222) each subscription to a machine.
The subscriptions become activated. After that, you can start backing up to Acronis Online Backup
Storage.

7.3 Choosing a subscription

Normally, you choose a subscription based on the operating system your machine is running.
Server operating systems supported by Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Online:

Windows 2000 Server/Advanced Server

Windows Server 2003/2003 R2 - the Standard, Enterprise, Small Business Server editions (x86,
x64)
 Windows Server 2008 - the Standard, Enterprise, Small Business Server, Foundation editions
(x86, x64)
 Windows Server 2008 R2 - the Standard, Enterprise, Small Business Server, Datacenter,
Foundation editions

Windows MultiPoint Server 2010
Workstation operating systems supported by Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Online:
 Windows 2000 Professional SP4

Windows XP Professional SP2+ (x86, x64)

Windows Vista - all editions except for Vista Home Basic and Vista Home Premium (x86, x64)

Windows 7 - all editions except for the Starter and Home editions (x86, x64)
Virtualization products supported by Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Online (host-based backup of
virtual machines):

VMware ESX Infrastructure 3.5 Update 2+
 VMware ESX(i) 4.0 and 4.1
(Host-based backup is available only for paid licenses of VMware ESXi.)

Windows Server 2008/2008 R2 (x64) with Hyper-V

Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008/2008 R2
If your backups are likely to exceed the storage quota for this type of subscription, you may want to
use a subscription with larger storage quota. For example, you can use a server subscription or a
subscription for virtual machines on a workstation. Or you can use a subscription for virtual machines
on a server which is not a virtualization server.
The inverse usage is not possible. You cannot back up a server using a workstation subscription. If
you try to back up ESX(i) or Hyper-V virtual machines from the host that uses a server subscription,
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