Table Of Contents - ACRONIS Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server Virtual Edition Installation Manual

Table of Contents

1. Before installation .................................................................................................. 4
1.1. Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 components ...................................................................... 4
1.1.1. Agent for Windows ...................................................................................................................................... 4
1.1.2. Agent for Linux ............................................................................................................................................. 5
1.1.3. Agent for ESX/ESXi ....................................................................................................................................... 6
1.1.4. Bootable components and media builder ................................................................................................. 6
1.1.5. Components for centralized management ................................................................................................ 6
1.1.6. Management Console ................................................................................................................................. 9
1.1.7. Acronis Wake-On-LAN Proxy ...................................................................................................................... 9
1.2. Supported operating systems ............................................................................................. 9
1.3. Hardware requirements .................................................................................................... 11
1.4. License policy .................................................................................................................... 12
1.5. Using Acronis License Server ............................................................................................. 13
2. Installation of Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 ........................................................ 15
2.1. Local installation (Windows) ............................................................................................. 15
2.1.1. Preparation ................................................................................................................................................. 15
2.1.2. Installation procedure ............................................................................................................................... 16
2.1.3. Specifying credentials for Acronis services .............................................................................................. 16
2.1.4. Specifying Microsoft SQL servers .............................................................................................................. 17
2.1.5. Registering components on the management server ............................................................................ 18
2.1.6. Specifying users allowed to connect remotely ........................................................................................ 18
2.1.7. Update ........................................................................................................................................................ 18
2.2. Remote installation (Windows)......................................................................................... 19
2.3. Unattended installation in Windows ................................................................................ 20
2.4. Configuration script parameters ....................................................................................... 21
2.5. Installing components using Group Policy ........................................................................ 23
2.5.1. Preparing the agent's deployment ........................................................................................................... 23
2.5.2. Setting up the Group Policy object ........................................................................................................... 25
2.6. Installation in Linux ........................................................................................................... 26
2.6.1. Installation procedure ............................................................................................................................... 26
2.6.2. Command-line parameters ....................................................................................................................... 27
2.6.3. Uninstalling components .......................................................................................................................... 30
2.7. Installation of Agent for ESX/ESXi ..................................................................................... 31
2.7.1. Installing ESX/ESXi Virtual Appliance ........................................................................................................ 31
2.7.2. Updating ESX/ESXi Virtual Appliance ....................................................................................................... 33
3. Upgrading from trial to full product version .......................................................... 34
3.1. Changing a license ............................................................................................................. 35
3.2. Upgrading components for Windows ............................................................................... 36
3.3. Upgrading components for Linux ...................................................................................... 36
3.4. Upgrading the agent for ESX/ESXi ..................................................................................... 37
4. Upgrading to advanced editions of Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 ......................... 37
4.1. Before the upgrade ........................................................................................................... 37
4.2. Installing or upgrading the Acronis License Server ........................................................... 38