Unattended Installation In Windows - ACRONIS Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server Virtual Edition Installation Manual

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
option to apply it to all the machines that you select. Domain administrator credentials and
universal credentials for workgroups can be applied in this way.
If you do not specify credentials for all machines involved, or if the credentials are not valid for
some machines, you will have an option to provide credentials during installation (there is an
option Other user in the user name and password error prompt).
8. If a trial product version is installed on some of the selected machines, a list of such machines is
displayed. Select the machines where you want to upgrade the product to a full version. Make
sure that the license server contains enough license keys.
The summary window displays a list of machines where the components will be installed.
Once the installation starts, the program displays the operation progress and the name of the
machine on which the components are being installed.
Update
To update one or more components on a remote machine, repeat the installation procedure.
Upgrade to a full version
To upgrade one or more components from a trial to a full version, import the full license keys for
these components to the license server, and then repeat the installation procedure.

2.3. Unattended installation in Windows

Acronis components, such as Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Agent for Windows, can be installed in
the unattended mode, as opposed to the interactive mode.
You will need the configuration script mst_get.vbs, which is located in the folder where Acronis
Backup & Recovery
Files\Acronis\BackupAndRecoveryConsole. If the management console is installed on a different
machine, you can copy the script from that machine.
To install, reinstall, or update a component in the unattended mode
1. Run the setup program.
2. Click Extract installation files.
3. Extract the component's installation package.
4. Create a transform (an .mst file) for the installation package, by running the configuration script.
For example, the following command creates a transform to install the agent for Windows with
the trial license key ABCDE-54321:
mst_gen.vbs /msi_path C:\Acronis\AgentWindows.msi /serial ABCDE-54321
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