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Summary of Contents for ACRONIS UPGRADING TO ADVANCED EDITIONS OF ACRONIS BACKUP RECOVERY 10
- Page 1 Upgrading to advanced editions of Acronis® Backup & Recovery™ 10 Technical white paper...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Installing or upgrading the Acronis License Server ..............10 Installing Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Console ..........10 Upgrading Acronis Group Server to Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Server ..11 Upgrading Acronis Backup Server to Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Storage Node ....12 Upgrading Acronis True Image Echo agents and local versions ..........13... -
Page 3: Introduction
Echo. Then upgrade the majority of the Acronis True Image Echo components and apply the proven strategy to them. The minimal steps required to start using Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 on a single machine are described later in this document. -
Page 4: Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Upgrade Tool
When run after upgrading the agents, this tool provides the ability to import Acronis True Image Echo tasks into Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 and to make archives stored on Acronis Backup Server accessible from Acronis Backup & Recovery 10. If you do not need these options, you do not need to use the upgrade tool. - Page 5 The tasks that back up data to Acronis Backup Server or validate the archives stored on it will not be imported. This is because Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 agents are not supposed to interact with Acronis Backup Server, as well as with other Acronis True Image Echo components. The backup strategy that uses such tasks may be re-created with a storage node or other location as a backup destination.
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Page 6: Centralized Approach: Converting Group Tasks Into Backup Policies
Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Server. The group tasks that back up data to Acronis Backup Server or validate the archives stored on it will not be imported. In that case, create and apply a backup policy with a backup destination other than the backup server. -
Page 7: Combination Of Both Approaches
Again, you can modify the resulting polices to use new options offered by Acronis Backup & Recovery 10, or apply the policies as is. Summary Each group task is converted into a backup policy, which preserves and expands the ability of centralized management. -
Page 8: Using Backup Archives Created With Acronis True Image Echo
Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 has the ability to recover data from backup archives created with Acronis True Image Echo. If you are going to make use of this ability, consider the following. 2.3.1 Access to archives stored in a local or network folder To facilitate access to such archives, you may want to perform any of the following optional steps: ... -
Page 9: Coexistence Of The Backup Server And The Storage Node
3.1.1 Preparation Before proceeding with the upgrade on one or more machines, make sure that you have the appropriate number of license keys for Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 and for the corresponding Acronis True Image Echo editions. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009... -
Page 10: Upgrade Sequence
3.3 Installing Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Console You can install Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Console on the same machine as Acronis True Image Echo Management Console, or on a different machine. In either case, you can continue using Acronis True Image Echo Management Console with Acronis True Image Echo components if these still exist in your infrastructure. -
Page 11: Upgrading Acronis Group Server To Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Server
You will still be able to convert group tasks even after you uninstall the group server. The tasks that back up data to Acronis Backup Server or validate archives stored on it cannot be converted. To install the management server 1. -
Page 12: Upgrading Acronis Backup Server To Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Storage Node
3.5 Upgrading Acronis Backup Server to Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Storage Node You can install Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Storage Node on the same machine as the Acronis Backup Server, or on a different machine. If you want to import the backup server's locations as the storage node's centralized vaults, install the storage node on the same machine. -
Page 13: Upgrading Acronis True Image Echo Agents And Local Versions
2. Change the current folder to the folder where the upgrade tool is installed—by default: C:\Program Files\Acronis\UpgradeTool 3. If Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 is installed in a folder other than the default folder, change the path accordingly. 4. Run the following command: cscript UpgradeTool.vbs BS... -
Page 14: Importing All Tasks At Once
You might want to import the old backup tasks and validation tasks to Acronis Backup & Recovery 10. If you do not import them, these tasks will no longer run. Note: The tasks that back up data to Acronis Backup Server or validate archives stored on it will not be imported to Acronis Backup & Recovery 10. -
Page 15: Importing Individual Tasks
Note: The tasks that back up data to Acronis Backup Server or validate archives stored on it cannot be imported. Acronis True Image Echo stores each task as a .tis file. By default, these files are located in the folder C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Acronis\TrueImage\Scripts. -
Page 16: Sample Scenarios
2. Import the upgrade license key and the license key for Acronis True Image Echo. 3. On a machine with the Acronis True Image Echo agent, install the components called "the managed machine components" in the installation wizard (actually, the agent and the bootable components) and the management console. -
Page 17: Scenario 3 - Gradual Upgrade
Existing infrastructure You decide on upgrading 50 of the agents backing up to the backup server (and change their backup destination to Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Storage Node) and 50 of the agents backing up to the network share. - Page 18 5. Install Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Storage Node, along with the upgrade tool, on the machine where the backup server resides. When asked by the wizard, choose to run the storage node under an existing account with administrative privileges.
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Page 19: What Else You May Want To Know
Recovery 10 agents. Also, you cannot import tasks and backup server locations from Acronis True Image 9.1 straight into Acronis Backup & Recovery 10. To be able do this, first upgrade Acronis True Image 9.1 to Acronis True Image Echo. - Page 20 Is installation of Acronis License Server mandatory? Yes. The advanced editions of Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 include Acronis License Server that has to be installed prior to the Echo agents and local versions upgrade. How to upgrade a local version of Acronis True Image Echo? Acronis True Image Echo includes components for local management of servers and workstations.
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