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Table of contents
1
Before installation ...........................................................................................................4
1.1
About using the product in the trial mode ................................................................................ 4
1.2
Licenses for Acronis Backup and Acronis Backup Advanced ..................................................... 4
1.3
Acronis Backup components ..................................................................................................... 5
1.3.1
Agent for Windows ......................................................................................................................................... 6
1.3.2
Agent for Linux ................................................................................................................................................ 7
1.3.3
Agent for VMware ........................................................................................................................................... 7
1.3.4
Agent for Hyper-V ........................................................................................................................................... 7
1.3.5
Agent for Exchange ......................................................................................................................................... 8
1.3.6
Agent for SQL ................................................................................................................................................... 8
1.3.7
Agent for Active Directory .............................................................................................................................. 8
1.3.8
Components for centralized management ................................................................................................... 8
1.3.9
Management Console ................................................................................................................................... 10
1.3.10 Bootable Media Builder ................................................................................................................................ 10
1.4
Licensing of Acronis Backup Advanced ....................................................................................10
1.4.1
How many licenses do I need? ..................................................................................................................... 11
1.4.2
Licensing for virtual machines ...................................................................................................................... 11
1.5
Supported operating systems ..................................................................................................12
1.6
System requirements ...............................................................................................................15
Installing Acronis Backup Advanced ................................................................................ 16
2.1
Installation in Windows ...........................................................................................................17
2.1.1
Ways of installation in Windows .................................................................................................................. 17
2.1.2
Local installation ............................................................................................................................................ 18
2.1.3
Installing the agent through Group Policy ................................................................................................... 28
2.1.4
Configuration script parameters .................................................................................................................. 31
2.1.5
Installation from the management server Web page ................................................................................ 33
2.1.6
Installing Acronis License Server .................................................................................................................. 37
2.2
Installation in Linux ..................................................................................................................38
2.2.1
Preparation .................................................................................................................................................... 38
2.2.2
Interactive installation of Acronis Backup Advanced ................................................................................. 40
2.2.3
Installation in the unattended mode ........................................................................................................... 41
2.2.4
Command-line parameters .......................................................................................................................... 42
2.3
Remote installation ..................................................................................................................44
2.3.1
Prerequisites .................................................................................................................................................. 44
2.3.2
Preparation .................................................................................................................................................... 45
2.3.3
Installation procedure ................................................................................................................................... 46
2.4
Installation of Agent for VMware ............................................................................................49
2.4.1
Importing Agent for VMware (Virtual Appliance)....................................................................................... 50
2.4.2
Updating Agent for VMware (Virtual Appliance) ........................................................................................ 52
2.5
Installation of Agent for Hyper-V .............................................................................................53
2.6
Installation for other virtualization platforms .........................................................................54
2.7
Installation of Agent for Exchange ...........................................................................................55
2.8
Installation of Agent for SQL ....................................................................................................56
2.9
Installation of Agent for Active Directory ................................................................................57
