Acronis Backup for Windows Server Essentials - Installation Guide - Manual (Page 8)

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1.3.5 Agent for Exchange
Acronis Backup Agent for Exchange enables you to back up and recover Microsoft Exchange
databases or individual mailboxes.
The agent uses Microsoft VSS to ensure the consistency of the backed-up databases. Recovery of the
smaller data items (e-mails, calendar events or notes) is available from both database and mailbox
backups.
The agent is included in the setup program of Acronis Backup Advanced.
The agent is installed with Agent for Windows (p. 6) or on a machine where Agent for Windows is
already installed.
1.3.6 Agent for SQL
Acronis Backup Agent for SQL enables you to create single-pass disk and application backups and to
recover Microsoft SQL databases from them. The databases can be recovered directly to a running
SQL Server instance or extracted to a folder on a file system.
The agent uses Microsoft VSS to ensure the consistency of the backed-up databases. After a
successful backup, the agent can truncate the SQL Server transaction log.
The agent is included in the setup program of Acronis Backup Advanced.
The agent is installed with Agent for Windows (p. 6) or on a machine where Agent for Windows is
already installed.
1.3.7 Agent for Active Directory
Acronis Backup Agent for Active Directory enables you to create single-pass disk and application
backups and to extract Microsoft Active Directory data from them to a folder on a file system.
The agent uses Microsoft VSS to ensure the consistency of the backed-up data.
The agent is included in the setup program of Acronis Backup Advanced.
The agent is installed with Agent for Windows (p. 6) or on a machine where Agent for Windows is
already installed.
1.3.8 Components for centralized management
This section lists the components that are included in Acronis Backup Advanced and provide the
centralized management capability. Besides these components, Acronis Backup Agents have to be
installed on all machines that need data protection.
1.3.8.1 Management Server
Acronis Backup Management Server is the central server that drives data protection within the
enterprise network. The management server provides the administrator with:
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a single entry point to the Acronis Backup infrastructure
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an easy way to protect data on numerous machines using centralized backup plans and grouping
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integration with VMware vCenter to discover virtual machines for protection