11 uninstallation – Acronis Backup Advanced for vCloud - Administrator's Guide User Manual

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You have the update script for Agent for vCloud. The name of the script file is updateX.sh, where
X is the product build number.

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The machine with Agent for vCloud is connected to the Internet. The update script needs an
Internet connection to download additional packages from a Linux repository.

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No backups will run during the update. To ensure this, you can disable backup (p. 30) for all
organizations for the time of the update.

Step 1: Updating the management server

1. On the machine where the management server is installed, log on as an administrator.
2. Start the setup program of the new version of Acronis Backup Advanced.
3. Click Install Acronis Backup.
4. Accept the terms of the license agreement.
5. Click Update.
6. Proceed with updating Acronis Backup.

Step 2: Updating the Agents for VMware

1. Connect the console to the management server as described in "Using the management console"

(p. 17).

2. In the Navigation tree, expand Virtual machines, and then right-click the IP address or name of

the vCenter Server for the resource group.

3. Click Update Agent for VMware.
4. Select all Agents for VMware in the list, and then click Update Agent for VMware.

Step 3: Updating Agent for vCloud

1. Log in to the machine with Agent for vCloud.
2. Copy the update script to the machine. Make sure to place the script file outside the /opt/acronis

folder. For example, place it in the /root folder.

3. Make the script file executable by running the following command:

chmod 755 updateX.sh

4. Run the update script.

Post-update actions

If you disabled backup for the time of the update, log in to the service and re-enable backup (p. 27).

1.3.11 Uninstallation

To uninstall Acronis Backup Advanced for vCloud

1. Log in to the service (p. 26).
2. Disable backup (p. 30) for every organization.
3. Delete all Agents for VMware.

a. Run Acronis Backup Management Console, and then click Connect to a management server.
b. Specify the host name or IP address of the current machine and credentials of a user account

that is a member of the Acronis Centralized Admins group on the machine.

c. In the Navigation tree, click Virtual machines.
d. On the toolbar, click Remove Agent for VMware.
e. Select all agents.
f. Click Remove Agent for VMware.