Acronis Backup Advanced 11.7 Update 1 APPLIES TO THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS Advanced for Windows Server Advanced for Linux Server Advanced for PC Advanced for VMware / Hyper-V / RHEV / Citrix XenServer / Oracle VM Advanced for Exchange Advanced for SQL Advanced for SharePoint Advanced for Active Directory For Windows Server Essentials INSTALLATION GUIDE 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 ..................................................................................................... 6 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 ........................................................................................................................................... 8 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 ................................................................................................... 9 1.3.9 Management Console ................................................................................................................................... 10 1.3.10 Bootable Media Builder ................................................................................................................................ 10 1.4 Licensing of Acronis Backup Advanced ....................................................................................11 1.4.1 How many licenses do I need? ..................................................................................................................... 11 1.4.2 Licensing for virtual machines ...................................................................................................................... 12 1.5 Supported operating systems ..................................................................................................12 1.6 System requirements ...............................................................................................................16 2 Installing Acronis Backup Advanced ................................................................................ 18 2.1 Installation in Windows ...........................................................................................................18 2.1.1 Ways of installation in Windows .................................................................................................................. 18 2.1.2 Local installation ............................................................................................................................................ 20 2.1.3 Installing the agent through Group Policy ................................................................................................... 29 2.1.4 Configuration script parameters .................................................................................................................. 32 2.1.5 Installation from the management server Web page ................................................................................ 34 2.1.6 Installing Acronis License Server .................................................................................................................. 39 2.2 Installation in Linux ..................................................................................................................39 2.2.1 Preparation .................................................................................................................................................... 39 2.2.2 Interactive installation of Acronis Backup Advanced ................................................................................. 42 2.2.3 Installation in the unattended mode ........................................................................................................... 42 2.2.4 Command-line parameters .......................................................................................................................... 43 2.3 Remote installation ..................................................................................................................45 2.3.1 Prerequisites .................................................................................................................................................. 46 2.3.2 Preparation .................................................................................................................................................... 46 2.3.3 Installation procedure ................................................................................................................................... 47 2.4 Installation of Agent for VMware ............................................................................................51 2.4.1 Importing Agent for VMware (Virtual Appliance)....................................................................................... 53 2.4.2 Updating Agent for VMware (Virtual Appliance) ........................................................................................ 55 2.5 Installation of Agent for Hyper-V .............................................................................................56 2.6 Installation for other virtualization platforms .........................................................................57 2.7 Installation of Agent for Exchange ...........................................................................................58 2.8 Installation of Agent for SQL ....................................................................................................59 2.9 Installation of Agent for Active Directory ................................................................................60 2 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2018 3 Upgrading from Acronis Backup to Acronis Backup Advanced ......................................... 61 4 Checking for software updates ....................................................................................... 62 5 Uninstallation ................................................................................................................ 63 5.1 Uninstalling Acronis Backup Advanced ....................................................................................63 5.1.1 Uninstallation in Windows ........................................................................................................................... 63 5.1.2 Uninstallation in Linux ................................................................................................................................... 65 5.2 Deleting Agent for VMware (Virtual Appliance) ......................................................................65 5.3 Deleting Acronis Secure Zone ..................................................................................................66 3 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2018 1 Before installation This section answers questions that might arise before the product installation. 1.1 About using the product in the trial mode Before buying an Acronis Backup license, you may want to try the software. This can be done without a license key. To install the product in the trial mode, run the setup program locally or use the remote installation (p. 45) functionality. Unattended installation and other ways of installation (p. 18) are not supported. Limitations of the trial mode When installed in the trial mode, Acronis Backup has the following limitation: . The Universal Restore functionality is disabled. Additional limitations for bootable media: . The disk management functionality is not available. You can try the user interface, but there is no option to commit the changes. The recovery functionality is available, but the backup functionality is not. To try the backup functionality, install the software in the operating system. Upgrading to the full mode After the trial period expires, the product GUI displays a notification requesting you to specify or obtain a license key. To specify a license key, click Help > Change License. Specifying the key by running the setup program is not possible. If you have activated a trial or purchased a subscription for the cloud backup service, cloud backup will be available until the subscription period expires, regardless of whether you specify a license key. 1.2 Licenses for Acronis Backup and Acronis Backup Advanced Licensing of the Acronis