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Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009 

 

 

 

Windows 7 - all editions 

Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Agent for Windows  

 

Windows 2000 Professional SP4/XP Professional SP2+  

 

Windows 2000 Server/2000 Advanced Server/Server 2003/Server 2008 

 

Windows SBS 2003/SBS 2008 

 

Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows Server 2003/2008 x64 Editions 

 

Windows Vista - all editions except for Vista Home Basic and Vista Home Premium 

 

Windows 7 - all editions except for the Starter and Home editions 

Remote connection to the agent is not possible. 

 

1.3.

 

Hardware requirements 

This section lists the minimum and recommended hardware requirements to install and run Acronis 
Backup & Recovery 10 components. 

Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Console 

Item 

Minimum requirements 

Recommended 

Computer processor 

Modern processor, 800 MHz or faster 

Itanium platforms are not supported 

1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) 
processor 

System memory 

128 MB 

512 MB or more  

Screen resolution 

800*600 pixels 

1024*768 pixels or higher 

Installation disk space 

50 MB 

 

Other hardware 

Mouse 

 

 

 

CD-RW/DVD-RW drive for bootable 
media creation 

Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Agent for Windows 

Item 

Minimum requirements 

Recommended 

System memory 

256 MB 

512 MB or more 

Installation disk space 

100 MB 

 

 

1.4.

 

License policy 

Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 licensing is based on the number of machines managed and protected 
by the product. Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 agents require a license to perform operations on each 
managed machine. 

Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Server for Windows (ABR10 SW)

 

Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Workstation (ABR10 W)

 

The license key for the appropriate Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 edition is required to install an 
agent delivered with any of these editions. The license key has to be entered during the agent 
installation. 

Summary of Contents for BACKUP AND RECOVERY 10 SERVER FOR LINUX -

Page 1: ...Installation Guide Acronis Backup Recovery 10 Server for Windows ...

Page 2: ...ion of Acronis Backup Recovery 10 6 2 1 Local installation Windows 6 2 1 1 Preparation 6 2 1 2 Installation procedure 6 2 1 3 Specifying credentials for Acronis services 6 2 1 4 Update 7 2 2 Unattended installation in Windows 7 2 3 Configuration script parameters 8 3 Upgrading from trial to full product version 9 3 1 Changing a license 9 3 2 Upgrading components for Windows 10 4 Upgrading to stand...

Page 3: ...n to the agents and other Acronis Backup Recovery 10 components 1 1 1 Agent for Windows This agent enables disk level and file level data protection under Windows Disk backup Disk level data protection is based on backing up either a disk or a volume file system as a whole along with all the information necessary for the operating system to boot or all the disk sectors using the sector by sector a...

Page 4: ...s of the agent enable operations with reboot such as recovery of the volume containing the currently active operating system Once the operations are completed the machine boots into the operating system again The bootable components are based on the Linux kernel You can choose not to install the bootable components and perform operations that require reboot using bootable media Acronis Bootable Me...

Page 5: ...ssor 800 MHz or faster Itanium platforms are not supported 1 GHz 32 bit x86 or 64 bit x64 processor System memory 128 MB 512 MB or more Screen resolution 800 600 pixels 1024 768 pixels or higher Installation disk space 50 MB Other hardware Mouse CD RW DVD RW drive for bootable media creation Acronis Backup Recovery 10 Agent for Windows Item Minimum requirements Recommended System memory 256 MB 512...

Page 6: ... in your license key Likewise you can add a license key for Acronis Universal Restore if purchased 4 Specify credentials for the account under which the Agent for Windows service will run By default the setup program will create a dedicated user account for the service See Specifying credentials for Acronis services p 6 5 The summary page displays a list of components that will be installed accord...

Page 7: ...covery 10 3 Click Update 4 Follow the on screen instructions Updating components in the unattended mode For information about updating a component in the unattended mode see Unattended installation in Windows p 7 2 2 Unattended installation in Windows Acronis components can be installed in the unattended mode as opposed to the interactive mode You will need the configuration script mst_get vbs whi...

Page 8: ... package you can install the component in the unattended mode The following is the complete syntax of the configuration script mst_gen vbs msi_path Full_Path current_user target_dir Installation_Folder serial License_Key old_serial Echo_License_Key account User_Name Password The script parameters are the following General parameters msi_path Full_Path Specifies a full path to the component s insta...

Page 9: ... limitation Universal Restore functionality is disabled Additional limitations for bootable media The disk management functionality is available but there is no option to commit the changes Besides disk management only the recovery functionality is available To upgrade from the trial version to the standard product you do not need to re download the software When the trial period is over the produ...

Page 10: ...specify the license key for this feature Otherwise just click Next 4 Select one of the following options o If you specified the license key for Universal Restore click Proceed with the installation o Otherwise click Apply the new license key and quit the Setup The installed components are now upgraded to the full version 5 If you selected the first option proceed with installing Universal Restore ...

Page 11: ...s located in the Acronis Backup Recovery 10 installation directory in the UpgradeTool subdirectory 1 Install the upgrade tool by running the Acronis Backup Recovery 10 setup file 2 Change the current folder to the folder where the upgrade tool is installed by default C Program Files Acronis UpgradeTool If Acronis Backup Recovery 10 is installed in a folder other than the default folder change the ...

Page 12: ...ckups created with Acronis True Image Echo To facilitate access to these backups you may want to create a personal vault where the backups are located For instructions on how to create a personal vault see the Actions on personal vaults section in the User s Guide A personal vault can store both Acronis True Image Echo archives and Acronis Backup Recovery 10 archives You can specify this vault as ...

Page 13: ... task s file name cscript UpgradeTool vbs Script f C Documents and Settings All Users Application Data Acronis TrueImage Scripts 6AED5F49 7EED 4E3E 939E 19360A44137F tib tis As a result the task is imported as an Acronis Backup Recovery 10 task and becomes part of a backup plan ...

Page 14: ...tion of Acronis Backup Recovery 10 6 Installation procedure 6 L License policy 5 Local installation Windows 6 11 M Management Console 4 P Preparation 6 S Specifying credentials for Acronis services 6 9 Supported operating systems 4 U Unattended installation in Windows 7 Universal Restore 4 Update 7 Upgrading components for Windows 10 Upgrading from trial to full product version 9 Upgrading to stan...

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