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3

 

 Installation and operation 

3.1

 

 System requirements 

System requirements 

Component 

Memory (above the 
OS and running 
applications) 

Disk space required 
during installation or 
update 

Disk space occupied 
by the 
component(s) 

Additional 

Complete installation  

300 MB 

2 GB 

1.01 GB 

 

Agent for Windows 

120 MB 

500 MB 

260 MB 

BIOS-based* 

Bootable Media Builder  80 MB 

700 MB 

350 MB 

CD-RW or 
DVD-RW 
drive  

Management Console 

30 MB 

700 MB 

400 MB 

Screen 
resolution 
1024*768 
pixels or 
higher  

* Machines that are based on Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) are not supported. 

Bootable media 

Media type 

Memory 

ISO image size 

Based on Windows PE  

512 MB 

300 MB 

Linux-based 

256 MB 

130 MB 

 

3.2

 

 Supported operating systems 

Acronis Disk Director 11 Advanced Agent for Windows 

 

Windows XP Professional SP2+  

 

Windows 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 

Acronis Disk Director 11 Advanced Management Console 

 

Windows XP Home Editions/XP Professional SP2+ 

 

Windows Server 2003/Server 2008 

 

Windows SBS 2003/SBS 2008 

 

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

 

Windows Vista - all editions 

 

Windows 7 - all editions 

 

Summary of Contents for DISK DIRECTOR 11 ADVANCED SERVER -

Page 1: ...Acronis Disk Director 11 Advanced Server Quick Start Guide ...

Page 2: ...thout the explicit permission of the copyright holder Distribution of this work or derivative work in any standard paper book form for commercial purposes is prohibited unless prior permission is obtained from the copyright holder DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED AS IS AND ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED CONDITIONS REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PART...

Page 3: ...initially identical content New Copy or move a volume of one type as a volume of another type Change the type of a volume when copying or moving it For example you can copy the contents of a mirrored volume to a spanned volume New Convert primary volumes to logical and vice versa Convert a primary volume to logical to create a fifth volume on a disk that currently has four primary volumes New Repa...

Page 4: ...ming operations Preview changes made in disk and volume layout before applying them Browse through the detailed information about all hard disks volumes and file systems Acronis Recovery Expert Helps you to recover accidentally lost or deleted volumes on basic MBR disks Acronis Bootable Media Builder Now you can create bootable media based both on WinPE and Linux to use Acronis Disk Director on ba...

Page 5: ... performed either in the operating system or using bootable media Each agent requires a license to perform operations on each managed machine Acronis Disk Director 11 Advanced Management Console The management console is an administrative tool for remote or local access to Acronis agents Usage of the console is not licensed Acronis Disk Director 11 Advanced Bootable Media Builder With bootable med...

Page 6: ...rted Bootable media Media type Memory ISO image size Based on Windows PE 512 MB 300 MB Linux based 256 MB 130 MB 3 2 Supported operating systems Acronis Disk Director 11 Advanced Agent for Windows Windows XP Professional SP2 Windows 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...

Page 7: ... The minimum configuration that enables you to perform disk management operations on a machine includes Agent and Management Console Connect the console to the machine where the agent is installed and perform disk management operations on the machine An agent has to be installed on each machine you want to manage The console which provides the GUI to the agents should be installed on the machines ...

Page 8: ...isk whose volumes will be created or managed Having your most important data backed up to another hard disk or CD will allow you to work on disk volumes being reassured that your data is safe Acronis has an extremely effective comprehensive data backup and recovery solution Acronis True Image It creates a data or disk backup copy stored in a compressed archive file that can be restored in case of ...

Page 9: ...der To run Acronis Disk Director boot the machine from a bootable media and then select Acronis Disk Director While working under bootable media Acronis Disk Director can perform almost all the operations on any disks and volumes that can be performed under Windows 3 10 Upgrading Acronis Disk Director This section describes how to upgrade Acronis Disk Director 3 10 1 Upgrading from demo to full pr...

Page 10: ...ave the license key for Acronis Disk Director 10 Server You have a full or upgrade license key for Acronis Disk Director 11 Advanced Server The upgrade procedure 1 Log on as an administrator to the machine where Acronis Disk Director 10 Server is installed 2 Start the Acronis Disk Director 11 Advanced setup program 3 Click Install Acronis Disk Director 4 For the upgrade license key Specify the upg...

Page 11: ...u support Product Updates You can download the latest updates for all your registered Acronis software products from our website at any time after logging into your Account https www acronis eu my and registering the product See Registering Acronis Products at the Website http kb acronis com content 4834 and Acronis Website User Guide http kb acronis com content 8128 ...

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