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Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server manual

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Table of contents for the manual

  • Page 1

    Quick St art Gui de Acronis® Backup & Recovery ™ 10 Advanced Editions[...]

  • Page 2

    Table of Con tent s 1. Main component s .................................................................................................. 3 2. Licens e server ......................................................................................................... 3 3. Supported operat ing sys tems .................................................[...]

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    Copyrig ht © Ac ronis, Inc ., 2000 - 2009 3 This do cument de scribes how to install and start using any of the following editions of Acronis Backup & Recovery 10: • Acroni s Backup & Recovery 10 Adv anced Server • Acroni s Backup & Recovery 10 Adv anced Server SB S Edition • Acronis Ba ckup & Reco v ery 1 0 Advan ced Worksta[...]

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    4 Copyrig ht © Ac ronis, Inc ., 2000 - 2009 Microsoft Win dows 2000 S erver/ 2000 Advanced Server/ Server 20 03/ Server 2 008 No Yes No Microsoft Win dows XP Profe ssional x64 E dition, Windows Serv er 2003/2008 x 64 Edit ions Yes Yes No Microsoft Win dows Vista — al l edition s except Vista Home Ba sic an d Vista Home P remiu m Yes Yes No Micro[...]

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    Copyrig ht © Ac ronis, Inc ., 2000 - 2009 5 Below is an example of how you would dist ribute t he component s. The comments remind you w hat licenses are required to in stall each component. With A cronis License Server, you do not have t o enter t he lice nse key o n each indivi dual mac hi ne. Just i mport all the ke ys to the server and then sp[...]

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    6 Copyrig ht © Ac ronis, Inc ., 2000 - 2009 • Install the ag ents on one or more machi nes • Back up an individual machine by using a backup plan • Back up multiple machines ce ntrally by using a ba ckup policy • Recover files from a disk ba ck up These guidelines do n ot illustrate the scenario d escribe d in section 4 above . They descri[...]

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    Copyrig ht © Ac ronis, Inc ., 2000 - 2009 7 5. When installing the trial product versi on, enter the trial license ke y. When installi ng the purchased p roduct, specify t he name or IP address o f the m achine w ith the license server (unless installed on the current machine; in this case the s erver name is already set , but can be changed). Det[...]

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    8 Copyrig ht © Ac ronis, Inc ., 2000 - 2009 9. When pro m pted a bout cr edentials f or the agent’ s ser vice, leave the def ault ch o ice Create a new account . Deta ils. Th is accou nt is n eeded to run the agen t’s serv ice. 10. Confirm opening of the Mi c rosoft Windows Firewall p o rt. 11. Select Register on the management server… , and[...]

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    Copyrig ht © Ac ronis, Inc ., 2000 - 2009 9 6. Under Where to bac k up , click Change . In Path , type th e path to the netwo rk shared f older where to sa ve the archi ves. Or y ou can select th is folder from the folder tree . Provide acces s credentials for the specified folder. 7. Click OK to create t he backup plan. The backup start s immedia[...]

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    10 Copyrig ht © Ac ronis, Inc ., 2000 - 2009 7. Under Where to recov er , in Des tination , click Change . Select New locat ion and then s peci fy the folder to recover the files t o . Or you can select this f o lder from the f older tree. Tip. By default, the progra m recovers files to the location fr om which they wer e backed up. This may requi[...]