Supported operating systems

Components for a managed machine

Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 Agent for Windows

Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 Advanced Server

Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 Virtual Edition

Windows XP Professional SP2+ (x86, x64)

Windows 2000 SP4 – all editions except for the Datacenter edition

Windows Server 2003/2003 R2 – the Standard, Enterprise editions (x86, x64)

Windows Small Business Server 2003/2003 R2

Windows Vista – all editions except for Vista Home Basic and Vista Home Premium (x86, x64)

Windows 7 – all editions except for the Starter and Home editions (x86, x64)

Windows Server 2008 – the Standard, Enterprise editions (x86, x64)

Windows Small Business Server 2008

Windows Server 2008 R2 – the Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Foundation editions

Windows MultiPoint Server 2010

Windows Small Business Server 2011

Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 Advanced Server SBS Edition

Windows Small Business Server 2003/2003 R2

Windows Small Business Server 2008

Windows Small Business Server 2011

Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 Server for Windows

Windows XP Professional SP2+ (x86, x64)

Windows 2000 SP4 – all editions except for the Datacenter edition

Windows Server 2003/2003 R2 – the Standard, Enterprise editions (x86, x64)

Windows Small Business Server 2003/2003 R2

Windows Vista – all editions (x86, x64)

Windows 7 – all editions (x86, x64)

Windows Server 2008 – the Standard, Enterprise editions (x86, x64)

Windows Small Business Server 2008

Windows Server 2008 R2 – the Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Foundation editions

Windows MultiPoint Server 2010

Windows Small Business Server 2011

Remote connection to the agent is not possible.

Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 Advanced Workstation

Windows 2000 Professional SP4

Windows XP Professional SP2+ (x86, x64)

Windows Vista – all editions except for Vista Home Basic and Vista Home Premium (x86, x64)

Windows 7 – all editions except for the Starter and Home editions (x86, x64)

Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 Workstation

Windows 2000 Professional SP4

Windows XP Professional SP2+ (x86, x64)

Windows Vista – all editions (x86, x64)

Windows 7 – all editions (x86, x64)

Remote connection to the agent is not possible.

Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 Agent for Linux

Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 Advanced Server

Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 Virtual Edition

Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 Server for Linux

Linux with kernel 2.4.20 or later (including 2.6.x kernels) and glibc 2.3.2 or later

Various 32-bit and 64-bit Linux distributions, including:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.x, 5.x and 6.x

Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala), 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) and 10.10

Fedora 11, 12, 13, 14

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 and 11

Debian 4 (Lenny) and 5 (Etch)

CentOS 5

Before installing the product on a system that does not use RPM Package Manager, such as an Ubuntu system, you need to install this manager manually; for example, by running the following command (as the root user): apt-get install rpm

Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 Agent for Hyper-V

Windows Server 2008/2008 R2 (x64) with Hyper-V

Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008/2008 R2

Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 Agent for ESX(i) (Virtual Appliance)

This agent is delivered as a virtual appliance for running on an ESX(i) host.

VMware ESX Infrastructure 3.5 Update 2+

VMware ESX(i) 4.0 and 4.1

Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 Agent for ESX(i) (Windows)

This agent is delivered as a Windows application for running in any operating system listed above for Agent for Windows (Virtual Edition).

Components for centralized management

Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 Management Server, Acronis License Server, Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 Storage Node

Windows XP Professional SP3 (x86, x64)

Windows Server 2003/2003 R2 – the Standard, Enterprise editions (x86, x64)

Windows Small Business Server 2003/2003 R2

Windows Vista – all editions except for Vista Home Basic and Vista Home Premium (x86, x64)

Windows 7 – all editions except for the Starter and Home editions (x86, x64)

Windows Server 2008 – the Standard, Enterprise editions (x86, x64)

Windows Small Business Server 2008

Windows Server 2008 R2 – the Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Foundation editions

Windows MultiPoint Server 2010

Windows Small Business Server 2011

Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 Management Console

Windows XP Professional SP2+ (x86, x64)

Windows 2000 SP4 – all editions except for the Datacenter edition

Windows Server 2003/2003 R2 – the Standard, Enterprise editions (x86, x64)

Windows Small Business Server 2003/2003 R2

Windows Vista – all editions (x86, x64)

Windows 7 – all editions (x86, x64)

Windows Server 2008 – the Standard, Enterprise editions (x86, x64)

Windows Small Business Server 2008

Windows Server 2008 R2 – the Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Foundation editions

Windows MultiPoint Server 2010

Windows Small Business Server 2011