Supported operating systems

Components for a managed machine

Important: Refer to "Support for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012" in the product Help or the User Guide for details and limitations of this support.

Acronis Backup Agent for Windows

Acronis Backup Advanced for Windows Server

Acronis Backup Advanced for Hyper-V

Acronis Backup Advanced for VMware

Acronis Backup Advanced for Citrix XenServer

Acronis Backup Advanced for RHEV

Acronis Backup Advanced for Oracle VM

Acronis Backup Advanced Universal License

Windows XP Professional SP2+ (x86, x64)

Windows 2000 SP4 – all editions except for the Datacenter edition

Windows Server 2003/2003 R2 – Standard and 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 Server 2008 – Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, and Web editions (x86, x64)

Windows Small Business Server 2008

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

Windows Server 2008 R2 – Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Foundation, and Web editions

Windows MultiPoint Server 2010/2011/2012

Windows Small Business Server 2011 – all editions

Windows 8/8.1 – all editions except for the Windows RT editions (x86, x64)

Windows Server 2012/2012 R2 – all editions

Windows Storage Server 2003/2008/2008 R2/2012/2012 R2

Windows 10 – Home, Pro, Education, and Enterprise editions

Acronis Backup for Windows Server

Windows XP Professional SP2+ (x86, x64)

Windows 2000 SP4 – all editions except for the Datacenter edition

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

Windows Small Business Server 2003/2003 R2

Windows Vista – all editions (x86, x64)

Windows Server 2008 – Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, and Web editions (x86, x64)

Windows Small Business Server 2008

Windows 7 – all editions (x86, x64)

Windows Server 2008 R2 – Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Foundation, and Web editions

Windows MultiPoint Server 2010/2011/2012

Windows Small Business Server 2011 – all editions

Windows 8/8.1 – all editions except for the Windows RT editions (x86, x64)

Windows Server 2012/2012 R2 – all editions

Windows Storage Server 2003/2008/2008 R2/2012/2012 R2

Windows 10 – Home, Pro, Education, and Enterprise editions

Remote connection to the agent is not possible.

Acronis Backup for Windows Server Essentials

Windows Small Business Server 2003/2003 R2

Windows Small Business Server 2008

Windows Small Business Server 2011 – all editions

Windows Server 2012/2012 R2 – Essentials and Foundation editions

Acronis Backup Advanced for PC

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)

Windows 8/8.1 – all editions except for the Windows RT editions (x86, x64)

Windows 10 – Home, Pro, Education, and Enterprise editions

Acronis Backup for PC

Windows 2000 Professional SP4

Windows XP Professional SP2+ (x86, x64)

Windows Vista – all editions (x86, x64)

Windows 7 – all editions (x86, x64)

Windows 8/8.1 – all editions except for the Windows RT editions (x86, x64)

Windows 10 – Home, Pro, Education, and Enterprise editions

Remote connection to the agent is not possible.

Acronis Backup Agent for Exchange

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

Windows Small Business Server 2003/2003 R2

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

Windows Small Business Server 2008

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

Windows Small Business Server 2011 – all editions

Windows Server 2012/2012 R2 – Standard and Datacenter editions

Acronis Backup Agent for SQL

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

Windows Small Business Server 2003/2003 R2

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

Windows Small Business Server 2008

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

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

Windows MultiPoint Server 2010/2011/2012

Windows Small Business Server 2011 – all editions

Windows 8/8.1 – all editions except for the Windows RT editions (x86, x64)

Windows Server 2012/2012 R2 – all editions

Windows Storage Server 2003/2008/2008 R2/2012/2012 R2

Windows 10 – Home, Pro, Education, and Enterprise editions

Acronis Backup Agent for Active Directory

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

Windows Small Business Server 2003/2003 R2

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

Windows Small Business Server 2008

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

Windows Small Business Server 2011 – all editions

Windows Server 2012/2012 R2 – all editions

Acronis Backup Agent for Linux

Acronis Backup Advanced for Linux Server

Acronis Backup for Linux Server

Acronis Backup Advanced for Hyper-V

Acronis Backup Advanced for VMware

Acronis Backup Advanced for Citrix XenServer

Acronis Backup Advanced for RHEV

Acronis Backup Advanced for Oracle VM

Acronis Backup Advanced Universal License

Linux with kernel from 2.4.20 to 4.1 and glibc 2.3.2 or later

Various x86 and x86_64 Linux distributions, including:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.x, 5.x, 6.x, and 7.x

Ubuntu 9.10, 10.04, 10.10, 11.04, 11.10, 12.04, 12.10, 13.04, 13.10, 14.04, 14.10, and 15.04

Fedora 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, and 22

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 and 11

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 – supported on file systems, except for Btrfs

Debian 4, 5, 6, 7.0, 7.2, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 8.0, and 8.1

CentOS 5.x, 6.x, and 7.0

Oracle Linux 5.x, 6.x, 7.0, and 7.1 – both Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel and Red Hat Compatible Kernel

CloudLinux 6.x

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 Agent for Hyper-V

Windows Server 2008 (x64) with Hyper-V

Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V

Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008/2008 R2

Windows Server 2012/2012 R2 with Hyper-V

Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012/2012 R2

Windows 8, 8.1 (x64) with Hyper-V

Windows 10 – Pro, Education, and Enterprise editions with Hyper-V

Acronis Backup Agent for VMware (Virtual Appliance)

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

VMware ESX(i) 4.0, 4.1, 5.0, 5.1, 5.5, and 6.0

Acronis Backup Agent for VMware (Windows)

This agent is delivered as a Windows application for running in any operating system listed above for Acronis Backup Agent for Windows (under Acronis Backup Advanced for VMware).

Components for centralized management

Acronis Backup Management Server, Acronis License Server, Acronis Backup Storage Node

Windows XP Professional SP3 (x86, x64)

Windows Server 2003/2003 R2 – Standard and 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 Server 2008 – Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter editions (x86, x64)

Windows Small Business Server 2008

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

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

Windows MultiPoint Server 2010/2011/2012

Windows Small Business Server 2011 – all editions

Windows 8/8.1 – all editions except for the Windows RT editions (x86, x64)

Windows Server 2012/2012 R2 – all editions

Windows Storage Server 2003/2008/2008 R2/2012/2012 R2

Windows 10 – Home, Pro, Education, and Enterprise editions

Acronis Backup Management Console

Windows 2000 SP4 – all editions except for the Datacenter edition

Windows XP Professional SP2+ (x86, x64)

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

Windows Small Business Server 2003/2003 R2

Windows Vista – all editions (x86, x64)

Windows Server 2008 – Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, and Web editions (x86, x64)

Windows Small Business Server 2008

Windows 7 – all editions (x86, x64)

Windows Server 2008 R2 – Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Foundation, and Web editions

Windows MultiPoint Server 2010/2011/2012

Windows Small Business Server 2011 – all editions

Windows 8/8.1 – all editions except for the Windows RT editions (x86, x64)

Windows Server 2012/2012 R2 – all editions

Windows Storage Server 2003/2008/2008 R2/2012/2012 R2

Windows 10 – Home, Pro, Education, and Enterprise editions