Licensing of the Acronis Backup product family and the Acronis Backup Advanced suite is based on the number of machines backed up by the products. A license is required for every physical machine that you want to back up.
The following table lists the products and their main features.
Product |
Disk and file backup |
Centralized management |
Deduplication |
Backup to tape |
Application backup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Acronis Backup for Windows Server |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Acronis Backup for Linux Server |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Acronis Backup for PC |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Acronis Backup for Windows Server Essentials |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
All supported* |
Acronis Backup Advanced for Windows Server |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
- |
Acronis Backup Advanced for Linux Server |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
- |
Acronis Backup Advanced for PC |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
- |
Acronis Backup Advanced for Exchange |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
Exchange |
Acronis Backup Advanced for SQL |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
SQL |
Acronis Backup Advanced for SharePoint |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
SQL, SharePoint |
Acronis Backup Advanced for Active Directory |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
Active Directory |
Acronis Backup Advanced for VMware / Hyper-V / RHEV / Citrix XenServer / Oracle VM |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
All supported* |
* The supported applications are: Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft SharePoint, and Microsoft Active Directory.
The products without centralized management are designed for backing up the data of a single machine. All components of each product are installed on the same machine. You will be asked for the license key during the installation.
The Acronis Backup Advanced suite is designed for backing up multiple machines. In addition to components that need to be installed on a backed-up machine, these products include a management server that enables centralized management and storage nodes for storing backed up data. Usage of these additional components is not licensed. For example, you can install as many storage nodes as you wish - up to 50.
During installation of a licensed component (agent), you can either specify a license server or enter a license key manually. Use a license for a specific product or Acronis Backup Advanced Universal License. This license enables installation of all Acronis Backup Advanced products on a physical machine and on any number of virtual machines running on this physical machine.
Acronis Backup for Windows Server Essentials is a natural choice for a network with a single server and multiple workstations. By using this product on the server and using Acronis Backup Advanced for PC on the workstations, you can centrally manage all of the machines. Most descriptions of the Acronis Backup Advanced functionality in the documentation also apply to Acronis Backup for Windows Server Essentials.
Components of other Acronis Backup products do not interact with the components of Acronis Backup Advanced.