During installation, Acronis Backup creates several services.
Services of Acronis Backup components
A main service can run under a dedicated account or under an account you specify during installation. Either account is given privileges that are needed for the service to work. The privileges include a set of user rights, membership in security groups, and the Full Control permissions on respective registry keys in the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Acronis. There are no permissions granted on other registry keys.
The following table lists the services of Acronis Backup components and the privileges for their accounts.
Service name |
Purpose |
Account used by the service |
Privileges added to the account |
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User rights |
Group membership |
Permissions on registry keys |
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Services for Acronis Backup agents |
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Acronis Managed Machine Service (Main service) |
Backing up and recovering data on the machine |
Acronis Agent User (new account) or user-specified account |
Log on as a service Adjust memory quotas for a process Replace a process level token Modify firmware environment values |
Backup Operators Administrators |
BackupAndRecovery Encryption Global MMS |
Acronis VSS Provider (Auxiliary service; created only for Agent for Windows in a Windows Server operating system) |
Using a Volume Shadow Copy (VSS) provider that comes with Acronis Backup |
Local System |
No additional privileges
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Acronis Removable Storage Management Service (Auxiliary service) |
Managing locally attached tape devices. Can be also used by the Storage Node Service. |
Local System |
No additional privileges |
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Services for Acronis Backup Management Server |
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Acronis Management Server Service (Main service) |
Centrally managing backup operations on multiple machines |
AMS User (new account) or user-specified account |
Log on as a service |
Acronis Centralized Admins |
AMS BackupAndRecovery |
SQL Server (ACRONIS) (Auxiliary service; created only if a new SQL server is installed) |
Running a Microsoft SQL Server that is optionally installed with the management server |
Local System |
No additional privileges
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Acronis Web Server Service (Auxiliary service) |
Hosting the management server Web page |
Same as for Acronis Management Server Service
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Services for Acronis Backup Storage Node |
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Acronis Storage Node Service (Main service) |
Managing and deduplicating backup archives, maintaining the centralized data catalog |
ASN User (new account) or user-specified account |
Log on as a service |
Backup Operators Administrators |
ASN BackupAndRecovery Encryption |
Acronis Removable Storage Management Service (Auxiliary service) |
Managing locally attached tape devices. Can also be used by the Managed Machine Service. |
Local System |
No additional privileges |
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Common services
The following services can be used by multiple components of Acronis Backup and by other Acronis products. These services always run under a system account. No additional privileges are given to the account.
Service name |
Purpose |
Account used by the service |
Services for Acronis PXE Server |
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Acronis PXE Server Service |
Booting machines into Acronis bootable components over the network |
Local System |
Acronis File Server Service |
Providing bootable components for Acronis PXE Server |
Local System |
Remote-access and scheduling services |
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Acronis Remote Agent Service |
Providing connectivity among Acronis components |
Local System or NetworkService |
Acronis Scheduler2 Service |
Providing scheduling for tasks performed by Acronis components |
Local System |
Dependencies on other services
The main services depend on Acronis Scheduler2 Service and on the following standard Windows services: Remote Procedure Call (RPC) and Protected Storage. Acronis Managed Machine Service and Acronis Storage Node Service also depend on the Windows Management Instrumentation standard service.
To view the list of dependencies for a service, do the following: