Interactive installation of Acronis Backup Advanced

You can install Acronis Backup Advanced on the local machine by using the typical or the custom installation. Typical installation is the easiest way to install the product. Most of the installation parameters will be set to their default values. During custom installation, you will be able to select the components to be installed and to specify additional parameters.

Note: When canceling the installation process, only the last package is removed. Other components, if any, remain installed.

Typical installation

1. Log on as an administrator and start the Acronis Backup Advanced setup program.
2. Click Install Acronis Backup.
3. Accept the terms of the license agreement.
4. Select one or more machine roles, depending on what you want this machine to do.

   Based on your choice, the corresponding components of Acronis Backup will be selected for installation.

5. If you chose to back up this machine's data, and the machine has applications that Acronis Backup can back up, select the applications that you want to protect with the application-specific backup.

   Based on your choice, additional components, such as Agent for Exchange or Agent for Hyper-V, will be selected for installation.

6. If prompted, specify one or more of the following parameters, depending on the component selection:
   • Installation mode (trial or full).
   • Whether to register the components on the management server.
   • Credentials for Microsoft SQL Server instances installed on the machine.
   • Whether the machine will participate in the Acronis Customer Experience Program (CEP).
7. On the summary page, review the list of components that will be installed, and the installation settings for those components. Click Install to start the installation.

Custom installation

1. Log on as an administrator and start the Acronis Backup Advanced setup program.
2. Click Install Acronis Backup.
3. Accept the terms of the license agreement.
4. Select the I want to manually select the Acronis components and customize the installation process check box.

   You can also select one or more of the machine roles, depending on what you want this machine to do. Based on your choice, the corresponding components of Acronis Backup will be selected for installation.

5. [Optional] In the components tree, select additional components or clear selection of the components that you do not want to install.

   Tips. Agent for VMware (Windows), Wake-on-LAN Proxy, and some smaller features can be installed only by using the components tree.

   You may want to disable Components for Remote Installation from being saved every time you install the management console, because the installation files take about 900 MB of disk space.

6. If prompted, specify one or more of the following parameters, depending on the component selection:
   • Installation mode (trial or full).
   • The name or IP address of the license server that Agent for VMware (Windows) will use.
   • The folder where the product will be installed.
   • Whether to install the product for all users or only for the current user.
   • Credentials for the Acronis services. By default, the setup program will create a dedicated user account for each service.
   • The names of Microsoft SQL servers to be used by Acronis Backup Management Server.
   • Whether to register the components on the management server.
   • The names of users who will be allowed to connect to the machine remotely.
   • The name or IP address of the VMware vCenter Server or ESX(i) server whose virtual machines Agent for VMware (Windows) will back up. Specify the user name and password for logging on to that server. If you do not want to specify the server, click I will specify the server later.

     To access this setting after the agent has been installed, connect the console to the machine with the agent and select from the top menu Options > Machine options > Agent for VMware.

   • Whether to enable the management server Web page. (If enabled, specify the port for the Web page).
   • Credentials for Microsoft SQL Server instances installed on the machine.
   • Whether the machine will participate in the Acronis Customer Experience Program (CEP).
7. On the summary page, review the list of components that will be installed and the installation settings for those components. Click Install to start the installation.