Components for a managed machine
Important: See "Support for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012" for details and limitations of this support.
Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 Agent for Windows
Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 Advanced Server
Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 Virtual Edition
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
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
Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 Advanced Server SBS Edition
Windows Small Business Server 2003/2003 R2
Windows Small Business Server 2008
Windows Small Business Server 2011 – all editions
Windows Server 2012 – Essentials and Foundation editions
Windows Server 2012 R2 – Essentials edition
Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 Server for Windows
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
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
Remote connection to the agent is not possible.
Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 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)
Windows 8/8.1 – all editions except for the Windows RT editions (x86, x64)
Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 Workstation
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)
Remote connection to the agent is not possible.
Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 Agent for Microsoft Exchange Server
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 & Recovery 11.5 Agent for Microsoft SQL Server (single-pass)
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
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
Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 Agent for Microsoft Active Directory (single-pass)
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 & Recovery 11.5 Agent for Linux
Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 Advanced Server
Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 Virtual Edition
Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 Server for Linux
Linux with kernel from 2.4.20 to 3.9 and glibc 2.3.2 or later
Various x86 and x86_64 Linux distributions, including:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.x, 5.x, and 6.x
Ubuntu 9.10, 10.04, 10.10, 11.04, 11.10, 12.04, 12.10, 13.04, and 13.10
Fedora 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 and 11
Debian 4, 5, and 6
CentOS 5.x and 6.x
Oracle Linux 5.x and 6.x – both Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel and Red Hat Compatible Kernel
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 11.5 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
Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 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, 4.1, 5.0, 5.1, and 5.5
Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 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 11.5 Management Server, Acronis License Server, Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 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
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
Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 Management Console
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
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