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 Server 2003 SP1+/2003 R2 – Standard and Enterprise editions (x86, x64)
Windows Small Business Server 2003 SP1+/2003 R2
Windows Vista – all editions (x86, x64), except for Vista Home Basic and Vista Home Premium
Windows Server 2008 – Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, and Web editions (x86, x64)
Windows Small Business Server 2008
Windows 7 – all editions (x86, x64), except for the Starter and Home editions
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 (x86, x64), except for the Windows RT editions
Windows Server 2012/2012 R2 – all editions
Windows Storage Server 2003/2008/2008 R2/2012/2012 R2/2016
Windows 10 – Home, Pro, Education, Enterprise, and IoT Enterprise editions
Windows Server 2016 – all installation options, except for Nano Server
Acronis Backup for Windows Server
Windows XP Professional SP2+ (x86, x64)
Windows Server 2003 SP1+/2003 R2 – Standard and Enterprise editions (x86, x64)
Windows Small Business Server 2003 SP1+/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 (x86, x64), except for the Windows RT editions
Windows Server 2012/2012 R2 – all editions
Windows Storage Server 2003/2008/2008 R2/2012/2012 R2/2016
Windows 10 – Home, Pro, Education, Enterprise, and IoT Enterprise editions
Windows Server 2016 – all installation options, except for Nano Server
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 XP Professional SP2+ (x86, x64)
Windows Vista – all editions (x86, x64), except for Vista Home Basic and Vista Home Premium
Windows 7 – all editions (x86, x64), except for the Starter and Home editions
Windows 8/8.1 – all editions (x86, x64), except for the Windows RT editions
Windows 10 – Home, Pro, Education, Enterprise, and IoT Enterprise editions
Acronis Backup for PC
Windows XP Professional SP2+ (x86, x64)
Windows Vista – all editions (x86, x64)
Windows 7 – all editions (x86, x64)
Windows 8/8.1 – all editions (x86, x64), except for the Windows RT editions
Windows 10 – Home, Pro, Education, Enterprise, and IoT 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
Windows Server 2016 – all installation options, except for Nano Server
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 (x86, x64), except for the Starter and Home editions
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 (x86, x64), except for the Windows RT editions
Windows Server 2012/2012 R2 – all editions
Windows Storage Server 2003/2008/2008 R2/2012/2012 R2/2016
Windows 10 – Home, Pro, Education, and Enterprise editions
Windows Server 2016 – all installation options, except for Nano Server
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
Windows Server 2016 – all installation options, except for Nano Server
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 4.15 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, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4
Ubuntu 9.10, 10.04, 10.10, 11.04, 11.10, 12.04, 12.10, 13.04, 13.10, 14.04, 14.10, 15.04, 15.10, 16.04, 16.10
Fedora 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27
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, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6
CentOS 5.x, 6.x, 7, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4
Oracle Linux 5.x, 6.x, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 – both Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel and Red Hat Compatible Kernel
CloudLinux 6.x
ClearOS 5.x, 6.x, 7, 7.1
Astra Linux 1.5
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 only) 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 only) with Hyper-V
Windows 10 – Pro, Education, and Enterprise editions with Hyper-V
Windows Server 2016 with Hyper-V – all installation options, except for Nano Server
Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2016
Acronis Backup Agent for VMware
This agent is delivered as a virtual appliance for running on an ESX(i) host.
VMware ESX(i) 5.0, 5.1, 5.5, 6.0, 6.5
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 (x86, x64), except for Vista Home Basic and Vista Home Premium
Windows Server 2008 – Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter editions (x86, x64)
Windows Small Business Server 2008
Windows 7 – all editions (x86, x64), except for the Starter and Home editions
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 (x86, x64), except for the Windows RT editions
Windows Server 2012/2012 R2 – all editions
Windows Storage Server 2003/2008/2008 R2/2012/2012 R2/2016
Windows 10 – Home, Pro, Education, Enterprise, and IoT Enterprise editions
Windows Server 2016 – all installation options, except for Nano Server
Acronis Backup Management Console
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 (x86, x64), except for the Windows RT editions
Windows Server 2012/2012 R2 – all editions
Windows Storage Server 2003/2008/2008 R2/2012/2012 R2/2016
Windows 10 – Home, Pro, Education, Enterprise, and IoT Enterprise editions
Windows Server 2016 – all installation options, except for Nano Server