Installation in Windows

To install Agent for Windows, Agent for Hyper-V, Agent for Exchange, Agent for SQL, or Agent for Active Directory

  1. Log on as an administrator and start the Acronis Cyber Backup setup program.
  2. [Optional] To change the language the setup program is displayed in, click Setup language.
  3. Accept the terms of the license agreement and select whether the machine will participate in the Acronis Customer Experience Program (ACEP).
  1. Select Install a backup agent.

  2. Do any of the following:

    • Click Install Acronis Cyber Backup .

      This is the easiest way to install the product. Most of the installation parameters will be set to their default values.

      The following components will be installed:

      • Agent for Windows
      • Other agents (Agent for Hyper-V, Agent for Exchange, Agent for SQL, and Agent for Active Directory), if the respective hypervisor or application is detected on the machine
      • Bootable Media Builder
      • Command-Line Tool
      • Backup Monitor

    • Click Customize installation settings to configure the setup.

      You will be able to select the components to be installed and to specify additional parameters. For details, refer to "Customizing installation settings".

    • Click Create .mst and .msi files for unattended installation to extract the installation packages. Review or modify the installation settings that will be added to the .mst file, and then click Generate. Further steps of this procedure are not required.

      If you want to deploy agents through Group Policy, proceed as described in "Deploying agents through Group Policy".

  3. Specify the management server where the machine with the agent will be registered:

    1. Specify the host name or IP address of the machine where the management server is installed.

    2. Specify the credentials of a management server administrator or a registration token.

      For more information on how to generate a registration token, refer to "Deploying agents through Group Policy".

      If you are not a management server administrator, you still can register the machine, by selecting the Connect without authentication option. This works on the condition that the management server allows anonymous registration, which may be disabled.

    3. Click Done.

  1. If prompted, select whether the machine with the agent will be added to the organization or to one of the units.

    This prompt appears if you administer more than one unit, or an organization with at least one unit. Otherwise, the machine will be silently added to the unit you administer or to the organization. For more information, refer to "Administrators and units".

  1. Proceed with the installation.
  2. After the installation completes, click Close.
  3. If you installed Agent for Exchange, you will be able to back up Exchange databases. If you want to back up Exchange mailboxes, open the backup console, click Add > Microsoft Exchange Server > Exchange mailboxes, and then specify the machine where the Client Access server role (CAS) of Microsoft Exchange Server is enabled. For more information, refer to "Mailbox backup".

To install Agent for VMware (Windows), Agent for Office 365, Agent for Oracle, or Agent for Exchange on a machine without Microsoft Exchange Server

  1. Log on as an administrator and start the Acronis Cyber Backup setup program.
  2. [Optional] To change the language the setup program is displayed in, click Setup language.
  3. Accept the terms of the license agreement and select whether the machine will participate in the Acronis Customer Experience Program (ACEP).
  1. Select Install a backup agent, and then click Customize installation settings.
  2. Next to What to install, click Change.
  3. Select the check box corresponding to the agent that you want to install. Clear the check boxes for the components that you do not want to install. Click Done to continue.

  4. Specify the management server where the machine with the agent will be registered:

    1. Next to Acronis Cyber Backup Management Server, click Specify.
    1. Specify the host name or IP address of the machine where the management server is installed.

    2. Specify the credentials of a management server administrator or a registration token.

      For more information on how to generate a registration token, refer to "Deploying agents through Group Policy".

      If you are not a management server administrator, you still can register the machine, by selecting the Connect without authentication option. This works on the condition that the management server allows anonymous registration, which may be disabled.

    3. Click Done.

  1. If prompted, select whether the machine with the agent will be added to the organization or to one of the units.

    This prompt appears if you administer more than one unit, or an organization with at least one unit. Otherwise, the machine will be silently added to the unit you administer or to the organization. For more information, refer to "Administrators and units".

  1. [Optional] Change other installation settings as described in "Customizing installation settings".
  2. Click Install to proceed with the installation.
  3. After the installation completes, click Close.
  4. [Only when installing Agent for VMware (Windows)] Perform the procedure described in "Configuring an already registered Agent for VMware".
  5. [Only when installing Agent for Exchange] Open the backup console, click Add > Microsoft Exchange Server > Exchange mailboxes, and then specify the machine where the Client Access server role (CAS) of Microsoft Exchange Server is enabled. For more information, refer to "Mailbox backup".