Before installing a storage node, ensure that the machine meets the system requirements.
We recommend that you install a storage node and a catalog service on separate machines. The system requirements to a machine running a catalog service are described in "Cataloging best practices".
To install a storage node and/or a catalog service
Log on as an administrator and start the Acronis Backup setup program.
[Optional] To change the language the setup program is displayed in, click Setup language.
Accept the terms of the license agreement and select whether the machine will participate in the Acronis Customer Experience Program (CEP).
Click Install a backup agent.
Click Customize installation settings.
Next to What to install, click Change.
Select the components to install:
To install a storage node, select the Storage Node check box. The Agent for Windows check box is automatically selected.
To install a catalog service, select the Catalog Service check box.
If you do not want to install other components on this machine, clear the corresponding check boxes.
Click Done to continue.
Specify the management server where the components will be registered:
Next to Acronis Backup Management Server, click Specify.
Specify the host name or IP address of the machine where the management server is installed.
Specify credentials of a management server administrator. You can use the current Windows session credentials or explicitly specify the user name and password.
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.
Click Done.
If prompted, select whether the machine with the storage node and/or the catalog service 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".