What's new in Update 2

New features available in all on-premise deployments

Administering

• Administering user accounts is available on a management server that is installed in Linux

Installation and infrastructure

• Acronis Backup appliance for automatic deployment of Linux, the management server, Agent for Linux, and Agent for VMware (Linux) on a dedicated virtual machine
• When adding a Windows machine in the web interface, it is possible to select the name or IP address that the agent will use to access the management server
• Automatic and manual checks for updates

Security

• The backup console supports the HTTPS protocol out of the box
• The management server can use a certificate issued by a trusted certificate authority, instead of the self-signed certificate
• Non-root users can be added as administrators to a management server that is installed in Linux

Scheduling backups

• New scheduling options:
  • Waking up a machine for backup from the sleep or hibernation mode
  • Prevention of the sleep or hibernation mode during a backup
  • The option to prohibit running missed backups on a machine startup
• New backup start conditions, handy for backing up Windows laptops and tablets:
  • Save battery power
  • Do not start when on metered connection
  • Do not start when connected to the following Wi-Fi networks
  • Check device IP address
• In the Monthly schedule, selection of individual months during which backups will run
• The capability to start a differential backup manually

Backup locations

• Storing each machine's backups in a folder defined by a script (for machines running Windows)
• A locally deployed Acronis Storage can be used as a backup location

Applications

• Recovering Microsoft Office 365 mailboxes and mailbox items to Microsoft Exchange Server and vice versa

Support for new operating systems and virtualization platforms

• macOS High Sierra 10.13
• Debian 9.1 and 9.2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4
• CentOS 7.4
• ALT Linux 7.0
• Red Hat Virtualization 4.1

Usability improvements

• Renaming locations on the Backups tab
• The capability to change the vCenter Server or ESXi that is managed by Agent for VMware in Settings > Agents > agent details

New features available with the Advanced licenses only

Administering

• Creating units is available on a management server that is installed in Linux

Installation and infrastructure

• When adding a managed location, it is possible to select whether the agents will access the storage node by using the server name or IP address

Usability improvements

• Adding a managed location can be initiated from the storage node properties panel

Tape support

• Full support for the LTO-8 technology. See Hardware Compatibility List for the exact names of the tested devices.