Acronis Backup for Windows Server Essentials - Installation Guide - Manual (Page 47)

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2.3.3.1 Specifying the list of machines
When adding multiple machines to the management server or when performing remote installation,
you need to specify the list of machines.
Adding machines
Use one or more of the following options to add machines to the list:
By IP/name Type a machine name or IP address and specify the credentials of an account with
administrative privileges on it.
From network Specify machines by browsing the network. You can select individual machines, as well as
entire workgroups or domains.
From Active
Directory Specify machines by browsing an Active Directory domain.
This option is available only if the machine with the management console is a member of
that domain.
From file Import the list of the machines from a .txt or .csv file. The file should contain machine
names or IP addresses and they should be one machine per line.
Example:
Machine_name_1
Machine_name_2
192.168.1.14
192.168.1.15
From RHEV
environment Specify machines by connecting to a Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager. Provide
the credentials of the account with the access rights on the RHEV Manager. Be sure to also
specify the domain name (DOMAIN\Username or Username@domain).
From the list of RHEV machines, select the machines you want to add.
By application Specify machines on which certain applications are installed. Use the Servers and clusters
found filter to show the machines that have an application you need to back up.
This option is available only when adding machines to the management server. The
management server must be a member of a domain, and you can only select machines
from that domain.
Specifying credentials
For each of the machines, specify the credentials of an account with administrative privileges on that
machine. Or you can specify a universal account that has administrative privileges on all of the
machines. Enter the account credentials for one machine and click Apply to all machines.
Note. For a machine which is a domain controller in an Active Directory domain, you must specify the name of
that domain together with the user name. For example: MyDomain\Administrator
Detecting agents
Once you specify the machines to add to the management server, Acronis Backup detects the
machines on which agents are not yet installed. We recommend that you wait until the detection is
complete.
To cancel the detection, click Cancel status detection. In this case, agents will be installed only on the
machines where the detection was completed. Of the machines where the detection was canceled,
only the machines with an agent already installed will be added to the management server.