Acronis Backup for Windows Server Essentials - Installation Guide - Manual (Page 58)

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Administrators group of the domain controller. Otherwise, single-pass backups of Microsoft Active
Directory data will fail.
For detailed step-by-step instructions, refer to the "Interactive installation of Acronis Backup
Advanced" (p. 19) section of the installation documentation.
3 Upgrading from Acronis Backup to Acronis
Backup Advanced
Purchasing licenses
Prior to upgrade, purchase the Acronis Backup Advanced licenses for each machine where you are
planning to upgrade Acronis Backup. Names of the licenses depend on the product currently installed
on the machine.
Installed product Licenses suitable for upgrade
Acronis Backup for Windows Server Acronis Backup Advanced for Windows Server
Acronis Backup for Linux Server Acronis Backup Advanced for Linux Server
Acronis Backup for PC Acronis Backup Advanced for PC
After the purchase, you will receive an e-mail with the license keys.
Upgrading the product
To upgrade Acronis Backup to Acronis Backup Advanced, do the following:
Step 1. Changing licenses
On each machine where you want to upgrade Acronis Backup, change a license as follows:
1. Run Acronis Backup.
2. On the Help menu, click Change license.
3. Click Change to the right of License for backup of disks/files, click Change, and then click Use the
following license keys.
4. Enter the new license keys for this machine.
5. Click OK to apply the new licenses, click Yes in the warning message, and then click OK.
The licenses previously assigned to the machine will be revoked and the management console will
restart. Now, you can connect the console to a remote machine and connect to this machine from a
remote location.
Step 2. Downloading the setup program
Download the setup program of Acronis Backup Advanced from the Acronis website as described at
http://kb.acronis.com/content/1642.
Step 3. Installing the management server
Install Acronis Backup Management Server on a machine running Windows. The machine must have
at least 8 GB of RAM and 4.5 GB of free space on a system disk.
It is acceptable to install the management server on one of the machines where you have upgraded
the product. To do this: