Acronis Backup for PC - Installation Guide - Manual (Page 13)

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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:
1. Run the setup program, and then click Install Acronis Backup.
2. After accepting the terms of the license agreement, click Modify.
3. In the components tree, select Management Server.
4. Follow the on-screen instructions. In most cases, you can leave the default settings.
In large environments, we recommend setting up a dedicated physical or virtual server. For detailed
information, refer to the installation documentation for Acronis Backup Advanced.
Step 4. Adding the upgraded machines to the management server
1. On any machine where the product was upgraded, run Acronis Backup.
2. Click Connect to a management server and type the server name or IP address. If prompted for
credentials, specify the user name and password of a user who is a member of the Acronis
Centralized Admins and Acronis Remote Users groups on the management server.
3. In the Navigation tree, select Machines with agents.
4. Click Add multiple machines on the toolbar.
5. Add the upgraded machines in any of the following ways:
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By specifying their names or IP addresses.
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By browsing the network.
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By browsing an Active Directory domain.
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By importing a list of machines from a .txt or .csv file.
For detailed information, refer to the "Specifying the list of machines" section of the installation
documentation for Acronis Backup Advanced.
Tips for further usage
The added machines will appear in the Machines with agents view of the management server.
The backup plans on the machines will remain intact. To view them on the management server,
right-click the machine name > View details > Backup plans and tasks. The product continues doing
backups and you can recover from the backups created before the upgrade.
You can now create centralized backup plans that will simultaneously back up several machines to a
single location.
4 Checking for software updates
Each time you start the management console, Acronis Backup checks whether a new version of the
software is available on the Acronis website. If so, the software provides a link for downloading a
setup program of the new version.
To check for updates manually, start the management console and then click Help > Check for
updates. In that window, you also can disable the automatic checks for updates.
For information about updating Acronis Backup, see the “Update” section (p. 11).