Acronis Backup for PC - User Guide - Manual (Page 204)

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11.4 Changing a license
By changing the license, you switch a product from trial mode to full mode or switch to a different
product. The following table summarizes the available options.
Switching a license Why you may need it
Trial > Full After trying the product, you decided to buy a license.
Full > Full, different product 
You want to upgrade from Acronis Backup to Acronis Backup Advanced
in order to use the centralized management capability. For more
information refer to the "Upgrading from Acronis Backup to Acronis
Backup Advanced" section of the installation documentation.

You used a server license (for example, Acronis Backup for Windows
Server) for a workstation. Now you want to assign the workstation a
workstation license (Acronis Backup for PC). After that, you can revoke
the server license and use it for a server.
Backing up to the cloud
storage* > Full After backing up to the cloud storage only, you decided to buy a license to
obtain greater functionality.
Trial > Backing up to the cloud
storage* After trying the product, you decided to back up to the cloud storage only.
*Prior to backing up to the cloud storage, you need to activate a subscription for the cloud backup service on
the machine(s) you want to back up. For more information refer to the "Cloud backup" (p. 211) section.
To change a license
1. Click Help > Change license.
2. Click Change or Specify near your current license, click Change, and then click Use the following
license keys.
3. Enter the new license key.
Managing a cloud backup subscription
The Acronis Cloud block of the Licenses window requires that you sign in to your Acronis account.
After that, it shows the cloud backup subscription activated on the machine. If no subscription is
activated, this block allows you to request for a subscription, to enter the registration code that you
received after the subscription purchase, and to activate the subscription.
11.5 Collecting system information
The system information collection tool gathers information about the machine to which the
management console is connected, and saves it to a file. You may want to provide this file when
contacting Acronis technical support.
This option is available under bootable media and for machines where Agent for Windows or Agent
for Linux is installed.
To collect system information
1. In the management console, select from the top menu Help > Collect system information from
'machine name'.
2. Specify where to save the file with system information.