Acronis Backup Advanced (Cloud) - User Guide - Manual (Page 18)

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On the account management webpage, click the cloud backup trial link, and then select the
necessary subscription type.
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Install Acronis Backup (p. 19) on the machine you want to back up, start the product, click Back
up now or Create backup plan, click Location, and then click Get trial subscription. Log in to your
account (create one if you are not registered yet). A trial subscription will be automatically
created and assigned to the machine.
4 Software installation
This section contains information on how to choose the necessary software and step-by-step
installation instructions.
4.1 What software do I need to install?
Download and install Acronis Backup or Acronis Backup Advanced. A license key is not required if you
are going to back up to the cloud storage only.
Acronis Backup enables you to set up and monitor a backup locally on each machine you want to
back up. Acronis Backup Advanced enables remote and centralized management. Local management
is also available.
The following sections describe Acronis Backup.
4.2 Supported operating systems
You can install Acronis Backup in any of the following operating systems.
Server operating systems
Windows
Windows Server 2003/2003 R2 – Standard and Enterprise editions (x86, x64)
Windows Small Business Server 2003/2003 R2
Windows Server 2008 – Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, and Web editions (x86, x64)
Windows Small Business Server 2008
Windows Server 2008 R2 – Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Foundation, and Web editions
Windows MultiPoint Server 2010/2011/2012
Windows Small Business Server 2011 – all editions
Windows Server 2012/2012 R2 – all editions
Windows Storage Server 2003/2008/2008 R2/2012/2012 R2
Linux
Linux with kernel from 2.4.20 to 3.13 and glibc 2.3.2 or later
Various x86 and x86_64 Linux distributions, including:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.x, 5.x, and 6.x
Ubuntu 9.10, 10.04, 10.10, 11.04, 11.10, 12.04, 12.10, 13.04, and 13.10
Fedora 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 and 11
Debian 4, 5, 6, 7.0, 7.2, 7.4, and 7.5