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Naturally, you are free to use administrator credentials for both purposes. This will
work, but make sure it conforms to the security policy set in your network.

3.2.2 Firewall Settings

Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange uses the following ports for remote operation:

• server (Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange Agents) UDP port: 9876
• server (Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange Agents) TCP port: 9876, if busy

choose a port at random

• client (Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange) UDP port: 9877, if busy

choose a port at random

You might have to set the appropriate firewall access options. Options for the Windows
Firewall, included in Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows 2003 Server and later
Windows versions, are set automatically during installation of Acronis Recovery for MS
Exchange components. However, make sure that the option File and Printer
Sharing in the Control panel -> Windows Firewall -> Exceptions
is enabled on
the remote computer,

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the remote operation starts.

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3.3 General Rules of Installation

Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange components and their features can be installed in
multiple configurations, in terms of distributing the components and features among
the networked computers.

3.3.1 Installing Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange
Components

There are two ways to install Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange components – local
and remote.
To install Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange Management Console and Acronis
Recovery for MS Exchange Agent locally:

• run the Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange setup file
• in the Install Menu, select the program to install: Acronis Recovery for MS

Exchange Management Tools or Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange Agent

• follow the install wizard instructions on the screen

It is recommended that you install Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange Management
Console first. This will allow you to install Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange Agent
remotely from the Management Console to any networked computer (for information
about the remote installation see 3.3.2 “Installing Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange
Agent remotely”).
In addition, Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange supports the Microsoft Installer utility
(

msiexec.exe

) and its commands, so that you can install Acronis Recovery for MS

Exchange components from a command line. MSI installation command and options
are listed in Appendix B.

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