Installation

1. Install the management server.
   1. On the machine that will act as the management server, log on as an administrator and start the setup program.
   2. Click Install Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5. Accept the terms of the license agreement.
   3. Select the Centrally monitor and configure the backing up of physical and virtual machines check box.
   4. Type your license keys or import them from a text file.
   5. Proceed with the installation.

      Details. The console will also be installed so that you can control the management server locally.

2. Install Agent for Exchange on each node of the cluster.
   1. Log on to a cluster node as domain administrator and start the setup program.
   2. Click Install Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5. Accept the terms of the license agreement.
   3. Select the Back up this machine's data check box, and on the next page make sure that the Microsoft Exchange Server check box is selected.
   4. When prompted for licenses, click Specify, select the Use the following license server check box, and then specify the name or IP address of the machine where you installed the management server.
   5. Click Register now. Specify the name or IP address of the machine where you installed the management server. Provide the user name and password of an administrator on that machine.
   6. Specify whether the machine with the Exchange server will participate in the Acronis Customer Experience Program (CEP).
   7. Proceed with the installation.
3. Install the storage node.
   1. On the machine that will act as the storage node, log on as an administrator and start the setup program.
   2. Click Install Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5. Accept the terms of the license agreement.
   3. Select the Store the backups of other machines on this machine check box.
   4. Click Register now. Specify the name or IP address of the machine where you installed the management server. Provide the user name and password of a user who is a member of the Acronis Centralized Admins group on the management server's machine.
   5. Proceed with the installation.
4. [Optional] Install the console on a machine from which you prefer to operate, if this machine is not the management server.
   1. Run the setup program and click Install Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5.
   2. After accepting the terms of the license agreement, select the Connect to remote machines check box.
   3. Follow the on-screen instructions.