Registering components on the management server

When installing Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 Agent for Windows, Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 Agent for VMware vSphere ESX(i) (Windows), or Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 Storage Node, you need to specify whether to register these components on Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 Management Server.

After the agent is registered on the management server, the machine can be centrally managed by management server administrators. Such machine is called a registered machine.

After the storage node is registered on the management server, registered machines can back up data to and recover data from the storage node's centralized vaults.

To register the agent and/or the storage node during installation (recommended)

1. Click Register now.
2. Specify the name or IP address of the machine with the management server. That machine must be online. It can be the local machine—for example, when the management server is among the components you are installing.
3. Specify the user name and password of a user who is a member of the Acronis Centralized Admins group on the management server's machine. If you are installing the management server on the local machine, specify the user name and password of a member of the Administrators group.

To skip registration

• Click I will register the machine later (or I will register the components later).

After the installation, you can register the components on the management server or remove them from it, through the management server's interface.