Interactive installation in advanced editions

Do the following to install Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 on the local machine:

1. Log on as an administrator and start the Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 setup program.
2. Click Install Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.
3. Accept the terms of the license agreement.
4. Select one or more check boxes, depending on what you want this machine to do. Based on your choice, the corresponding components of Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 will be preselected for installation.

   To review the list of preselected components or to select additional components, such as an Agent for VMware vSphere ESX(i), select the I want to manually select the Acronis components… check box. In this case, you also will be able to specify additional parameters (see step 8).

5. If prompted, select whether to install the Deduplication and/or the Universal Restore component. These components require additional license keys.
6. When installing a component that requires a license key (for example, an Agent for Windows), specify where to take the license keys from:
   • Take license keys from license server

     The component will take the license key from a license server. Specify the name or IP address of the machine with the license server. If you are installing the management server on this machine, you can specify the integrated license server (recommended) or the license server installed on a different machine.

     Select the product edition that you want to install. If the license server stores licenses for more than one edition, the setup program suggests the cheapest applicable license based on the machine’s operating system.

   • I will enter the keys manually

     You will need to type the license keys or to import them from a file.

     This option is not available if you selected an Agent for VMware vSphere ESX(i) (Windows).

   • I want to back up this machine to online storage only

     No license keys will be used. You will be able to back up this machine only to Acronis Online Backup Storage.

7. Specify the folder where the product will be installed. In this window, you can also change the folder where files for remote installation will be placed.
8. If prompted, specify one or more of the following parameters depending on your component selection:
   • Whether to install the product for all users or only for the current user.
   • Whether to enable the management server Web page, and the port for the Web page.
   • Credentials for the Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 component services. By default, the setup program will create a dedicated user account for each service. See "Specifying credentials for Acronis services".
   • The names of Microsoft SQL servers to be used by Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 Management Server. See "Specifying Microsoft SQL servers".
   • Whether to register Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 Agent for Windows and/or Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 Storage Node on the management server. See "Registering components on the management server".
   • The names of users who will be allowed to connect to the machine remotely. See "Specifying users allowed to connect remotely".
   • The name or IP address of VMware vCenter Server or ESX(i) Server whose virtual machines Agent for ESX(i) (Windows) will back up. Specify the user name and password for logging on to that server. If you do not want to specify the server, click I will specify the server later.

     To access this setting after the agent has been installed, connect the console to the machine with the agent and select from the top menu Options > Machine options > Agent for ESX(i).

9. Choose whether the machine will participate in the Acronis Customer Experience Program (CEP).

The summary page displays the list of components that will be installed on the machine, and the installation settings for those components.

Note: When canceling the installation process, only the last package is removed. Other components, if any, remain installed.