Acronis Backup & Recovery

Adding a machine to the management server

To be able to deploy backup policies from Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Server to a managed machine and perform other centralized management operations, you need to register the machine on the management server.

To add a machine

1. In the Navigation tree, select Physical machines.
2. Click Add a machine to AMS on the toolbar.
3. In the IP/Name field, enter the machine’s name or its IP address, or click Browse… and browse the network for the machine.

   Note for Virtual Edition users: When adding a VMware ESX/ESXi host, enter the IP of the virtual appliance running Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Agent for ESX/ESXi.

4. Specify the user name and password of a user who is a member of the Administrators group on the machine.

   Note for Virtual Edition users: When adding a VMware ESX/ESXi host, specify the user name and password for your vCenter or ESX/ESXi host.

   Click Options>> and specify:

   • User name. When entering the name of an Active Directory user account, be sure to also specify the domain name (DOMAIN\Username.)
   • Password. The password for the account.

   Select the Save password check box to store the password for future connections.

5. Click OK.

  Initiating registration on the machine side   

The registration procedure can be initiated on the machine side.

1. Connect the console to the machine where Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 agent is installed. If prompted for credentials, specify credentials of a member of the Administrators group on the machine.
2. Select from the menu Options > Machine options > Machine management.
3. Select Centralized management and specify the management server where to register the machine. Refer to “Machine management” for details.