Licensing policyAcronis Backup & Recovery 10 licensing is based on the number of machines managed and protected by the product. Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 agents require a license to perform operations on each managed machine. The method of license check is different for stand-alone product editions and editions that enable centralized management. Stand-alone editions These are the following editions: Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Server for Windows (ABR10 SW) Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Server for Linux (ABR10 SL) Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Workstation (ABR10 W) The license key for the appropriate Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 edition is required to install an agent delivered with any of these editions. The license key has to be entered during the agent installation. Editions with centralized management These are the following editions: Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server (ABR10 AS) Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server Virtual Edition (ABR10 AS VE) Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server SBS Edition (ABR10 AS SBS) Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Workstation (ABR10 AW) These editions include Acronis License Server that has to be installed prior to agent installation. License keys can be imported to the Acronis License Server from .txt or .eml files during the server installation or later on. For ABR10 AS, one license key enables installation of the agent on a physical host and four virtual machines. For ABR10 AS VE, one license key enables installation of the agent on a physical host and on an unlimited number of hosted virtual machines. Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 agent connects to Acronis License Server every time the agent service is started and then every 1–5 days, as specified by the agent configuration parameters. If the agent is unable to connect to the license server or does not find the appropriate license key for 1-60 days (as specified by the configuration parameters), it stops working until there has been a successful license check. By default, the agent tries to connect to the license server every day and keeps working without a license server or license for 30 days. Revoking licenses If a managed machine is taken out of service permanently and replaced, or the machine’s network card is replaced (which normally results in changing the MAC address), you can revoke the corresponding license in order to make it available again. According to Acronis End User License Agreement: You may reassign a Software License if you retire the licensed Hardware due to permanent Hardware failure. If you reassign a Software License, the Hardware to which you reassign the license becomes the new licensed Hardware for that particular Software License. |