Acronis Backup & Recovery

Before the upgrade

  Preparation  

Before proceeding with the upgrade on one or more machines, make sure that:

• The Acronis License Server contains the appropriate number of license keys for the corresponding Acronis True Image Echo editions.
• You have upgrade license keys for Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 for each machine. You will import these keys after installing or upgrading the license server.

  Upgrade sequence  

We recommend performing the upgrade in the following order:

1. Install or upgrade Acronis License Server. See “Installing or upgrading the Acronis License Server“.
2. Install Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Console. See “Installing Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Console“.
3. Install Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Server and convert the Acronis Group Server’s group tasks to the management server’s backup policies. See “Upgrading Acronis Group Server to Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Server“.
4. Install Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Storage Node and convert the Acronis Backup Server’s backup locations to the storage node’s centralized vaults. See “Upgrading Acronis Backup Server to Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Storage Node“.
5. Upgrade Acronis True Image Echo agents and local versions, and import the local tasks and backup locations. See “Upgrading Acronis True Image Echo agents and local versions“.