Upgrading Acronis True Image Echo agents and local versions

  Installing agents

To upgrade Acronis True Image Echo agents and local versions, install Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 agents on the machines where the old agents and local versions are installed.

In Windows:

  1. Run the Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 setup file.
  2. Specify the name or IP address of the Acronis License Server.
  3. In the list of components, select the components that you want to install. Select to install Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Console, along with the agent, if local administration is required on the machine. To be able to upgrade the old tasks, select the Upgrade Tool check box.
  4. Confirm the deletion of the currently installed agent or local version. To upgrade the old tasks at the time of installation, select the Import existing tasks check box. Or you can upgrade the tasks later at any time. For details, see “Upgrading tasks” later in this section.
  5. Follow the on-screen instructions. For details, see “Local installation (Windows)“.

Instead of local installation, you can install Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 agents remotely or by using Group Policy. For details, see “Remote installation (Windows)” and “Installing components using Group Policy“.

Note: To upgrade an Acronis True Image Echo agent using the console’s remote installation functionality, you need either Acronis True Image Echo or Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 agent on the machine you operate from. Otherwise, at least one full (not upgrade) license must be available (i.e. free) on the license server. This may be a license for any edition of Acronis True Image Echo or Acronis Backup & Recovery 10. The license will remain available after the upgrade.

In Linux:

  1. Install Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Agent for Linux and the Upgrade Tool as described in “Installation procedure“.
  2. Install Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Console, if local administration is required on the machine.

Result:

  • The Acronis True Image Echo agents and local versions are replaced with Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 components. 
  Upgrading tasks

You might want to import the old backup tasks and validation tasks to Acronis Backup & Recovery 10. If you do not import them, these tasks will no longer run.

Note: The tasks that back up data to Acronis Backup Server or validate archives stored on it will not be imported to Acronis Backup & Recovery 10.

You can import the old tasks at the time of agent installation (see the installation instructions earlier in this section), or later by using Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Upgrade Tool. This command-line utility is located in the Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 installation directory, in the UpgradeTool subdirectory.

In Windows:

  1. Change the current folder to the folder where the upgrade tool is installed—by default: C:\Program Files\Acronis\UpgradeTool

    If Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 is installed in a folder other than the default folder, change the path accordingly.

  2. Run the following command (note capitalization):

    cscript UpgradeTool.vbs Agent

In Linux:

  1. Change the current directory to: /usr/lib/Acronis/UpgradeTool
  2. Run the following command:

    UpgradeTool.sh Agent

Result:

  • Tasks that were present in Acronis True Image Echo, are converted to Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 tasks and appear in the Backup plans and tasks view.
  • Each backup task’s schedule, items to back up, and backup destination are the same as before, but the task will create a new archive to perform further backups.
  • Each backup task is part of a backup plan. You can edit the backup plan to change the task’s schedule or other parameters.
  • The tasks’ log entries are not imported. 
  Importing old options

The upgrade tool enables you to import the default backup options, default restoration options, notification options, and event tracing options of Acronis True Image Echo to the default backup and recovery options of Acronis Backup & Recovery 10.

To import the old options (both in Windows and Linux):

  1. Change the current folder (directory) to the one where the upgrade tool is installed.
  2. In Windows, run the following command:

    cscript UpgradeTool.vbs Options

    In Linux, run the following command:

    ./UpgradeTool.sh Options

The old options are imported as follows:

  • Notifications is imported as Notifications in both Default backup options and Default recovery options.
  • Event tracing is imported as Event tracing in both Default backup options and Default recovery options.
  • Archive splitting is imported as Backup splitting.
  • In Media components, if Place Acronis One-Click Restore on media is the only check box selected, it is imported as Acronis Bootable Agent and One-Click Restore.
  • Validate backup archive upon its creation completion is not imported from Additional settings in Default backup options or Default recovery options.
  • In Default recovery options, Files to exclude from restoration, Files overwriting mode, and Restore files and folders without restoring full path (in Additional settings) are not imported.
  • Other options are imported as the corresponding options in Default backup options and Default recovery options. 
  Using backup archives created with Acronis True Image Echo

After the upgrade to Acronis Backup & Recovery 10, you have the ability to recover data from backups created with Acronis True Image Echo.

To facilitate access to these backups, you may want to create a personal vault where the backups are located. For instructio
ns on how to create a personal vault, see the “Actions on personal vaults” section in the User’s Guide.

A personal vault can store both Acronis True Image Echo archives and Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 archives. You can specify this vault as a destination for new backup plans.

Upgrading Acronis True Image Echo agents and local versions