25 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2015
Selecting an existing SQL server instance
You can select any edition of Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Microsoft SQL Server 2008/2008 R2, or
Microsoft SQL Server 2012. The instance you choose can also be used by other programs.
Before selecting an instance installed on another machine, make sure that SQL Server Browser
Service and the TCP/IP protocol are enabled on that machine. For instructions on how to start SQL
Server Browser Service, refer to: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189093.aspx. You can
enable the TCP/IP protocol by using a similar procedure.
Instance name. Specify the instance name in the form MachineName\InstanceName. For example,
specify: dbserver\MyDatabases. If only one SQL server instance is installed on the machine, you can
specify just the machine name.
Authentication. Choose whether the management server will use Windows Authentication or SQL
Server Authentication to connect to the SQL server.
If you choose Windows Authentication (recommended by Microsoft as more secure), the
management server will connect using the account of the management server service (p. 23).
If the SQL server and the management server are installed on different machines, make sure that
the account:
Exists on both machines. For example, it can be a domain user account.
Has rights to create databases on the SQL server. The easiest way to ensure this is to include
the account in the Administrators group on the SQL server’s machine before proceeding with
the installation. You can remove the account from this group after the installation is
complete.
If you choose SQL Server Authentication, specify the login name and password of a SQL server
login account that has rights to create databases on the SQL server.
Registering components on the management server
When installing an Acronis Backup agent or Acronis Backup Storage Node, you need to specify
whether to register these components on Acronis Backup Management Server.
After the agent is registered on the management server, the machine can be centrally managed by
management server administrators. Such a machine is called a registered machine. If you install
another agent at a later time, you will not need to register it.
After the storage node is registered on the management server, registered machines can back up
data to and recover data from the storage node's centralized vaults.
To register the agent and/or the storage node during installation (recommended)
1. Click Register now.
2. Specify the name or IP address of the machine with the management server. That machine must
be online. It can be the local machine—for example, when the management server is among the
components you are installing.
3. Specify the user name and password of a user who is a member of the Acronis Centralized
Admins group on the management server's machine. If you are installing the management server
on the local machine, specify the user name and password of a member of the Administrators
group.
To skip registration
Click I will register the machine later (or I will register the components later).
