Acronis® Backup & Recovery™ 10
Server for Linux
Quick Start Guide
Table of conte nts
1 Supported operating systems .................................................................................................3
2 What you need to get started .................................................................................................3
3 Installing and starting to use the product................................................................................3
3.1 Installation ................................................................................................................................. 4
3.2 Starting Acronis Backup & Recovery 10..................................................................................... 4
3.3 Backing up a volume .................................................................................................................. 4
3.4 Recovering files from a volume backup ..................................................................................... 5
4 What to read next ..................................................................................................................5
This document describes how to install and start using Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Server for
Linux.
1 Supported operating systems
Linux with kernel 2.4.18 or later (including 2.6.x kernels) and glibc 2.3.2 or later
Various Linux distributions, including:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5
CentOS 4 and 5
Fedora 9 and 10
Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex), 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) and 9.10 (Karmic Koala)
Debian 4 (Lenny) and 5 (Etch)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
openSUSE
Asianux
x64 versions of the above Linux distributions and other Linux distributions are also supported.
The agent for Linux is in fact a 32-bit executable. For authentication, the agent uses system
libraries, 32-bit versions of which are not always installed by default with 64-bit distributions.
When using the agent on a 64-bit RedHat based distribution, such as RHEL, CentOS, Fedora or
Scientific Linux, make sure that the following 32-bit packages are installed in the system:
pam.i386
libselinux.i386
libsepol.i386
These packages should be available in the repository of your Linux distribution.
2 What you need to get started
Make sure that you have:
A machine running one of the supported Linux distributions, with at least 512 MB of physical
memory.
A license key for the product.
The installation file, which you can download from the product download Web page
http://www.acronis.com/enterprise/download/. To download the installation file, sign in to your
Acronis account (create it if you do not have one). Use this link regardless of whether you have a
trial or a full license key.
3 Installing and starting to use the product
The following steps will guide you through the installation and basic use of Acronis Backup &
Recovery 10.
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