Acronis upgrading to advanced editions of acronis backup recovery 10 Installation Guide
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2.3.3 Coexistence of the backup server and the storage node
A gradual upgrade scenario might require that both the backup server and the storage node work in
parallel for a period of time. Let’s see what happens when they do so.
parallel for a period of time. Let’s see what happens when they do so.
Assume that both the backup server and the storage node are installed and operational on the same
machine, and that you imported the backup server's locations as the storage node's centralized
vaults. In this case:
machine, and that you imported the backup server's locations as the storage node's centralized
vaults. In this case:
The backup server continues working as before: Acronis True Image Echo components can back
up data to and recover data from the locations; the backup server cleans up the location
according to quotas and time limits.
up data to and recover data from the locations; the backup server cleans up the location
according to quotas and time limits.
The storage node accesses the corresponding centralized vaults in the read-only mode: you can
view the vaults' contents and recover data from their archives, but no archives can be deleted
from the vaults or written to the vaults.
view the vaults' contents and recover data from their archives, but no archives can be deleted
from the vaults or written to the vaults.
When restarting the machine or manually restarting services, make sure that the backup server
service starts before the storage node service. Otherwise, the backup server may not work.
service starts before the storage node service. Otherwise, the backup server may not work.
To ensure the correct order of starting the services, you can make the storage node service
dependent on the backup server service, as described in the corresponding Microsoft Help and
Support article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/193888.
dependent on the backup server service, as described in the corresponding Microsoft Help and
Support article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/193888.
3 The upgrade procedure
3.1 Before the upgrade
3.1.1 Preparation
Before proceeding with the upgrade on one or more machines, make sure that you have the
appropriate number of license keys for Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 and for the corresponding
Acronis True Image Echo editions.
appropriate number of license keys for Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 and for the corresponding
Acronis True Image Echo editions.