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You can skip entering the credentials and grant the agent the sysadmin role later in any of the
following ways:
By clicking Tools > Provide SQL Server credentials when Acronis Backup Management Console is
connected to the machine.
By using SQL Server Management Studio.
By running a T-SQL script.
For more information, see "Permissions for SQL Server backup and recovery" in the product Help or
the User Guide.
2.9 Installation of Agent for Active Directory
Agent for Active Directory enables you to create single-pass disk and application backups and to
recover Microsoft Active Directory data from them.
Agent for Active Directory can only be installed on a domain controller. Remote installation of the
agent is not possible.
The agent is included in the setup program of Acronis Backup Advanced.
The agent is installed with Agent for Windows (p. 6) or on a machine where Agent for Windows is
already installed.
Licenses required
Agent for Active Directory requires one of the following licenses:
Acronis Backup Advanced for Active Directory
Acronis Backup for Windows Server Essentials
Acronis Backup Advanced for VMware / Hyper-V / RHEV / Citrix XenServer / Oracle VM
Acronis Backup Advanced Universal License
Each of these licenses enables you to install Agent for Windows on the same machine. If Agent for
Windows is already installed, you can install Agent for Active Directory by using the Acronis Backup
Advanced for Active Directory Add-On license.
To use the product in the trial mode, you do not need licenses.
Installation
Install the agent in the same way as Agent for Windows. When asked for credentials for the Acronis
Managed Machine Service, specify an existing domain user account that is included in the built-in
Administrators group of the domain controller. Otherwise, single-pass backups of Microsoft Active
Directory data will fail.
For detailed step-by-step instructions, refer to the "Interactive installation of Acronis Backup
Advanced" (p. 20) section of the installation documentation.
