Adding Linux Agent Packages for Remote Installation to Windows Acronis Management Server
Hey guys, new to the product but am having trouble demo-ing remote installations to a SUSE box I have. I have a base build of Acronis Management Server running on Windows 2008 R2. I have a test SUSE box up and available on the same subnet, no problem communicating and all prerequisites installed (save for the actual Acronis Agent).
My trouble arises when i try to remotely install the agent from the management server. I can find it by IP and hostname and the management server detects that there is no agent installed. Once i hit next, I am prompted to select the component to install - for which all of them are greyed out and cannot be selected, though that is understandable since they are all Windows based components or unnecessary/unavailable to Linux machines. In reviewing the documentation, it states you can remotely install by adding the Linux package to the %Commonfiles%\Acronis\RemoteInstall\ folder and then attempting the aforementioned procedure. I see the Windows .msi files in this directory but when I attempt to add any of the .tar, .i686 or .x86_64 files for the Linux agent components it either does not show itself in the "select components" and everything remains greyed out or just crashes it when it gets there. I can confirm I have the same build numbers for both the Windows .msi's and the i686s or x86_64s.
While the documentation references remote installation a few times, it does not go into too much detail regarding the configuration on the management server itself to allow this functionality. If anyone could shed some light on this, it would be greatly appreciated. If anyone needs any more info, let me know. Thanks!
~Matt

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Hey Ekaterina,
I created a temp folder on root C:. Next I added both the TAR files for both 32 and 64 bit Linux packages directly downloaded from Acronis website yesterday as well as extracted them into sub folders, separated by architecture, in that temp folder.
I logged into the management server, attempted to push to the Linux box by IP, and at the next step where you change the location of the the component sources:
* If i selected the temp folder that just contained the TAR files, nothing happened and all components continue to remain greyed out as well as the "Next" button as if i did not select any component to install
* If i selected either sub folder containing the extracted files, the management server service crashes while showing "1 error" in the remote installation window but has a pop up saying "waiting for reconnect" and I cannot click on the link to see what the error actually is. The only option is to cancel and once clicked, i am logged out of the management server console and cannot log back in until i re-start the management server service (which always starts immediately). Windows event log says the service terminated unexpectedly.
Again, confirmed we are using the same build number and Advanced editions for both Windows components, the management server/console, and Linux. I am running in trial mode currently, if that makes any difference as well.
Thank you for the feedback!
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Hello Matthew,
According to your description the application crashes when you try to select components for remote installation. Such issues should be investigated by our support team, please create a ticket on http://www.acronis.com/en-us/support/ so we can analyse the logs und conduct deeper investigation.
Thank you,
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No update on this? I have been experiencing this same issue. If the selected folder contains the TAR files, they are ignored and no Linux components are listed. If you extract those files and select the folder, the application freezes with the error stated above. WHERE ARE THE CORRECT INSTRUCTIONS FOR REMOTE INSTALLATION TO LINUX FROM A WINDOWS MANAGEMENT SERVER? I am running my management server on Windows Server 2012 R2.
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Hello Charles,
The instructions for remote installation on Linux you will find here: http://www.acronis.com/en-us/support/documentation/AcronisBackup_11.5/i…
If the application is freezes or crashes, please contact our support team for deeper investigation.
Thank you,
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