Need definitive answer: Do I need Acronis Managed Machine Service Mini if I don't use Acronis Cloud?
Other posts and responses on this topic seem to suggest "no" but these appear to be speculative, not definitive.
I'd rather not experiment with the viability of my terabyte-scale backups, hence the need for a definitive answer from Acronis.
Thanks.


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Many thanks. Sounds like I could turn off the Acronis Sync Agent Service, too, correct? (i.e., no cloud use and thus no Sync tool use)
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Yes you can if you wish.
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Above info is only partially correct.
1. If not using Nonstop Backup, then the Acronis Nonstop Backup Service can indeed be safely disabled (e.g., via Services.msc) and will remain so across runs of Acronis True Image including backups.
2. If not using Cloud services, then the Acronis Sync Agent Service can indeed be safely disabled and will remain so across runs of Acronis True Image including backups.
3. Irrespective of whether you are using Nonstop Backup Service or Cloud services, whenever Acronis True Image 2016 launches, the Acronis Managed Machine Service Mini will always be reset to Automatic and Started, irrespective of any manual settings - including Disabled - that had been applied via Services.msc or other method. This is also independent of any backup activity; you do not need to run a backup in order for the Acronis Managed Machine Service Mini to restart when the program launches, only that the program launches. If you need the Acronis Managed Machine Service Mini to be halted (e.g., to avoid sqlite3.dll version or configuration conflicts with other applications), you need to exit Acronis True Image 2016 and manually stop and disable the service (e.g., via Services.msc).
The above has been verified through actual testing and monitoring, and - though this may be a bug in the current version - can be considered authoritative based on the empirical evidence.
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I fully agree with your findings as they have been my own personal experience when trying to disable the Acronis Managed Machine Service Mini - it is automatically restarted regardless of whether you use the Cloud or not.
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My experience differs slightly from Echantech and Skipper43. I am running Acronis TI Cloud 2016 on a Windows 10-64 machine. I run several different backups using Acronis Scheduler to backup to a dedicated internal drive. The jobs would run properly for a few days then stop. When I looked at the jobs their status was Queued. Nothing I could do would get them to run. I tried deleting the backup settings and reentering the backup. Usually this would get backups started again, sometimes not Then my research discovered Acronis Managed Machine Service Mini. In services.msc I found it to be set to run Automatic, but the service was Stopped. I manually restarted the service and the queued backups began to run.
One other issue. Sometime the backups stop and I find the AMMSM service stopped. No idea what stops the service with it set to run automaticly.
hwellen
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Harold Wellen wrote:.....The jobs would run properly for a few days then stop. When I looked at the jobs their status was Queued. Nothing I could do would get them to run. I tried deleting the backup settings and reentering the backup. Usually this would get backups started again, sometimes not Then my research discovered Acronis Managed Machine Service Mini. In services.msc I found it to be set to run Automatic, but the service was Stopped. I manually restarted the service and the queued backups began to run.
Harold...very interesting...I will keep this in mind next time someone has issues with backups being queued.
Thanks for sharing.
FtrPilot
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I believe this has come up before, but I can't find the specific thread. I think the suggestion was to set the service from automatic to delayed automatic. I believe the reasoning being that other Windows services needed to first be started and sometimes there is not enough time before the Acronis services startup. By setting to delayed, hopefully this would prevent this from happening though. By default, the delayed startup is set for 120 seconds... it should be possible to extend that even more, if need-be, but I wold start with the defaults and see if the problem still comes back or not...
http://www.ca.com/us/support/ca-support-online/product-content/knowledg…
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