18 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009connecting image backups as virtual disks (see11.2.2 Mounting an image).2.3.2 Installation of Acronis Group ServerThe Acronis Group Server only can be installed locally on a computer by running the setupprogram.When installing Acronis Group Server, you will be asked for credentials. The credentialsyou provide are used for running the Acronis Group Server service and also applied to allnetworked computers.Enter the uniform account information discussed in2.2.1 Credentials. If you do not use auniform account, provide credentials for each computer after the Acronis Group Serverinstallation as described in point 4 of4.4.1 Group status display.2.3.3 Acronis Backup Server installation and setupThe Acronis Backup Server only can be installed locally on a computer by running thesetup program.Before starting installation of this component, please read section3.5 Acronis BackupServer to get understanding of this component functionality and define the storage policyadvantageous to your network.We suggest that you start using Acronis Backup Server as follows:1. Set up a server with a system drive and a high capacity storage drive.2. Install Acronis Backup Server on the system drive. Reboot on prompt.In Windows XP SP2 or Windows 2003 Server, the option Control panel -> WindowsFirewall -> Exceptions -> File and Printer Sharing must be enabled. Otherwiseremote users will not be able to back up on the backup server.3. Connect the console to Acronis Backup Server.When connecting to a backup server inside a domain, mind whether your domain orlocal account is saved on the backup server. If you used your local account to install thebackup server, and then logged in Windows on the console computer using your domainaccount, enter the local user name along with the backup server name (for example,Server1\username). Otherwise the name will be identified as a domain one.
