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To add multiple computers from a file:
prepare a .txt or .csv file, listing semicolon-separated computers names and IP addresses
as follows: Name1; IP1; Name2; IP2;…
click
Add
on the toolbar
specify path to the above file.
3.
Export computers
from the group server to a .txt or .csv file that can be used by
other application or new versions of Acronis Group Server. To do so:
click
Export
on the toolbar
specify name of the file and a path to a folder where you want to create it.
4. Set and test credentials for access to each computer. To do so, select the computer,
then select on the sidebar
Computer details
-> Credentials:
Set
, type username and
password and click
Test connection
. The program will display the test result. Key icons
for successfully tested connections are colored gold.
5. Set (or change) the MAC address for each computer. To do so, select the computer,
then select on the sidebar
Computer details
-> MAC address:
Set
or
Change
and type
the hex MAC address as XXXXXXXXXXXX or XX-XX-XX-XX-XX. The program will test the
MAC address for validity and display the test result.
6. Hide computers that you do not wish to browse or make a hidden computer visible. To
hide a computer, select it, then select on the sidebar
Computer details
-> Visibility:
Hide
. To make a hidden computer visible (and monitored), enable Show hidden
computers in the Filter group, select the hidden computer, then select on the sidebar
Computer details
-> Visibility:
Unhide
.
7.
Create a group backup task
for several remote computers at once (see
4.4.2
Creating new group tasks
).
8.
Connect
to a remote computer to see the operation log, start or edit tasks for this
computer etc. (see
4.3 Managing a single remote computer
). To do so, select a computer
and click
Connect
.
9. Switch to the
Group tasks management
window for managing group tasks.
4.4.2 Creating new group tasks
You can create a disk/partition backup task or archive validation task for several remote
computers at once. File-level backup for groups of computers is unavailable.
1. In
Group status
or
Group tasks management window
, select
New Group Task
on the toolbar. The
Create Group Task Wizard
starts to guide you through the task
creation procedure.
2. Select the type of the task: backup or validation.
3. Form a group for the current task: check computers in the list of remote computers.
4. For the backup task only: Select disks/partitions to backup. You can select any
combination of hard disks (by number, according to Windows numeration) and partitions
(by letter); or
All hard disks
. This setting is applied to every computer in the group, so
having a standard (similar) disks/partitions layout on remote computers would be a plus.
