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2 Installation
2.1 Components and system requirements
To use Acronis SharePoint Explorer, you need a functioning Microsoft SharePoint farm.
Acronis SharePoint Explorer consists of an agent and a console. The system requirements for these
components are described below. For additional information, please refer to "Installation examples"
(p. 5).
Acronis SharePoint Explorer Agent
The agent must be installed on a machine running 64-bit Windows and Microsoft SharePoint
Front-end Server. The agent runs as a service and enables the console to access the Microsoft
SharePoint farm.
If you use Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 or Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007,
install the agent on a SharePoint recovery farm. For information on how to create a recovery farm,
refer to the following Microsoft knowledge base article:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd180789.aspx.
Acronis SharePoint Explorer Console
The console can be installed on either a 32-bit or a 64-bit machine running Windows XP or later.
The console utilizes Microsoft .NET Framework, which can be installed automatically during the
console installation (if Internet connection is available). Alternatively, you can install .NET Framework
manually before or after the console installation.
To make the best use of Acronis SharePoint Explorer, install the console on a machine running
Microsoft SQL Server. The console utilizes Microsoft SQL Server to attach databases to instances.
To extract data from single-pass backups, you also need Acronis Backup Agent for SQL and Acronis
Backup Command-Line Tool on the same machine with the console.
2.2 Installation examples
Installation configurations depend on the version of Microsoft SharePoint you use.
2.2.1 SharePoint Services 3.0 and SharePoint Server 2007
In order to use Acronis SharePoint Explorer with these versions of SharePoint, you need a SharePoint
recovery farm that contains at least one empty web application. The agent must be installed on the
recovery farm.
In the following examples, Acronis SharePoint Explorer components are shown in italic.
Both configurations enable you to extract SharePoint data from a Microsoft SQL database attached
to any SQL Server instance that is available on the network. If a database is in a single-pass backup,
you need to first mount the database to a SQL Server instance by using Acronis Backup Agent for
SQL.
