How to Use an Existing Acronis Backup Account for a New VPS or Dedicated Server

When you want to use an existing Acronis backup account for a new VPS or Dedicated Server. This article explains how to configure backups and connect the server.

Acronis Backup orders are provisioned based on the location of the server that you configure and associate with. For ease of managing backups, we create only one Acronis account/order per customer per location.

So at a given time, a customer can have two backup orders at a time. However, this does not limit your ability to configure backups. If you have multiple servers under the same customer account in the same location, you can definitely do so

To configure a backup with an existing Acronis backup order, follow the steps mentioned below.

Configure Backup for a new server with an existing Acronis Backup order.

1. Log in to your Control Panel, search for the domain name of the server order you wish to enable Acronis backup, and go to the Order Information view.

2. Click Server Backups by Acronis.

3. Click Use this Acronis Backup.
   

   Note

   The system will need access to the server to install the agent automatically. If you have configured any access restrictions, the agent installation will fail, and you might have to try the steps mentioned in the articles mentioned below, depending on the OS of your server. 

   Acronis Agent Errors with Linux.

   Acronis Agent Errors with Windows.

4. The system will automatically install the backup agent, and you can then proceed with the backup configuration by clicking Access Acronis Panel.