Installing the Technician's License

Overview

The Macrium Technician's License is an extension of the Macrium Reflect Server edition, enabling the creation of technician's rescue media that can be used to backup and recover systems without the need to install any software on the systems themselves.

As a result, the Macrium Reflect Server application will generally not be used beyond creating the technician's rescue media. We recommend installing the Macrium Reflect Server application on an easily accessible system to enable the creation and updating of the technician's rescue media.

Downloading the Technician's License

License keys and software installers can be accessed through the Macrium Account. In the Macrium Account, select the 'Overview' or 'Downloads' page and navigate to the relevant product card for the Macrium Reflect X edition that will be installed:

After selecting 'Download', you will be prompted to select the relevant architecture that will be installed. After selecting the architecture, the download will start in the browser. The Technician's License option will download a Macrium Reflect Server installer. During the installation, the Technician's License license key will enable the additional features in the product:

Installing the Technician's License

To install the Technician's License, launch the Macrium Reflect X Server installer using Windows Explorer. Below are the pages that are displayed during the installer:

The 'Custom Setup' page of the installer enables additional features to be selected for installation. The available options are shown below. Links to more detailed information about these features can also be found below:

Option	Description
Install CBT	If selected, the Changed Block Tracker driver will be installed. This reduces the time taken to perform incremental and differential images by monitoring changes to volumes in real-time to keep a record of blocks that have changed.
Install Macrium Image Guardian	If selected, the Macrium Image Guardian driver and configuration application will be installed. This can be used to provide additional anti-malware and anti-ransomware protection for Macrium Reflect backup files.
Install viBoot	If selected, Macrium viBoot will be installed on the server to allow virtual machines to be created from backup images directly. This requires either Microsoft Hyper-V or VirtualBox to be installed.
Install Desktop Shortcut	If selected, a desktop shortcut will be created that can be used to launch Macrium Reflect.

The 'Install CBT' and 'Install Image Guardian' options require the system to be restarted before the feature is active.