Acronis Backup Advanced for vCloud - Quick Start Guide - Manual (Page 4)

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This document describes how to quickly install and start using Acronis Backup Advanced for vCloud.
This document outlines the product usage and enables immediate "field testing." For more
information about administering Acronis Backup Advanced for vCloud, please refer to the
Administrator's Guide that you can open by clicking the Help link in the web interface of the product.
1 What is Acronis Backup Advanced for vCloud?
Acronis Backup Advanced for vCloud is a solution for backup and recovery of virtual machines
managed by VMware vCloud Director.
Acronis Backup Advanced for vCloud provides the backup service at a system administrator level and
organization user level. The backup service is available through a web interface. Users log in to the
service by using their vCloud Director credentials.
2 Software requirements
Supported VMware vCloud Director versions
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VMware vCloud Director 1.5
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VMware vCloud Director 5.0
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VMware vCloud Director 5.1
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VMware vCloud Director 5.5
Supported guest operating systems
Acronis Backup Advanced for vCloud supports a wide range of guest operating systems, including
Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, and all popular Linux distributions.
Supported web browsers
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Google Chrome 12 or later
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Mozilla Firefox 12 or later
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Windows Internet Explorer 9 or later
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Safari 5 or later running in the Mac OS X and iOS operating systems
In other web browsers (including Safari browsers running in other operating systems), the user
interface might be displayed incorrectly, or all functions might not be available.
Make sure that JavaScript is enabled in the browser.
The screen resolution for displaying the graphical user interface must be 1024x768 or higher.