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Table of contents
1
Introducing Acronis Backup for VMware .................................................................................7
2
Acronis Backup for VMware Overview ....................................................................................8
2.1
Acronis Backup for VMware Features ....................................................................................... 8
How Acronis Backup for VMware Works ................................................................................9
3.1
Virtual machines backup and restore ........................................................................................ 9
3.2
Backup archive structure ........................................................................................................... 9
3.2.1
Multiple files backup scheme (Legacy mode) ............................................................................................... 9
3.2.2
Single file backup scheme (Always Incremental mode) ............................................................................. 10
4
Installation of Acronis Backup for VMware ........................................................................... 11
4.1
Requirements ..........................................................................................................................11
4.1.1
Supported operating systems ...................................................................................................................... 11
4.1.2
System requirements .................................................................................................................................... 11
4.1.3
How to install VMware Tools ....................................................................................................................... 13
4.1.4
Privileges for VM backup and recovery ....................................................................................................... 13
4.2
Installation options ..................................................................................................................20
4.2.1
Installing Acronis Backup for VMware as Virtual Appliance on an ESX(i) host ......................................... 21
4.2.2
Installing Acronis Backup for VMware as Windows Agent ........................................................................ 22
4.2.3
Extracting installation files ............................................................................................................................ 24
4.2.4
Configuring ESX(i) host connection settings ................................................................................................ 25
4.2.5
Using a locally attached storage................................................................................................................... 25
4.3
Uninstalling Acronis Backup for VMware ................................................................................25
5
Getting started .................................................................................................................... 26
5.1
Dashboard Management .........................................................................................................27
5.2
Using Web Console ..................................................................................................................28
5.2.1
Ribbon tabs .................................................................................................................................................... 28
5.2.2
Logout link...................................................................................................................................................... 30
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vCenter Integration .............................................................................................................. 31
7
Centralized Dashboard ......................................................................................................... 34
8
Backup ................................................................................................................................ 36
8.1
Select VM(s) to back up ...........................................................................................................36
8.2
When to back up ......................................................................................................................37
8.3
Where to back up ....................................................................................................................38
8.4
How to back up ........................................................................................................................42
8.4.1
Application-Aware Backup Settings ............................................................................................................. 42
8.4.2
Backup validation .......................................................................................................................................... 43
8.4.3
Other settings ................................................................................................................................................ 43
8.4.4
Completing the Create backup task wizard................................................................................................. 44
8.5
Options ....................................................................................................................................44
8.5.1
Archive Protection ......................................................................................................................................... 44
8.5.2
Source Files Exclusion ................................................................................................................................... 45
8.5.3
Compression Level ........................................................................................................................................ 46
