Acronis Backup for VMware 9 - User Guide - Manual (Page 8)

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2 Acronis Backup for VMware Overview
Acronis Backup for VMware (former vmProtect 9) is a comprehensive backup and recovery solution
designed for VMware vSphere™ environments. It enables organizations to perform an agent-less
backup of entire ESX(i) virtual machines with the ability to recover entire machines or individual files
and folders.
2.1 Acronis Backup for VMware Features
Using Acronis award-winning imaging technology, Acronis Backup for VMware creates an exact
image (backup) of the virtual machine, including guest operating system, configuration files and
applications, resource pool/vApp properties and datastore settings. It then provides you with the
ability to recover this backup to either the original ESX(i) host or to a new one. The ability to start a
virtual machine directly from a backup without performing an actual restore, making the VM
operational in a few seconds after a failure, is one of the key new features.
Other new features include:
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An option to choose between virtual appliance or Windows-based installation.
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Web-based easy-to-use user interface.
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LAN-free backup with direct access to shared storage.
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Instantly run a VM from a backup on an existing ESX(i) host for quick recovery.
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New enhanced always incremental storage format for backups.
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Simultaneously back up several virtual machines.
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Support for vApp/resource pool settings backup/restore.
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Change Block Tracking (CBT) support.
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Disaster Recovery Plan.
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Centralized Dashboard.
Main advantages of using Acronis Backup for VMware are:
1. Ease-of-use. Acronis Backup for VMware can be deployed either as virtual appliance or installed
on a Windows machine and is managed via brand new web-based interface. Given Acronis
experience in designing intuitive GUIs and focused target on VMware – the interface allows
starting right away without a need to investigate or read documentation, and avoids dangerous
mistakes or misconfiguration.
2. More functionality. In addition to standard backup and restore features, Backup for VMware
includes unique functionality, such as: running virtual machine directly from backup; unlimited
number of P2V conversions; backup to cloud-based Acronis Cloud Storage; industry-standard
256-bit encryption to protect backups.
3. Low Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). Backup for VMware is priced per CPU, and a list prices are
quite low. Virtual Appliance does not require a dedicated machine or Windows license to operate,
plus a reliable and intuitive solution saves administrator’s time and management cost.
4. Safe investments by working with established vendor.