Acronis Backup for VMware 9 - User Guide User Manual

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By default, automatic mapping is used. The current hardware is scanned for NICs in order to
automatically match them with the vSwitches present in the ESXi configuration backup. You may
check the automatic mapping of the vSwitches and remap them if required.

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During the ESXi recovery process you can check if the cable is plugged to the vmnicX or not.

After going through all the steps, click OK to start the recovery. Here’s what happens after you
proceed with the recovery:

1. The first HDD (by BIOS order) is used to create ESXi system partitions and then the system will be

rebooted into the ESXi environment.

2. Upon boot-up, the ESXi executes a special script which configures the vSwitches and datastores

according to the settings specified in the ESXi configuration recovery wizard.

3. Acronis Backup for VMware Agent (Virtual Appliance) is deployed to the newly created datastore.

Then, it executes the recovery of the missing virtual machines from the backup locations
specified in the ESXi configuration recovery wizard. It also scans these backup locations for the
source ESXi host VMs backed up after the ESXi configuration backup and restores these virtual
machines.

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A virtual machine is considered “missing”, if it is not detected in any of the datastores currently
recognized by the restored ESXi host.

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The virtual machines are restored to all the detected datastores steadily filling them up and
leaving there at least 10% of the free space.