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Table of contents
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Introducing Acronis vmProtect 9 ............................................................................................7
2
Acronis vmProtect 9 Overview ...............................................................................................8
2.1
Acronis vmProtect 9 Features ................................................................................................... 8
How Acronis vmProtect 9 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 vmProtect 9 ....................................................................................... 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 ..................................................................................................................16
4.2.1
Installing Acronis vmProtect 9 as Virtual Appliance on an ESX(i) host ...................................................... 16
4.2.2
Installing Acronis vmProtect 9 as Windows Agent ..................................................................................... 18
4.2.3
Extracting installation files ............................................................................................................................ 20
4.2.4
Configuring ESX(i) host connection settings ................................................................................................ 20
4.2.5
Using a locally attached storage................................................................................................................... 20
4.3
Uninstalling Acronis vmProtect 9 ............................................................................................21
5
Getting started .................................................................................................................... 22
5.1
Dashboard Management .........................................................................................................23
5.2
Using Web Console ..................................................................................................................24
5.2.1
Ribbon tabs .................................................................................................................................................... 24
5.2.2
Logout link...................................................................................................................................................... 27
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vCenter Integration .............................................................................................................. 28
7
Backup ................................................................................................................................ 31
7.1
Select VM(s) to back up ...........................................................................................................31
7.2
When to back up ......................................................................................................................32
7.3
Where to back up ....................................................................................................................33
7.4
How to back up ........................................................................................................................37
7.4.1
Application-Aware Backup Settings ............................................................................................................. 37
7.4.2
Backup validation .......................................................................................................................................... 38
7.4.3
Other settings ................................................................................................................................................ 38
7.4.4
Completing the Create backup task wizard................................................................................................. 38
7.5
Options ....................................................................................................................................39
7.5.1
Archive Protection ......................................................................................................................................... 39
7.5.2
Source Files Exclusion ................................................................................................................................... 39
7.5.3
Compression Level ........................................................................................................................................ 40
7.5.4
Error Handling................................................................................................................................................ 41
7.5.5
Disaster Recovery Plan .................................................................................................................................. 41
