Backing Up Virtual Machines

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Installing the agent into the guest system

For advanced operations, install Agent for Linux in the guest system and back up the logical

volumes/MD devices as the ones of a physical machine. By doing this, you will overcome almost all of

the above limitations.

Using Linux-based bootable media, you will be able to recover logical volumes/MD devices "as is".

However, the Acronis Universal Restore tool is still required for virtual-to-physical and

virtual-to-virtual machine conversion. For more information about backing up logical volumes and

MD devices on physical machines, see the Acronis Backup Advanced User Guide.

3.7 File-level recovery

Agents for VMware and Agent for Hyper-V can recover files from a file backup or from a disk backup

of a physical or virtual machine.

Depending on the agent that performs the recovery, you can recover files to the following locations:

 A local folder on the machine where the agent is installed. This location is not available for Agent

for VMware (Virtual Appliance).

 A network share

 An FTP or SFTP server

To recover files by using the management server

1. Connect the console to the management server.

2. If the backup is stored in a managed vault, click Data catalog. Otherwise, click the respective

centralized unmanaged vault and then click the Data view tab.

3. Select the files and the point in time to recover them to. We recommend selecting the files as

follows:

a. Select Show > Folders/files.

b. Select the files and the point in time.

c. Click Recover.

Details. If the backup is stored in a centralized unmanaged vault, the files may initially not appear

in Data view. The reason is that Agent for VMware (Virtual Appliance) does not catalog data to

the file level when backing up to such vaults. If you cannot find a file in Data view, use Archive

view:

 Click the Archive view tab, expand the archive, right-click the backup, and then click Recover.

In Backup contents, select Files and then select the files to recover.

Alternatively, update the catalog by clicking Catalog now, and then use Data view again.

Updating the catalog may be time-consuming.

4. Under Where to recover, select Agent for VMware (Virtual Appliance) or Agent for Hyper-V that

will perform the recovery.

Tip. Alternatively, you can select a machine where Agent for Windows or Agent for Linux is

installed. This way, you can recover the files directly onto that machine.

5. Proceed with creating the recovery task.

Using a similar procedure, you can recover files when the console is directly connected to an agent.

Use either Data view or Archive view when connected to Agent for Hyper-V. When connected to

Agent for VMware (Virtual Appliance), the Data view tab is available only for managed vaults and a

locally attached storage (p. 15).