Backing Up Virtual Machines
Table Of Contents
- 1 About this document
- 2 Supported virtualization platforms
- 3 Backup at a hypervisor level
- 3.1 Features and capabilities
- 3.2 Limitations
- 3.3 What does a virtual machine backup store?
- 3.4 Working in VMware vSphere
- 3.4.1 Getting started with Agent for VMware
- 3.4.2 Installation of Agent for VMware
- 3.4.3 Operations with agents
- 3.4.4 Flexible configuration of the agents
- 3.4.5 Using a locally attached storage
- 3.4.6 Configuring ESX(i)-related options
- 3.4.7 Support for VM migration
- 3.4.8 Support for datastore clusters and Storage DRS
- 3.4.9 Backing up fault tolerant machines
- 3.4.10 Backing up independent disks and RDMs
- 3.4.11 Backing up virtual machine templates
- 3.4.12 Privileges for VM backup and recovery
- 3.5 Working in Microsoft Hyper-V
- 3.6 Backing up Linux logical volumes and MD devices
- 3.7 File-level recovery
- 3.8 Virtual machines on a management server
- 3.9 VM-specific backup and recovery options
- 3.10 Limitations for backup and recovery options
- 4 Backup from inside a guest OS
- 4.1 Working with Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization
- 4.1.1 Overview of the RHEV platform
- 4.1.2 How Acronis Backup works with RHEV
- 4.1.3 Backup and recovery of RHEV virtual machines
- 4.1.4 Migrating a physical machine to a virtual machine
- 4.1 Working with Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization
4 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2016
1 About this document
This document contains information that is specific for backup and recovery of virtual machines with
Acronis Backup.
For the most comprehensive information about the functionality provided by Acronis Backup, please
refer to
Acronis Backup Help
Web Help: http://www.acronis.com/en-us/support/documentation/AcronisBackup_11.7/
Built-in context-sensitive Help available in Acronis Backup Management Console by clicking the
question-mark button .
For the purpose of convenience, this information is also presented in other sources. Use the ones
that correspond to your preferences.
Installation information
Installation Help available in your setup program by clicking View Installation Help.
Installation Guide for Acronis Backup Advanced:
http://www.acronis.com/en-us/download/docs/aba11.7/installguide
Information about the core functionality provided by Acronis Backup
User Guide for Acronis Backup Advanced:
http://www.acronis.com/en-us/download/docs/aba11.7/userguide
Command-line interface
Command-Line Reference: http://www.acronis.com/en-us/download/docs/ab11.7/cmdlineref