Backing Up Virtual Machines

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7. Click OK to create the vault.
Backing up the machines
1. In the management console, click Create backup plan.
2. Under What to back up, click Items to back up.
3. Expand the Management Server node, expand the Machines with agents node, and then expand
the All Machines node.
4. Select the check boxes next to the machines you want to back up. Click OK to confirm your
selection.
5. Under Where to back up, click Location. In the opened window, expand the Centralized node,
and then select the vault you have created. Click OK to confirm your selection. If prompted,
provide access credentials for the vault.
6. Under How to back up, in Backup scheme box, specify Manual start.
7. Click OK to create the backup plan.
8. You will be taken to the Backup plans and tasks view, where you can see the backup plan you
just created. Select this plan and click Run.
Details. Later, you can manually run the same backup plan again.
4.1.3.6 Recovering RHEV machines
You can recover RHEV machines using one of the following methods:
 Recovering to a machine running the operating system
Use this method if the Acronis agent is running on the machine and you need to recover the lost
data (a data disk, a data volume, or an individual file) or add the backed-up data from another
machine.
To recover the operating system itself, the Acronis agent will need to boot the machine into the
bootable environment. If the machine is running Linux, make sure that, in addition to Agent for
Linux, you have installed Acronis Backup Bootable Components & Media Builder for Linux.
 Recovering to a machine booted with bootable media
Use this method when you need to recover the operating system that has crashed or is infected
with malware. Installation of the bootable components is not required in this case because the
components will be loaded from the media to the machine's RAM.
To recover to a machine running the operating system
1. Start the management console.
2. Connect the console to the management server or directly to the target machine.
3. Click Recover.
4. Under What to recover, click Select data. In the opened window:
a. Select Data path box.
b. Click Browse.
c. In the opened window, expand the Centralized node, select the vault where your backup is
stored and press Enter. If prompted, specify the user name and password to access the vault
location.
d. On the Data view tab, in the Show box, select Machines/disks/volumes to browse and
search for entire disks and volumes in disk-level backups.
Details. You should select Folders/files in the Show box when you want to recover individual
files or folders.