Backing Up Virtual Machines

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Installation of Agent for Windows
The following procedure describes how to install Acronis Backup Agent for Windows and
Management Console on a machine running Windows. To do so:
1. Log on as an administrator and run the Acronis Backup Advanced setup program.
2. Click Install Acronis Backup.
3. Accept the terms of the license agreement, and then click Next.
4. Select the Back up this machine's data check box, and then click Next.
5. Click I purchased a license or a subscription, and then click Next.
6. Type your license key or import it from a text file, and then click OK. Click Next.
7. Ensure that the proper license is selected, and then click Next.
8. In the next window, leave the default setting: I will register the component(s) later. Click Next.
9. Specify whether the machine will participate in the Acronis Customer Experience Program (CEP).
Click Next.
10. Click Install to proceed with installation.
11. On successful installation, click Finish to close the wizard window.
Hot imaging + conversion to a virtual machine
1. Configure an NFS export domain as described in the "Preparation" (p. 43) section.
2. Double-click the Acronis Backup icon on the desktop.
If the machine is running Linux, you must be logged on as the root user. If you are logged on as a
non-root user, run the following command:
sudo acronis_console
3. Click Manage this machine.
4. Click Create backup plan.
5. By default, all disks of the machine are selected for imaging. If you need to exclude a disk, under
What to back up, click Items to back up and clear the check box near the disk. For more details
about the exclusion, see "Considerations before migration" (p. 41).
Details. In addition, you can use the Show exclusions control to exclude files. Do not try to use
this control to exclude disks. It works at a file level.
6. Under Where to back up, click Location. In the opened window:
a. Specify the location where to save the image. For more details about the location, see
"Considerations before migration" (p. 41).
b. [Optional, but recommended] In the Name box, enter the image name. It could be the name
of the machine being imaged.
c. Click OK.
7. In Backup scheme, select Manual start.
8. Click Show backup type, validation, convert to virtual machine.
9. In Convert to virtual machine, select Convert.
10. By default, the current machine will perform the conversion. If you have selected a network
share as the image location, you can click Browse and select another machine with the agent.
Specify the credentials to access the machine.
11. Click VM type, select Save as files of the VM type that I select to the folder that I specify, and
then select Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization in the tree. Click OK to confirm your selection.
12. Click Storage, and then do the following, depending on the machine's operating system: