Administrator's Guide

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 Multi-core processor with at least 2.5 GHz clock rate

 At least 32 GB of RAM

 A 64-bit Windows operating system

To set up deduplication

1. On the machine that will act as the storage node, run the setup program of Acronis Backup

Advanced.

2. Install the storage node as described in the "Getting started with a storage node" section of the

Acronis Backup Help.

3. Create a number of user accounts on the storage node, one account per organization. Make sure

that these accounts are not members of the Administrators group.

4. Create a single vault with deduplication, as described in the "Creating a managed centralized

vault" section of the Acronis Backup Help.

To specify the backup storage

 When enabling backup for an organization (p. 27), specify the vault that you created, and the

specific user account for that organization.

1.9.3 Changing the backup storage

vCloud system administrators can change the backup storage assigned to an organization.

If the storage device runs out of free space and cannot be upgraded, you may want to migrate some

or all of the backup storages to a new device. Besides changing the storage paths, you need to move

the previously created backups to the new location. Otherwise, these backups will not be available to

the organization users. While the backups are being moved, all operations that require access to the

backup storage must be disabled. Access to other backup storages located on the same device may

slow down. For these reasons, we recommend notifying the organization users about the upcoming

maintenance.

The following steps are required to migrate backups storages to a new location. For easier access to

both the management server and the backup service interface, we recommend that you perform

these steps on the management server machine.

Disabling user access to the service

1. Log in to the service and click the Organizations tab.

2. Select the organization to change the backup storage for, and then click Configure.

3. On the User privileges tab, clear the Log in to the backup service check box. Click OK to confirm

the changes.

This will prevent the organization users from using the backup service while you are changing the

backup storage. (The currently logged-in users will remain logged in until they log out or until

their vCloud session is timed out.)

4. Repeat steps 2-3 for every organization for which the backup storage will be changed.

Disabling the backup plans

1. Connect the console to the management server (p. 16).

2. Click Backup plans and tasks.

3. Disable all backup plans that are applied to the organization's virtual machines by selecting each

of the backup plans and then clicking Disable.

Tip. A backup plan's name starts with the name of the organization. You can filter the backup

plans by typing their names in the field below the Name column's header.