Administrator's Guide

Table Of Contents

1 Administrator's Guide

1.1 About this document

This document is intended for system administrators of VMware vCloud Director who want to

provide a backup service to vCloud organizations by using Acronis Backup Advanced for vCloud.

The document explains how to:

 Install Acronis Backup Advanced for vCloud

 Configure it to work with vCloud Director

 Enable the backup service for organizations

 Administer the backup service (monitor the service status, configure backup and recovery

options, generate usage reports, and more)

For information about how to back up and recover virtual machines and administer an organization,

please refer to the Acronis Backup Advanced for vCloud User's Guide (p. 40).

Acronis Backup Advanced for vCloud belongs to the Acronis Backup Advanced suite of products.

Additional information about Acronis Backup can be found in the Acronis Backup Web Help:

http://www.acronis.com/en-us/support/documentation/AcronisBackup_11.5/

1.2 Introduction to Acronis Backup Advanced for vCloud

Acronis Backup Advanced for vCloud is a solution for backup and recovery of virtual machines

managed by VMware vCloud Director.

Acronis Backup Advanced for vCloud provides the backup service at a system administrator level and

organization user level. The backup service is available through a web interface. Users log in to the

service by using their vCloud Director credentials.

In order to deploy the backup service to your vCloud Director infrastructure, you need to install

Acronis Backup Advanced for vCloud components and integrate them with the vCloud Director

components.

Please review the topics in this section before starting with the installation.

1.2.1 What's new in Update 1

The product is renamed from Acronis Backup & Recovery for vCloud to Acronis Backup Advanced for

vCloud. Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 is renamed to Acronis Backup.

The updated version of the product includes the following new features:

 File recovery

You can enable users to recover individual files and folders (p. 46) from backups of virtual

machines.

 Applying a backup plan to a vApp

You can apply a backup plan (p. 42) to an entire vApp. The backup plan will be applied to all

virtual machines that are currently in the vApp and to any new machines that appear in it.

 Setting up a default backup plan for an organization