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on the specified machines one after another. The parameter for the above commands has been

specified in the following way: --address=<IP addresses or hostnames>.

The management server must also be specified when using this parameter. Credentials for the

machine are not required. Only the management server credentials are needed.

Example

To view all machine disks through the management server, run the following command:

acrocmd list disks --host=<ams hostname> --credentials=<user name>,<password>

--service=ams --address=<IP address or hostname>

3.2 Virtual machines

3.2.1 Access to a virtual machine

{--vmid=<virtual machine ID>|--vmname=<virtual machine name>|--vmconfig=<path>}

The methods of access to a virtual machine

If Agent for ESX(i) or Agent for Hyper-V is registered on the management server, you can access a

virtual machine directly from the management server without specifying the virtualization host:

--host=<ams hostname> --credentials=<user name>,<password> --service=ams

--vmname=<virtual machine name>

If Agent for ESX(i) or Agent for Hyper-V is not registered on the management server, specify the

virtual appliance or the Windows host running the agent:

--host=<agent hostname> --credentials=<user name>,<password> --vmname=<virtual

machine name>

When operating within the virtual appliance or the Windows host running the agent, you do not

need to specify access parameters other than --vmname or --vmid.

vmid

--vmid=<virtual machine ID>

Virtual machine unique identifier, assigned by the virtualization software. Use the list vms (p. 27)

command to obtain identifiers of virtual machines.

With the backup vm (p. 28) command, you can specify several values of this parameter.

vmname

--vmname=<virtual machine name>

Virtual machine name. This parameter is case-sensitive. If the Acronis agent finds more than one

virtual machine with the same name, an error occurs (this does not apply to clustered Hyper-V virtual

machines). In this case, use the --vmid or --vmconfig parameter.

With the backup vm (p. 28) command, you can specify several values of this parameter.

vmconfig

--vmconfig=<path>