Acronis® Backup & Recovery ™ 10 Advanced Server Virtual Edition Quick Start Guide
Table of contents 1 Main components ..................................................................................................................3 2 License server ........................................................................................................................3 3 Supported operating systems .................................................................................................3 3.1 Agents ...........................................................................
This document describes how to install and start using Acronis True Image WD Edition Advanced Server Virtual Edition. 1 Main components Acronis True Image WD Edition Advanced Server Virtual Edition contains the following main components. Acronis True Image WD Edition Agent for ESX/ESXi: Backs up virtual machines on a VMware ESX/ESXi host without installing agents inside each virtual machine.
Acronis True Image WD Edition Agent for Hyper-V installs on Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition with Hyper-V as an add-on to Acronis True Image WD Edition Agent for Windows. It is highly recommended that Integration Services are installed in the guest systems. 3.
Below is an example of how you would distribute the components to protect virtual machines hosted on a VMware ESX server. The communication traffic between the AMS, ALS and the Agent residing on the same ESX server goes through its internal switch. The agent uses the external network to communicate with the console and to save backups in networked locations. The AMS uses the external connection to manage other hosts and to communicate with the console. AMS and ALS run on a regular virtual machine.
5 How many licenses do I need? To implement any of the above configurations, you need one license for Acronis True Image WD Edition Advanced Server Virtual Edition. The license is required to run either Agent for ESX/ESXi or Agent for Hyper-V. You may want to install agents on some of the virtual machines for specific purposes, such as file-level backup or executing pre/post backup commands inside the guest system.
view the backup status of these machines in the vCenter Server automatically register virtual machines created by Acronis True Image WD Edition in the vCenter inventory. The vCenter integration functionality is delivered as a feature of Acronis True Image WD Edition Management Server. No software installation is required on the vCenter Server. Here is an example of using Acronis True Image WD Edition in a vSphere environment.
VMware API ESX1 VM1 VM2 VA1 VMware API ESX2 VM3 VM1 VM2 VA2 VM3 AMS Console Working without vCenter integration The AMS controls the virtual appliances. Each of the appliances manages backup and recovery of virtual machines hosted on its host using VMware API provided by the ESX hosts.
7 Preparing to start Make sure that you have: A virtual machine running Windows, with at least 700 MB of physical memory. You will install the management server on this machine. A license key for Acronis True Image WD Edition Advanced Server Virtual Edition in a TXT or EML file. For multiple license keys, the text format is one line - one key. The setup program, which you can download from the Acronis Web site at: http://www.Acronis.
6. Power on the virtual machine where you are going to install the management server. The machine has to provide continuous services availability and have a network connection to all the virtualization servers that you will back up. 7. Log on to the machine as an administrator. 8. Open the shared network folder where the setup file is. 9. Copy the folder's content to a local folder. 10. Double click the setup file icon.
4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Accept the terms of the license agreement. Specify the name or IP address of the Acronis License Server, or type your trial license key. Select the Install the components that are available in all editions check box. In the list of components, select Management Console. Deselect the other components. Use the default values for Install to: and Install for:. Proceed with installation. On successful installation, close the wizard window. Close the blue splash screen. 8.1.
8.1.4 Deploying Agent for ESX/ESXi In this step, you will install the components that back up virtual machines on every host where the backup is required. 1. In the Navigation tree, right click the group that has the same name as the vCenter Server. If VMware vCenter integration is not enabled, right click Virtual machines. 2. Click Deploy ESX agents. A list of ESX/ESXi hosts and clusters obtained from the vCenter Server will be displayed. Details.
8.1.6 How to install VMware Tools Before you start, please install VMware Tools on every virtual machine you are going to back up. To install the VMware Tools: 1. 2. 3. 4. Run the VMware Infrastructure/vSphere Client. Connect to the ESX server. Select the virtual machine and run the guest operating system. Right click the virtual machine and select Guest > Install/Upgrade VMware Tools. Follow the onscreen instructions. 8.
To view the operations log, select Log in the Navigation tree. To filter the log entries for a certain machine, type the machine name into the Managed entity column header. To view the created archives, expand Vaults > Centralized in the Navigation tree and then select the vault where you saved the archives. Select the Disk archives tab. Every archive contains one backup of one virtual machine.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Details. You are taken to the Recover data view. The screen heading displays the generated name of the virtual appliance so you remember on which ESX/ESXi server you are operating. Under What to recover, in Data type, select Disks. Details. By default, all disks found in the backup will be recovered. Under Where to recover, in Recover to, select Existing virtual machine. In Virtual machine, click Change.
3. Under Where to back up, in Archive, click Change. Leave the default setting Store all machines' archives in a single location. In the folder tree, expand Centralized and select the vault you have created. If prompted, provide access credentials for the vault. Click OK to save your settings. Details. A separate archive will be created for each virtual machine. By default, an archive name will contain the policy name and the virtual machine name.
Create more detailed reports by executing SQL queries against the management server's reporting database Access the context-sensitive help system with the F1 key or by clicking the question-mark button where available. 17 Copyright © Acronis, Inc.
