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2 Acronis vmProtect 6.0 Overview
Acronis vmProtect 6.0 is a comprehensive backup and recovery solution designed for VMware
-less backup of entire ESX or
ESXi virtual machines with the ability to recover entire machines or individual files and folders.
2.1 Acronis vmProtect Features
Using Acronis award-winning imaging technology, Acronis vmProtect 6.0 creates an exact image
(backup) of the virtual machine, including guest operating system, configuration files and
applications, resource pool/vApp properties and datastore settings. It then provides you with ability
to recover this backup to either the original ESX / ESXi host or to a new one. The ability to start a
virtual machine directly from a backup without performing an actual restore, making the VM
operational after a failure in a few seconds, is one of the key new features.
Other new features include:
An option to choose between virtual appliance or Windows-based installation.
Web-based easy-to-use user interface.
LAN-free backup with direct access to shared storage.
Instantly run a VM from a backup on an existing ESX or ESXi host for quick recovery.
New enhanced storage format for backups optimized for always incremental strategy.
Simultaneously back up several virtual machines.
Support for vApp/resource pool settings backup/restore.
Change Block Tracking (CBT) support.
Main advantages of using Acronis vmProtect 6.0 are:
1. Ease-of-use. Acronis vmProtect can be deployed either as virtual appliance or installed on a
Windows machine and is managed via brand new web-based interface. Given huge Acronis
experience in designing intuitive GUIs and focused target on VMware the interface allows
starting right away without a need to investigate or read documentation, and avoids dangerous
mistakes or misconfiguration.
2. More functionality. In addition to standard backup and restore features, vmProtect includes
unique functionality, such as: running virtual machine directly for backup; unlimited number of
P2V conversions; backup to cloud-based Acronis Online Storage; industry-standard 256-bit
encryption to protect backups.
3. Low Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). vmProtect is priced per CPU, and a list prices is quite cheap.
Virtual Appliance does not require a dedicated machine or Windows license to operate, plus a
4. Safe investments by working with established vendor.