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Table of contents
1 Introducing Acronis vmProtect 7 ............................................................................................6
2 Acronis vmProtect 7 Overview ...............................................................................................7
2.1 Acronis vmProtect 7 Features.................................................................................................... 7
3 How Acronis vmProtect 7 Works ............................................................................................8
3.1 Virtual machines backup and restore ........................................................................................ 8
3.2 Backup archive structure ........................................................................................................... 8
3.2.1 Multiple files backup scheme (Legacy mode) ............................................................................................... 8
3.2.2 Single file backup scheme (Always Incremental mode) ............................................................................... 9
4 Installation of Acronis vmProtect 7 ....................................................................................... 10
4.1 Requirements ..........................................................................................................................10
4.1.1 Supported operating systems ...................................................................................................................... 10
4.1.2 System requirements .................................................................................................................................... 10
4.1.3 How to install VMware Tools ....................................................................................................................... 11
4.1.4 Privileges for VM backup and recovery ....................................................................................................... 12
4.2 Installation options ..................................................................................................................14
4.2.1 Installing Acronis vmProtect 7 as Virtual Appliance on an ESX(i) host ...................................................... 15
4.2.2 Installing Acronis vmProtect 7 as Windows Agent ..................................................................................... 17
4.2.3 Extracting installation files ............................................................................................................................ 18
4.2.4 Configuring ESX(i) host connection settings ................................................................................................ 19
4.2.5 Using a locally attached storage ................................................................................................................... 19
4.3 Uninstalling Acronis vmProtect 7 ............................................................................................19
5 Getting started .................................................................................................................... 20
5.1 Dashboard Management .........................................................................................................21
5.2 Using Web Console ..................................................................................................................22
5.2.1 Ribbon tabs .................................................................................................................................................... 22
5.2.2 Logout link...................................................................................................................................................... 25
6 vCenter Integration .............................................................................................................. 26
7 Creating a Backup of Virtual Machines ................................................................................. 29
7.1 Select VM(s) to back up ...........................................................................................................29
7.2 Where to back up ....................................................................................................................30
7.3 When to back up ......................................................................................................................32
7.4 How to back up ........................................................................................................................33
7.4.1 Backup type ................................................................................................................................................... 33
7.4.2 Retention rules .............................................................................................................................................. 33
7.4.3 Other settings ................................................................................................................................................ 36
7.4.4 Backup validation .......................................................................................................................................... 36
7.4.5 Completing the Create backup task wizard................................................................................................. 36
7.5 Options ....................................................................................................................................36
7.5.1 Archive Protection ......................................................................................................................................... 36
7.5.2 Source Files Exclusion ................................................................................................................................... 37
7.5.3 Compression Level ........................................................................................................................................ 37
7.5.4 Error Handling................................................................................................................................................ 38