ACRONIS BACKUP AND RECOVERY 10 ADVANCED SERVER - UPDATE 3 User Manual page 321

When virtual machines become unavailable for the agent (this happens when machines are removed
from the virtualization server inventory, deleted from the disk, or the server's storage is down or
disconnected), the machines disappear from the All virtual machines groups and other groups they
are included in. Tasks that back up these virtual machines will fail with an appropriate log record; as a
result, the generative policy will have the Error status.
The online or offline state of a virtual machine does not affect its backup since virtual machines can
be backed up in both states.
Policies for virtual machines
Any policy that backs up disks and volumes can be applied to virtual machines as well as to physical
machines. Policies that perform file-level backup cannot be applied to virtual machines. For more
information about backup and recovery of virtual machines, supported guest operating systems and
disk configurations, see "Backing up virtual machines".
What happens when a policy is applied to a group of virtual machines
Each machine will be backed up by a separate task to a separate archive. The default archive name
will include the virtual machine name and the policy name. It is advisable to keep default archive
naming so that you can easily find each machine's backups in the storage vault.
Grouping of virtual machines
The Virtual machines section of the navigation tree contains one built-in group called All virtual
machines. You cannot modify this group manually, delete or move it. You can apply policies that back
up disks or volumes to this group.
You can create both static and dynamic groups of virtual machines. Any virtual machine that is
currently available can be added to a static group. You cannot create groups that contain both
physical and virtual machines.
The dynamic membership criteria for virtual machines are as follows:

Virtualization server type (Hyper-V, ESX/ESXi).
Using this criterion, you can create a dynamic group of virtual machines hosted on all registered
Hyper-V (or ESX/ESXi, respectively) servers. Any machine added to the servers will appear in this
group. Any machine deleted from the servers will disappear from this group.

Host/VA
Using this criterion, you can create a dynamic group of virtual machines hosted on a specified
virtualization server or managed by the specified virtual appliance.
7.1.4.2 VMware vCenter integration
If you are using VMware vSphere, it is recommended that you integrate the management server with
your vCenter Server.
To integrate the management server with a VMware vCenter Server:
1. In the Navigation tree, right click Virtual machines and select VMware vCenter Integration
2. Click Configure integration
3. Select the Enable VMware vCenter integration check box
4. Specify the vCenter Server's IP address or name and provide access credentials for the server
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