ACRONIS Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server Virtual Edition Quick Start Manual
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- Page 1 Acronis® Backup & Recovery ™ 10 Advanced Server Virtual Edition Quick Start Guide...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Main components ....................3 License server ......................3 Supported operating systems ................. 3 3.1. Agents ..........................3 3.2. License server, management server, and management console ........4 Where do I install the components? ................ 4 How many licenses do I need? ................6 Integration with vCenter .................. -
Page 3: Main Components
2. License server You also need Acronis License Server for the agents to work. The license server helps you comply with Acronis licensing policies. When installing the license server, you import license keys to it. When the agents are being installed, each agent acquires a license key. -
Page 4: License Server, Management Server, And Management Console
Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Agent for Hyper-V installs on Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition with Hyper-V as an add-on to Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Agent for Windows. It is highly recommended that Integration Services are installed in the guest systems. - Page 5 AMS and ALS run on a regular virtual machine. Agent for Windows with the Agent for Hyper-V add-on runs in the host operating system. The administrator connects the console to the agent or to the AMS. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...
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Page 6: How Many Licenses Do I Need
5. How many licenses do I need? To implement any of the above configurations, you need one license for Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server Virtual Edition. The license is required to run either Agent for ESX/ESXi or Agent for Hyper-V. - Page 7 Agent for ESX/ESXi to any ESX/ESXi server, that is not necessarily managed by the vCenter. The vCenter integration functionality is delivered as an add-on to Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Server. The add-on is installed by default during the management server installation or update.
- Page 8 The AMS controls the virtual appliances. Each of the appliances manages backup and recovery of virtual machines hosted on its host using VMware vSphere API provided by the vCenter. AMS uses VMware vSphere API to exchange information with the vCenter. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...
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Page 9: Preparing To Start
A machine running Windows, with at least 512 MB of physical memory. • A license key for Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server Virtual Edition in a TXT or EML file. For multiple license keys, the text format is one line - one key. - Page 10 2. Click Next in the welcome window. 3. Accept the terms of the license agreement. 4. Specify the name or IP address of the Acronis License Server, or type your trial license key. 5. Select Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server - Virtual Edition.
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Page 11: Connecting To The Management Server
3. Click Next in the welcome window. 4. Accept the terms of the license agreement. 5. Specify the name or IP address of the Acronis License Server, or type your trial license key. 6. Select Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server Virtual Edition. -
Page 12: Deploying Agent For Esx/Esxi
(grayed out). To be able to back up the machines, deploy Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Agent for ESX/ESXi to their host servers. What else you can do View a virtual machine's power state (stopped or running) in the Power state column. To view a virtual machine's operating system, number of processors or memory size, select the machine and expand the Information bar. -
Page 13: How To Install Vmware Tools
Details. A separate archive will be created for each virtual machine. By default, an archive name will consist of the virtualization server type (ESX in our case) and the virtual machine name. The Name field displays the variables corresponding to the default archive names. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009... -
Page 14: Monitoring The Task Progress And Results
1. Connect the console to the management server. 2. In the Navigation tree, expand Vaults > Centralized and then select the vault where you saved the archives. If prompted, provide access credentials for the vault. 3. Select the Disk archives tab. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009... -
Page 15: Backing Up Multiple Machines Centrally By Using A Backup Policy
8.4. Backing up multiple machines centrally by using a backup policy By following the instructions listed in this section, you will set up a regular backup of all virtual machines that are present on the ESX server at the time of backup. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009... -
Page 16: Creating A Backup Policy
Tasks' activity for last month and select Generate from the context menu. In order for your web browser to correctly display dates and other information in generated reports, enable active content (JavaScript). Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009... -
Page 17: What Else You Can Do
• 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. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009...
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