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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

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