80 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2013.
but does not match the original configuration, its name appears in yellow. If the detected datastore
is going to be cleaned up for a new datastore creation, its name appears in red. Select the Use for
new datastores check box to use the HDD for a new datastore creation.
The new datastore will be created on all the disks selected on this step overwriting any existing data
on these disks. Therefore, you should carefully verify the selection.
The ESXi system partitions will be created on the disk which you check under “Restore ESXi to:”
column. You can select the detected local or flash drive(s) here.
The fourth step is to Configure Virtual Network. This step is required to map the vSwitches present
in the ESXi configuration backup being restored to physical NICs. You can recover the ESXi
configuration backup on the same server or on different hardware. This step allows the following:
By default, automatic mapping is used. The current hardware is scanned for NICs in order to
automatically match them with the vSwitches present in the ESXi configuration backup. You may
check the automatic mapping of the vSwitches and remap them if required.
During the ESXi recovery process you can check if the cable is plugged to the vmnicX or not.
After going through all the steps, click OK to start the recovery. Here’s what happens after you
proceed with the recovery:
1. The first HDD (by BIOS order) is used to create ESXi system partitions and then the system will be
rebooted into the ESXi environment.
2. Upon boot-up, the ESXi executes a special script which configures the vSwitches and datastores
according to the settings specified in the ESXi configuration recovery wizard.
3. Acronis vmProtect 9 Agent (Virtual Appliance) is deployed to the newly created datastore. Then,
it executes the recovery of the missing virtual machines from the backup locations specified in
the ESXi configuration recovery wizard. It also scans these backup locations for the source ESXi
host VMs backed up after the ESXi configuration backup and restores these virtual machines.
A virtual machine is considered “missing”, if it is not detected in any of the datastores currently
recognized by the restored ESXi host.
The virtual machines are restored to all the detected datastores steadily filling them up and
leaving there at least 10% of the free space.
