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Table of contents
1 Introducing Acronis vmProtect 8 ............................................................................................7
2 Acronis vmProtect 8 Overview ...............................................................................................8
2.1 Acronis vmProtect 8 Features ................................................................................................... 8
3 How Acronis vmProtect 8 Works ............................................................................................9
3.1 Virtual machines backup and restore ........................................................................................ 9
3.2 Backup archive structure ........................................................................................................... 9
3.2.1 Multiple files backup scheme (Legacy mode) ............................................................................................... 9
3.2.2 Single file backup scheme (Always Incremental mode) ............................................................................. 10
4 Installation of Acronis vmProtect 8 ....................................................................................... 11
4.1 Requirements ..........................................................................................................................11
4.1.1 Supported operating systems ...................................................................................................................... 11
4.1.2 System requirements .................................................................................................................................... 11
4.1.3 How to install VMware Tools ....................................................................................................................... 12
4.1.4 Privileges for VM backup and recovery ....................................................................................................... 13
4.2 Installation options ..................................................................................................................16
4.2.1 Installing Acronis vmProtect 8 as Virtual Appliance on an ESX(i) host ...................................................... 17
4.2.2 Installing Acronis vmProtect 8 as Windows Agent ..................................................................................... 18
4.2.3 Extracting installation files ............................................................................................................................ 20
4.2.4 Configuring ESX(i) host connection settings ................................................................................................ 21
4.2.5 Using a locally attached storage................................................................................................................... 21
4.3 Uninstalling Acronis vmProtect 8 ............................................................................................21
5 Getting started .................................................................................................................... 22
5.1 Dashboard Management .........................................................................................................23
5.2 Using Web Console ..................................................................................................................24
5.2.1 Ribbon tabs .................................................................................................................................................... 24
5.2.2 Logout link...................................................................................................................................................... 27
6 vCenter Integration .............................................................................................................. 28
7 Creating a Backup of Virtual Machines ................................................................................. 31
7.1 Select VM(s) to back up ...........................................................................................................31
7.2 When to back up ......................................................................................................................32
7.3 Where to back up ....................................................................................................................33
7.4 How to back up ........................................................................................................................38
7.4.1 Exchange-Aware Backup Settings ................................................................................................................ 38
7.4.2 Backup validation .......................................................................................................................................... 39
7.4.3 Other settings ................................................................................................................................................ 39
7.4.4 Completing the Create backup task wizard................................................................................................. 39
7.5 Options ....................................................................................................................................40
7.5.1 Archive Protection ......................................................................................................................................... 40
7.5.2 Source Files Exclusion ................................................................................................................................... 40
7.5.3 Compression Level ........................................................................................................................................ 41
7.5.4 Error Handling................................................................................................................................................ 41
7.5.5 Disaster Recovery Plan .................................................................................................................................. 41
