Acronis Backup (Advanced) for Virtual Host is designed and optimized specially for agentless backup of virtual machines: these editions allow you to perform backups of virtual machines without the need to install an agent on each guest system - agents only need to be installed on hosts.
The table below shows the main differences between agentless backup and using Agent for Windows/Agent for Linux to back up a virtual machine.
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Agentless backup |
Agent-based (Agent for Windows/Linux) |
| Available in |
Acronis Backup for Virtual Host
Acronis Backup Advanced for Virtual Host
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Acronis Backup
Acronis Backup Advanced |
| Available for |
VMware
Hyper-V
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VMware
Hyper-V
Citrix XenServer
RHEV
Oracle KVM |
| Licensing |
Backup of an unlimited number of virtual machines on the same physical host with 1 license.
If you are using clustered VMware ESX of Hyper-V servers, you need 1 license for Acronis Backup Advanced per each ESX host in cluster.
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1 license of Acronis Backup (Advanced) for Virtual Host: backup of unlimited number of virtual machines on the same physical host
Other Acronis Backup (Advanced) editions: backup of 1 physical or 1 virtual machine
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| Installation |
One Agent on Hyper-V host
One Agent on ESX(i) host or on a Windows machine outside of the vSphere environment |
Agents on all virtual machines |
| What OS can be backed up? |
Any operating system supported as guest by virtualization server. |
Operating systems supported by Agent for Windows / Agent for Linux.
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| Back up selected files/folders inside virtual machine |
NO* |
YES |
| Back up to Online Storage |
YES |
YES |
| Exclude files/folders from backup |
YES |
YES |
| Recover backup to a virtual machine |
YES
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YES
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Recover backup directly to virtualization server
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YES |
YES** |
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Recover backup directly to virtualization server
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YES
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YES**
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* You can recover files and folders from a disk image.
**You need to have an Acronis Backup (Advanced) Virtual Host license registered in your License Server.
Virtual machines with Acronis Backup & Recovery Agent for Windows/Linux installed inside will be shown in Physical Machines list in Acronis Management Server. Virtual machines backed up by Acronis Backup & Recovery Agent for ESX/ESXi or by Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Agent for Hyper-V will be shown in Virtual Machines list.
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