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Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Virtual Edition: List of Virtual Machines Is Empty If vCenter Service Is Restarted

This has been fixed

Acronis vmProtect 7: vCenter Shows "Cannot delete file" in the Log After Migrating a Mounted VM

This is a false error message that you can ignore

Acronis vmProtect: Backup Fails with "Failed to download additional file"

Remove subfolders or update vCenter

Acronis Backup for VMware: vCenter Integration

Back up and restore directly from your vSphere client

Acronis Backup 11.7/11.5 and Acronis Backup & Recovery 11: vCenter Intergrations Fails with Error "Specified entry already exists"

Edit the registry to fix the issue

Acronis Backup Advanced for vCloud: Integrating Acronis Management Server with vCenter Server

Integrating Acronis Management Server into vCenter Server

Acronis Backup Advanced for vCloud: Deploying Agent for ESX(i)

Deploying the Agent for ESX(i) if it hasn't been deployed automatically during vCenter Server integration

Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 Virtual Edition: Distribution of Virtual Machines among Agents

Automatic and manual distribution of virtual machines among Agents

Acronis Backup: Installation of Agent for ESX(i) as Virtual Appliance or Windows Agent

This article describes, how to install the Agent for ESX(i) as Virtual Appliance or Agent in Windows.

Acronis Backup Advanced: An Attempt to Configure VMware vCenter Integration Errors Out with "Failed to enumerate registered VMware vCenters"

The issue is caused by the corruption in the registry key that contains information on VMware vCenter Integration

Acronis Backup Advanced: vCenter Integration Is Reset by Acronis Management Server Service Restart if Temporary User Profile Is Used

After AMS service restart you get the error "The specified entry does not exist: 'ID'."

Acronis Cloud Migration: Why can't I see my VMs when I connect to our VMWare vCenter using the Acronis V2V Easy Converter?

Issue

I connect to our VMWare vCenter using the Acronis V2V Easy Converter and I am not able to see my VMs. What might be causing this, and how do I fix it?

Resolution

Please note that it is highly recommended not to connect using vCenter, but to connect to ESXi hosts directly instead. This ensures stable communication and significantly decreases the conversion time as well.

Acronis Products: Virtual machine backup fails with "Awaiting task 'CreateSnapshot' has failed. Reason: File is larger than the maximum size supported by datastore"

You attempt to run a backup from virtual guest and get this error. Change location of virtual guest or change block size of used datastore, so that the datastore blocksize and blocksize of virtual guest matches.

Acronis Cyber Backup: virtual machine backup troubleshooting guide

This article provides instruction for troubleshooting virtual machine backup failures in Acronis Cyber Backup virtualization solutions.

Solution

Follow these steps to troubleshoot virtual machine backup failures:

Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud: how to change vCenter/ESXi User

If you need to change the account used by Acronis to log in to vCenter or ESX(i) host in version 5 and 6:

Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud, Acronis Cyber Backup: vCenter Server Virtual Appliance support

Backup and recovery of vCenter Server Virtual Appliance (vCSA) VMs is fully supported in agent-less mode by Acronis Agent for VMware of Acronis Backup 12 (starting with Update 3), Acronis Cyber Backup 12.5, Acronis Cyber Protect 15 and Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud / Acronis Cyber Backup Cloud. This statement applies to VCSA versions which correspond the versions of vSphere supported by each mentioned product.

Backup Algorithm in ESX Environment

Step-by-step description of what happens when you choose to back up a virtual machine using the Agent for VMware (Virtual Appliance) or Agent for VMware (Windows)