ACRONIS BACKUP RECOVERY 10 ADVANCED SERVER VIRTUAL... User manual

Acronis®Backup & Recovery™10
Advanced Server Virtual Edition
Key Features:
Aent-less backup
This feature is supported on VMware Virtual
Infrastructure 3.5, VMware vSphere and Microsoft
Hyper-V servers
Fast recoveries
Recover files, volumes, virtual disks and VMs in
minutes, not hours or days
Miration
Migrate to and among physical machines,
VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer and
Parallels platforms
One-price licenses
No limit to virtual server count on a single
physical host – only one Acronis Backup &
Recovery 10 Advanced Server Virtual Edition
license required per host
Centralized manaement
Policy-based backup and recovery from a
single console
Data deduplication
File- or block-level deduplication at source or
target eliminates redundant copies of data. Cut
storage needs and frees network bandwidth
Scalability
Scale from a few machines to thousands
At-a-lance monitorin
Dashboard provides a single-screen view of all
configured and running operations
Advanced backup schedulin
Event-triggered backups and templates for
backup rotation schemes like Tower of
Hanoi, Grandfather-Father-Son
Hih Security
User authentication and data encryption secures
data, both in place and during transmissions
A complete physical and virtual backup solution
Acronis Backup and Recovery 10 Advanced Server Virtual Edition is part of
the Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 family, which includes physical and virtual
data protection for both Windows
®and Linux®servers and workstations.
Together with Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Workstation and
Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server, it provides a unified data
protection environment for physical/virtual servers and workstations, all
controlled via a single management console. As IT managers take advantage
of virtual machine (VM) computing’s greater efficiencies, they need simpler
ways to protect all physical and virtual assets and a more efficient method
for migrating physical workloads to virtual. Acronis®Backup & RecoveryTM 10
Advanced Server Virtual Edition meets these needs with:
- Outstanding backup and recovery performance: no aents required on
guest machines
- One low price per physical host, unlimited VMs per host
- A fast and safe physical-to-virtual (P2V) and virtual-to-virtual (V2V)
miration path
- Unified manaement of backup and recovery for virtual and physical
environments
DATA SHEET
Accelerate Migrations, Backups and Recoveries
With Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server Virtual Edition, physical
to virtual (P2V) migrations are completed in just minutes on all leading
virtual machine platforms. High-speed image-based backups and recoveries
protect virtual and physical servers. VMware®vSphereTM and Microsoft®
Hyper-VTM users will appreciate Acronis agent-less backup for VMs, eliminating
a time-consuming VM administrative function. In the event of a loss, even a
novice can use Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Virtual Edition to recover
individual files, a folder or an entire virtual or physical system.
Single Console Controls It All
From a single Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server Virtual Edition
console located anywhere on the network, organizations can manage
backup and restore operations as well as migrations using our powerful, yet
user-friendly interface. A dashboard feature monitors the entire system from
a single screen, highlighting trouble spots before they threaten
productivity. Built-in reporting simplifies centralized management for
enterprise-class networks.
Advanced Features
- Deduplication module helps organizations of all sizes eliminate redundant
copies of their data, reducing storage needs and freeing network bandwidth.
- Acronis Universal Restore feature makes it possible to recover to dissimilar
physical or virtual machines.
-Exchange and SQL servers can be backed up and recovered quickly to a point
just prior to a failure with optional Acronis®Recovery™for Microsoft®
Exchange and Acronis® Recovery™ for Microsoft SQL Server modules.

DATA SHEET
Supported Operatin Systems
Virtual Machine Support
VMware, Parallels, Microsoft Hyper-V and Citrix XenServer•
virtual machine (VM) support
Migrate from physical machines to virtual machines quickly•
and easily, at a low cost per physical server
Backup and recovery of files, volumes, virtual disks and even•
entire virtual machines•
Agent-less image backup for VMware vSphere or Microsoft•
Hyper-V
Configure for file-based backups by installing backup agents•
in each virtual machine
Backup Options
Block-level image backup•
File-level backup•
Full backup•
Incremental backup•
Differential backup•
Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) support•
Dual destination backup•
Backup Targets
Local attached disk, Network Attached Storage (NAS) and•
Storage Area Network (SAN)
Acronis® Secure Zone® partition to enable local restores•
FTP server•
Optical devices•
Tape•
Storage and Network Utilization Optimization
File- or block-level deduplication•
Selective source - level deduplication•
Target - level deduplication•
Recovery Options
Bare-metal restore•
Acronis• ®Universal Restore™option to recover to dissimilar
hardware
Recovery to different host or destination•
Single file restore•
Acronis• ®Active Restore™for priority application restore
Manageability
Centralized management console•
Event-based backup scheduling including log on, log off•
or time elapsed from previous backup and availability
of backup destination
Policy-based operation•
Graphical dashboard for operation status•
Security
Encrypted backup images•
Encrypted network communications•
Single sign-on•
Backup agent authentication•
Easy to implement in firewall protected environments•
VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3.5 and above (both ESX and ESXi)•
VMware vSphere 4.0 (both ESX and ESXi)•
Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Agent for Hyper-V
Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V•
Guest-based Agent
Windows 2000 Server SP4+•
Windows Server 2003 (32-bit and 64-bit editions)•
Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-bit and 64-bit editions)•
Windows Server 2008 (32-bit and 64-bit editions)•
Windows Server 2008 R2•
Linux kernel 2.4.20 and above•
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