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6.2.5.4
Selecting a virtual machine's disks and volumes
To back up individual disks or volumes within a virtual machine residing on a virtualization
server
1.
Select the virtual machine whose volumes you need to back up.
Use the right part of the window to view details on the selected virtual machine.
2.
Click OK.
3.
In the Selecting disks and volumes (p. 209) window, select the virtual machine disks or volumes.
Backing up volumes within a virtual machine is similar to backing up a physical machine's
volumes. The virtual machine configuration will be also backed up.
Backing up a virtual machine's volumes yields a standard disk backup (p. 414). Having Acronis Backup
& Recovery 10 Agent for Windows or for Linux, you can mount its volumes, recover individual files
from this backup, and recover disks and volumes from the backup to a physical machine. The virtual
machine configuration, stored in a virtual machine backup, will be suggested by default at recovering
the backup content to a new virtual machine.
Limitations
A Hyper-V virtual machine that uses at least one pass-through disk (a physical disk, either local or
SAN-LUN, attached to the virtual machine) cannot be backed up from the host. To back up such
machine or its disks, install Agent for Windows or Agent for Linux on the machine.
A SAN-LUN disk attached to an ESX/ESXi virtual machine in the "Physical compatibility" mode, cannot
be backed up from the host while the virtual machine is online (running). To back up such disk, either
stop the machine or install Agent for Windows or Agent for Linux on the machine.
6.2.6
Access credentials for source
Specify the credentials required for access to the data you are going to backup.
To specify credentials
1.
Select one of the following:
Use the plan's credentials
The program will access the source data using the credentials of the backup plan account
specified in the General section.
Use the following credentials
The program will access the source data using the credentials you specify. Use this option if
the plan's account does not have access permissions to the data.
Specify:
User name. When entering the name of an Active Directory user account, be sure to also
specify the domain name (DOMAIN\Username or Username@domain)
Password. The password for the account.
2.
Click OK.
6.2.7
Exclusions
Set up exclusions for the specific types of files you do not wish to back up. For example, you may not
want database, hidden and system files and folders, as well as files with specific extensions, to be
stored in the archive.
