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Backup for free Esxi

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Hi,

 

Is this possible to backup VM's on free esxi host with Acronis backup advanced 11.7 universal license?

 

Thanks.

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Hi,

Yes, it is possible if you install Agent for Windows (or Linux) inside the virtual machine. In this case a _single_ univeral license will be sufficient to back up _unlimited_ number of VMs from the ESXi host - there are special checks performed to ensure that backup agent is running inside a VM on ESXi and licensing mechanism takes this into account when assigning licenses.

Thank you.

Thanks for your answer.

And it possible to restore from backup to esxi host without vmware license?

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Hi,

The recovery process would be similar to recovery for physical machines:

1) Create a new empty VM with desired virtual disk sizes

2) Boot it from Acronis Backup bootable media (.iso)

3) Run "Recovery" wizard and browse the backup you've captured originally

The direct restore with automatic VM re-creation using Agent for VMware won't be possible because of ESXi free limitations (required remote API is disabled in this license).

Thank you.