Using Multiple vmware agents to load balance vm backup
For example.
I have 1 vcenter with multiple ESX servers in it and multiple VMs
Now i wanted to install an Agent for Vmware (for Windows) on every ESXi and register them to the Backup Cloud.
Then when i make a job to backup the entire vmware environment the jobs should be load balanced over all the vmware agents to do the backups.
I know that with Acronis Backup 11.x for vmware that could be done..

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OK strange.. here is the case. I have two agent connected to the same ESXi server.
I have two VM backup jobs running.. but only one vm can get backupped @ a time.... the other VM just sits there.. and begins backup only after the other one is finished.
According to the manual i should able to set the amount of simoultanious backups under backup options.. but i do not see them anywhere..
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OK after looking for the 10th time i found the option.
Now my question is.. what is the threshold to balance the jobs? Is it the amount of virtual disk that an agent for vmware VMs can hold?
Because i have 2 agents for vmware connect to esxi. Made a job to backup 5 VM's @ once.. that happend but they where all handled by the first agent for vmware. The second one did not get any work to do..
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