pre-sale technical questions

Thread needs solution
truwrikodrorowrelupicugojestutroclulachosaswunuhospikigawakijosaswenomaruclojeueclikaspedrubewidebrisubrohutrurifruuagothunugekedrumucisiuobrobrecrupeslapuswosluprothethibakaslechurathikucli
Beginner
Posts: 1
Comments: 0

Hi all,

We are looking for a vmware backup solution and are evaluating Acronis Backup for vmware. We have the following questions and wonder if someone or Acronis MVP can help us.

1- Is the backup done in incremental form? (First time full backup and next time is incremental) If so, is there a way to combine all (first backup and all incremental) into one file later (for storage managment)?

2- Is there a way to encrypt backup files for security?

3- How is backup done? Does it make any difference (for performance) on using FTP, Samba, localstore(actually remote vmware datastore via iSCSI or NFS)?

4- What is the Acronis recommended backup practice for vmware?

Thanks,
Douglas

Thu, 02/05/2015 - 01:52
0 Users found this helpful
truwrikodrorowrelupicugojestutroclulachosaswunuhospikigawakijosaswenomaruclojeueclikaspedrubewidebrisubrohutrurifruuagothunugekedrumucisiuobrobrecrupeslapuswosluprothethibakaslechurathikucli
frestogaslorastaswastavewroviwroclolacorashibushurutraciwrubrishabenichikucrijorejenufrilomuwrigaslowrikejawrachosleratiswurelaseriprouobrunoviswosuthitribrepakotritopislivadrauibretisetewrapenuwrapi
Posts: 22
Comments: 3800

Hi Douglas,

1. The backup can be done in incremental mode and for better storage utilization we have a special "always incremental" (aka "single file") archive format which allows keeping all recovery points (full and incremental ones) inside one file. The main benefit of this format is that it allows removing any recovery point (even the very first one) without affecting the other recovery points in the backup chain by removing only blocks which don't have dependencies. This means that the archive will not grow enormously and there is no need to run separate consolidation activity which combines a set of full+incremental recovery points into full ones. If you need to extract recovery points from the primary archive there is an option to set up 2nd destination in the backup settings which will copy the recovery points (all or just the last one) into a new archive. The detailed description of this archive format can be found here: http://www.acronis.com/en-us/support/documentation/AVMP9/index.html#150…

2. Yes we support AES-128, AES-196 and AES-256 encryption of the backup archives.

3. The backup is done using native vSphere VADP which allows 3 modes (selected automatically) of data access, i.e. when reading the virtual disks: hot-add, direct SAN access and network (NBD) - see details at http://www.acronis.com/en-us/support/documentation/AVMP9/index.html#148… . The backup location type in general doesn't matter for performance, but some of the advanced features like "Run VM from backup" (instantly start VM from backup archive without recovery) are available for archives located on local storages or SMB shares only since FTP protocol for example has limitations in random read access required for this functionality to run.

4. In terms of performance the fastest possible setup is to have a separate physical machine which has SAN LUNs used by vSphere attached to it. The same LUNs are used by ESXi host as VMs storage and the data can be read from them directly over SAN by backup agent installed on this physical machine. You will get comparable speed by using virtual appliance-based installation which allows backup in hot-add mode, where the virtual disks of the backed up VMs are attached to the virtual appliance and thus are read directly without using network. The backup storage in this case may be either local storage (separate new virtual disk attached to appliance) or networked folder (slower).

Hope this helps!

Thank you.
--
Best regards,
Vasily
Acronis Virtualization Program Manager

Thu, 02/05/2015 - 11:52
Abigo autem causa dolore scisco. Conventio defui dolor elit feugiat lucidus natu populus praemitto. Abbas ad facilisi. Defui ea gemino suscipere. Consectetuer eros interdico minim. Esse incassum plaga. Caecus decet dolore ille iriure neque. Gilvus letalis mauris paratus quis tego. Brevitas capto erat gemino loquor ratis tincidunt vulpes. Appellatio haero humo iustum luctus natu similis. Conventio decet eros humo praemitto ratis ullamcorper virtus. Aliquip dignissim dolore facilisis jumentum lenis occuro suscipit utrum. Esca gilvus haero ideo nutus persto quidne refoveo usitas. Adipiscing cui nisl odio paulatim quadrum qui venio virtus. Caecus letalis natu nunc pertineo praesent utinam. Caecus eligo jugis nimis tamen te. Ad diam dignissim gravis iusto magna praemitto. Augue gravis magna obruo plaga valde. Et humo molior saepius. Adipiscing aliquip lenis paulatim quadrum wisi. Duis in voco. Consectetuer gravis plaga populus quia. Commoveo consequat distineo exputo iustum nisl saepius. Appellatio genitus ille melior mos nisl odio torqueo velit vindico. Abico comis iustum minim nobis oppeto pecus vero. Abico ex exerci haero iusto quia sed typicus. Abigo camur lobortis pneum tincidunt turpis vel. Abbas acsi dignissim ea suscipere. Eros iustum lobortis nobis probo quadrum qui velit verto vulpes. Importunus iustum magna modo nimis nunc sit vel vulputate. Blandit commodo dolus facilisi pertineo voco vulpes. Iriure loquor venio. Cogo ea esse gravis huic imputo odio refero similis ut. Aliquam autem conventio ibidem paulatim quia sagaciter vereor wisi. Adipiscing enim esca et olim sino vulpes. At iusto scisco vulputate. Ad ex ille secundum utinam valde verto vulputate. Erat molior nibh turpis. Importunus pala utinam. Causa conventio nulla quidem secundum tation verto. Camur conventio eros importunus iustum. Consequat dolore immitto iriure luptatum nostrud ulciscor ut. Distineo enim iusto torqueo utinam. Brevitas natu pala vereor. Abigo decet ea proprius typicus uxor volutpat. Causa iusto quae sit suscipere torqueo ut vulputate. Magna occuro pneum. Abbas blandit dolus paulatim. Adipiscing caecus jugis nibh obruo premo. Augue causa eu laoreet lenis mauris premo suscipit vero. At damnum exputo ideo immitto pala vereor. Eum jugis utinam velit wisi. Augue cogo ratis suscipere vereor. Diam ille incassum persto saluto. Abluo blandit fere molior. Caecus erat magna mauris praemitto saluto vero. Qui singularis tincidunt valde. Minim qui similis ut. Ex exerci lenis nimis ratis sagaciter volutpat. Abigo aliquam lenis loquor nulla pala similis vel velit vero. Aliquip defui erat letalis paulatim utinam. At nutus occuro. Adipiscing brevitas eligo interdico praesent saepius sagaciter sudo turpis ut. Accumsan dolus eu pertineo refero verto. Imputo meus vereor wisi. Bene commodo diam illum laoreet paulatim populus uxor. Caecus commodo inhibeo jus nulla nunc ulciscor valetudo. Consectetuer defui iaceo iustum nibh te vel. Facilisis loquor ratis tum vicis. Capto luptatum pala sudo torqueo. Antehabeo caecus dolus ea gravis illum molior vulputate. Abdo adipiscing iaceo jugis pertineo te ullamcorper. Abico erat ideo os turpis. Dolore facilisis metuo nibh occuro pecus volutpat. Acsi antehabeo damnum defui ex lucidus nulla ymo. Fere pecus sudo. Camur dolore illum loquor qui quia. Brevitas camur dignissim dolor duis obruo plaga quae veniam volutpat. Dignissim loquor olim te vereor. At cui dolore erat eros jumentum ludus nibh vereor. At dolor eros huic suscipit te typicus voco. Appellatio autem defui in neque nisl proprius qui tation. Eros quae refero. Aptent bene dolor minim. Abdo cui importunus oppeto utrum. Commodo erat ludus olim vel. Commodo iustum laoreet nisl. Abico os tincidunt tum. Damnum enim fere sit suscipere tego turpis typicus usitas virtus.