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For off-loaded backup, Agent for VMware vSphere ESX(i) (Windows) can be installed on a
machine running Windows.
Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 Agent for VMware vSphere ESX(i) is referred as Agent for ESX(i) later
in this document.
1.2.4 Agent for Hyper-V
Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 Agent for Hyper-V protects virtual machines residing on a Hyper-V
virtualization server. The agent allows for backing up virtual machines from the host without having
to install agents on each virtual machine. The agent installs on Windows 2008 Server x64 (any
edition) or Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008.
1.2.5 Components for centralized management
This section lists the components included in the Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 editions that provide
the centralized management capability. Besides these components, Acronis Backup & Recovery 11
Agents have to be installed on all machines that need data protection.
1.2.5.1 Management Server
Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 Management Server is the central server that drives data protection
within the enterprise network. The management server provides the administrator with:
a single entry point to the Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 infrastructure
an easy way to protect data on numerous machines (p. 375) using centralized backup plans and
grouping
integration with VMware vCenter to discover virtual machines for protection
enterprise-wide monitoring and reporting functionality
built-in license management
the ability to create centralized vaults (p. 370) for storing enterprise backup archives (p. 367)
the ability to manage storage nodes (p. 378)
the centralized catalog (p. 371) of all data stored on the storage nodes.
If there are multiple management servers on the network, they operate independently, manage
different machines and use different centralized vaults for storing archives.
1.2.5.2 Storage Node
Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 Storage Node is a server designed to optimize the usage of various
resources (such as the corporate storage capacity, the network bandwidth, or the managed
machines' CPU load) which are required to protect the enterprise data. This goal is achieved by
organizing and managing the locations that serve as dedicated storages of the enterprise backup
archives (managed vaults).
The most important function of a storage node is deduplication (p. 204) of backups stored in its
vaults. This means that identical data will be backed up to this vault only once. This minimizes the
network usage during backup and storage space taken by the archives.
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