Let’s discuss how to create a backup of several (for example, 5) virtual machines and save them over to a network share.
After setting up your ESX(i) hosts and Licenses, you have to run the Create backup task wizard, which will guide you through all the steps of the backup process. Click Create Backup Task in the Dashboard's Quick Start, or click Backup in the Home tab of the main menu. Then go through the New Backup Task wizard. Detailed information can be found in the “Creating a backup of virtual machines” section.
On the step 1 of the New Backup Task wizard select your 5 virtual machines. Then on the step 2 browse the desired network share location where you would like to store your backup archives. On the steps 3 and 4 select the desired scheduling and backup method. And then finish the wizard. The created backup task will then perform what you needed to do. You can see the progress of this task in both Dashboard and in Tasks (View -> Tasks) views of Acronis Backup for VMware interface.