Adding RHEV machines to Acronis Backup Management Server

In this step, you will add machines from the RHEV environment to Acronis Backup Management Server. Acronis Backup agents will be automatically installed on these machines.

Alternatively, you can install the agents on each machine manually as described in the "Hot imaging..." section. After the agents are installed, add the machines to the management server.

To use the following procedure, you need:

Preparation of RHEV machines running Linux

  1. For successful installation of Acronis Backup Agent for Linux, you may need to manually install the following Linux packages: gcc, make, and kernel-devel. For details, see the "Preparation" section in "Installation of Agent for Linux".
  2. Make sure that TCP port 22 is opened and that the SSH daemon is running on each virtual machine you want to add. After the remote installation is complete, you can close the port and stop the SSH daemon.
  3. Open TCP port 9876 on each virtual machine you want to add. Acronis Backup uses this port for communication between the components; therefore, it must remain open for both incoming and outgoing requests.
  4. By default, the management server takes the installation packages from the folder %CommonProgramFiles%\Acronis\RemoteInstaller\<product build number>. To be able to remotely install Agent for Linux, download the agent installation files (.i686 or .x86_64) from the Acronis website and put them into this folder on the management server.

Preparation of RHEV machines running Windows

  1. For successful installation on a remote machine running Windows XP, the option Control panel > Folder options > View > Use simple file sharing must be disabled on that machine.

    For successful installation on a remote machine running Windows Vista or later, the option Control panel > Folder options > View > Use Sharing Wizard must be disabled on that machine.

  2. For successful installation on a remote machine that is not a member of an Active Directory domain, User Account Control (UAC) must be disabled.
  3. File and Printer Sharing must be enabled on the remote machine. To access this option:
  4. Acronis Backup uses TCP ports 445 and 25001 for remote installation. Also, it uses TCP port 9876 for remote installation and for communication between the components.

    Port 445 is automatically opened when you enable File and Printer Sharing. Ports 9876 and 25001 are automatically opened through Windows Firewall. If you use a different firewall, make sure that these three ports are open (added to exceptions) for both incoming and outgoing requests.

    After the remote installation is complete, you can remove ports 445 and 25001 from exceptions. Port 25001 is automatically closed through Windows Firewall. Port 9876 needs to remain open.

Connecting to the management server

  1. Double-click the Acronis Backup icon on the desktop to start the management console.
  2. Connect the console to the management server: Click Connect to a management server.
    1. Enter the server name or IP address.
    2. If prompted for credentials, specify the user name and password.

Adding machines from RHEV environment

  1. On the Actions menu, click Add multiple machines.
  2. Click From Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization environment. Specify the name or IP address of the RHEV Manager server and credentials of the account with the rights to access this machine. When entering the name of an Active Directory user account, be sure to also specify the domain name (DOMAIN\Username or Username@domain).
  3. In the opened window:
    1. Specify the machines you want to add to the management server:
      • Click Add to specify the selected machine.
      • Click Add all to specify all virtual machines included into the selected data center or cluster.

      Details. You can add only the machines that are currently powered on. To search for a machine, you can type its exact name or use wildcards in the search box.

    2. The software automatically retrieves IP addresses of the specified machines from the RHEV Manager. If a machine has several IP addresses, you can select the value from the drop-down list. If the IP address box is empty, enter the IP address manually.

      Details. The IP address may be not available if, for example, guest tools are not installed in the guest OS.

    3. Provide the credentials of the user with administrative privileges for each machine. If there is a universal administrator account on the network, enter the account credentials for one machine, and set the option to apply it to all the machines that you specified.
    4. Click OK.

Installing agents

Acronis Backup detects on which of the selected machines its agents are not installed. If there is at least one machine without an agent, do the following:

  1. Agent for Windows and/or Agent for Linux is selected for installation by default. Click Next.
  2. Click Use licenses from the following license server. In the opened window:
    1. Specify the name or IP address of the management server and administrative credentials.
    2. [Optional] If you need to specify additional licenses, click Add license and type the license keys or import them from a text file. Click OK.
    3. Click Next.
  3. Leave the default installation options for the agent.
  4. Specify whether the machines will participate in Acronis Customer Experience Program (CEP).

    Details. Acronis Customer Experience Program applies only to machines running Windows.

  5. The summary window displays a list of machines where the components will be installed. Click Proceed to start the installation.

Once the installation starts, the program displays the operation progress and names of the machines where the agent is being installed.

Managing the machines

For further work with the machines you added, select Machines with agents from the Navigation tree.