This option enables communication between Acronis Backup Management Server and VMware vCenter Server. To access this option, connect the console to the management server and then select Options > Management server options from the top menu.
Integration provides the capability to:
The VMs and Templates inventory view appears under Navigation > Virtual machines.
This information appears in the virtual machine summary (Summary > Annotations) or on the Virtual Machines tab for every host, datacenter, folder or entire vCenter Server.
After you create a backup plan, an agent is deployed to each host or cluster whose virtual machines are included in the backup plan. Each host will take one license from the license server.
To enable integration of the management server with a vCenter Server
This account will be used for deploying agents from the management server. This means the account must have the necessary privileges for deploying virtual appliances on the vCenter Server. We also recommend that the account have the necessary privileges for backup and recovery, because the agents will use this account to connect to the vCenter Server by default.
To enable automatic deployment of Agent for VMware (Virtual Appliance)
Centralized backup and recovery tasks will run under this account by default. This means the account should have the necessary privileges on the vCenter Server. Otherwise, you will need to specify credentials for the account with the necessary privileges in every centralized backup plan or recovery task.
To disable integration of the management server with a vCenter Server
Result. Automatic deployment of the agent is also disabled. The virtual machines managed by the already existing agents remain on the management server. The backup plans that back up these machines continue functioning.
To disable automatic deployment of Agent for VMware (Virtual Appliance)
Result. Automatic deployment of the agent is disabled. Integration with the vCenter Server is preserved.