Backup at a hypervisor level

Backup at a hypervisor level (also known as agent-less backup) means the ability to back up and recover virtual machines without installing agents into the guest systems. This functionality becomes available by using Acronis Backup Agent for VMware or Acronis Backup Agent for Hyper-V.

Agent for VMware can be imported or deployed to a VMware ESX(i) host as a virtual appliance.

Agent for VMware requires either of the following licenses to work:

• Acronis Backup Advanced for VMware
• Acronis Backup Advanced Universal License

Agent for Hyper-V needs to be installed directly on a Hyper-V host.

Agent for Hyper-V requires either of the following licenses to work:

• Acronis Backup Advanced for Hyper-V
• Acronis Backup Advanced Universal License