The following table summarizes how various virtualization platforms are supported by Acronis Backup.
Platform |
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VMware |
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VMware vSphere versions: 5.0, 5.1, 5.5, and 6.0 VMware vSphere editions: VMware vSphere Essentials VMware vSphere Essentials Plus VMware vSphere Standard* VMware vSphere Advanced VMware vSphere Enterprise VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus |
+ |
+ |
VMware vSphere Hypervisor (Free ESXi)** |
|
+ |
VMware Server (VMware Virtual server) VMware Workstation VMware ACE VMware Player |
|
+ |
Microsoft |
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Windows Server 2008 (x64) with Hyper-V Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008/2008 R2 Windows Server 2012/2012 R2 with Hyper-V Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012/2012 R2 Windows 8, 8.1 (x64) with Hyper-V |
+ |
+ |
Microsoft Virtual PC 2004 and 2007 Windows Virtual PC |
|
+ |
Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 |
|
+ |
Citrix |
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Citrix XenServer 4.1.5, 5.5, 5.6, 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, and 6.5 |
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Only fully virtualized (aka HVM) guests |
Red Hat and Linux |
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Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) 2.2, 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, and 3.5 |
|
+ |
Kernel-based Virtual Machines (KVM) |
|
+ |
Parallels |
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Parallels Workstation |
|
+ |
Parallels Server 4 Bare Metal |
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+ |
Oracle |
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Oracle VM Server 3.0 and 3.3 |
|
+ |
Oracle VM VirtualBox 4.x |
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+ |
* The Standard edition does not support Hot-add so backups may run slower.
** Backup at a hypervisor level is not supported for vSphere Hypervisor because this product restricts access to Remote Command Line Interface (RCLI) to read-only mode. The agent works during the vSphere Hypervisor evaluation period while no serial key is entered. Once you enter a serial key, the agent stops functioning.