- An option to choose between virtual appliance and Windows-based installation
- Web-based easy-to-use user interface
- LAN-free backup with direct access to shared storage
- Instantly run a VM from a backup on an existing ESX(i) host for quick recovery
- Enhanced always incremental storage format for backups
- Simultaneously back up several virtual machines
- Support for vApp/resource pool settings backup/restore
- Change block tracking (CBT) support
- Disaster recovery plan
- Centralized dashboard
Acronis vmProtect 9 is a comprehensive backup and recovery solution designed for VMware vSphere environments. It enables organizations to perform an agent-less backup of entire ESX(i) virtual machines with the ability to recover entire machines or individual files and folders.
Using Acronis award-winning imaging technology, Acronis vmProtect 9 creates an exact image (backup) of the virtual machine, including guest operating system, configuration files and applications, resource pool/vApp properties and datastore settings.