Virtual machines

Listing virtualization servers

• Listing virtualization servers and server clusters that are present on the specified management server.

  acrocmd list vmservers --host=srv1 --credentials="srv1\AMS user",pass1 --service=ams

Listing virtual machines

• Listing virtual machines that are managed by the management server.

  acrocmd list vms --host=srv1 --credentials="srv1\AMS user",pass1 --service=ams

• Listing virtual machines that are managed by the management server and that have the "error" status.

  acrocmd list vms --host=srv1 --credentials="srv1\AMS user",pass1 --service=ams --filter_status=error

Backing up virtual machines

• Backing up a virtual machine. The incremental backup will be saved to a managed vault. Progress will be shown. If Changed Block Tracking (CBT) is enabled for the virtual machine, Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 will use CBT according to the CBT settings of individual disks.

  acrocmd backup vm --vmid=XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX --loc="bsp://storage_node1/my vm vault" --arc="my vm archive" --backuptype=incremental --progress --cbt_mode=on_if_enabled --host=srv1 --credentials="srv1\AMS user",pass1 --service=ams

• Backing up four virtual machines. A separate archive will be created for each machine. All machines will be backed up in parallel. CBT will be enabled and used for each of the virtual machines.

  acrocmd backup vm --vmid=XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXX1,XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXX2,XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXX3,XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXX4 --loc=\\srv1\folder1 --credentials=netuser1,pass1 --arc="[Virtualization Server Type]_[Virtual Machine Name]_archive1" --simultaneous_backup=4 --host=srv1 --credentials="srv1\AMS user",pass1 --service=ams

Recovering virtual machines

• Recovering all disks from the latest backup of the archive residing in a managed vault to an existing virtual machine.

  acrocmd recover vm --vmid=XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX --loc="bsp://storage_node1/my vm vault" --arc="my vm archive" --host=srv1 --credentials="srv1\AMS user",pass1 --service=ams

• Recovering the first disk from the latest backup of an archive stored in the \\bkpsrv\vms shared folder to a new VMware Workstation virtual machine. The virtual machine files will be saved to the \\srv1\vms shared folder.

  acrocmd recover vm --disk=1 --vmname=my_vm_1 --vmtype=vmware --vmstorage=\\srv1\vms --credentials=netuser1,pass1 --loc=\\bkpsrv\vms --credentials=netuser2,pass2 --arc="my vm archive" --host=srv1 --credentials="srv1\AMS user",pass1 --service=ams

• Recovering all disks from the specified backup to a new ESX(i) virtual machine. The virtual machine will be created in Storage1 of the specified ESX(i) server (Server1).

  acrocmd recover vm --vmname=my_vm_1 --vmserver_name=Server1 --vmstorage=Storage1 --loc=\\bkpsrv\vms --credentials=netuser1,pass1 --arc="my vm archive" --backup=XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX --host=srv1 --credentials="srv1\AMS user",pass1 --service=ams

• Recovering all disks from the latest backup of an archive to a new Hyper-V virtual machine. The virtual machine will be created in a local folder of the specified Hyper-V server (Server1).

  acrocmd recover vm --vmname=my_vm_1 --vmserver_name=Server1 --vmstorage="C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Hyper-V\Virtual Machines" --loc=\\bkpsrv\vms --credentials=netuser1,pass1 --arc="my vm archive" --host=srv1 --credentials="srv1\AMS user",pass1 --service=ams