Virtual machines

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

Backing up virtual machines

• Backing up a virtual machine. The incremental backup will be saved to a managed vault. Progress will be shown.

  acrocmd backup vm --vmid=XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX --loc="bsp://storage_node1/my vm vault" --arc="my vm archive" --backuptype=incremental --progress --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.

  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 --vmtype=esx --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 --vmtype=hyperv --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