In the vSphere Client, display the Inventory, right-click the virtual appliance's name, and then select Power > Power On.
Select the Console tab. The virtual appliance welcome screen tells you what to do next. Click Close. You will be able to access this screen at any time by clicking the help button in the virtual appliance GUI.
You are taken to the Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 Agent for VMware vSphere ESX(i) screen where you continue the agent configuration.
Under Virtual machine, in Time zone, click Change and select the time zone for the location where the management console is installed.
An ESX(i) server always works in the GMT time zone. When being imported, a virtual appliance inherits the GMT time zone from the server. If the console works in another time zone, you need to synchronize the virtual appliance with the console to ensure that the tasks scheduled with the console run at the appropriate time.
Under Agent options, in vCenter/ESX(i), click Change and specify the vCenter Server name or IP address. The agent will be able to back up and recover any virtual machine managed by the vCenter Server.
If you do not use a vCenter Server, specify name or IP address of the ESX(i) host whose virtual machines you want to back up and recover. Normally, backups run faster when the agent backs up virtual machines hosted on its own host.
Specify the credentials that the agent will use to connect to the vCenter Server or ESX(i). We recommend that the account have the necessary privileges for backup and recovery on the vCenter Server or ESX(i). You can click Check connection to ensure the access credentials are correct.
The virtual appliance is ready to work. In addition, you can change the following settings:
The agent's network connection is configured automatically by using Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). To change the default configuration, under Agent options, in eth0, click Change and specify the desired network settings.
You can attach an additional disk to the virtual appliance so the Agent for ESX(i) can back up to this locally attached storage. Such backup is normally faster than a backup via LAN and it does not consume the network bandwidth.
The virtual disk size must be at least 10 GB. Add the disk by editing the settings of the virtual machine and click Refresh. The Create storage link becomes available. Click this link, select the disk and specify a label for it.
Be careful when adding an already existing disk. Once the storage is created, all data previously contained on this disk will be lost.