
No agents are needed on VMs, and we found each of our Windows 10 VMs could be backed up to the NAS share in under three minutes. After loading the agent on our host server, all VMs were immediately listed in the console. Backing up 25GB of test data to the LTO-7 tape drive also completed at a speedy average of 150MB/sec. When we backed up 120GB of data from a Windows Server 2012 R2 system to the NAS share over Gigabit Ethernet, the operation completed at an average of 204MB/sec - much faster than a direct file copy, thanks to Acronis' smart use of compression. We also configured an HPE Ultrium LTO-7 15000 SAS tape drive connected to a Windows Storage Node host, allowing it to be used as a shared backup location. To test regular backup functions, we set up a 27TB NAS appliance share as our destination, along with local storage on the management server. We tested this by encrypting a small group of files on a test host: the agent duly stopped the process and reverted all the files back to their original state in seconds. While backups may only run to a schedule, the new anti-ransomware feature keeps a constant eye out for dubious activity if it sees a rogue program meddling with your files, it can automatically kill the process and restore the files from the agent's service cache.

Backups default to "always incremental", but you can change this to suit your needs traditionalists can also choose an old-school GFS ("grandfather, father, son") strategy.

Your backup strategy is assembled in the form of "plans", which bring together backup sources, applications, destinations, schedules, retention periods and encryption options. The Advanced version allows you to install the Storage Node service on your own Windows host, which provides central resource management and is required for the deduplication service. for some appliances you configure the password during the OVA or OVF deployment.A wide range of backup destinations is supported: you can choose local and network shared storage, SFTP (secure FTP) servers, tape drives or Acronis' own cloud storage service. VCenter Orchestrator Appliance Configuration VCenter Operations Manager Appliance root user

VCenter Operations Manager Appliance administrative user for UI-login

Appliance name (all versions unless specified differently) For as far as I know them, if you miss one please let me know and I will add it to this list. So here is a list of default usernames and passwords. The installation and configuration procedures differ for most appliances and also the default usernames and passwords are different throughout the range of appliances. Unfortunately they are not all created equally. VMware offers many appliances for their products.
