- Centralized management
- Agentless VM backup
- Alternative agent-based VM backup
- Host backup
- Unlimited VM migration
- Hyper-V cluster support
- Simultaneous backup
- Granular file recovery
- Unified backup format
- Wide storage support
You have selected Microsoft Hyper-V as your virtualization platform. Mission-critical applications and data that used to run on several machines now run together on a few hosts running Hyper-V, improving flexibility and cost. A virtual environment requires a higher level of protection than a physical one. In a virtual environment, the failure of just one physical component can render dozens of virtual servers non-operational. Also, having an additional layer of software to manage poses a higher risk of failure, which could be costly.
In Hyper-V environments, backups can be performed using a traditional approach of installing a backup agent inside every virtual machine - but this is not efficient or cost-effective. Additionally, in a virtual world, it can be even harder to manage several agents running in virtual machines on the same physical host. You also need protection for the physical host itself.
Agent for Hyper-V, included in Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 Virtual Edition for Hyper-V, easily installs on a Hyper-V host, backing up virtual machines remotely - no agent required inside virtual machines. The same license includes unlimited migrations to-and-from the host, as well as Agent for Windows for the host itself.
As part of the Advanced Platform, Agent for Hyper-V can be managed centrally along with other platform agents, and you can benefit from features, such as policy-based management, centralized monitoring and reporting.