Operation Manual

14 Replication

14.1 New Replication Task

The replication feature provides you with the ability to clone your critical VMs and to be able to start

your critical service fast in case of failure. To run the New Replication Task, click Actions-

>Replication.

14.1.1 What to Replicate

In the first step of the New Replication Task wizard you should select the virtual machine(s) you

want to replicate. The left side shows all of the ESX(i) hosts/vCenter you have which are managed by

Acronis vmProtect 7 Agent and a list of their virtual machines. If you don’t see the exact virtual

machine to be replicated in this list, make sure that you have added the corresponding ESX(i) host

from the Configure->ESX(i) Hosts page.

Select the virtual machine(s) by moving the machines from the left side of the butterfly control to the

right side by using the > and < buttons. The list on the right shows the virtual machines selected for

replication. The > button is used to add the VM to the selected list, and the < button is used to

remove the VM from this list.

New Replication Task, step 1 "Select VM(s) for replication"

You can back up dynamic groups of the machines by selecting the upper level unit (e.g. ESX(i) host or

VMs folder) in the tree and moving it to the right list with the same > button. As a result, all the

machines running within this group will be automatically included in the backup list. Moreover, any

new machines created in this group will be replicated automatically by the current replication task.