94 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-20103.2.6.1 VMware vCenter integrationThis option defines whether to show virtual machines managed by a VMware vCenter Server in themanagement server and show the backup status of these machines in the vCenter.Integration is available in all Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 advanced editions; a license for VirtualEdition is not required. No software installation is required on the vCenter Server.On the management server sideWhen integration is enabled, the vCenter's VMs and Templates inventory view appears in themanagement server's GUI under Navigation > Virtual machines.From the management server's standpoint, this is a dynamic group of virtual machines. The groupname matches the vCenter Server name or IP address, whatever was specified when configuringintegration. The group content is synchronized with the vCenter Server and cannot be changed onthe management server side. In case of an occasional inconsistency, right click the group and selectRefresh.The virtual machines managed by the vCenter Server also appear in the All virtual machines group.You can view virtual machine properties and power state; create groups of virtual machines and addvirtual machines to existing groups.Backup and recovery of a virtual machine is not possible, unless Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Agentfor ESX/ESXi is deployed (p. 322) to the virtual machine's host. Such machines appear as notmanageable (grayed out).Once the agent is deployed to an ESX/ESXi host (this requires a license for Acronis Backup & Recovery10 Advanced Server Virtual Edition), the virtual machines from this host are ready for applying abackup policy or individual backup. Such machines appear as manageable.If Agent for Windows or Agent for Linux is installed in a guest system, but there is no Agent for ESX/ESXi on itshost, the virtual machine appears as not manageable under Virtual machines. Such machine has to bemanaged as a physical one.On the vCenter Server sideWhen integration is enabled, the vCenter Server will store and show information about when andhow successful each virtual machine was backed up. The same information is displayed in the Statusand the Last backup columns on the management server.Backup status - the most severe status of all backup plans and backup policies on the machine. Formore information, see "Backup plan statuses (p. 186)" and "Policy status on a machine (p. 69)".Last backup - how much time has passed since the last successful backup.You can see this information in the virtual machine summary (Summary > Annotations) or on theVirtual Machines tab for every host, datacenter, folder or entire vCenter Server (for example, View >Inventory > Hosts and Clusters > select host > Virtual Machines).3.2.7 Online backup proxyThis option is effective only for connection to Acronis Online Backup Storage over the Internet.This option defines whether the management server will connect to the Internet through a proxyserver.
