Backup VMware virtual machines of any operating system, platform, and disk configurations without any software installation. Add your VMware ESXi hosts and vCenter servers, with all or selected VMs, to the IDrive BMR device. IDrive BMR enables you to perform full, incremental, and manual VMware backup.
Add ESXi host to the IDrive BMR device
Backup your virtual machines (VMs) running on VMware ESXi host to the IDrive BMR device. To begin, add the ESXi host to the IDrive BMR device and schedule the backup.
To add VMs from ESXi host to the IDrive BMR device,
- Connect to the IDrive BMR device interface.
- Go to Backup > VMware Servers > ESXi.
- Click Add ESXi Host.
This will launch the Add ESXi host wizard.
Alternatively, click Add Devices button on the top right corner. The Add Devices slider appears. Click Add ESXi Host. - Enter details such as ESXi name, IP address, username, and password, and click Next.
- Select the virtual machines to be added and click Next.
Note: IDrive BMR follows VMware's naming conventions and restrictions for virtual machines. Hence names with the special characters colon, quotation marks, and slash (:, ", \, and /) are not supported.
- Set full or incremental backup schedule parameters in the respective tabs and click Next.
- Verify the details and click Add.
The selected VMs will be added for backup as per the schedule.
Add vCenter server to the IDrive BMR device
Backup your virtual machines (VMs) running on VMware vCenter server to the IDrive BMR device and schedule the backup.
To add VMs from vCenter server to the IDrive BMR device,
- Connect to the IDrive BMR device interface.
- Click Backup > VMware Servers > vCenter.
- Click Add vCenter Server.
This will launch the Add vCenter server wizard.
Alternatively, click Add Devices button on the top right corner. The Add Devices slider appears. Click Add vCenter Server. - Provide details such as vCenter name, IP address, username, and password, and click Next.
- Select the required virtual machines and click Next.
Note: IDrive BMR follows VMware's naming conventions and restrictions for virtual machines. Hence names with the special characters colon, quotation marks, and slash (:, ", \, and /) are not supported.
- Set full or incremental backup schedule parameters in the respective tabs and click Next.
- Verify the details and click Add.
The selected VMs will be added for backup as per the schedule.