ackup 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,

1. Connect to the IDrive BMR device interface.
2. Go to Backup > VMware Servers > ESXi.
3. 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.
   
   
   
   
4. Enter details such as ESXi name, IP address, username, and password, and click Next.
   
   
   
   
5. Select the virtual machines to be added.
   

   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.

6. Enable Auto-discover new VMs in the server for backup to automatically detect and include any newly added VMs in the IDrive BMR backup list.
   

   Note: You can manually remove any VMs from the backup list via Settings.

7. Click Next.
   
   
   
   
8. Choose the required virtual disks for backup. You can either select all disks associated with your system or customize the backup by choosing specific disks.
   
   
   

   
   Note: Include the OS disk for backup to ensure VM system recovery. Typically, the first drive listed is the OS drive.

9. Click Next.
10. Set full or incremental backup schedule parameters and click Next.
    
    
    
    
11. Verify the details and click Confirm.
    
    
    
    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,

1. Connect to the IDrive BMR device interface.
2. Click Backup > VMware Servers > vCenter.
3. 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.
4. Provide details such as vCenter name, IP address, username, and password, and click Next.
   
   
   
   
5. Select the required virtual machines.
   
   
   
   

   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.

6. Enable Auto-discover new VMs in the server for backup to automatically detect and include any newly added VMs in IDrive BMR the backup list.
   

   Note: You can manually remove any VMs from the backup list via Settings.

7. Click Next.
8. Choose the required virtual disks for backup. You can either select all disks associated with your system or customize the backup by choosing specific disks.
   
   
   

   
   
   
   Note: Include the OS disk for backup to ensure VM system recovery. Typically, the first drive listed is the OS drive.

9. Click Next.
10. Set full or incremental backup schedule parameters and click Next.
    
    
    
    
11. Verify the details and click Confirm.
    
    
    
    The selected VMs will be added for backup as per the schedule.