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Agent for VMware (Virtual Appliance) can be imported or deployed to a VMware ESX(i) host.
For off-loaded backup, Agent for VMware (Windows) can be installed on a machine running
Windows.
1.3.4 Agent for Hyper-V
Acronis Backup Agent for Hyper-V protects virtual machines residing on a Hyper-V virtualization
server. The agent allows for backing up virtual machines from the host without having to install
agents on each virtual machine.
1.3.5 Agent for Exchange
Acronis Backup Agent for Exchange enables you to back up and recover Microsoft Exchange
databases or individual mailboxes.
The agent uses Microsoft VSS to ensure the consistency of the backed-up databases. Recovery of the
smaller data items (e-mails, calendar events or notes) is available from both database and mailbox
backups.
The agent is included in the setup program of Acronis Backup Advanced.
The agent is installed with Agent for Windows (p. 6) or on a machine where Agent for Windows is
already installed.
1.3.6 Agent for SQL
Acronis Backup Agent for SQL enables you to create single-pass disk and application backups and to
recover Microsoft SQL databases from them. The databases can be recovered directly to a running
SQL Server instance or extracted to a folder on a file system.
The agent uses Microsoft VSS to ensure the consistency of the backed-up databases. After a
successful backup, the agent can truncate the SQL Server transaction log.
The agent is included in the setup program of Acronis Backup Advanced.
The agent is installed with Agent for Windows (p. 6) or on a machine where Agent for Windows is
already installed.
1.3.7 Agent for Active Directory
Acronis Backup Agent for Active Directory enables you to create single-pass disk and application
backups and to extract Microsoft Active Directory data from them to a folder on a file system.
The agent uses Microsoft VSS to ensure the consistency of the backed-up data.
The agent is included in the setup program of Acronis Backup Advanced.
The agent is installed with Agent for Windows (p. 6) or on a machine where Agent for Windows is
already installed.
