In the Cloud Backup console, you can back up on-premises VMware virtual machines (VMs) and VMs deployed on Alibaba Cloud VMware Service (ACVS). This topic describes the steps required for this scenario.
On-premises VMware VMs
The following procedure shows how to back up on-premises VMware VMs in the Cloud Backup console.
You are not charged for activating Cloud Backup. You are charged for the Cloud Backup client that you use to back up VMware VMs and the storage usage of backup vaults. For more information, see Billing methods and billable items.
To ensure that your on-premises VMware VMs can be backed up as expected, you must create a VMware username and password for Cloud Backup to access the vCenter Server and its resources.
Create a disaster recovery gateway
Create a disaster recovery gateway in the Cloud Backup console. A disaster recovery gateway helps you back up and restore data.
Install and activate the disaster recovery gateway
After you download the gateway and certificate, you need to install and activate the gateway in your VMware environment. After you activate the disaster recovery gateway, you can create backup and restore jobs in the Cloud Backup console.
Before you back up VMware VMs, you must add a vCenter Server in the Cloud Backup console.
In the Cloud Backup console, create a backup plan and configure the plan name, backup cycle, and retention period. Cloud Backup starts the backup plan and continuously backs up data from the selected VMware VMs.
If an exception occurs in a VMware VM, you can create a restore job to restore the VMware VM to an on-premises server, an Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instance, or the vCenter environment of ACVS.
ACVS
The following procedure shows how to back up ACVS VMs in the Cloud Backup console.
You are not charged for activating Cloud Backup. You are charged for the Cloud Backup client that you use to back up VMware VMs and the storage usage of backup vaults. For more information, see Billing methods and billable items.
Prepare a dedicated VMware environment
To ensure that your VMware VMs can be backed up as expected, you must obtain the username and address that are used to log on to the VMware management component, and configure a firewall between your virtual private cloud (VPC) and the dedicated VMWare environment.
Create a disaster recovery gateway
Create a disaster recovery gateway in the Cloud Backup console. A disaster recovery gateway helps you back up and restore data.
Install and activate the disaster recovery gateway
After you download the gateway and certificate, you need to install the gateway in your VMware environment. After the gateway is installed, you can create backup and restore jobs in the Cloud Backup console.
Before you back up VMware VMs, you must add a vCenter Server in the Cloud Backup console.
In the Cloud Backup console, create a backup plan and configure the plan name, backup cycle, and retention period. Cloud Backup starts the backup plan and continuously backs up data from the selected VMware VMs.
If an exception occurs in a VMware VM, you can create a restore job to restore the VMware VM to an on-premises server, an ECS instance, or the vCenter environment of ACVS.