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Comparison of Key Features in Acronis vmProtect 8
and Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5

 
vmProtect 8
Backup & Recovery 11.5
Notes
Installation / Deployment
Install on Windows Yes Yes  
Install as Virtual Appliance Yes Yes  
Virtual Machines Supported
Agent-less backup of VMware vSphere VMs Yes Yes  
Agent-less backup of Microsoft Hyper-V VMs   Yes  
Backup of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization / KVM VMs   Yes  
Backup of Citrix XenServer VMs   Yes  
Backup of Parallels VMs   Yes  
Backup of Physical Machine   Yes  
Scalability
Scalable up to 1 - 100 VMs Hundreds of VMs or physical machines  
Centralized management of multiple agents from a single console   Yes  
Automatic deployment of new virtual appliances when required   Yes  
Load Balancing of backup/recovery tasks between agents   Yes  
Management
Manage backup and recovery of VMware, Hyper-V, Red Hat, and other VMs from a single console   Yes  
Web-based management interface Yes    
Reporting Basic Yes  
Backup
Change Block Tracking Yes    
Always incremental backup Yes Yes After first full backup
Direct SAN access (LAN-free backup) Yes Yes For agent-less backup
Encrypt backups Yes Yes  
Verify backups Yes Yes  
Backup individual files using agent installed on VM   Yes  
Microsoft Exchange Backup (Single pass with VM backup) Yes    
Microsoft Exchange Backup (dedicated agent)   Yes  
Multi-destination and staging of backups Yes  
Recovery
Run VM from backup without having to perform full restore Yes    
vmFlashback – skip recovery of unchanged blocks Yes    
Automatically restore to a stand-by VM when backup completes   Yes  
Microsoft Exchange Items Recovery Yes Yes  
Migrate machines from physical to virtual (P2V) and from one hypervisor to another (V2V) Yes Yes  
Migrate virtual machines to physical (V2P)   Yes  
Storage
Backup to disk / network share Yes Yes  
Backup to cloud storage Yes Yes Requires optional subscription from Acronis
Backup to tape   Yes  
Licensing Per CPU Per Physical Host