Vinchin supports agentless backup for ZStack VM and you can use the backup to restore ZStack VM or perform V2V migration.

Installation & Configuration

You can get the installation package on the download page and then install it on a virtual machine or physical machine.

After that, upload the license that we send to you in the email.

Add backup storage before creating a backup job.

Host Adding:

Before adding the host, you need to install a plugin on the ZStack host.

The steps to download and install the plugin can be found in HelpCenter.

Then you can add the ZStack host with its credentials.

Backup ZStack VM:

After adding the ZStack host, you can create a backup task in 4 steps.

Select the ZStack VMs you want to backup.
Choose backup storage.
Set the backup policy.
Submit the task.

Restore ZStack VM:

When you need to restore a ZStack VM, just select the restore point in the system and create a restore job in 4 steps.

Select the restore point from ZStack backup data
Select the target host
Select strategies or just skip it
Submit the job

Except for full VM restore, you can also use it to perform granular restore to quickly extract file from it or instant restore to quickly recover a failed VM.

Demonstration:

For the detailed steps, you can also refer to this video:

If you still have questions after referring to our documentations and videos, please start a thread in this section or contact our technical support team at customer.service@vinchin.com for assistance.