VMware Backup (Backing up Virtual Machines)

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VMware Backup and the backing up of any Virtual Machine environment can create a problem for organisations coming from a distributed computing environment.

There are two different types of backups in a virtual environment:

  • File level backup of the virtual machine's partitions is identical to the current process of backing up a physical machine's local or SAN connected disk. It is usually done by installing a backup agent in the virtual machine and backing up files to a backup server via the network. This process is good for virtual machine file level restoration, but lacks the ability to do a bare metal type of restoration if there is a VMFS3 disk failure, a virtual machine is accidentally removed from a disk, or the entire machine needs to be restored
  • Backup of the raw virtual machine VMDK and configuration files stored on VMFS3 partitions allows for a complete (bare metal) virtual machine restoration. This is by far the fastest way to restore an entire virtual machine, but would be a bit cumbersome to use for file level restoration.

Call NexStor today for advice on backing VMware and other Virtual Server Environments.

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