VERITAS NetBackup 5240 User Manual

Understanding NetBackup
for VMware
This chapter includes the following topics:
■ About NetBackup for VMware
■ Overview of the VMware backup process
■ Transport modes options (VMware)
About NetBackup for VMware
NetBackup for VMware provides backup and restore of the VMware virtual machines
that run on VMware ESX servers. NetBackup for VMware takes advantage of
VMware vStorage APIs for data protection. The backup process is off-loaded from
the ESX server to a VMware backup host.
NetBackup for VMware does the following:
■ Performs off-host backup of virtual machines (NetBackup client software is not
required on the virtual machine). Off-host backup reduces the backup processing
load on the VMware host.
■ Increases the backup speed as compared to standard file-order backup methods,
if the virtual machine is heavily populated with small files.
■ Automatically creates quiesced snapshots using VSS (Windows only). Creates
quiesced snapshots on Linux if snapshot quiesce is enabled in the Linux guest
OS.
■ Uses snapshot technology to keep virtual machines 100% available to users.
■ Supports VMware vSphere and vCloud Director.
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VERITAS NetBackup 5240 Specifications

General

Language version	-
License type	Corporate
License quantity	- license(s)
License term in years	5 year(s)