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  2. NetBackup™ for VMware Administrator's Guide
  3. Protecting VMs using hardware snapshots and replication
  4. Features and applications supported
NetBackup™ for VMware Administrator's Guide

Features and applications supported

Hardware snapshot-based protection for VMware includes the following features for protecting the virtual machine snapshots and replicated copies:

  • Creates an instantaneous hardware snapshot of virtual machines.

  • Backs up the virtual machines from the snapshots at primary locations and from replicated snapshots at remote locations.

  • Block level incremental backup (BLIB) of the virtual machines from the snapshots at primary locations and from replicated snapshots at remote locations.

  • Accelerator enabled backups of the virtual machines from the snapshots at primary locations and from replicated snapshots at remote locations.

  • Supports browsing of virtual machine snapshots.

  • Restores a virtual machine from its vmdk files that are in a snapshot.

  • Restores an individual vmdk that is present in a snapshot.

  • Restores the individual files from the vmdk files in a snapshot.

  • Supports the storage lifecycle policies (SLPs).

  • Under the Application Protection, following applications are supported in the VMware policy:

    • Microsoft Exchange databases

    • Microsoft SQL server

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