VMware Consolidated Backup

Perform virtual machine backup at any time. VMware Consolidated Backup provides a centralized backup facility that leverages a centralized proxy server and reduces the load on production ESX Server hosts.

Improve Manageability and Reduce Cost with Centralized Backup:

VMware Consolidated Backup enables LAN-free backup of virtual machines from a centralized proxy server. Consolidated Backup allows you to:

• Integrate with existing backup tools and technologies already in place.
• Perform full and incremental file backups of virtual machines.
• Perform full image backup of virtual machines.
• Centrally manage backups to simplify management of IT resources.

Improve Performance with Centralized Backup:

Eliminate backup traffic from your network to improve the performance of production virtual machines.

• Eliminate backup traffic with LAN-free virtual machine backup utilizing tape devices.
• Reduce the load on ESX Server and allow it to run more virtual machines.

VMware Consolidated Backup is included in VMware Infrastructure editions.

VMware Consolidated Backup Features:

• Integration with most backup providers. Leverage existing investment in backup agents to move virtual machine data from the proxy server to tape devices.
• Backup proxy server. Remove load from ESX Server by consolidating backup load and management onto a backup proxy server.
• File level full and incremental backup. Recover individual files and directories (for virtual machines running Microsoft® Windows operating system).
• Image level backup. Recover entire virtual machine image in the event of a disaster (for virtual machines running any operating system).
• iSCSI, NAS, or local storage support. Protect a virtualized environment that utilizes any type of storage.

VMware Documentation
	Download the VMware Consolidated Backup Product Brochure (PDF).