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NetVault Plug-in for VMware 13.3 - User Guide

Introducing NetVault Plug-in for VMware Installing the plug-in Configuring the plug-in Defining a backup strategy Using the image-level backup method Using the file-level backup method Restoring image-level backups Restoring file-level backups Troubleshooting

Data backed up and restored for different disk types

The Plug‑in for VMware includes the following data in CBT-enabled backups and restores.

RDM disks

The following table describes how the plug-in handles Raw Device Mapping (RDM) disks.

Backup and recovery strategy

A well-designed backup strategy helps you to recover from the damages caused by failure and resume normal operations as quickly as possible. Before you start backing up your data, ensure that a good strategy is in place that safeguards your data against various failure modes, such as media failure, data corruption, user error, and complete loss of a data center.

Your backup plan should define what backup methods are used, when and at what intervals the backups are performed, how backups are stored, how long backups are retained, and how the backup media are reused.

The following are some example backup sequences to offer you guidelines:

Full Backups only: You can choose to perform only Full Backups if the backup size is small, backup window is not an issue, or storage media is not a constraint. In such scenarios, you can schedule Full Backups every night or every N hours depending on the frequency of updates.
Full and Incremental Backups: For quicker backups and minimum use of storage media, you can include Full and Incremental Backups in your strategy. For example, you can schedule Full Backups every Sunday and Incremental Backups every day or every N hours depending on the frequency of updates.
Full and Differential Backups: For quicker restores and reduced media usage, you can include Full and Differential Backups in your strategy. For example, you can schedule Full Backups every Sunday and Differential Backups every day or every N hours depending on the frequency of updates.
Synthetic Full Backups and Instant Restore: As part of the continuous data protection (CDP) feature, you can schedule Synthetic Full Backups to occur every specific amount of time, such as daily, When you want to restore a backup, you can use the Instant Restore option to mount the backup to a temporary datastore on the QoreStor server within a few seconds. From here, you can view and confirm that it is the backup that you want to restore, and then migrate it to a permanent location. For more information, see Recovering a virtual machine using Instant Restore.

Using the image-level backup method

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NetVault Plug-in for VMware - 13.3
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