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Backing Up VMware With Veritas NetBackup: Best Practices NetBackup 6.0 and VMware ESX Server 2.x and 3.x

Source: Symantec
Date: January 2008
Type: White Paper
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Overview: VMware creates the ESX service console structure on top of a modified Red Hat Linux operating system. Server virtualization is quickly becoming a standard technology in many data centers today. While it can significantly augment computer utilization, this technology introduces new issues related to protecting virtual environments. Data created and utilized in virtual machines is no less important than data located in a single physical machine. This paper describes several approaches that can be used to back up VMware ESX Server 2.x and its underlying components using NetBackup software. It also discusses the relative advantages and disadvantages of each method.


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