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