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  2. NetBackup™ for VMware Administrator's Guide
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  4. Change resource limits for VMware resource types
  5. VMware resource types and limits
NetBackup™ for VMware Administrator's Guide

VMware resource types and limits

Table: Resource types and limits

Resource type

Resource limit

vCenter

The maximum number of simultaneous backups per vCenter server.

snapshot

The maximum number of simultaneous snapshot operations (create or delete) per vCenter.

Cluster

The maximum number of simultaneous backups per VMware cluster.

ESXserver

The maximum number of simultaneous backups per ESX server.

VMXDatastore

Controls the maximum number of simultaneous backups per Datastore. The Datastore is defined as the location of the VMX file that is associated with each VM. This resource type is useful for VMs that have vmdk files distributed across multiple Datastores. This setting is enforced globally within a NetBackup domain.

See NetBackup for VMware terminology.

Datastore

The maximum number of simultaneous backups per datastore.

DatastoreFolder

The maximum number of simultaneous backups per datastore folder.

DatastoreType

The maximum number of simultaneous backups per datastore type.

VMXDatastoreNFSHost

Controls the maximum number of simultaneous backups per Datastore at the NFS host level where the Datastore type is NFS. The VMXDatastoreNFSHost is an NFS server that sources one or more NFS Datastores. For this resource type the Datastore is defined as the location of the VMX file that is associated with each VM. This resource type is useful for VMs that have any vmdk files that are distributed across multiple Datastores. This setting is enforced globally within a NetBackup domain.

DatastoreNFSHost

The maximum number of simultaneous backups per NFS host of the datastore.

DatastoreCluster

The maximum number of simultaneous backups per datastore cluster.

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