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. |
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 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. |