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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ for Microsoft Exchange Server Administrator's Guide
  3. Protecting Exchange Server data with VMware backups
  4. About configuring a VMware backup that protects Exchange Server
  5. Using NetBackup Accelerator to increase speed of full VMware backups
Veritas NetBackup™ for Microsoft Exchange Server Administrator's Guide

Using NetBackup Accelerator to increase speed of full VMware backups

Select the Use Accelerator option to use NetBackup Accelerator to potentially increase the speed of full VMware backups. By reducing the backup time, it is easier to perform the VMware backup within the backup window. To use this feature, you must first perform an initial backup with Use Accelerator enabled. Subsequent backup times can then be significantly reduced.

Accelerator support for Exchange currently restricts backups to the full schedule type. This restriction also exists for a VMware backup that protects Exchange without Accelerator.

See About configuring a VMware backup that protects Exchange Server.

To periodically establish a new baseline of change detection on the client, create a separate policy schedule with the Accelerator forced rescan option enabled.

This feature requires an MSDP or PureDisk storage unit and the Data Protection Optimization Option license. For more details on Accelerator with VMware backups, see the NetBackup for VMware Administrator's Guide.

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