About NetBackup for VMware
NetBackup for VMware provides backup and restore of the VMware virtual machines that run on VMware ESX servers. NetBackup for VMware takes advantage of VMware vStorage APIs for data protection. The backup process is off-loaded from the ESX server to a VMware backup host.
NetBackup for VMware does the following:
Performs off-host backup of virtual machines (NetBackup client software is not required on the virtual machine). Off-host backup reduces the backup processing load on the VMware host.
Increases the backup speed as compared to standard file-order backup methods, if the virtual machine is heavily populated with small files.
Automatically creates quiesced snapshots using VSS (Windows only). Creates quiesced snapshots on Linux if snapshot quiesce is enabled in the Linux guest OS.
Uses snapshot technology to keep virtual machines 100% available to users.
Supports VMware vSphere and vCloud Director.
Performs full backups and incremental backups, including block-level incrementals.
Backs up the full virtual machine.
Backs up the virtual machines even when they are turned off.
Can restore selected files from the backup.