Data Protection for VMware and Application Data in Mission Critical Environments

VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB)
VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB) takes the backup off the ESX server host, eliminates the backup
window, removes backup traffic from the LAN, and eliminates the need to run backup agents inside
the virtual machines to perform file-level backups of virtual machine data.
VCB leverages new capabilities in VMware tools to quiesce the file system inside the virtual machine
at the time a snapshot is taken. This process ensures that a consistent snapshot is taken as all pending
changes are flushed to disk before the snapshot is taken.
With the use of an agent running in another physical machine, this physical machine is able to mount
the snapshot as if it was a disk physically attached to this machine. The backup agents running in this
physical machine can then backup the content of the mounted snapshot.
Figure 9: VMware Consolidated Backup
HP technology components
HP Data Protector software
HP Data Protector software automates high performance backup and recovery, from disk or tape,
over unlimited distances, to enable 24x7 business continuity, and improve IT resource utilization. As
an integral component of the fast-growing HP Software portfolio, which includes storage resource
management, archiving, replication, and device management software, HP Data Protector software
also fully integrates with the HP OpenView management solutions.
HP Data Protector software simplifies the use of complex backup and recovery procedures with the
fastest installation, automated routine tasks, and easy-to-use features. HP Data Protector software is the
ideal solution to reduce IT costs and complexity while remaining reliable and scalable to grow from
single server environments to the largest distributed enterprise infrastructures
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