Data Protection for VMware and Application Data in Mission Critical Environments

Figure 22: Configuring virtual machines and their backup proxy settings

VCBimage backup method

For the VCBimage backup method, you need to have at least one backup proxy system configured in

your environment. A backup proxy system is a Windows system that has the VCB software installed.

For details on the VCB software, see the VMware documentation. During a VCBimage backup, Data

Protector invokes VCB to mount virtual machines on a backup proxy host. Before a virtual machine is

mounted, VCB creates a virtual machine snapshot to put the virtual machine into a consistent state.

Once mounted, the virtual machine is copied (exported) to the backup proxy local disk.

NOTE:

Depending on virtual machine disk sizes, the copy operation can be very

time-consuming. It may take longer than the default Data Protector Session

Manager timeout, which is 10 minutes. If the timeout is reached, the

session is automatically aborted. To solve the problem, extend the timeout

by resetting the Data Protector SmWaitForFirstBackupClient global options

variable. For details, on how to set the variable, see the Data Protector

software online help index: “global options”.