User`s guide

Chapter 1
Introducing Quest NetVault Backup Plug-in for VMware
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1.2.0 Key Benefits
 Improve VMware ESX Performance With VADP – The Plug-in for VMware
works with VADP to provide centralized backups that reduce the load on each
VMware ESX Server, allowing them to run more virtual machines and reduce
backup traffic on the Local Area Network. This approach is especially
important if you need to consolidate hardware. You have the flexibility to
protect all your virtual machines deployed on a single VMware ESX Server or
protect multiple VMware ESX Servers from a single Quest NetVault Backup
(NetVault Backup or NVBU) Client. The Plug-in for VMware benefits from
VMotion’s ability to track the deployment of virtual machines to ensure that
backups and restores are performed without requiring detailed knowledge of
the location of the individual virtual machines.
 Increase Confidence while Deploying VMware – The Plug-in for VMware
protects an individual ESX Server or a full vCenter environment while
empowering you to create comprehensive, flexible backup policies without
the need to understand VADP internals or create complex scripting. The
plug-in provides peace of mind because users can simply point-and-click to
back up or restore virtual machines. It increases efficiency by consolidating
virtual machine backup management into the NVBU environment.
Additionally, the plug-in enhances Windows protection by performing VSS-
based snapshots to quiesce VSS-enabled applications before a backup.
 Automatic Integration of Backup Devices Ensures Business
Continuity – With offsite backups being an important part of the data
protection plan for any mission critical application, the Plug-in for VMware
takes advantage of NVBU’s fundamental integration with a wide range of
backup devices. The Plug-in for VMware ensures that your virtualized
environments are protected and stored offsite for disaster recovery purposes.
It also frees administrators from being available 24x7 by allowing less
experienced VMware administrators to confidently initiate restores correctly
and as quickly as possible, reducing downtime and improving business
continuity.
 Shorten Backup Windows and Improve Device Utilization – The Plug-in
for VMware speeds virtual machine image-based backups with high
performance Incremental and Differential Backups for data stored in virtual
machines. The plug-in integrates with VMware’s Changed Block Tracking
(CBT) to ensure that only blocks that have changed since the initial Full, and
the last Incremental or Differential Backup are sent to the current Incremental
or Differential backup stream to give you more efficient backups and reduced
network demands.