VDR, VDP, VCB - demystifying the Backup Options

Hello world

I am currently evaluate the backup options for our field of VMware, and delve into the options causes some headaches.

Little background information - about 10 hosts ESX 4.1, VCenter Server 4.1, 100 + VM, Fibre Channel SAN storage.

I found the following:

VMware Data Recovery - as far as I know, this was replaced by the VMware Data Protection?

VMware data protection - similar to VMWare Data Recovery in terms of technology and operation.

VMware Consolidated backup - after reading several contradictory articles, I'm fighting to see where it is. Some people say it VCB don't * actually * save anything.

So, I think that the base on my environment and the version of vCenter and ESX, my first choice will be:

VMware data protection

Veeam

Can someone give a brief summary of the differences with the three designated products and how they fit into a backup strategy virtualized it please?


Thank you

David

VCB is an ancient technology of the pre-vsphere 4.0 era, now replaced by vStorage API. Essentially, each backup, including the VDR, POS or Veeam software, rely on this technology.

Another thing to keep in mind: you have a 4.1 cluster, you cannot use POS, if you do not upgrade to vSphere 5.1. 4.1, you can only use the VDR.

About Veeam, is 3rd party product shopping, it is not included in the beams of VMware. Apart from this, in my view, there still many advantages even on the POS again. To name a few:

-no backup repository size limit

-orchestration between compiling deployment

-recovery instant vm

-surebackup

You can take a look at what these features to the site Web of Veeam.

Luca.

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