Microsoft just released Update Rollup 11 for DPM and today is the day many of us has been waiting for: Support for backup and restore of VMware virtual machines at vCenter/ESXi-level!
Here is some other highlights of VMware VM backup with DPM:
- Agentless backup
- Backup at vCenter or ESXi level
- Backup VMware VM folders
- Ability to do ILR
- Protect large data center using DPM Scale Out
- Backup to Disk/Cloud
- Go the Microsoft Update Catalog and download UR11 (Remeber: No restart needed for production-agents if you are UR6 or above!) :
http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/search.aspx?q=3162908 - Have a look at the 2½min video that provides value prop and overview of VMware VM backup: Announcing VMware VM Backup using System Center Data Protection Manager
- Check out this guide on how to configure backup of VMware VMs in four steps:
Four simple steps to backup VMware VMs using SC DPM
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Markus Eliasson
Markus Eliasson