VMware Consolidated Backup

VMware Consolidated Backup enables LAN-free backup of virtual machines from a centralized proxy server. Consolidated Backup allows you to:

• Integrate with existing backup tools and technologies already in place.
• Perform full and incremental file backups of virtual machines.
• Perform full image backup of virtual machines.
• Centrally manage backups to simplify management of IT resources.

Eliminate backup traffic from your network to improve the performance of production virtual machines.

• Eliminate backup traffic with LAN-free virtual machine backup utilizing tape devices.
• Reduce the load on ESX Server and allow it to run more virtual machines.

VMware Consolidated Backup is included in VMware Infrastructure Foundation, Standard and Enterprise editions.