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.