VMware Backup Overview

Features:

Custom virtual machine selection
Local or remote ESXi server or vCenter backup
Block-level backup
Compression and encryption
Application-consistent backups
Ability to exclude disks, files, or folders
Changed Block Tracking (CBT) support
Item-level restore
Restore VMware VMs to Amazon EC2 and Microsoft Azure VM

Supported for:

vSphere 6.0 or higher

vSphere 5.1 and 5.5 versions are no longer supported. You may try to use them at your own risk

Supported OS:

Windows 10/11 (Pro, Enterprise)
Windows Server 2008R2/2012/2012R2/2016/2019/2022

Licensing

A VM Server license (contains 2 sockets) is required. If your virtual environment has more than 2 sockets, you need to buy additional VM Server Socket licenses to cover your requirements.