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 to 8.0
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.