What is HotAdd and NBD?

HotAdd – In HotAdd mode, the Virtual Server Agent is installed on a virtual machine residing on an ESX Server. Local Area Network (NBD and NBDSSL) – NBD (network block device) & NBDSSL (encrypted NBD) transmit data over the TCP/IP connection between the ESX server and the proxy computer.

Where are VDP backups?

VDP is configured to store backup data on DAS. If the shared storage is lost, backup data is still available on DAS. Keep in mind with this configuration, the VDP appliance must stay on the host where the local storage is configured for use by VDP Advanced.

What is NBD backup?

The NBD (network block device) transport mode transmits data over the TCP/IP connection between the ESX server and the proxy computer. This mode serves as a fallback when other transport modes are not available. The local area network (LAN) can be the production network or a dedicated backup network.

How does vSphere data protection work?

Q: What is VMware vSphere Data Protection (VDP)? VDP is a robust, simple-to-deploy, disk-based backup and recovery solution. VDP enables centralized and efficient management of backup jobs while storing backups in deduplicated destination storage.

How does commvault IntelliSnap work?

An IntelliSnap backup captures live data by quiescing a VM temporarily, taking a snapshot, and then resuming live operations. IntelliSnap backup works with storage arrays to leverage snapshots for backups. When you switch from between streaming and IntelliSnap backups, the next job is converted to a full backup.

What is HotAdd transport mode?

In HotAdd transport mode, virtual disks will be accessed as local disks for efficient data transfer to Vembu BDR Server. Backup proxy will then read the locally attached disks and transfer backup data to Vembu BDR Server. This drastically improves backup speed since disks are backed up from local environment.

How do I access VDP appliance?

Access the Web interface at https://:8543/vdp-configure, where you’ll see a login screen for the appliance configuration. The initial credentials are the username root, with password changeme. Once successfully logged in, you’ll be presented with a configuration wizard.

What is avamar?

Dell EMC Avamar is proven backup and recovery software that delivers secure data protection for cloud, remote offices, desktops, laptops, and data centers. Tight integration into VMware interfaces makes Avamar an ideal solution for protecting any workloads running in a VMware environment.

What is Veeam NBD?

In this mode, data is retrieved through the ESXi host over LAN using the Network Block Device protocol (NBD). The Network mode has low data transfer speed over LAN. To take the load off the LAN, Veeam Backup & Replication provides two alternative modes: Direct Storage Access and Virtual Appliance.

What is a benefit of using VMware data protection VDP )?

What is a benefit of using VMware Data Protection (VDP)? Provides support for guest-level backups and restores of Microsoft SQL Servers, Exchange Servers, and Share Point Servers. Provides support for advanced storage services including replication, encryption, deduplication, and compression.

How does Snapshot backup work commvault?

IntelliSnap backup enables you to create a point-in-time snapshot of the data used for backups. An effective way to back up live data is to quiesce it temporarily, take a snapshot, and then resume live operations. IntelliSnap backup works in conjunction with storage arrays to provide snapshot functionality for backup.

What is HotAdd in VMware?

HotAdd is a VMware feature where devices can be added “hot” while a virtual machine is running. Besides SCSI disk, virtual machines can add additional CPUs and memory capacity. HotAdd is a good way to get virtual disk data from a virtual machine to a backup appliance (or backup proxy) for sending to the media server.

What does it mean to backup a VM with VDP?

VDP is powered by an EMC Avamar. VDP provides agentless, image-level virtual-machine backups to disk. It also provides application-aware protection for business-critical Microsoft applications (such as Exchange, SQL Server and SharePoint) along with WAN-efficient, encrypted backup data replication.

What does vSphere Data Protection ( VDP ) do?

vSphere Data Protection (VDP) is a ro bust, simple to deploy, disk-based backup and recovery solution that is powered by EMC. VDP is fully integrated with the VMware vCenter server and enables centralized and efficient management of backup jobs while storing backups in deduplicated destination storage locations.

What is VDP and what does it do?

VDP provides agentless, image-level virtual-machine backups to disk. It also provides application-aware protection for business-critical Microsoft applications (such as Exchange, SQL Server and SharePoint) along with WAN-efficient, encrypted backup data replication.

How to add vSphere Data Protection to admin account?

Select the user that will administer vSphere Data Protection or be the SSO admin user and then click Add and Click OK From the Assigned Role drop dow n select Administrator. Confirm that the Propagate to child objects box is checked and Click OK. The vSphere Data Protection backup user should belongs to a domain account.