VMware Backup

Bacula Enterprise’s VMware Backup Solutions are designed to deliver secure, high-performance backup and recovery for VMware ESXi hosts using vSphere. The solution integrates deeply with VMware environments, offering advanced features like Changed Block Tracking (CBT), instant recovery, and single file restore. It supports both guest-level and image-level backups, ensuring flexibility and efficiency for enterprise-grade virtualization infrastructures 

Features

• Advanced Instant Recovery for rapid restoration of VMs
• Single File Restore from full VM backups
• Changed Block Tracking (CBT) for efficient incremental and differential backups
• Guest-Level Backup with support for VSS-based snapshots
• Bare Metal Recovery of ESXi virtual machines
• Backup of VMX metadata files, NVRAM, and Vxd
• Multiple restore modes including SAN, no-network, and custom network configurations
• FIPS-compliant security architecture
• High network resiliency and support for SAN and NBD access
• Web GUI and CLI control options

Capabilities

• Supports full, differential, and incremental image-level backups
• Compatible with VMware vSphere Storage APIs – Data Protection
• Enables restore of complete VM images or individual files
• Operates over SAN (FC/iSCSI) or TCP/IP
• Integrates with Bacula’s Scan Plugin for VM autodiscovery
• Works with Copy/Migration jobs for replication and disaster recovery planning

Benefits

• Efficiency: Optimized backups reduce network load and storage usage
• Speed: Fast recovery options minimize downtime
• Security: Enterprise-grade protection with compliance support
• Flexibility: Multiple restore paths and backup modes
• Cost Savings: No data volume charges, reducing long-term expenses
• Scalability: Suitable for large and complex VMware environments