Planning to install Data Protection for VMware

Data Protection for VMware eliminates the impact of running backups on a VM by offloading backup workloads from a VMware ESX or ESXi-based host to a vStorage Backup server.

Data Protection for VMware works with the backup-archive client (installed on the vStorage Backup server) to complete full and incremental backups of VMs. The client node that is installed on the vStorage Backup server is called the data mover node. This node "moves" the data to the Tivoli® Storage Manager server for storage, and for VM image-level restore at a later time. Instant restore is available at the disk volume level and full VM level. In addition, protection of vApps and organization vDCs in a vCloud Director environment is also available.