Dell PowerVault DL2000 - Manual (Page 18)

VMware Virtual Machine Protection
18 October 2008
The Backup Exec Agent for VMware Virtual Infrastructure is designed to accommodate the needs
of large and small deployments – whether it‟s a single ESX host or a robust, multi-ESX,
VirtualCenter managed environment. It is licensed simply on a per-ESX host basis.
LICENSING BACKUP EXEC AGENT FOR VMWARE VIRTUAL INFRASTRUCTURE
Scenarios Customer Environment Licensing
Protecting three (3)
ESX hosts with
eighteen (18) Guest
virtual machines
total Three (3) ESX host
systems with eighteen(18)
shared Guest virtual
machines ten (10) running
Windows and eight (8)
running Linux Qty: 3 of Backup Exec Agent for VMware Virtual
Infrastructure licenses.
**Note- No Agent for Windows Systems license
or Agent for Remote Linux/Unix Servers is
required for any Guest virtual machine hosted on
the protected and licensed ESX host. However,
application level or granular application level
recovery requires a separate Backup Exec
Application or Database Agent. Please see the
Integrated Data Protection Section below
To support Backup Exec AVVI, the following components are required:
VMware ESX 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.5, or later
VMware Converter 3.0.3 or later
VMware VirtualCenter 2.5 or later
VMware VCB 1.1, 1.5 or later
Guest virtual machines are required to have VMware Tools installed on them
Check the Backup Exec Software Compatibility List for the most current information
at www.backupexec.com
AVVI SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS