Dell PowerVault DL2000 - Manual (Page 6)

VMware Virtual Machine Protection
6 October 2008
Traditional Agent-Level Backups
Installing Linux Agent on ESX Server
Basic Script-level VCB Integration
Traditional Agent-Level Backup
In this method, you are essentially treating each virtual machine as if it were a traditional physical
system. In each case, a Backup Exec Remote Agent is required to be purchased and installed in
each Guest VM (see Figure 2- Installing Backup Exec Agents inside VMware Guest Virtual
Machines). The Guest VM backup is then scheduled and performed as you would with any other
Backup Exec protected system on your network.
Advantages of Traditional Agent-Level Backup of Guest VM’s
The virtual machines will appear to Backup Exec as normal physical systems. Restores of data
contained inside of the Guest virtual machines are done the same as they would be for any
standard Backup Exec restore job.
TRADITIONAL VMWARE VIRTUAL INFRASTRUCTURE
(ESX) 3 BACKUP METHODS
Figure 2. Installing Backup Exec Agents inside VMware Guest Virtual Machines