VMware

This article describes the available use cases for VMware virtual machines.

Xopero ONE gives you additional options for backup and emergency recovery within your VMware environment.

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A copy of virtual machines

When creating a backup plan for a VMware environment, you can create a backup of:

1. All machines from the ESXi host.

2. Selected machines from vSphere.

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VM migration between VMware environments

After creating a proper backup of virtual machines, you can use Xopero ONE to migrate them between VMware environments added to the management console. Once the backup is complete, use the restore function to transfer the virtual machines directly to another VMware environment.

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Emergency recovery based on instant restore

When you need to quickly run a VM directly from a backup, use instant restore based on iSCSI method. This allows you to rapidly create a virtual machine by sharing the backed-up data from storage via iSCSI.

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Restoring a VM to a physical device

To restore a virtual machine to a physical host, first install the Xopero ONE agent on the VM and perform an image-level backup, treating it as a physical device. Once the backup is successfully created, you can start the BMR restore process.

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Creating a backup of independent disks

Independent disks are excluded from snapshots created by the hypervisor. To back up these disks, install an agent directly within the virtual machine’s guest operating system and configure a file-level or image-level backup. More information is available in the article below.

Unsupported disk types