Agentless Backup for VMware

Agentless VMware Backup eliminates the overhead of installing and maintaining a backup agent on each VM. Catalogic DPX backs up the VMs through the VMware vCenter and the Catalogic DPX virtualization proxy server, each of which must be added to the Catalogic DPX Enterprise. The Catalogic DPX virtualization proxy server handles VMware snapshot processing and communicates with the storage destination and master server. Agentless VMware Backup supports auto-discovery and protection of new and modified VMs. For a complete list of operating system versions, please refer to VMware Compatibility Guide at VMware website.

Using Agentless VMware Backup to protect VMs has significant advantages, including simplified administration and tight integration with VMware vCenter. Users have a wide range of recovery options available. These include the same Instant Virtualization and Full Virtualization features available with DPX agent-based backups. In addition, Instant VMDK allows rapid mapping of VMDK (Virtual Machine Disk) images back to the same VM or an alternate VM. VMDKs can also be mapped to physical servers to share data across physical/virtual boundaries.

DPX supports crash-consistent backup of all guest operating systems that are supported by vSphere 6.0 and later using the VADP interface and DPX’s agentless feature. Please refer to VMware’s compatibility website (www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php) for a complete list of operating system versions.

DPX supports application-consistent backup using DPX’s Agentless feature. Refer to the Agentless VMware Backup Chapter in DPX User’s Guide.

Supported VMware vSphere

  • VMware vSphere 7.0

  • VMware vSphere 6.7

  • VMware vSphere 6.5

Restrictions.

  • Catalogic DPX supports Virtual Volume (VVol) datastore for Agentless VMware backup to NetApp and vStor storage. VMware Virtual SAN (vSAN), a network-based storage solution with direct attached disks, does not support the SAN transport mode for VADP backup. Because vSAN uses modes that are incompatible with SAN transport mode, if the virtual disk library detects the presence of vSAN, VADP SAN transport modes are automatically disabled. The other transport modes for VADP backup will continue to operate.

  • Rapid Return to Production (RRP) requires a Storage vMotion and valid ESXi license on vSphere. See the Rapid Return to Production section in the DPX User’s Guide.

  • Ensure the latest version of VMware Tools is installed for your vCenter version.

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