Hi Experts,
Are there any white papers I can read to learn more about how VSA vmware intellisnap and streaming backups work?
I'm searching for a workflow and the process used to backup the vms.
Thank you so much in advance.
Hi Experts,
Are there any white papers I can read to learn more about how VSA vmware intellisnap and streaming backups work?
I'm searching for a workflow and the process used to backup the vms.
Thank you so much in advance.
Best answer by christopherlecky
Put simply its a snapshot management system.
Take snapshot ; move it.
Your configuration determines how many snapshots you are taking and how they are moved.
in terms of heirarchy it looks something like so:
hardware snapshot —> vm snapshot —> vss snapshot
storage level —> virtual machine level —> os level
in terms of order of operations it looks like so:
os snapshot —> vm snapshot —> storage snapshot
thats how the data is snapped at least with intellisync enabled.
the next task is to move said snapshots.
how things are connected determines what those options for moving the snapshots are.
Each level of taking the snapshot makes backups a little less disruptive.
meaning intellisnap has the fastest “backup” window because all the data for recovery is saved in a few seconds. Of course you haven’t actually backed up anything until you copy the snapshot but you get the gist.
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