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calculation of storage size for backup per vm (virtual Server)

  • 19 April 2024
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Dear,

Today I back up my environment with volume licenses, now I will use vm package licenses.
With this I will change my backup mode from file system to virtual Server.

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Will my backup volume change?
Is there any calculation to size the storage size of my backup in Virtual Server mode?


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Hi Rafael,

Virtual Server Agent uses guest size to calculate the capacity.

  • Guest size - The guest size is determined by comparing the following calculations, and using the smallest amount as the guest size for the VM's capacity usage.

    • Allocated size

    • Logical Volume Manager (LVM) processing size

    • Provisioned size

    • New VMs discovered as part of an incremental backup job

    • VMware Tools size

    • Full or synthetic full backup size

You can find some examples that will help here: Size Measures for Virtual Machines (commvault.com) 

 

Hope this helps!

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