IntelliSnap Based VM backup and Restore

Hi ​@quaziashfaq ,

Good day!

1. A snapshot of the VM at vCenter level will be taken as well as a snapshot of the whole VMDK disk at the storage level. Then VM snapshot at vCenter will be deleted.
   
   Yes you are right
    
2. The VMDK luns need to be zoned and assigned to physical media agent. Question: How will this array-based snapshot be assigned to MA?
   
   The MA/proxy must have access to the storage network (Fibre Channel or iSCSI) and be zoned to see the LUNs containing the VM’s VMDKs. The array presents the snapshot LUNs to the MA, which reads the data for backup copy
    
3. Then the data from the snapshot goes to MA to the storage. Question: It requires separate policy, right?
   
   Yes, you need a storage policy (or plan) for the backup copy operation. The IntelliSnap snapshot itself is a temporary, on-array copy; the backup copy operation streams data from the snapshot to your backup storage (disk, cloud, tape) according to the policy you configure.
    
4. The backup process is LAN-free and over SAN only. Right?
   
   Yes
    
5. Then how does the restore work? Is it also LAN-free and over SAN? 
   
   The restore process can be LAN-free if the MA/proxy performing the restore is SAN-attached and has access to the storage array.

Regards,

Sureshkumar S