Considerations - HP Data Protector A.06.11 Integration Manual

The integration provides the following backup types:
Table 7 Backup types
Full
Incr
Differential
How Data Protector identifies what to back up during incremental and differential
backups depends on the selected backup method:
• Snapshot: Data Protector uses DP snapshots to identify the changes.
• Suspend and VCBfile: Data Protector checks file modification time to identify the
changes.

Considerations

• Disk space: Virtual machine operations that are performed during backup require
additional disk space on the datastores. Data Protector checks for each virtual
machine or filesystem separately whether the required virtual machine operation
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Snapshot and Suspend: Backs up the complete virtual machine,
including the virtual machine snapshot tree and the virtual machine
memory file (if specified).
VCBimage: Backs up the complete virtual machine. The virtual
machine snapshot tree and the virtual machine memory file are not
included.
VCBfile: Backs up all selected files and folders.
Snapshot and Suspend: Backs up changes made to the virtual
machines since the last backup of any type.
VCBimage: Not available.
VCBfile: Backs up only those files and folders that have changed
since the last backup of any type.
Snapshot and Suspend: Backs up changes made to virtual machines
since the last full backup.
VCBimage: Not available.
VCBfile: Backs up only those files and folders that have changed
since the last full backup.