Vcbimage Method; Snapshot And Suspend Backup Methods - HP Data Protector A.06.11 Integration Manual

Using this method, you can run full, incremental, and differential backups. Data
Protector uses the file modification time as an incremental or differential backup
criterion. It means that only the files with the modification time changed since the last
(full) backup are backed up.
Figure 13 Snapshot and Suspend backup methods

VCBimage method

For the VCBimage backup method, you need to have at least one backup proxy
system configured in your environment. A backup proxy system is a Windows system
that has the VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB) software installed. For details on
the VCB software, see the VMware documentation.
During a VCBimage backup, Data Protector invokes VCB to mount virtual machines
on a backup proxy host. Before a virtual machine is mounted, VCB creates a virtual
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