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VCB Backup and Restore Limitations

VCB Backup and Restore Limitations
68 Agent for VMware Guide
The following limitations govern VCB backup and restore operations:
■ You cannot browse to the file level in a VM.
The ca_vcbpopulatedb utility populates the CA ARCserve Backup database
with information to the volume level.
■ The VMs in the ESX Server must be in a running state when you run the
ca_vcbpopulatedb utility.
If the VMs are not in a running state, the ca_vcbpopulatedb utility will not
populate the CA ARCserve Backup database with accurate data, and you
cannot accurately browse the VMs in the ESX Server systems.
■ You must run the ca_vcbpopulatedb utility after you add, remove, or
change volumes in a VM or a VM in an ESX Server system.
Failure to do so can result in inaccurate VM volume data in the CA
ARCserve Backup database, and failed backup jobs will occur at runtime.
■ There is no command-line support for VCB backups and restores, for
example, ca_backup and ca_restore.
You must use the Backup Manager and Restore Manager to perform VCB
backup proxy based backups and restores.
■ You cannot use the Restore by Media method to restore file level and raw
(full VM) level backup data.
■ There is no application level consistency support when backing up data
using a backup proxy system.
To protect application level data, you can create custom prescripts and
postscripts that let you keep application level data in a consistent state.
You can use the custom scripts as pre-freeze and post-thaw scripts. For
more information about pre-freeze and post-thaw scripts, see the VMware
Virtual Machine Backup Guide.
■ The Compare Utility does not support comparing VMware backup sessions.
When you try to perform a Compare operation on VMware sessions, CA
ARCserve Backup performs a Scan operation instead of the Compare
operation.
■ The agent does not support the following global backup options:
– Delete files after backup job
– Open file retry
Note: For more information about global backup options, see the
Administration Guide.