Chapter 1 Introduction; Avamar For Vmware Image Backup And Restore - EMC Avamar 6.1 User Manual

Introduction

Avamar for VMware image backup and restore

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Avamar for VMware image backup and restore is built on the VMware vStorage API for Data
Protection (VADP).
Avamar for VMware image backup and restore is fully integrated with VMware vCenter
Server to provide easy detection of virtual machine clients within the vCenter, and enable
efficient centralized management of backup jobs.
Backups and restores require the use of proxy virtual machine clients. Each proxy virtual
machine client provides all of the following capabilities:
Backup of Microsoft Windows and Linux virtual machines (entire images or specific
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drives)
Restore of Microsoft Windows and Linux virtual machines (entire images or specific
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drives)
Selective restore of individual folders and files to Microsoft Windows and Linux virtual
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machines
Proxies run Avamar software inside a Linux virtual machine, and are deployed using an
appliance template (.ova) file.