Limitations; Performing An On-Demand Image Backup - EMC Avamar 6.1 User Manual

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Limitations

Performing an on-demand image backup

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All VMware image backups must be initiated from Avamar Administrator. You cannot
initiate backups from the virtual machine or proxy client virtual machine.
Changing a virtual machine's disk configuration (either adding or removing a disk), causes
the next entire image backup to be processed as a full backup (that is, all virtual disks are
processed and changed block tracking is not used), which will require additional time to
complete. Backups of specific disks are not affected, unless that disk is previously
unknown to Avamar.
1. In Avamar Administrator, click the Backup & Restore launcher button.
The Backup and Restore window appears.
2. Click the Select for Backup tab.
3. Select a virtual machine client in the clients tree.
4. In the Browse for File, Folders, or Directories pane, do one of the following:
• Select the top (root) folder to back up the entire image.
• Select one or more disks to only back up those specific virtual disks.