VMware vSphere
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BDRSuite supports backup for the following versions of VMware vSphere;
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Virtual Infrastructure
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Version
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Platform
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VMware vSphere 7.
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VMware vSphere 6.
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Hypervisor
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ESXi 7.
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ESXi 6.
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ESXi 5.
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Management Server
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vCenter Server 7.
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vCenter Server 6.
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vCenter Server 5.
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Following are the VM specifications and requirements supported by VMware vSphere
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VM Specification
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Requirement
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Virtual Hardware
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The Virtual hardware of all types and versions are supported, which includes virtual disks larger than 2 TB and up to recent addition- 62TB VMDK
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VMware does not support snapshotting VMs with disks engaged in SCSI bus sharing, such VMs are not supported by VMware Backup & Replication.
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RDM virtual disks in physical mode, independent disks, and disks connected via in-guest iSCSI initiator are not supported and are skipped from processing automatically.
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Network shares and mount points targeted to 3rd party storage devices are also skipped as these volumes/disks are not visible in the VM configuration file.
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OS
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All VMware-supported operating systems.
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Application-Aware processing support from Microsoft Windows 2003 SP1 and later.
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Software
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VMware Tools(optional) are required for Application-Aware processing and File-level restore from Microsoft Windows guest OS.
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All latest OS service packs and patches (required for Application-Aware processing)
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