Deploying VMware Data Protection
vSphere Data Protection (VDP) is an easy-to-deploy, Linux-based virtual appliance that leverages EMC Avamar to provide the backup and recovery of virtual machines. Before the release of vSphere 6, VDP was available in two versions: VDP and VDP Advance. VDP Advance required a separate license to enable advanced features. In VDP 6, these have been combined and VDP 6 includes all the capabilities, with no requirement for additional licensing. VDP 6 provides the following capabilities:
- 8TB of deduplicated capacity per VDP appliance
- An application-aware agent for Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SQL, and Microsoft Sharepoint
- Backup replication to another VDP appliance
- Automated backup verification
- Backup to an EMC Data Domain appliance
How to do it…
In order to deploy VDP, perform the following steps:
- Download the VMware Data Protection appliance from http://www.vmware.com/go/download-vsphere.
- Deploy the vSphere Data Protection Appliance from the OVA. Enter the appliance...
