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Chapter 4: vmPRO SmartMotion™ Backup

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Prerequisites

Before you can use the SmartMotion Backup feature, you must first do the following:

ConfigureServersandDiscoverVMs

Configure servers for your vmPRO appliance. The vmPRO appliance can then auto-discover all virtual

machines (VMs) within the servers and display them on the VMs console. From the VMs console, you

can select the VMs to export. SmarMotion can then back up data on the exported VMs to the NAS target.

VSAN

VMware's Virtual SAN (VSAN) is a cluster-wide resource that exists as datastores on a cluster of

ESX servers. The vmPRO appliance manages VSAN through a vCenter server, which in turn

manages the ESX servers housing the VSAN datastores. vmPRO supports backing up virtual

machines (VMs) from VSAN datastores to NAS targets, as well as recovering VMs from the NAS

targets back to VSAN datastores. In addition, you can use your vmPRO appliance to back up VMs

from one type of datastore (VSAN or non-VSAN), and then recover the VMs to the other type of

datastore.

Example

A VM backed up from a VSAN datastore can be recovered to a non-VSAN datastore.

In environments using VMware's Virtual SAN (VSAN) configuration, you must set up your

vmPRO appliance to manage the configuration through a vCenter server, as opposed to managing

individual ESX servers.

For information about configuring servers and discovering VMs, see vmPRO Servers.

SetUpFoldersandGroups

Set up folders within your vmPRO appliance to organize VMs for different backup needs, such as

backing up VMs by type or location. In addition, you can use folders in conjunction with the Group

Management feature to facilitate multiple backup policies on a single vmPRO appliance.

For more information about creating folders and groups for your vmPRO appliance, see vmPRO Folders

and vmPRO Group Configuration.

ConfigureChangedBlockTracking

Configure vSphere's Changed Block Tracking (CBT) feature to enable SmartMotion backups to

complete faster.

CBT identifies the VMDK blocks that have changed since the last backup. SmartMotion uses this

information to back up only the changed data on VMDKs, reducing network I/O and backup times.

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