HP Data Protector A.06.11 Support for Vmware vstorage technical ...
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HP Data Protector A.06.11 Support for Vmware vstorage technical ...
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Single This mode supports full, incremental, and differential backups. However, you<br />
cannot mix incremental and differential backups within the same backup<br />
chain.<br />
<strong>Data</strong> <strong>Protector</strong> keeps one DP snapshot <strong>for</strong> backup purposes. For details, see<br />
Snapshot mode: single.<br />
Mixed This mode supports full, incremental, and differential backups, in all<br />
combinations.<br />
Figure 25 Configure virtual machines (Advanced)<br />
<strong>Data</strong> <strong>Protector</strong> keeps up to two DP snapshots <strong>for</strong> backup purposes. For<br />
details, see Snapshot mode: mixed.<br />
3. In the Virtual machine configuration dialog box Advanced tab, specify the following settings:<br />
Table 8 Advanced virtual machine settings<br />
Select any advanced backup features you want to use <strong>for</strong> the virtual machine(s).<br />
Optimize<br />
Disks<br />
Select this to shrink the virtual machine disk(s) be<strong>for</strong>e the backup process.<br />
This uses the VMware shrink functionality and per<strong>for</strong>ms a defragmentation of<br />
the VMDK file be<strong>for</strong>e the shrink operation to maximize backup space<br />
efficiency. It does not per<strong>for</strong>m any defragmentation of the guest OS.<br />
Note that use of this option can significantly increase backup times.<br />
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